Good news for those of you who use U.S. 41 to travel to Evansville and other communities in southwest Indiana. The Indiana Department of Transportation says U.S. 41 southbound has re-opened just south of Fort Branch. The southbound lanes of the highway had been closed for a pipe replacement project. Crews were able to ...

Daviess Community Hospital has named Jill Sluder, a Certified Nurse Practitioner, as surgical services manager, effective August 3rd. Sluder, who has more than eight years of surgical nursing experience, began her nursing career at St. Vincent Evansville before returning to her hometown to work in the operating room at...

A Silver Alert for a missing Bicknell woman has been cancelled. 54-year-old Melissa Myers was last seen Saturday morning. The Knox County Sheriff's Office says Myers was found safe and sound at her residence in Missouri.

The Daviess County Highway Department says County Road 800 East is closed today between County Roads 1500 North and 1550 North for road improvements. 800 East will reopen to traffic around 4:30 this afternoon. Meanwhile, County Road 500 North is closed today between County Roads 650 East and 775 East for the removal of...

Washington Police arrested a Washington man Tuesday on a warrant for Theft with a Prior Conviction. 32-year-old Jordan Scott Laughlin is being held on $25,000 bond in the Daviess County Security Center. 169 inmates were being held in the security center early Wednesday morning.

Following approval of an equipment-related tax abatement by the Vincennes City Council Monday, the SCHOTT North America facility in Vincennes is moving forward with a $1.8 million expansion to manufacture high-tech CERAN glass cooktops to keep pace with increasing customer needs. Chris Pfaff, CEO of Knox County Economi...

The Knox County Fair enters day three of its six day run Wednesday at the fairgrounds in Bicknell. Wednesday's schedule includes the Beef and Dairy Show at 9:00 am and the goat show at 5:30 pm in the Livestock Barn. A Pedal Tractor Pull begins tonight at six in the V-U Pavilion. The Grandstand activity tonight is the &...

Pace Community Action Agency says it is discontinuing Health Insurance Navigator Services, effective immediately. Pace says that over the past several years, securing consistent funding for the Navigator program has become increasingly difficult. In addition, similar services are now being offered by other community-ba...

Our Community Foundation has received re-accreditation with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations. The accreditation indicates that Our Community Foundation meets the highest standards for philanthropic excellence. Accreditation is evaluated every three years, and Our Community Foundation received its initi...

Daviess County Family YMCA is the recipient of a $550 grant from Our Community Foundation through the 2025 Fast Grant Program. The grant will be used to purchase YMCA Lifesaving Course Equipment. This grant enabled the purchase of lifeguard rescue tubes, a dive brick, tourniquet arm trainers, and female attachments for...

Daviess Community Hospital will host a meet-and-greet reception on Thursday to welcome its new Chief Executive Officer, Justin Harris. The event will take place in the hospital's main lobby and will be held in two sessions to allow both internal staff and the public an opportunity to meet the hospital's new leader. Fro...

There will be a public auction by the departments of the City of Washington on Friday, July 18th. It will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the Electric Department Garage at 2113 Memorial Avenue.

The Triple-A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana on Wednesday stood at $3.16 per gallon, 11¢ higher than Tuesday and the same as Wednesday's national average. It was also 8¢ cents higher than a week ago, the same as a month ago, and 39¢ lower than a year ago. Triple-A reports that the ave...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources completed its annual stocking of waterways with walleye and saugeye this Spring. These fish are known for being excellent table fare and for the skill it takes to catch them. Because these fish don't reproduce naturally in most of Indiana, DNR spawns and stocks them. Walleye ...

Indiana has two-and-a-half billion dollars in reserve according to three budget leaders. State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla says people "can remain confident that our financial footing is stable, despite a year marked by economic fluctuations and a lower-than-expected forecast." Senator Fady Qaddoura, an India...