Category Archives: Local News
Governor Braun Wants I-70 To Be Toll Road
Governor Mike Braun wants Interstate 70 to be a toll road and charge drivers 15-dollars-60-cents to cross Indiana. The tolls would pay to expand I-70 to six lanes as part of six-and-a-half-billion dol...
Mar 10, 2026
AARP Indiana Applauds New Law Protecting Hoosiers from Crypto Kiosk Scams
AARP Indiana is applauding Governor Mike Braun's signing of legislation banning cryptocurrency kiosks in Indiana and thus protecting Hoosiers from cryptocurrency kiosk scams. Increasingly, criminals h...
Mar 09, 2026
Billboards Designed to Encourage Illinois Residents Who Work in Knox County to Move There
Knox County Indiana Economic Development is expanding its Opportunity Knox marketing campaign, adding billboards to encourage workers commuting to Knox County from Illinois to relocate. The campaign i...
Mar 09, 2026
Crane Man Killed in Greene Co. Crash
A Crane man died early Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash on I 69 in Greene County. 39-year-old Brandon Koontz was ejected from his vehicle and was found in the median about 50 feet from his pick-u...
Mar 09, 2026
Clay Co. Man Found Guilty for Dealing Meth
A Clay County jury found a man guilty Friday in a methamphetamine case. Jurors convicted Timothy Cheatham of Dealing in and Possession of Methamphetamine after a two-day trial. They also ruled he is a...
Mar 09, 2026
COVID-19 Immunity Upheld for Hospitals by Indiana Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld COVID-19 immunity for hospitals and medical providers. They ruled unanimously that they cannot be held liable for complications that developed when they were treat...
Mar 09, 2026
Truck Inspection Leads to DUI and Drug Charges of a Texas Man
An Indiana State trooper working on I-70 in Vigo County Friday evening pulled over a semi tractor trailer for speeding. Due to suspicious activity, a search was conducted where marijuana, synthetic ur...
Mar 08, 2026
Chicago Man Facing Additional Charges After Fleeing from Dubois Co. Courthouse
A Chicago man facing several charges is facing additional charges after attempting to flee the Dubois County Courthouse on Wednesday. At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Anthony Quinn ordered that...
Mar 06, 2026
Penny-Rounding for Hoosier Retailers
A new Indiana law covers the federal phaseout of the penny and the resulting penny shortage, providing Hoosier retailers with procedures for rounding cash transactions. Rounding is for cash transactio...
Mar 06, 2026
Early Voting Begins April 7th in Daviess Co.
The Daviess County Clerk's Office advises that early voting will take place Monday through Friday beginning April 7th. Early voting will take place from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm in the Clerk's Office on ...
Mar 06, 2026
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