Category Archives: Local News
Road Closure Planned for State Road 61 in Knox County
The Indiana Department of Transportation says a portion of State Road 61 in Knox County is scheduled to close Tuesday for patching operations. The highway will be closed between South Waterworks Road ...
Aug 19, 2024
Huntingburg Police Urge Public to Take Steps to Prevent Vehicle Thefts
The Huntingburg Police Department urges the public not to leave keys or valuable items in plain sight inside a vehicle and to lock vehicle doors. The department has taken four reports of stolen vehicl...
Aug 19, 2024
Illinois Touts Tourism Numbers For 2023
Illinois leaders are touting the state's tourism numbers. Officials announced that Illinois welcomed 112 million domestic and international visitors who spent 47-billion-dollars in 2023. That is an in...
Aug 19, 2024
Indiana's Age Verification Law for Porn Websites Takes Effect
A federal appeals court has stayed an injunction that had blocked enforcement of the state's law requiring age verification for people viewing pornography websites in Indiana. The U.S. Court of Appeal...
Aug 19, 2024
Washington Man Killed in Motorcycle/Semi Crash
The Daviess County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning in which a 70-year-old Washington man was killed. Lester Linneweber died when the driver of a semi tractor trail...
Aug 18, 2024
Celebration of Life Service to be Held August 25th in Montgomery for the Late Dr. Suresh Lohano
Daviess Community Hospital has released additional details about a Celebration of Life Service for the late Dr. Suresh Lohano. It will be held on Sunday, August 25th, at 2:00 P.M. at the Montgomery Ru...
Aug 18, 2024
Jasper Teen Arrested After Being Found Passed Out in Car
Jasper Police arrested a 19-year-old Jasper Teen early Saturday morning after finding him passed out in a running car at the Meadowood Apartments on Rumbach Avenue. He was later identified as Anderson...
Aug 18, 2024
Jasper Man Facing Battery Charge
Jasper Police arrested a Jasper man early Sunday morning following a battery investigation in the 38-hundred block of Portersville Road. Police received a call from a man who said he was battered by a...
Aug 18, 2024
Monon Trail Construction Begins this Week
The Orleans Police Department advises construction begins this week on the Monon Trail. Construction crews will be laying asphalt, and the Orleans section of the trail will be considered under constru...
Aug 16, 2024
Main St. (SR65) and Brumfield Ave. in Princeton to Close for Repairs
The intersection of Brumfield Avenue and North Main Street, or State Road 65, in Princeton is scheduled to be closed in all directions on Wednesday, August 21st. Work is expected to keep the intersect...
Aug 16, 2024
This Day in Country Music
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
On this day June 18, 1969
Glen Campbell was at #1 on the country album chart with The singers thirteenth studio album spent 11 weeks at #1 and 26 weeks on the chart. The album features session drummer Hal Blaine who has played on 50 #1 hits and worked with numerous artists in...
Jun 18, 2025