Category Archives: Local News

Weed Eradication Amendment in Place for Main Street in Vincennes
The Vincennes Redevelopment Commission has approved an amendment to a week mitigation agreement with the Loughmueller Group. The agreement is for needed weed management duties in the Main Street area....
Tony Collins Jun 21, 2024

KC Commissioners Nearing Public Discussion of Repurposing Space
The Knox County Commissioners believe they are a couple of weeks away from public discussion of space repurposing for County offices. With the creation of the new Community Corrections building next t...
Tony Collins Jun 20, 2024

Purdue Gets Programs in Best Grad Category
Purdue University announced on Tuesday that 13 of their programs earned top-10 placements in the U.S. News & World Report for 2024-2025 Best Graduate rankings. Their Agricultural and biological en...
Tony Collins Jun 20, 2024

Washington to Host Firefighter Training Location
Governor Eric Holcomb announced the second round of firefighter training locations. Daviess County was one of the five sites announced during a dedication ceremony of a newly built training site in Wa...
Tony Collins Jun 20, 2024

Today is Last Day for School Board Filing
Today is the last day for candidates to file for the three Knox County public school districts starts on Tuesday of next week. Three at-large seats are up on the five-person Vincennes Community School...
Tony Collins Jun 20, 2024

Hart Street Traffic Slimming Down Now
Hart Street traffic from 15th Street to Veterans' Memorial Drive is now getting used to its new role as a three-lane road. Hart has slimmed down from a four-lane road with no left-turn lanes to a two ...
Tony Collins Jun 20, 2024

IDEM Declares Air Quality Action Day Today
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has declared an Air Quality Action Day today for southwest Indiana. Continuing high temperatures that are expected to reach the lower 90's, along wit...
Tony Collins Jun 20, 2024

550 Near Loogootee to See Lane Closures Next Week
The Indiana Department of Transportation says lane closures are scheduled to begin on State Road 550 in Martin County on Wednesday of next week for pavement patching. The lane closures will occur betw...
Tony Collins Jun 20, 2024

Ground Now Broken for Agro-Renew Plant
The first physical steps are now underway for construction of the 196-thousand square foot Agro-Renew bio-plastics manufacturing facility. The plant will locate on Elkhorn Road; its job is to turn pro...
Tony Collins Jun 19, 2024

Groundbreaking Today on Agro-Renew Facility
AgroRenew will break ground at ten this morning on a 196,000 square foot manufacturing facility on Elkhorn Road in Vincennes. The facility will transform crop waste from Knox County watermelon fields ...
Tony Collins Jun 19, 2024



