A potential change of plea hearing for Dylan Smith is now set for Monday at 11 am in Knox Circuit Court. Smith is charged with murder in the August fifth shooting death of Taylor Hendershot in a Sixth Street parking lot in Vincennes. The hearing was originally set for today. However, Knox Circuit Court judge Monica Gil...

Monday afternoon, the Knox County Council will hold a hearing concerning a possible wheel tax for County drivers. The State of Indiana is tying that surcharge to preferred future status for Community Crossing Matching Grant funding. The hearing will be held at five p-m Monday in Vincennes City Council's chambers at Cit...

      The Republican-led State Budget Committee in Indiana voted against using state funds to cover a federal SNAP funding gap, which would have helped Hoosier SNAP recipients affected by the government shutdown.       The proposal, introduced by a Democratic ...

      The first of two city-wide large item disposal days sponsored by the City of Vincennes and Republic Services is set for tomorrow from 8:00 to 11:30 am. It will be at Republic Services. 27-06 North Second Street in Vincennes.       Items too large to plac...

A Canadian man turned himself in yesterday at the Knox County Jail on two counts of failing to register as a serious offender. 46 year-old Christopher Shonk, of Pickle Lake, Ontario, surrendered on a Knox Circuit Court warrant issued in January of this year. He is being held in the Knox County Jail on ten-thousand doll...

      Daviess Community Hospital is inviting parents, caregivers, and expectant families to complete a brief Infant Safe Sleep Awareness Survey to help shape local education and resources that keep babies safer during sleep.       Participants who submit the s...

Hoosiers can expect dry, mild weather just in time for Halloween and the start of November. Mostly sunny skies and comfortable temperatures are in the forecast. Tonight, temperatures will be in the low 50's. The weekend brings partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies, with highs in the upper 60's both tomorrow and Sunday.

      State lawmakers who have been called into a special session on redistricting are not expected to meet today, or this week.       Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says the legislature will not be convening on November 3rd, so the timeline to redraw India...

Chili Cookoff Saturday in Vincennes Jds 10-30-2025       The United Way of Knox County's Great Bowls of Fire chili cookoff will be held on Saturday at Patrick Henry Square in Downtown Vincennes from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. The event features 22 teams supporting both their chili, and the United Wa...

(PACE-EAP about to start)(Thursday 10/30/25 ... tlz 6a) The PACE Community Action Agency's Energy Assistance Program will begin this Saturday, and continue through to the spring of next year. The program is a one-time bill credit for your primary heat source. Lisa Ritterskamp is with PACE. She encourages early signup-e...

Halloween is Friday and Indiana State Police have a few safety tips to help ensure everyone's safety. •     Children should always be accompanied by adults. •     Older children should trick-or-treat in groups. •     Have a cellph...

Washington Man Now Facing 9 Counts of Child Molesting/2 Counts of Rape Jds 10-30-2025 The Daviess County Prosecutor has now updated the charges against a Washington man to nine counts of Child Molesting and two counts of Rape. 34-year-old Carlos Rivera Del Valle is being held without bond in the Daviess County Security...

Washington Man Now Facing 9 Counts of Child Molesting/2 Counts of Rape Jds 10-30-2025 The Daviess County Prosecutor has now updated the charges against a Washington man to nine counts of Child Molesting and two counts of Rape. 34-year-old Carlos Rivera Del Valle is being held without bond in the Daviess County Security...

Washington Man Now Facing 9 Counts of Child Molesting/2 Counts of Rape Jds 10-30-2025 The Daviess County Prosecutor has now updated the charges against a Washington man to nine counts of Child Molesting and two counts of Rape. 34-year-old Carlos Rivera Del Valle is being held without bond in the Daviess County Security...

Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum signed a sister cities agreement this morning with Mayor Ivan Korud (COH-rood) of Ovruch, Ukraine. The two sides signed the sister city pact as part of a teleconference between the two cities. The agreement is meant to strengthen Vincennes' international ties; Mayor Yochum says the sister-cit...

Medical Emergency Leads to School Bus Crash in Vincennes Jds 10-29-2025       The Vincennes Community School Corporation says a school bus driver experienced a medical emergency Tuesday, resulting in the bus hitting a guardrail on US 41.       School officials...

The City of Vincennes will host a virtual signing ceremony this morning to sign a sister city agreement with Ovruch, Ukraine. Ovruch is a city in Chytomir Oblast section of Ukraine. (The event will begin at nine a-m at Vincennes City Hall; that is 3 pm Ukranian time. This marks another Sister City alignment for Vincenn...

(Citco-Stewart-health)(Wednesday 10/29/25 ... tlz 6a) Knox County Health Department director Alan Stewart updated Vincennes City Council on the state of Knox County's health. That was part of Monday's Council session at City Hall. Dr. Stewart reports a statistic that shows Indiana is well behind other states in spendin...

The City of Vincennes will apply for a half-million dollars in Community Crossing Matching Grant-or C-C-M-G-funding for the coming year. Vincennes City Engineer John Sprague told the City's Board of Works this is the final round for the current grant structure. Following this round, preferred awards will go to municipa...

      Good Samaritan is expanding its sleep and neurological diagnostic services to include pediatric sleep studies and pediatric electroencephalograms for children ages 6 and older.       These new services allow families in the region to access advanced test...

The Vincennes Board of Works has approved three new locations for future installation of fiber-optic services. Crown Castle Fiber Optics will install the new lines near the corner of Kimmel and Ford Roads; along Washington Avenue; and along Old U-S 50. Board members approved all three new locations unanimously.

Fresh off a refurbishing of its former gymnastics area, the Vincennes YMCA is considering a refreshing of its lobby and office space. The Vincennes YMCA has been busy raising money for that new effort. YMCA C-E-O Dennis Kordes details the changes planned for the Y's front area. Kordes foresees the current bathroom area...

A Washington man was jailed yesterday on five separate sex-related crimes in Daviess County. Washington Police arrested 34 year-old Carlos Rivera DelValle on three counts of Child Molesting and two counts of Incest. He is being held without bond in the Daviess County Security Center

The average price of gas in Indiana on Tuesday stands at $3.01 a gallon, three cents lower than Monday, and three cents lower than the national average.       It was also seven cents higher than a year ago. Steady is the word for Vincennes prices, with gas cost averaging around 2-85 a gall...

The Vincennes City Council has approved the 2026 City salary ordinance for City officers-including members of the City Police and Fire Departments. The salary ordinance is passed separate from the annual City budget. Vincennes City Council president Brian Grove is glad to say City workers, at the minimum, have kept up ...

      Today is Buckle Up Phone Down Day, a day dedicated to encouraging motorists to rethink every trip they make in a vehicle, with the goal of improving safety for drivers, their passengers, and other road users.       The Indiana Department of Transportatio...

The Indiana Department of Transportation is preparing to switch seasons, as it moves from construction season to winter weather season. The move to sustained cooler weather has basically brought paving work to an end for this year. INDOT spokesman Gary Bryan reminds everyone current rainy conditions also impact the wor...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun has called a special session to consider re-drawing redraw Indiana's congressional maps. The session is now set to start Monday, November 3rd. Braun claims that he's doing it to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their rep...

Saturday, November first is a key date for PACE Community Action Agency's Head Start program. The federal grant that funds their birth to five year-ol education program expires at that time. PACE C-E-O Tai Blythe expects the get the full federal grant amount-but only after the shutdown is over and the budget starts flo...

The Vincennes Board of Works has approved three new locations for future installation of fiber-optic services. Crown Castle Fiber Optics will install the new lines near the corner of Kimmel and Ford Roads; along Washington Avenue; and along Old U-S 50. Board members approved all three new locations unanimously.