A noted downtown expert is trying to help her hometown attract more business into vacated downtown Vincennes buildings. Recently, Ellen Harper has rejoined the effort to match buildings with developers. Harper says one of the top items on her list is finding someone to take on the vacated Old Chicago building at Sixth ...

Daviess County's Our Community Foundation has awarded Washington Catholic Schools a $250 grant to support the EduNotes: Tracking Progress with Precision Project.       Ally Gilley accepted the award and was named a Teaching Innovator.       The EduNotes: Track...

Daviess Community Hospital was recently recognized with several Breakthrough Awards at a recent conference in Galveston, Texas. The Hospital's four Emerald Awards and three Ruby Awards. The Emerald Awards are for satisfaction rating, along with three Commication awards. They include communication about medicines, with ...

      The Knox County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect in a Tuesday morning car theft investigation.       34-year-old Nicholas Anthis is wanted in connection with the theft of a 2009 dark gray Toyota Camry around 7:00 am Tuesday on West 15th Street. ...

      The name of the individual killed in a Saturday afternoon fire in Robinson, Illinois has been released. Sister Station WTYE reports Crawford County Coroner Earl Deckard identified the fire victim as 83-year-old Audrey Houser.       Firefighters from the ...

      At the request of the Sullivan County Prosecutor, Indiana State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting early Tuesday morning in Sullivan.       It happened around 1:50 a.m. at 615 South Bell Street.       Sull...

      President Donald Trump continues to attack Republican state lawmakers in Indiana.       He called state Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray a "weak and pathetic RINO" after Bray said last week the votes to redistrict the state's congressional map...

      Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray says he wants to make it clear that the Senate Republican Caucus wants to see a Republican-held House in 2026 so that President Trump can continue making progress on important issues like fighting illegal immigration and crime in our count...

Work continues toward re-placing the stones on the Lincoln Memorial Bridge in downtown Vincennes. Stone cleaning has been the latest focus of the work crews, as part of the process to get the improved stones back in place. George Rogers Clark National Park chief ranger Joe Herron says one part that is lagging a bit is ...

      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 have wreaths placed at the graves of all veterans b...

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is pushing forward with more youth apprenticeship programs to strengthen the state's workforce. The goal is to connect high school juniors and seniors with various career pathways. Indiana Senate president pro tem Rod Bray. The career pathway goal is the help with some of the "soft ...

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. Vincennes Water Utilities' role would be to provide water and sewer service for the targeted ground. No other word on the p...

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 rejuvenation efforts. Harper says the various vacancies now in downtown Vincennes are not out of the ordinary. A revitalizat...

      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 the leaf vacuums.      &...

      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 found heavy ...

      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 year ago. Prices are still steady for V...

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 American Comedy; the two facilities, along with the Skelton Performing Arts Theater, are located on the Vincennes Universi...

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 Assembly to revisit this topic of how to empower and support DCS financially," and he adds they are constantly tal...

The Knox County Chamber of Commerce's popular buy one, get one gift card effort will be back this Christmas season. This will be the fourth year for the Chamber's local incentive. Chamber president Jamie Neal reminds everyone that along with the shopper, the big winners are participating merchants. No date has been se...

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 intake hoses on the leaf vacuums. Crews will not pick up piles of leaves with sticks and limbs mixed in. Limbs can be dropp...

Heads up for those of you who drive on State Road 43 near Solsberry in Greene County. The Indiana Department of Transportation says daily lane closures are scheduled to begin Monday over Richland Creek between North Yoho Road and North Copper Branch Road. The lane closures, which will take place on weekdays between 8:0...

The City of Loogootee will begin essential storm sewer construction on Green Street starting Monday. The city says the work will continue daily until the project is complete.

Vincennes University will renew its student housing scholarship for the coming school year in 2026-27. The scholarship provides 15-hundred dollars a year toward student housing expenses in the University's student dorms. The credits will equal 750 dollars per semester. The deadline for dorm residence applications fo...

Indiana Senator Eric Bassler of Washington has become the seventh Republican to say he will not support redrawing the state's congressional districts for next year's election. Bassler says in a statement that he "cannot support any mid-census redistricting plan," adding he stands by the vote they took four ye...

The federal government shutdown ended after 43 days. Indiana's delegation split along party lines: all seven Republicans voted to reopen the government, while the two Democrats opposed the deal. Republicans including 8th District Congressman Mark Messmer, welcomed the end of the shutdown, saying it brings relief to fed...

The Triple-A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana Friday stood at $3.07 per gallon, the same as Thursday and 1¢ lower than Friday's national average. It was also the same as a week ago, 18¢ higher than a month ago, and the same as a year ago. Triple-A says the average price of diesel fuel in In...

The state says around 300-thousand Hoosiers who have their medical coverage through Medicaid are losing the coverage with MDwise being removed from the provider list. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration officials say MDwise won't be in the managed care health plan options for the Healthy Indiana Plan and ...

Full SNAP benefits are expected to be paid to Indiana recipients for this month. That's according to an update from the Family and Social Services Administration. The agency says they are working to make sure November SNAP benefits are among those being funded now that the federal government is reopening. This comes af...

Pike County officials are asking the public to stay away from the site of a partially collapsed building in the community of Winslow. No injuries were reported when a portion of the 'Palace Lodge' collapsed early Wednesday morning. The collapse has forced the closure of some streets adjacent to the building. According ...

A traffic stop conducted Thursday afternoon in Gibson County resulted in the arrest of a Mount Carmel man on multiple drug charges. The Gibson County Sheriff's Office says 45-year-old Paul Spade of Mount Carmel was pulled over for a moving violation near the intersection of County Road 350 North and County Road 875 Wes...