Category Archives: Local News
Road Closure Planned for State Road 58 in Knox and Daviess Counties
The Indiana Department of Transportation says State Road 58 in Knox and Daviess Counties is scheduled to close on or around Monday, April 28th for a chip and seal operation. State Road 58 will be clos...
Apr 21, 2025
Vincennes Zaxby's Now Open
A ribbon cutting ceremony for Vincennes' new Zaxby's Restaurant was held Monday morning and the restaurant opened for business at 10:00 AM. It's located at 12-77 Hart Street next to the Vincennes Town...
Apr 21, 2025
Bloomfield Police Find Drugs as Result of Domestic Battery Investigation
Bloomfield Police arrested 39-year-old Rodger Wilson Sunday on a preliminary felony charge of Domestic Battery after responding to a domestic complaint. During the investigation, police say search war...
Apr 21, 2025
Medicaid Work Requirements Sent to Governor Braun
Hoosiers who get their health insurance through the Healthy Indiana Plan will have to work or volunteer at least 20-hours a week to get their Medicaid coverage under a bill approved by the state Senat...
Apr 21, 2025
Daviess Co. Arrests
Washington Police arrested an Evansville woman Sunday for Criminal Trespass and Disorderly Conduct. 32-year-old Rebecca Vanae Phillips is being held without bond in the Daviess County Security Center....
Apr 21, 2025
Lawmakers Looking At $2 Per Pack Cigarette Tax
State lawmakers are considering a two-dollar increase in cigarette taxes to help make up a two-point-four-billion-dollar budget shortfall. That would double the taxes on cigarettes in the state if app...
Apr 18, 2025
Bill To Invite Illinois Counties to Join Indiana Heads to Governor's Desk
A bill inviting over two dozen Illinois counties to join Indiana is heading to Governor Mike Braun's desk. The Indiana House voted to concur with the Senate version of House Enrolled Act 10-08 on Thur...
Apr 18, 2025
Washington Township Volunteer Firefighter Honored for Lifesaving Efforts
The Indiana Volunteer Firefighters Association honored Washington Township volunteer firefighter Fletcher Rhoads Thursday by presenting him with an I.V.F.A. Life Saving Award. Rhoads assisted a neighb...
Apr 18, 2025
Pike Co. Law Enforcement Seeks Public's Assistance in Locating Two Wanted Subjects
Pike County authorities are asking the public for assistance in locating 61-year-old Donna Cox and 63-year-old Darrell Cox, both from Petersburg, who are wanted for alleged probation violations. Donna...
Apr 17, 2025
Vincennes Area Natives Among This Year's Rose-Hulman Alumni Award Winners
Two Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology alumni with ties to the Vincennes area were among this year's Rose-Hulman Alumni Award recipients, recognized for their considerable industry and community cont...
Apr 17, 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