Category Archives: Local News
Knox Co. Fair Queen Crowned
Madison Hedge was named as the 2024 Knox County Fair Queen Friday night at the Vincennes University Pavilion at the Knox County Fairgrounds. The 17-year-old Hedge is the daughter of Phillip Hedge. The...
Jul 13, 2024
Patoka Man Arrested for DUI
A Patoka man has been charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated, after police say they found him lying on the ground outside of his car Thursday night. According to the Gibson County Sheriff'...
Jul 12, 2024
Indiana AG Files Lawsuit in Monroe County Over Unlawful Immigration Policy
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit in Monroe County over what he calls the county's illegal immigration policy. Rokita took a similar action against East Chicago earlier in the w...
Jul 12, 2024
Hydrant Flushing to Begin Monday in Sullivan
Indiana American Water will begin flushing fire hydrants throughout Sullivan starting on Monday, July 15th. Depending on the weather, flushing operations should be complete by Friday, July the 19th. T...
Jul 12, 2024
Clay County Continues Efforts to Recover from Cyberattack
A local disaster has been declared in Clay County due to a cyberattack. As of Friday, all county officers were closed except for the Sheriff's Office, Health Department and County Highway Department. ...
Jul 12, 2024
Princeton Man Arrested for Interfering with Drug Test
The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says a community corrections client is facing charges for attempting to use a device to interfere with a drug test that was being administered. 37-year-old Jeremy Li...
Jul 11, 2024
Evansville Man Arrested for Battery in Gibson Co.
Gibson County Sheriff's deputies arrested an Evansville man Wednesday following an investigation into a report of a disturbance in the 98-hundred block of West 650 South near Johnson. 51-year-old Matt...
Jul 11, 2024
Six Separate Tornadoes Confirmed in Northwest Kentucky and Southwest Indiana Tuesday
The National Weather Service in Paducah Kentucky says a total of 6 separate tornadoes occurred across northwest Kentucky and southwest Indiana Tuesday afternoon and evening as the remnants of Beryl mo...
Jul 11, 2024
Huntingburg Celebrates Alley Activation Project
The city of Huntingburg is celebrating the opening of the Alley Activation Project in its downtown historic district. The project received $110,000 of READI 1.0 funds through Indiana's Regional Econom...
Jul 11, 2024
Former State Representative Sentenced in Bribery Corruption Case
Former Indiana State Representative Sean Eberhart will spend one year and one day in federal prison. He pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud in a gambling corruptio...
Jul 11, 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, 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