Category Archives: Local News
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
Master Trooper Wilson Receives 2024 Trooper of the District Award
Indiana State Police Master Trooper Gaven Wilson, who is assigned to the Jasper Post, has been selected as the 2024 "Trooper of the District." Trooper Wilson was recognized Tuesday in Indianapolis by ...
Apr 22, 2025
Trooper Ewing Receives Jasper District Top OWI Award for 2024
Indiana State Police Superintendent Anthony Scott presented Trooper Noah Ewing with the Jasper District Top OWI Award Tuesday for his efforts in keeping Indiana roadways safe by apprehending 30 impair...
Apr 22, 2025
Federal Inmate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Cellmate at Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex
A Maryland man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his cellmate at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute in October of 2024. 29-year-old Joshua Mebane of Silver Spring, Maryla...
Apr 22, 2025
Paving Preservation Project Continues in Daviess Co.
The Daviess County Highway Department says RejuvTec will continues work Wednesday on the county's 2025 pavement preservation program by treating roads with Reclamite. Work is being done between 7:00 a...
Apr 22, 2025
Young is Greater Mitchell Chamber of Commerce's 2024 Citizen of the Year
Spring Mill State Park property manager Mark Young was recently named the Greater Mitchell Chamber of Commerce 2024 Citizen of the Year for his dedicated service to and impact on the Mitchell communit...
Apr 22, 2025
Gov. Braun Signs Bill Tightening Rules on Sex Offenders
Governor Braun has signed a bill tightening rules on where sex offenders can move. The bill, written by Republican Representative Ben Smaltz of Auburn, requires judges to review family ties, housing, ...
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