Category Archives: Local News

Paving Work to Begin This Week on Hamlin Chapel Road
The first Knox County road work of the spring paving season will get underway today. The first work will be on parts of Hamlin Chapel Road in soutnern Knox County. The closure will affect various part...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 31, 2025

All Odon Boil Orders Now Lifted
All boil orders for the northern Daviess County community of Odon are now lifted. Several boil orders had been in place earlier, due to water main breaks and repairs over he last few weeks. All affect...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 31, 2025

U-S 50 to US 41 Set for Work on Friday
IN-DOT has announced a ramp closure for US 50 in Knox County. Beginning on or around this Friday, crews will close the westbound U.S. 50 ramp to U.S. 41 southbound near Vincennes. This ramp closure is...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 31, 2025

Gas Prices Stay Well Above 3 Dollars a Gallon to Start Week
The Triple A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana is around $3.12 a gallon-- four cents lower than Friday's national average. That is also eight cents higher than a week ago, 26 cents h...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 31, 2025

New UWKC Director Starts in One Week
Incoming United Way of Knox County director Scott Charleston is preparing to fill his new position. Charleston will tak the spot being vacated by outgoing director Mark Hill; Hill originally announced...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 31, 2025

New Knox County Sheriff's K-9 Ready for Action
The Knox County Sheriff's Office has a new K-9. 'Uzzi' and her handler, Deputy Levi Archer, will start intenstive training with er this week. Knox County Sheriff Doug Vantlin says the dog is fully tra...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 31, 2025

I-69 Bridge Work Begins Wednesday
The Indiana Department of Transportation says lane closures are scheduled to begin this Wednesday on I-69 near Petersburg. The closures will occur where I-69 crosses State Road 57 and will allow for a...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 31, 2025

Daviess County Man Arrested for Child Molesting
Washington Police arrested an Evansville man Wednesday on a charge of Child Molesting. Detectives with the Washington Police Department, along with the Department of Children Services, responded to a ...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 28, 2025

Planning Grant Coming for Elnora
State officials announced Thursday the Daviess County community of Elnora is receiving a $90,000 Water Infrastructure Planning Grant through the Community Development Block Grant program. Block grant ...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 28, 2025

Excessive Speeding on I-69 Leads to Arrest
A Bloomington woman is facing a charge of Reckless Driving after being clocked at 106 miles an hour in a 70 mile per hour zone on I-69 in Gibson County. A Gibson County Sheriff's deputy pulled over 21...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 28, 2025



