Senator Todd Young of Indiana voted for the Laken Riley Act Monday. The bill passed the Senate 64-35 and now heads to the House for consideration. The legislation would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest illegal aliens who commit an offense of theft, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, or assault of...

Memorial Hospital and Health Care is the recipient of a $1.07 million grant from the Dubois County Community Foundation to enhance mental health services within the community. The grant is made possible through a recent $1.4 million grant to the Dubois County Community Foundation from Lilly Endowment and marks an impor...

A fire broke out Monday afternoon at the Princeton Church at 128 West Street in Princeton. The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says the fire was reported around 1:58 PM. The Princeton Fire Department is being assisted by the Fort Branch, East Gibson, Francisco, and Hazleton Fire Departments. No other details are availab...

A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for all Central Indiana until 10:00 AM Wednesday. Cold wind chills as low as 18 below zero could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. Matt Eckhoff is a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite...

Daviess Community Hospital has announced Lindsey Fuhs, RN, as the new Director of Quality, Infection Prevention, and Risk Management, effective this Wednesday. Fuhs, a member of the DCH family for 21 years, will oversee hospital-wide quality initiatives, infection prevention programs, and risk management strategies.

The Triple A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana Monday stood at $3.10 a gallon, 1¢ higher than Sunday and 3¢ lower than Monday's national average. It was also 12¢ higher than a week ago, 4¢ lower than a month ago, and two cents higher than a year ago. Triple A also says the average ...

Hoosier lawmakers say the issue of property tax relief will be addressed during the 2025 legislative session. But what that will look like remains to be seen. Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says right now property taxes are the job of the State Senate. But he says any property tax relief must ensure local government...

Washington Police arrested a Washington man Sunday for Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated .15 or More, Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated/ Endangerment, and Operating a Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License. 22-year-old Josmar Bustamante was released from the Daviess County Security Center on $10,000 bond. The...

Gibson County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Madisonville, Kentucky man Friday morning following a crash near the intersection of State Road 57 and State Road 357 near Oakland City. Emergency personnel were informed a man had flipped a Jeep and appeared to be under the influence. The sheriff's office says 35-year-old Bl...

Indiana State Police say a man and a woman are facing charges in connection with an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor in Sullivan County. Police say 63-year-old Timothy Squire of Jasonville allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor under the age of 14 and 59-year-old Rebecca Squ...

The Spencer County Sheriff's Office says the body of a missing duck hunter was found late Saturday afternoon in the Ohio River near the Grandview boat ramp near Rockport in Spencer County. 22-year-old Hunter Conner was reported missing in the water around 9:00 AM Friday. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says...

A second person has been charged with assisting the suspect wanted in the shooting of an Orange County Sheriff's Deputy on January 3rd. 37-year-old James Adams of Commiskey, Indiana is charged with Assisting a Criminal and False Informing. Adams is accused of helping Austin Schepers flee to Louisville after he shot Ora...

A groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion and renovation of the Town of Shoals' Carnegie Library is scheduled for Friday January 31st at Noon. The library says the project is being made possible thanks to a grant modification and support from the community. The groundbreaking will be held on the east side of the libr...

A Bloomington woman is charged with Neglect and Criminal Recklessness for allegedly stuffing a two-year-old boy inside a suitcase before boarding a city bus. Court documents say Ashley Gibson was arrested in mid-December. Police were called shortly after Gibson got on the bus and the bus driver heard her mention she ha...

State lawmakers are considering cutting the time someone can claim unemployment pay. Currently, Hoosiers can claim up to 26 weeks of jobless pay and a Senate bill would cut that to 14 weeks and offer a two-week extension if a claimant is actively job hunting and has been in an approved job training program. People coll...

Governor Mike Braun is ordering most state employees back to work in-person. Braun issued the directive this week in an executive order. In the order, Braun says "return to in-person work will strengthen collaboration, oversight and direct engagement, maximizing the effectiveness of the State of Indiana's civil se...

A Princeton man is facing a pair of charges following a physical altercation earlier this week in the 24-hundred block of East State Road 64. Gibson County Sheriff's deputies were called to that location concerning a welfare check. Following an investigation, 47-year-old T.W. Hunt Junior was arrested for Strangulation ...

Daviess Community Hospital has announced the appointment of Kym Mavronicles (MAV-ron-uh-culls) as the new Director of Human Resources, effective January 6th. With more than 15 years of experience in healthcare HR leadership, DCH officials say Mavronicles brings a wealth of expertise in employee engagement, strategic pl...

The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office says a suspect has been arrested in connection with the theft of a custom dog box. The box and the truck it was on were recently stolen from Shelburn. The truck was found wrecked on the east side of Indianapolis. The dog box, which was not on the truck, turned up on Marketplace on F...

The United Way of Knox County says its annual VITA free tax service will return in February at the Knox County Public Library in Vincennes and the Bicknell-Vigo Township Library. Packets will be available at both locations starting January 16th and are to be completed and returned on the program dates. Packets will be ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun has signed executive orders that he says will cut 25-percent of government regulations. He adds they will also reduce qualifications for state jobs and professional licenses and mandate state employees to be back in their offices by July 1st. Braun says his actions are meant to make the stat...

The Illinois Department of Revenue says it will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns on Monday, January 27th, the same date the Internal Revenue Service begins accepting federal income tax returns. Illinois will participate in the IRS Direct File program this year. Eligible taxpayers will be able to use the ...

Newly sworn-in Indiana Governor Mike Braun issued several executive orders Wednesday, one of which was to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion practices from within the state's government. The order comes from abiding by the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment and by "ensuring all Hoosiers...

Olney Central College broke ground Wednesday afternoon on its new Applied Technology Center. OCC officials say the 8,000-square-feet addition to Wattleworth Hall will provide cutting-edge classrooms and labs, enhancing education and hands-on training for the college's Nursing and Radiography programs.

Our Community Foundation has announced the first of fifteen second-semester Teaching Innovator grant recipients. Washington High School received a $250 grant to support Hatchet Gold, an innovative mentorship program designed to pair incoming freshmen with peer mentors. Principal Brian Holland accepted the award and was...

Heart of Jasper is among three Indiana Main Street organizations that have earned the designation of Nationally Accredited Main Streets. The others are Corydon Main Street and Main Street Greensburg. The Main Street organizations are provided a formal certificate recognizing them as the highest achieving Main Street co...

A Vincennes man and a Palestine, Illinois man are among 11 defendants sentenced to a total of 123 years in federal prison in connection with a cartel-linked drug trafficking ring that used train cars in the Midwest to smuggle fentanyl and methamphetamine. 46-year-old Zachary Polk of Vincennes was sentenced to just unde...

The Courage House in Knox County is taking action against the opioid crisis by offering a Narcan training class to equip the public with life-saving skills. The class will teach participants how to administer Narcan, or naloxone, which reverses the effects of opioids for up to two hours. Mark Storms, who has run the Co...

Huntingburg Police Department K9 'Romeo' has received body armor through a charitable donation from the non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9's. Vested Interest in K9's is a charity whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies ...

The Dubois County Community Foundation has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment through its Community Leadership Implementation Grants program. The grant will enable the Community Foundation to expand its ongoing work in addressing mental health and substance use disorders in Dubois County. The Commun...