Category Archives: Local News
Powerball Ticket Sold in Washington Wins $50,000
Hoosier Lottery Powerball tickets should be checked carefully as one entry matched four out of five numbers and the Powerball in Wednesday night's drawing. The $50,000 winning ticket was purchased at ...
Aug 29, 2025
19-Year-Old Arrested for Threatening Ex-Girlfriend with Firearm
Knox County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man Thursday afternoon after he allegedly followed his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend home from school, barged into her home on Wessel Road in Vincennes with a fir...
Aug 29, 2025
Report says Late Indianapolis Colts Owner Jim Irsay Battled Opioid Relapses Before Death
A new report says late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay battled opioid relapses before his death in May. According to The Washington Post, Irsay was treated by a private specialist who prescribed op...
Aug 28, 2025
Egg Recall
The CDC has issued a food safety alert over Salmonella infections linked to recalled eggs. The federal health agency says 95 people from 14 states, including Indiana, have gotten sick from the same st...
Aug 28, 2025
ISU Celebrating Enrollment/Retention Numbers
Indiana State University is celebrating its largest freshman class since 2020 and record retention rates, just ten months after Dr. Mike Godard became its 13th president. Officials say 1,602 freshmen ...
Aug 28, 2025
Final Execution Date Being Ordered for Man Convicted of Killing 15-Year-Old
A final execution date is being ordered for a man convicted of killing a 15-year-old in Spencer County. Roy Ward was sentenced to death in 2007 for the 2001 rape and murder of Stacy Payne. The Indiana...
Aug 28, 2025
Purdue University on Forbes' List for Top 25 Public Colleges
Purdue University is on Forbes' list for the top 25 public colleges in the U.S. The ranking was released this week. Forbes featured Purdue on this list with University of California-Berkeley, the Univ...
Aug 28, 2025
Washington Municipal Utilities Warns Customers of Phone Scam
Washington Municipal Utilities is warning customers of fraudulent phone calls that appear to be coming from the utility's office. Customers are being asked for personal information and told they will ...
Aug 28, 2025
Chicago Man Facing Drug Charges Following Knox Co. Crash
Knox County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Chicago man on drug charges late Tuesday night after a vehicle crashed into a pole at the intersection of South 6th Street Road and Williams Road. When deputi...
Aug 27, 2025
Charges Not Filed in Matter Involving Martinsville Police Dept. K-9 Officer
Following a three-week investigation, Indiana State Police say no charges will be filed in the matter involving Martinsville Police Department Patrol Officer Michelle Weaver and the death of K-9 Sunny...
Aug 27, 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