Category Archives: Local News
Utz Recalls Popular Chip Brands Over Salmonella Risk
Utz is recalling two of its popular potato chip brands due to the risk of salmonella contamination. The company is recalling select flavors and bag sizes of Zapp's and Dirty brand potato chips because...
Jun 26, 2026
Vincennes Man Returned to Knox Co to Face Robbery and Domestic Battery Charges
A Vincennes man has been arrested in Kentucky on a Knox County Circuit Court warrant for Robbery Causing Serious Bodily Injury. 25-year-old Norman Dawson also faces two counts of Domestic Battery and ...
Jun 26, 2026
Million Dollar Starter Homes
A new housing report shows the cost of entry-level homes is hitting record highs across much of the U.S. Zillow says 242 cities in 26 states now have starter homes priced at one million dollars or mor...
Jun 26, 2026
Indiana Attorney General's Office Oversees Eight Nationwide Healthcare Fraud Investigations
The Indiana Attorney General's Office says it played a key role in a major nationwide enforcement action against doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals for alleged participation in h...
Jun 26, 2026
Kirk Bouchie Named 2026 Davis Memorial Citation Winner
Vincennes Water Utilities General Manager Kirk Bouchie has been named this year's recipient of the Walter A. Davis Memorial Citation. Vincennes University's Alumni Association gives the award out ever...
Jun 26, 2026
Vincennes Man Returned to Knox Co to Face Robbery and Domestic Battery Charges
A Vincennes man has been arrested in Kentucky on a Knox County Circuit Court warrant for Robbery Causing Serious Bodily Injury. 25-year-old Norman Dawson also faces two counts of Domestic Battery and ...
Jun 26, 2026
Petersburg Police Warn of Phone Scam
Petersburg Police say several residents have received calls from people posing as department officers and requesting personal information. Officials say the department would never ask for personal inf...
Jun 25, 2026
Weak Tornado Confirmed in Knox Co.
The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado touched down in northern Knox County on Sunday. It was rated an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with estimated peak winds of 85 mph. It was 80 ya...
Jun 25, 2026
Washington Carnegie Public Library Receives $50,000 T-Mobile Hometown Grant
Washington Carnegie Public Library is one of 26 organizations nationwide selected in the final round of T-Mobile's Hometown Grants program. The library received a $50,000 grant to expand the existing ...
Jun 25, 2026
Hospital Price Transparency
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent letters to 500 hospitals nationwide asking for plans to address price transparency issues. The list includes 34 Indiana hospitals and 21 in Illinois...
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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