Category Archives: Local News

Wreaths Across America Deadline Extended to December 12th
The deadline for ordering Wreaths for the Wreaths Across America Program in Vincennes has been extended to Friday, December 12th. The Vincennes Kiwanis and Vincennes Rotary Clubs are teaming up to hav...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 19, 2025

Kerns Construction Awarded Contract for Major North Knox Campus Improvement
The North Knox School Board awarded Kerns Construction an over five-million dollar renovation of part of its high shool complex. The work will transform the space into a multi-purpose area for various...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 18, 2025

Project Blazer Coming Along at 41 Industrial Park
Vincennes Water Utilities officials are working on the infrastructure of what is being called Project Blazer. The project centers \on a 22-acre plot of land at Keller Road and Industrial Boulevard. Vi...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 17, 2025

Revitalizing Downtown Vincennes Falls to Downtown Expert
An expert on revitalizing the state's downtowns is back on the task of bringing Vincennes' downtown more vitality. Ellen Harper has been re-assigned with the job of moving the City forward in its reju...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 17, 2025

Leaf Collection Starts Today
Curbside leaf collection begins today in Vincennes and will last until mid-December. Residents are asked not to mix limbs and other objects with their leaves as this will clog up the intake hoses on t...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 17, 2025

One Dead in Fatal Fire in Robinson
One person died Saturday in a residential fire in Robinson, Illinois. The Robinson Fire Protection District responded to the 16-hundred block of South Pickford Street shortly after Noon. Firefighters ...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 17, 2025

Steady Gas Prices the Rule in Vincennes
The Triple-A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana Sunday stood at $3.03 per gallon, 1 lower than Saturday and 4 lower than Sunday's national average. It is also a penny lower than a yea...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 17, 2025

Private Opening Held for Skelton Art Gallery; Public Opening is Tomorrow
The Red Skelton Art Gallery held a private opening celebration yesterday. The celebration was for various supporters who helped bring the facility to life. It sits next to the Red Skelton Museum of Am...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 17, 2025

DCS Staffing Levels a Concern to Some
Several Democratic lawmakers are concerned about staffing levels in the Indiana Department of Child Services. Senator Fady Qaddoura of Indianapolis says it is "extremely important for the General Asse...
Tom Zimmerman Nov 17, 2025

Vincennes and Washington Leaf Collection to Start Monday
Curbside leaf collection is scheduled to begin in Vincennes on Monday and last until mid-December. Residents are asked not to mix limbs and other objects with their leaves as this will clog up the int...
Will Peppers Nov 16, 2025 elenathewise / Depositphotos.com



