Category Archives: Local News
Road Closure Planned for State Road 68 In Gibson County
The Indiana Department of Transportation says State Road 68 at the intersection of Elm Street in Haubstadt in Gibson County is scheduled to close Monday, July 8th for a pipe replacement project. Work ...
Jul 02, 2024
Body of Swimmer Recovered from Patoka Lake Identified
Indiana Conservation Officers have identified the body of a swimmer recovered from Patoka Lake in Orange County Sunday evening. The body of 24-year-old Axel Xavier Richardson of Indianapolis was pulle...
Jul 02, 2024
Indiana U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz Facing Weapons Charge
The office of Congresswoman Victoria Spartz has released a statement on her arrest on weapons charges at a D.C. airport on Friday. Spartz was found to be in possession of a .38 caliber firearm as she ...
Jul 02, 2024
Indiana Losing Farmland but Increasing Productivity
The state has lost nearly 346-thousand acres of farmland from 2010 to 2022, but the Indiana State Department of Agriculture says agricultural productivity increased. The Indiana State Department of Ag...
Jul 02, 2024
Federal Judge Blocks Indiana Law On Porn Websites
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Indiana's law that would require age verification to view porn websites. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young says the state's "age verification requirements...
Jul 02, 2024
$35 Million Housing Project Planned for Vincennes
A $35 million housing project to support local talent attraction and retention in Vincennes has entered the final stages of planning and approval. Chris Pfaff, CEO of Knox County Indiana Economic Deve...
Jul 01, 2024
Pike/Gibson Water Flushing Schedule (Gibson Co.)
Pike Gibson Water says flushing continues this week for its Gibson County customers along County Road 550 East between State Road 64 and State Road 168 and all side county roads. There will be no flus...
Jul 01, 2024
Body of Swimmer Recovered from Patoka Lake
Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after recovering the body of a man from Patoka Lake in Orange County Sunday evening. Around 6:00 PM, Orange County Dispatch was notified that a male had...
Jul 01, 2024
Police Identify Pedestrian Struck and Killed on Interstate 70 in Clay Co.
The Clay County Coroner has identified a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a semi tractor trailer early Thursday morning on Interstate 70 in Clay County as 19-year-old James Carder of Wapakoneta...
Jun 30, 2024
Disturbance Call Leads to Arrest of Princeton Man on Drug Charges
A Princeton man is facing drug charges following a disturbance Saturday night in the 800 block of South Hart Street in Princeton. The Gibson County Sheriff's Office received a report of a man yelling ...
Jun 30, 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