Category Archives: Local News

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...
John Szink Aug 05, 2024

IDEM Forecasts Air Quality Action Day for Tuesday in Southern Indiana
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has forecast an Air Quality Action Day for Southwest and Southeast Indiana Tuesday. Ozone levels are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Gr...
John Szink Aug 05, 2024

Jasper Traffic Advisory
The Jasper Street Department will close Sycamore Manor 100 feet north of Briarcliff Parkway starting at eight o clock Tuesday morning. The closure is due to the replacement of a storm sewer. The stree...
John Szink Aug 05, 2024

Dubois County Prosecutor's Office Requesting a Special Prosecutor in Investigation of Commissary Expenditures
Dubois County Prosecutor Beth Schroeder has filed a request with Dubois Superior Court that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate allegations of inappropriate spending of commissary funds b...
John Szink Aug 05, 2024

Oakland City Man Arrested on Drug Charges
A man was arrested on several charges in Gibson County Saturday. The Gibson County Sheriff's Office received a call about a man firing gunshots in the air in the area of East State Road 168. The suspe...
John Szink Aug 04, 2024

Ramp And Lane Closures Planned for U.S. 50 In Knox County
The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced upcoming ramp and lane closures for U.S. 50 near Vincennes in Knox County. Ramp and lane closures on U.S. 50 are scheduled to start Monday betwee...
John Szink Aug 02, 2024

Wanted Felon Apprehended During Early Morning Traffic Stop in Knox Co.
The Knox County Sheriff's Department arrested a wanted felon early Friday morning during a traffic stop for having an expired license. Derek Alexander Jones at first gave the deputy misleading informa...
John Szink Aug 02, 2024

Vouchers Available for Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
Generations is participating in the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program and currently has some vouchers available. Applicants must be from Knox, Dubois, Daviess, Greene, Martin or Pike Counties. T...
John Szink Aug 02, 2024

Accused Delphi Killer to be Moved from State Prison
The man accused of killing two teens in Delphi will soon be held in a different location. Richard Allen has been housed at the Westville Correctional Facility -- a maximum-security state prison -- for...
John Szink Aug 02, 2024

Illinois Kidnapping Suspects Apprehended in Sullivan Co.
Sullivan County Sheriff's deputies arrested two Illinois kidnap suspects Tuesday after Aurora, Illinois Police alerted law enforcement they might be in the area. Their car was stopped at US 41 and Sta...
John Szink Aug 01, 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