Category Archives: Local News
ISP Celebrates Signing of Alicia's Law
The Illinois State Police is celebrating the signing of Alicia's Law. The new law expands the authority of ISP to investigate and stop online child exploitation. The measure is named after Alicia "Koz...
Aug 12, 2025
Ribbon Cutting/Open House for Daviess Co. Courthouse Renovation September 16th
A ribbon cutting and open house for the Daviess County Courthouse renovation is scheduled for Tuesday, September 16th from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. Offices will be open for the public to view. The ribbon cutt...
Aug 10, 2025
Illinois Man Facing Drug/Alcohol Charges Following Traffic Stop in Vincennes
An Indiana State Trooper arrested a Lawrenceville, Illinois man early Saturday morning during a traffic stop in Vincennes. 27-year-old Ashton Primus was pulled over for speeding on North 2nd Street ne...
Aug 09, 2025
Daviess Community Hospital to Host "Walk for Suicide Loss & Awareness" September 27th
Daviess Community Hospital will host its inaugural Walk for Suicide Loss & Awareness on Saturday, September 27th, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the hospital's main campus at 13-14 East Walnut Street i...
Aug 05, 2025
Good Samaritan Hospital Hosting Children's Grief Camp September 27th
Good Samaritan Hospice's Camp Memiki, a special one-day grief camp designed to support children who have experienced the loss of a loved one, will take place on Saturday, September 27th, from 9:00 a.m...
Jul 30, 2025
United Way of Knox County Seeking Volunteers for 2025 Day of Caring
The United Way of Knox County is calling on individuals, businesses, schools, churches, and community groups to join forces for its annual Day of Caring, taking place Thursday, September 18th and Frid...
Jul 23, 2025
Conservation Resource Fair September 27th
The Daviess-Martin CISMA, or Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area, is partnering with the Downtown Washington Farmers Market for their Conservation Resource Fair on Saturday September 27th, fr...
Jul 17, 2025
Daviess Co. Arrests
The Daviess County Sheriff's Department arrested an Indianapolis man Wednesday on a warrant for Operating a Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License. 41-year-old Caleb Ibarra-Perez is being held on $2...
Mar 23, 2025
Indiana Sheriffs' Association Scholarship
The Indiana Sheriffs' Association is awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students who are pursuing a degree in criminal justice studies. There will be about forty...
Jan 25, 2025 serezniy / Depositphotos.com
Governor Holcomb Says He Won't Pardon Former Sheriff Jamey Noel
Governor Eric Holcomb says he will not pardon former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel. Holcomb was asked about that in a virtual Zoom press conference from Slovakia on Friday after Noel pled guilty to ...
Sep 02, 2024
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