Category Archives: Local News

Washington Parks Board to Hold Park Usage Session Tomorrow NIght
The Washington Park and Recreation Board will meet tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 200 Harned Avenue. Anyone requesting use of the soccer fields, softball fields, or tennis cour...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026

Storm Spotter Classes Available through National Weather Service
National Weather Service Indianapolis forecaters will hold three months of stomr spotter classes across the area starting next week. A week from now, the N-W-S spotter class for Knox and Daviess Count...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026

KCARC to Hold March 19th Open House for New Training Center
Vincennes-based KCARC is adding a new traning center as part of the Coonrod Production Center on Sixth Street in Vincennes. The center will be featured in an open house on March 19th from four to six ...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026

UWKC Calling Recent Fund-Raising Campaign a Success
The United Way of Knox County's regular fund-raising campaign is over for another year. The funds they raised will now start going to the donor agencies with their community assistance funded by the U...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026

North Carolina Man Sentenced in 2021 Shooting of Main with Princeton Ties
The man accused of murdering a man with ties to Princeton was convicted of the crime in North Carolina. A North Carolina jury has convicted Brandon Christopher Hyde of second-degree murder in the 2021...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026

Let the Warmup Begin-- Temporarily
It will begin to feel a lot like springtime this week as temperatures jump back into the 60's to near 70 tomorrow. However, forecaster Aaron Updike warns just like most spring-feeling days, the wind w...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026

DCH Open House This Afternoon for New Center
Daviess Community Hospital will host an open house at the CORE Center today from 4 to 5 p.m. to celebrate the expansion of musculoskeletal specialty services through a partnership with Tri-State Ortho...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026

Beech Grove Policeman Killed in Line of Duty Last Night
A Beech Grove policeman is dead and another is injured after being shot in the line of duty. Beech Grove is an enclave of Indianapolis in southern Marion County. The shooting happened last night, when...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026
Betty Jane Coleman, 72, Washington
Betty Jane Coleman, a light in the lives of many, passed away peacefully on February 14, 2026, in Bloomington, Indiana. Born on October 2, 1953, in Washington, Indiana, Betty brought joy and creativit...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 17, 2026

Dugger Woman Speaks on Coal at White House Event
Sullivan County coal mine truck driver Kayla Blackford was invited to the White House recently as part of a ceremony for signing of a coal-related executive order. Blackford represented Sullivan Count...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 16, 2026



