Category Archives: Local News

Legislature Kills Two Election Proposals, Scales Back a Third
Republican senators killed two election proposals and significantly scaled back a third after letting the trio languish on the chamber's daily calendar for more than two weeks. Legislation slashing ea...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 25, 2025

Legislative View: Property Tax Cuts Good for Taxpayers
The Indiana House is considering passage of Senate Bill 1-a bill to reform and reduce property tax caps statewide. The bill was crafted, and has passed, its chamber of origin-the State Senate. Jasper ...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 25, 2025

Knox County Commissioners Playing Wait and See with Current Project
Efforts continue to prepare the former Knox /County Poor Farm land to become the County's Emergency Operations Center. If built, that building wou ld house, among other departments, the Knox County Ce...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 24, 2025

Daviess County Teen Found Dead in Accident
A Daviess County teen died early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle crash on County Road 1100 East, north of County Road 800 North. The Daviess County Sheriff's Office says their preliminary investigat...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 24, 2025

Greene County Conservation Group Gets State Grant
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture and State Soil Conservation Board have awarded the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District a $15,500 Clean Water Indiana competitive grant. The m...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 24, 2025

Life Sentence for Murder at Terre Haute Prison
A former Akron, Ohio man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his cellmate at the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex in January of 2019. 44-year-old Lawrence Taylor stabbed Jan Ste...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 24, 2025

Today Starts Work on U-S 41 at Oaktown
Lane closures begin today on US 41 near Oaktown for a bridge deck replacement project. The closures will occur in both north and southbound passing lanes of U.S. 41 between Old U.S. 41 and Freelandvil...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 24, 2025

ICO Investigating Death in Private Lake Near Bloomfield
Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after the body of a Bloomfield man was recovered from a private lake Saturday in Greene County. Authorities were advised of a possible person in the wat...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 24, 2025

Indiana House Passes Illinois County Annexation Bill
A proposal to have several Illinois counties join Indiana has advanced to the Indiana Senate after passing the House on Thursday. The bill would create a commission to discuss the possibility of India...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 24, 2025

Nominations Being Accepted for Chamber Awards Dinner
The Knox County Chamber of Commerce is taking nominations now for their 109th annual Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner. This year's event will be held on April 30th at the Highland Woods Community Cen...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 24, 2025



