Category Archives: Local News
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
Good Samaritan Offering Men's Wellness Fair October 7th
Good Samaritan Hospital's Men's Wellness Fair will be held October 7th at Highland Woods Community Center, located at 1377 South Hart Street in Vincennes from 7 to 10 a.m. and again from 4 to 6 p.m. P...
Sep 04, 2025
Jasper Strassenfest Half Pot Winners Step Forward
The winner has finally come forward to claim the Jasper Strassenfest Half Pot prize. A couple from Jasper, who wished to remain anonymous, were presented with a check for $77,900. The lifelong Jasper ...
Sep 04, 2025
Governor Braun Appoints New Top Utility Customer Advocate
Abby Gray has been appointed by Governor Mike Braun to run the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor. Braun says Hoosiers "have been burdened with utility rate increase after increase" and says...
Sep 04, 2025
Nominations Sought For 2025 Shelton Humanitarian Award
Nominations are being accepted for the 2025 Philip Shelton Humanitarian Award, presented by the Vincennes Kiwanis Club in cooperation with Good Samaritan Hospital. The Award recognizes individuals who...
Sep 03, 2025
Knox Co. Officials Leave on Japan Trade Mission
Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum and Knox County Economic Development CEO Chris Pfaff fly to Japan Thursday morning to join a Japan Trade Mission to continue building relationships with Japanese business le...
Sep 03, 2025
Oakland City Man Arrested for Strangulation
An Oakland City man was arrested for Strangulation, Battery and Resisting Law Enforcement Tuesday following a disturbance in the 12-thousand 500-block of County Road East 100 South in Gibson County. G...
Sep 03, 2025
Gibson Co. Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Evansville Man
An Evansville man is facing drug and other charges following a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon on US 41 in Gibson County. A Gibson County Sheriff's deputy found 40-year-old Jose Espinoza had never obta...
Sep 03, 2025
Daviess Community Hospital Releases 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment Report; Implementation Planning Underway
Daviess Community Hospital has released its 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment report and announced that work has begun to form and adopt an implementation strategy focused on the most pressing he...
Sep 03, 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