Category Archives: Local News
Vincennes University Set to Launch Early College Online Program
Vincennes University's pioneering efforts in early college and dual credit education continue to expand with the launch of its Early College Online program beginning in the summer of 2025. The univers...
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Compromise State Budget Includes $2.00 Cigarette Tax Increase
Hoosiers who smoke, chew or dip will be paying more for cigarettes and other tobacco products under a final compromise on the state's new two-year budget by the House and Senate. At the same time, law...
21h ago
Investigation Leads to Arrest of Oakland City Man on Drug Charges
Gibson County Sheriff's deputies arrested an Oakland City man for Drug Possession Tuesday night as part of an investigation. They knocked on the door of a garage in the 12-thousand block of East Harri...
Apr 23, 2025
Oakland City Man Arrested for Drug Possession
The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says an Oakland City man is facing drug charges following a welfare check at the Diplomat Motel on South State Road 57 near Oakland City. Deputies went to the motel ...
Apr 23, 2025
Greene Co. Home Damaged in Early Sunday Morning Fire
The Eastern Greene Fire Territory says no injuries were reported in a house fire early Sunday morning in the 8000 block of East State Road 54 near Ridgeport in Greene County. Fire officials say high w...
Apr 23, 2025 default
Road Closure Planned for State Road 154 in Sullivan County
The Indiana Department of Transportation says State Road 154 in Sullivan County is scheduled to be closed on or around Wednesday, May 7th for a chip and seal road maintenance project. Crews will close...
Apr 23, 2025
Knox County Chamber Announces Winners of the 109th Annual Awards
The Knox County Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the chamber's 109th Annual Awards, celebrating excellence, leadership, and service. Vincennes Industrial Supply is the Small Business o...
Apr 23, 2025
Washington: Total Care ABA Therapy Holds Open House
Total Care ABA Therapy in Washington held an open house Wednesday to give Daviess County families a closer look at its autism services. The Washington-based facility, the first of its kind in the area...
Apr 23, 2025
Daviess Co. Arrests
The Daviess County Sheriff's Department arrested two Loogootee residents Tuesday for Criminal Trespass, Theft, Burglary, and Possession of Methamphetamine. 29-year-old Jayland Baker and 29-year-old Sh...
Apr 23, 2025
Guardian Bikes to Expand in Seymour
Guardian Bikes has announced plans to establish the nation's first large-scale bicycle frame manufacturing plant in southern Indiana. The new facility is made possible by $19 million in financing with...
Apr 22, 2025
This Day in Country Music
On this day April 24, 2003
Dixie Chicks launched a publicity campaign to explain their position after the controversy of Natalie Maines statement regading the Iraq war. During a prime-time interview with TV personality Diane Sawyer, Maines said she remained proud of her original...
Apr 24, 2025
On this day April 24, 1991
Garth Brooks won a record six times at the 26th annual awards on NBC. The Country singer won: Entertainer of the Year and Top Male Vocalist; Best Album for , Single Record, "Friends In Low Places", and Song and Video for "The Dance".
Apr 24, 2025
On this day April 23, 2017
The Andrew Johnson Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Hank Williams stayed on December 31, 1952, hours before his death, made headlines after mayor Tim Burchett announced that Knox County would seek proposals to redevelop the building, sparking re-in...
Apr 23, 2025
On this day April 23, 1936
Born on this day, was Roy Orbison, singer, songwriter, who had a 1964 UK & US #1 single with "Pretty Woman" plus over 20 US & 30 UK Top 40 singles. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until...
Apr 23, 2025
On this day April 20, 1959
Goldband Records released "Puppy Love" by a 13-year old Dolly Parton, a song that was recorded two years earlier when she was just eleven years old. The song didn't chart, but was later to be a hit in 1972 for Donny Osmond.
Apr 20, 2025
On this day April 20, 2020
Stuck at home in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, Willie Nelson staged the "Come And Toke It" live stream (in reference to 420 day, "the unofficial weed holiday"), to support efforts to legalize marijuana and free those incarcerated for it. Ot...
Apr 20, 2025
On this day April 20, 2009
Jimmy Dean's house was largely gutted by a fire, although the Deans escaped injury. The Deans rebuilt their home on the same foundation and returned early in 2010.
Apr 20, 2025
On this day April 20, 1965
Roger Miller was at #1 on the US Country charts with "King Of The Road." The song has been covered by many other artists, including George Jones, Dean Martin, Boxcar Willie, Randy Travis, the Statler Brothers, Rufus Wainwright & Teddy Thompson, The Pro...
Apr 20, 2025