Category Archives: Local News
Three Children Killed in Marshall Co. Buggy/Car Crash
Three children were killed Wednesday morning when a car crashed into the back of an Amish buggy in Mashall County, south of Bremen in north-central Indiana. The 17-year-old driver of the Mercedes GLA ...
Apr 09, 2025
Petersburg Police Officer Recognized for Drug Interdiction Efforts
The Pike County Prosecutor is recognizing Petersburg Police Officer Taylor Deffendoll for Excelling at Drug Interdiction. Officer Deffendol's efforts resulted in the arrests of two Pike County residen...
Apr 09, 2025
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center Recognized as Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital
The Chartis Center for Rural Health has named Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper as being among the 2025 Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals in the nation. Chartis' annual Top 100 aw...
Apr 09, 2025
Pancake Hired as Principal at Petersburg Elementary School
A longtime principal in the Vincennes Community School Corporation is headed to Pike County to take over at Petersburg Elementary School. The Pike County School Board has named Franklin Elementary's M...
Apr 09, 2025
Owensville Woman Arrested for Vehicle Theft
Gibson County Sheriff's deputies arrested an Owensville woman for Vehicle Theft Tuesday after she failed to return a UHaul vehicle to the dealership. The vehicle was later found on Glendale Street in ...
Apr 09, 2025
Terre Haute Man Arrested for Intimidation Against an Elected Official
State Police arrested a Terre Haute man Tuesday for allegedly threatening Republican State Representative Jim Lucas of Seymour. Police arrested 55-year-old Robert Bennett for allegedly posting harassi...
Apr 08, 2025
New York Man Arrested in Knox Co. for Driving 113 MPH in 60 MPH Zone
An Indiana State Trooper arrested a New York man Monday night for driving 113 miles an hour in a 60 mile per hour zone on US 50 in Knox County. 35-year-old Jose Franco-Flores of White Plains, New York...
Apr 08, 2025
Bill Sent to Governor Requiring the State to Purchase only Non-Luxury Vehicles
Taxpayer funded SUV's like the ones recently purchased by Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales and Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith were the inspiration for a bill that's been sent to Governor B...
Apr 07, 2025
Indiana Property Tax Relief
You will likely get some relief from property taxes, but not in the form promised by Governor Mike Braun. His original bill has been changed many times, with some 25 amendments discussed so far. The b...
Apr 07, 2025
Additional Arrest Made in Lowell Badger Homicide
The Indiana State Police says a third arrest has been made in the murder of 85-year-old retired Sullivan County farmer Lowell Badger in December of 2012. A warrant was issued by Sullivan Superior Cour...
Apr 07, 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