Category Archives: Local News
Public Comment Sought on Eastern Heights Utilities Water Rate Request
Customers of Eastern Heights Utilities have two opportunities to comment on the utility's pending water rate request. The OUCC is inviting written consumer comments through September 11th. It is also ...
Aug 07, 2024
iPhone Crash Detection Leads to Domestic Battery Arrest
The Knox County Sheriff's Office says a Vincennes man was arrested recently for Domestic Battery as the result of iPhone crash detection. Although there was no crash, the damaged iPhone was located al...
Aug 07, 2024
Mitchell Man Arrested for Burglary
Lawrence County, Indiana Sheriff's Deputies arrested a Mitchell man Tuesday for Burglary, Theft, and Trespassing. 35-year-old Steven Bradley was arrested after deputies responded to a report of a burg...
Aug 07, 2024
West Nile Virus Detected in Greene Co.
State health officials say the West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitos in Greene County for the first time this year. No human cases of the West Nile Virus disease have been detected this year....
Aug 06, 2024
Area Students Continue Their Return to School; Motorists Urged to Drive Carefully
Students across the area continue their return to the classrooms for the 2024-25 school year. Wednesday, students in the Barr-Reeve Community School system, Loogootee Schools, Bloomfield, White River ...
Aug 06, 2024
I-69 Connection Becomes Reality Between Evansville and Indianapolis
Governor Eric Holcomb, Vice President Mike Pence and Governor Mitch Daniels joined INDOT Commissioner Mike Smith Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the Interstate 69 corridor connecting Evansville to...
Aug 06, 2024
IL: Pritzker Signs Bill Eliminating State Grocery Tax
Illinois is getting rid of the state grocery tax. Governor Pritzker signed a measure into law that eliminates the state tax on grocery items. The one-percent state tax will be repealed across all of I...
Aug 06, 2024
Three Bloomington Police Officers Injured by Suspect's Dog
Three Bloomington Police officers were injured last week when they were attacked by a suspect's dog. Police were pursuing a woman who had active warrants out for her arrest. The woman is accused of or...
Aug 06, 2024
Tell City Man Killed in Head-On Crash in Crawford Co.
Indiana State Police are investigating a fatal head-on crash Monday afternoon on State Road 37, just north of Bethany Church Road, in Crawford County. Police say 20-year-old Camiren Etienne of Tell Ci...
Aug 06, 2024
Gibson Co. Woman Sought for Cutting Off Ankle Monitor and Failing to Return to Work Release
A Gibson County woman is being sought by authorities after cutting off her GPS ankle monitor and failing to return to work release. The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says 29-year-old Maranda Sloan fa...
Aug 05, 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