Category Archives: Local News
Controlled Burn Set for The Parklands Wednesday
The controlled burn set to take place at The Parklands in Jasper is now scheduled for this Wednesday, September 10th. The Parklands will close at 1:30PM ahead of the 2:30PM burn time. Park goers are a...
Sep 05, 2025
Good Samaritan Offering Free Pap and HPV Testing September 23rd
Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes will offer free Pap and HPV testing to the community on Tuesday, September 23rd from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Family Health Center, 1027 Washington Avenue. Cervical canc...
Sep 05, 2025
Greencastle Man Arrested After Fleeing Knox Co. Crash Scene
The Knox County Sheriff's Office says a Greencastle man is facing multiple charges after driving his vehicle into a fence Thursday night near Golf Course Road and Ragsdale Road and then fleeing the sc...
Sep 05, 2025
Chronic Absenteeism Improves in Indiana for Third Consecutive Year
Recent data show that more Indiana students are regularly attending school, as chronic absenteeism rates improve statewide for the third consecutive year. This includes year-over-year improvements for...
Sep 05, 2025
Braun Appoints Five to Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission
Five Indiana residents have been appointed by Governor Mike Braun to the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission. The commission will look into the possibility of redrawing the border, with se...
Sep 05, 2025
Alaska Crash Kills Indiana Woman
A crash into a creek in Alaska has killed an Indiana woman. Officials with the city of Ketchikan say the 57-year-old woman from Auburn was a passenger on a cruise ship and was walking on the sidewalk ...
Sep 05, 2025
Spencer County Man in Custody Following Shooting in Gentryville
A Spencer County man is facing a charge of Possession of an Explosive Device following an incident in Gentryville Wednesday morning. Indiana State Police were called to a residence concerning a man sh...
Sep 04, 2025
LARE Grants to Benefit Gibson & Owen Co. Lake and Stream Projects
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says organizations in 12 Indiana counties will receive over 1.3 million dollars in grants to fund 18 lake, river, and watershed land treatment projects thro...
Sep 04, 2025
Old Town Players Community Theatre Recives $7,000 Grant for Building Repairs
Old Town Players Community Theater in Vincennes has received $7,000 though a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund through the Central Indiana Community Foundation. The theatre says that in the next 10...
Sep 04, 2025
Oakland City Woman Facing Charges after Hitting Pedestrian and Leaving the Scene
A rural Oakland City woman is facing multiple charges after hitting a pedestrian with her car on South State Road 57 in Gibson County and leaving the scene. The person struck by the car was able to te...
Sep 04, 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, 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