Category Archives: Local News
400 Indiana National Guard Troops Return to Indiana
Hundreds of Indiana National Guard members are back home in Indiana. 400 troops landed in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon. This follows a nearly year-long deployment to the Middle East for Operation ...
Aug 21, 2025
Our Community Foundation Awards $60,000 Grant to the Merle Murphy Community Center.
Our Community Foundation recently awarded a $60,000 grant to the Merle Murphy Community Center. The grant was made possible by the TrueScripts Foundation Fund, a donor-advised fund held by the foundat...
Aug 20, 2025
Birdseye Receives $750,000 Federal Grant for Wastewater Improvements
15 rural communities will receive more than $10.8 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funds to expand community facilities, improve water infrastructure and eliminate blight. The Town...
Aug 20, 2025
Hoosier Life Expectancy
A new study on life expectancy has found that Indiana ranks 29th among all U.S. states. According to the research, residents live an average of 74.6 years, with men living to 71.8 and women to 77.5. T...
Aug 20, 2025
Martin County's July Jobless Rate Second Lowest in State
Martin County had the second lowest jobless rate in Indiana in July at 3.2%, four tenths of a percent lower than July of last year. Dubois County's unemployment rate last month stood at 3.4%, three te...
Aug 20, 2025
Governor's Helicopter Use Totals Nearly $24,000 from March Through August
Indiana Governor Mike Braun has made extensive use of the Indiana State Police helicopter for personal travel, costing taxpayers $23,880 over 11 flights between March and August. The state has defende...
Aug 20, 2025
Indiana Weighs New Rules on Medical Debt
Indiana lawmakers are weighing how to balance protections for Hoosiers struggling with medical debt against the ability of hospitals and providers to collect payment. Testimony on Monday at the Stateh...
Aug 20, 2025 Young Asian couple feeling stressed and frustrated while reading a letter, having financial problems
Washington Woman Arrested for OWI After Running Stop Sign in Martin Co.
State Police say a Washington woman is facing various charges after she disregarded a stop sign Tuesday near Loogootee in Martin County. While speaking with 48-year-old Brandy Rominger, a state troope...
Aug 19, 2025
Indiana Woman Arrested for Threats Against President Trump
An Indiana woman is accused of threatening to kill President Trump. 50-year-old Nathalie Rose Jones was taken into custody over the weekend in Washington, D.C. after she attended a protest against Tru...
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11 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Jackson Co.
A coordinated law enforcement operation in Jackson County, Indiana, led to the arrests of 11 illegal immigrants on Monday. The operation was conducted by the FBI, ICE, the Seymour Police Department, a...
Aug 19, 2025
This Day in Country Music
On this day July 24, 1957
Born on this day was Pam Tillis country music singer-songwriter and actress, (she is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis). Originally a demo singer in Nashville, Tennessee, she scored the 1991 hit "Don't Tell Me What to Do", and has since c...
Jul 24, 2025
On this day June 24, 2000
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines married actor Adrian Pasdar at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada for 55 dollars.
Jun 24, 2025
On this day June 22, 2011
Glen Campbell announced he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This news came five months after Campbell announced his retirement from the music business.
Jun 22, 2025
On this day June 21, 1976
Reba McEntire married Charlie Battles at the First Baptist Church in Stringtown, Oklahoma. They had their honeymoon in Texas, where they promoted her latest single to local radio stations.
Jun 21, 2025
On this day June 20, 1949
Born on this day in Tuskegee, Alabama, was Lionel Richie, singer, songwriter and one time member of the Commodores. Kenny Rogers scored the 1980 crossover country hit with the Richie written and produced track "Lady". Richie released his tenth studio a...
Jun 20, 2025
On this day June 20, 2007
presented the to Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams and songwriter Harlan Howard at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. Buck Owens received the Jim Reeves International Award.
Jun 20, 2025
On this day June 19, 1954
"I Don't Hurt Anymore" by Hank Snow began a 20 week run at #1 on the Country Best Seller list. Also on the chart, "One by One" by Red Foley and Kitty Wells began a 21 week run at #2 on same chart, managing a single week at #1 later in the year.
Jun 19, 2025
On this day June 19, 2006
Taylor Swift released her debut single "Tim McGraw" the lead single from her self-titled debut album. Swift wrote the song during her freshman year of high school, knowing that she and her senior boyfriend would break up at the end of the year when he ...
Jun 19, 2025