Category Archives: Local News

Bears Stadium Deal Nearing to Keep Team in Illinois
The Chicago Bears and Illinois officials are nearing an agreement to keep the team in Illinois with public funding for infrastructure at Arlington Heights. The proposed "PILOT" legislation would let t...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 11, 2026

Vincennes City Offices to Close Monday for Presidents' Day
All Vincennes City Government Offices will be closed on Monday, February 16th due to Presidents' Day. Recycling will not be picked up and will resume on Monday, February 23rd. Trash pick-up will remai...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 11, 2026

Blackout Plates Become Popular in Indiana
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles says the state's new blackout license plate is a hit. The BMV has sold over 100-thousand of the black and white license plates so far. Deputy commissioner of vehic...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 11, 2026

KC Council Approves 15-Month Interlocal Agreement with GSH EMS
The Knox County Council has approved a 15-month interlocal agreement with Good Samaritan Hospital EMS. The agreement extends the contract with Knox County and the ambulance service. Earlier, the citie...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 11, 2026

Hiring Shingle Still Out for City Police Department
Vincennes Police are still looking for capable men and women to join them as City Police officers. In the latest hiring process, the V-P-D is expected to hire one person to fill one of three openings....
Tom Zimmerman Feb 11, 2026

ISP Arrest Shelburn Man on Child Molesting Charges
Indiana State Police arrested a Shelburn man Tuesday afternoon following a 4 month investigation into the sexual abuse of a juvenile female. An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday morning out of Sulliva...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 10, 2026

Vincennes Mayor Yochum Finds Great News in Amazon Announcement
Amazon is about to break ground on a 104-thousand square foot delivery facility in Vincennes. That construction work is expected to start very soon at a site diagonal from Farbest in the U-S 41 Indust...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 10, 2026

Religious Display Bill Off The Table in Indianapoalis
Indiana lawmakers allowed a bill supporting teachers displaying the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to expire at a key deadline. The measure, approved by committee in January, needed a House vot...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 10, 2026

Warming Weather Means Breaking Ice on White, Wabash Rivers
Temperatures are warming-but rain may also move in with the warmer weather, especially into the weekend. One thing National Weather Service forecaster Greg Melo warms against is ice breakups on both t...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 10, 2026

Vincennes Offices to Cloe Monday for Presidents' Day
All Vincennes City Government Offices will be closed on Monday, February 16th due to Presidents' Day. Recycling will not be picked up and will resume on Monday, February 23rd. Trash pick-up will remai...
Tom Zimmerman Feb 10, 2026



