Category Archives: Local News

FDA Warns Americans to Avoid Certain Sunscreen Products
Federal health officials are warning consumers to avoid sunscreens marketed in whipped and foam form because they are not approved as effective methods for applying the product. The FDA sent warning l...
John Szink Aug 17, 2025

SBA Disaster Relief Still Available to Indiana Residents, Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits
The U.S Small Business Administration is reminding eligible small businesses, private non-profit organizations, homeowners and renters in Indiana of the September 16th deadline to apply for low intere...
John Szink Aug 15, 2025

Illinois State Police to Conduct Nighttime Enforcement Patrols
Illinois State Police will conduct Nighttime Enforcement patrols in Marion, Richland, Fayette, Wayne, Effingham, Lawrence, White, and Wabash counties during August and September. NITE patrols allow th...
John Szink Aug 15, 2025

Memorial Hospital Foundation Announces Name Change to Memorial Medical Center Foundation
The Memorial Hospital Foundation has announced a new name: Memorial Medical Center Foundation. The name change aligns with the hospital's updated name, Deaconess Memorial Medical Center. Supporters wh...
John Szink Aug 15, 2025

No Charges Filed Against Dubois Co. Sheriff
A state police investigation into Dubois County Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter's handling of jail commissary funds did not result in any charges being filed. Former Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug C...
John Szink Aug 15, 2025

Indiana House Democrats Join Texas Democrats to Opposed Redistricting
Six Indiana House Democrats joined with Texas colleagues in Chicago this week as they push back against mid-cycle efforts by the Trump administration to redraw U.S. House districts. Redistricting happ...
John Szink Aug 15, 2025 democrat party isolated icon vector illustration design

Notre Dame, Butler Investigated by Attorney General
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is escalating his investigations into the University of Notre Dame and Butler University for their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. Rokita says treating...
John Szink Aug 15, 2025

Princeton Traffic Stop Leads to Two Arrests
A Gibson County Sheriff's Deputy arrested two Henderson, Kentucky residents Wednesday night following a traffic stop for speeding on South Main Street in Princeton. As he approached the vehicle, the d...
John Szink Aug 14, 2025

Disturbance Call Leads to Arrest of Princeton Man
The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says a Princeton man is facing multiple charges following a disturbance late Wednesday night in the 500 block of South Second Avenue in Princeton. 20-year-old Quincy...
John Szink Aug 14, 2025

95 Family Farms Honored with Hoosier Homestead Awards
The Indiana Department of Agriculture has presented 95 farming families with a Hoosier Homestead Award in recognition of their commitment to Indiana agriculture. In Daviess County, the Fuhrman family ...
John Szink Aug 14, 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