Category Archives: Local News

Daviess Foundation Gives Another Education Grant
Daviess County's "Our Community Foundation" has awarded a $250 second-semester Teaching Innovator grant to North Daviess Jr/Sr High School to support the 'Leave Your Mark' initiative. North Daviess Te...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 05, 2025

KC Commissioners Approve Paving Bid for CCMG Funding
The Knox County Commissioners have approved E and B Paving's bid for this year's Community Crossings Matching Grant-or C-C-M-G-funding. The approved bid from E and B is just over 2.2 million dollars. ...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 05, 2025

April 23rd Drug Take Back Day Coming to GSH
Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes will host a 'Drug Take back Day' on Wednesday, April 23rd from 2:00 until 5:00 PM. Pharmacy staff will be set up at the 6th street entrance of the hospital under t...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 05, 2025

Knox County Salvation Army Looking to More Donations, Grant to Boost Its Coffers
The Knox County Salvation Army is working with around 46-thousand dollars in donations collected during the Christmas kettle campaign and mail appeal. Salvation Army commander Joey Gates totals up the...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 05, 2025

Full Animal Shelter Adds 20 More Dogs from Illinois Rescue
Even with their kennels full, the Vincennes Animal Shelter is busy caring for over 20 more dogs they took as part of a southeast Illinois hoarding incident. Shelter director Leah Raigen says the curre...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 05, 2025

Daviess County Deputy Released from Hospital After Injury in Accident
Daviess County Sheriff's deputy Hunter Goble is out of the hospital and recovering from injuries after a drunk driver pulled into his path while he was making an emergency run early Saturday morning. ...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 05, 2025

Hope Among the Destruction: Burned-Down Princeton Church Salvages Time Capsule
A historic church that burned down earlier this year is uncovering pieces of its past. A time capsule was one of the few items saved from the fire that destroyed Princeton Church in January. Fire crew...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 04, 2025

SR 441 Prep Work Starts This Week, Toward Major Changes Later This Year
Alternating lane closures are coming into place this week and next week for parts of State Road 441. The highway is primarily in and around Vincennes, stretching from U-S 41 to the Memorial Bridge in ...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 04, 2025

A Major Downer for UPS in Washington
Three UPS locations in Indiana are expected to close this Spring, including the facility in Washington. Teamsters Local Union 710 announced the closures on Friday. The closings also include UPS operat...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 04, 2025

Concerns Raised About Timing of Sewer Line Extension South of Vincennes
The Knox County Indiana Economic Development Corporation is looking at how federal and state changes may affect a sewer extension grant. The grant, along with a local match, would extend a sewer line ...
Tom Zimmerman Mar 04, 2025



