Category Archives: Local News
Bill Would Eliminate Judges in 12 Indiana Counties
A bill making the rounds in the Indiana legislature will eliminate judges in 12 counties if it becomes law. In a cost cutting move, the state Senate made the decision and added an amendment to a bill ...
Apr 17, 2025
Governor Braun Recalling Indiana National Guard from Texas
Indiana Governor Mike Braun is recalling 50 Indiana National Guardsmen home from the Texas-Mexico border. The troops had been deployed in March for what was supposed to be 12 months enforcing border s...
Apr 17, 2025
Huntingburg Police Update Death Investigation
Huntingburg Police have updated information concerning their investigation into the deaths of a woman and a child who were found lying on the floor of a residence on Geiger Street on Monday. Police sa...
Apr 16, 2025
Death Row Inmate Benjamin Ritchie's Execution Date Set
Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie's execution date has been set. The Indiana Supreme Court says May 20th will be the day he is put to death. Ritchie was convicted in 2002 of killing a police o...
Apr 16, 2025
Indiana State Police Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Clay County
Police shot a Terre Haute man Tuesday evening in Clay County after he attempted to run them over in a stolen U-Haul vehicle. Indiana State Police say 47-year-old Dale Evans ignored orders to stop, dri...
Apr 16, 2025
Indiana Secretary of State Revokes License of Knox Co. Used Car Dealership
Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales says he has revoked the dealer license of a Knox County used car dealership. Morales says Banks One Stop Auto engaged in fraudulent practices, including the su...
Apr 15, 2025
Motorists: Stay Alert & Share the Road with Farm Equipment This Spring
Planting season is quickly approaching for Indiana's 94,000 farmers. With the warm weather and sunshine, Hoosier motorists will also see more large slow-moving farm equipment traveling Indiana's rural...
Apr 15, 2025
Gov. Braun Issues Executive Orders on Healthcare
Indiana Governor Mike Braun introduced the "Make Indiana Healthy Again" program on Tuesday, focusing on welfare spending limits and work requirements for recipients. The program includes nine executiv...
Apr 15, 2025
Illinois Woman Arrested for Drunk Driving Following Crash in Gibson Co.
The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says a Grayville, Illinois woman was arrested early Tuesday morning following a two vehicle T-bone crash with injuries on State Road 168 near County Rod 500 West. 27...
Apr 15, 2025
Outreach Organization Opens in Sullivan
Pathways, a new outreach organization, has opened in Sullivan to assist the community with services such as home repairs, counseling, and life coaching. President Curt Howard says the organization's m...
Apr 15, 2025
This Day in Country Music
On this day May 06, 2003
After the controversy regading Dixie Chicks member Natalie Maines' comments about President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, a Colorado radio station suspended two of its disc jockeys for playing music by Dixie Chicks.
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On this day May 03, 1952
Kitty Wells recorded "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". Wells was disenchanted with her career prospects and was considering retirement, but agreed to the session at Owen Bradley's studio because of the $125 union scale recording payment. "It ...
May 03, 2025
On this day May 03, 2010
Chely Wright becomes the first major country artist to come out as homosexual. In television appearances and an autobiography, she cited among her reasons for publicizing her homosexuality a concern with bullying and hate crimes toward gays, particular...
May 03, 2025
On this day April 30, 1990
Capitol Nashville released "The Dance" by Garth Brooks. The song, written by Brooks' friend, Tony Arata, was a key track on his self-titled debut album Garth Brooks and became #1 chart hit. It is considered by many to be Brooks' signature song. "The Da...
Apr 30, 2025
On this day April 30, 2022
US country music star Naomi Judd died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee; she was 76 years old. The Kentucky-born singer was part of the Grammy award-winning duo The Judds, performing with her daughter Wynonna. ...
Apr 30, 2025
On this day April 29, 1933
Born on this day in Abbott, Texas, was Willie Nelson, country music singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. (He was born on April 29, 1933, but his birth was recorded by doctor F. D. Sims on April 30). Nelson was one of the main figures ...
Apr 29, 2025
On this day April 24, 1991
Garth Brooks won a record six times at the 26th annual awards on NBC. The Country singer won: Entertainer of the Year and Top Male Vocalist; Best Album for , Single Record, "Friends In Low Places", and Song and Video for "The Dance".
Apr 24, 2025
On this day April 24, 2003
Dixie Chicks launched a publicity campaign to explain their position after the controversy of Natalie Maines statement regading the Iraq war. During a prime-time interview with TV personality Diane Sawyer, Maines said she remained proud of her original...
Apr 24, 2025