Category Archives: Local News

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...
John Szink 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...
John Szink 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...
John Szink 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...
John Szink 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...
John Szink Aug 19, 2025 kopitin / Depositphotos.com

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...
John Szink Aug 19, 2025

Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry Receives $3,000 Grant Through UDWI Community Fund
Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, a nonprofit organization that utilizes its network of hunters and farmers to provide meat to local food pantries, was chosen as a recent recipient of $3,000 thr...
John Szink Aug 19, 2025

Daviess Community Hospital to Host a Free Car Seat Safety Clinic September 20th
Daviess Community Hospital will host a free Car Seat Safety Clinic on Saturday, September 20th from 9 to 11 a.m. in the hospital's parking lot across from Heartland OB/GYN in Washington. Parents and c...
John Szink Aug 19, 2025

Haubstadt Woman Arrested for Battery
The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says a Haubstadt woman is facing a felony battery charge. 34-year-old Loveta Stuckey-Earl was arrested after deputies were dispatched to the 32-hundred block of West...
John Szink Aug 19, 2025

Conservation Officers Recover Body of Missing Man from Monroe Lake
Indiana Conservation Officers say the body of a man who went missing Sunday in Monroe Lake has been recovered. The body of 27-year-old Keynner Lugo was recovered shortly before 8-o'clock Tuesday morni...
John Szink 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, 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
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