A Washington man was arrested overnight following a pursuit that started in Knox County, and ended in Washington. Officers attempted the stop a vehicle driven by 52 year-old Fred McClellan. Officers reported the chase on U-S 50 near Wheatland; the vehicle was pursued to a location on Northwest Tenth in Washington, wher...

      Daviess County group Our Community Foundation has announced Washington Catholic Schools is the recipient of a $250 Teaching Innovator Grant.       The grant will support the Cutting Edge Creativity: Safe Tools for STEM Project.     &e...

Medical experts are issuing a strong warning as this area faces one more morning o very cold temperatures. Prolonged exposure to the cold this morning can quickly lead to severe injuries, including hypothermia and frostbite. After today's bitterly cold start, temperatures are forecaste to warm back up into the 40's and...

The PACE Community Action Agency appreciates various groups who helped keep their Head Start open during this fall's government shutdown. The lack of funding affected the program's operation after November first. PACE C-E-O Tai Blythe says a number of public, private, and school groups helped them during the time they ...

A police license plate reader has led to the arrest of a Marion County homicide suspect in Greene County. The device-known as a Flock camera-helped capture Bryan Pedigo's vehicle near Lyons.       After an extended search based on the camera's data, law enforcement including Indiana Conser...

      The Daviess County Sheriff's Department arrested a Washington man Saturday on a warrant for two counts of Strangulation and two counts of Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury.       33-year-old Cody Ray Terrell was released from the Daviess County Security...

      Still no winner of the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot.       Saturday night's Powerball drawing was worth a billion dollars, making it the seventh-largest in the lottery game's history.       The Powerball website says, ho...

      A Mount Carmel, Illinois man is facing alcohol related charges following a two-vehicle crash resulting in serious injury. It happened on Friday night on State Road 64 near the Wabash River Bridge in Gibson County.       The Gibson County Sheriff's Office...

      The Triple-A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana on Sunday was $2.68 a gallon, 23¢ lower than Sunday's national average.       It was also 37¢ lower than a year ago. In Vincennes, to start the week, a few stations are sellng gas...

Two people were trapped in their vehicles following a crash on State Road 64 near the Mt. Carmel Bridge in Gibson County. First responders arrived at the scene and extracted the victims, who were then taken to area hospitals for treatment. A helicopter was unable to fly due to weather conditions. The cause of the crash...

The Greene County Sheriff's Office says a Flock camera, commonly known as a license plate reader, has led to the arrest of a Marion County homicide suspect in Greene County. Greene County Flock cameras captured Bryan Pedigo's vehicle near Lyons. After an extended search based on Flock camera data, law enforcement inclu...

Daviess and Dubois Counties had unemployment rates of 2.9% in September. That compares to 3.2% in September of last year for Daviess County and 3.3% for Dubois County. Martin County's September jobless rate was 3.0%, two-tenths percent lower than the year before. Knox County's rate of 3.4% in September was 1.4% lower t...

16 organizations have been named Being for Others Health and Wellness Foundation grant recipients for the year. The grants, the last of the year, are based on organization projects designed to advance health, well-being, and community resilience across BFO's eight-county Southwest Indiana service region. Daviess County...

AAA projects that nearly three million Hoosiers will travel over the last few weeks of 2025, especially over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Data from AAA Indiana says 2.9 million Hoosiers are expected to travel at least 50 miles over the 13-day year-end holiday period starting on December 20th and ending Januar...

President Trump says he'll support whoever runs against the Indiana state Senate's top Republican after the senate voted against a redistricting plan to give the GOP more seats on Capitol Hill. He singled out Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray Thursday, saying he'll probably lose his next primary because ...

The Indianapolis Colts made a donation to United Way of Central Indiana this week. The $56,636 donated is equivalent to $1 for each ticket sold at a recent home game. The Colts' contribution will help the United Way assist those in need in the community.

The Wreaths Across America program and wreath placement will proceed as planned, today, at the cemetery at 919 Willow St.there is a short program at 11 am and the wreath placement will follow. They are asking for volunteers to be there to help distribute the 2000+ wreaths. Wreaths across America is a non profit that ...

The Powerball jackpot is now worth one-billion dollars. Nobody matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's lottery drawing for 930-million dollars, so the grand prize will roll over to Saturday's drawing, when a two-dollar Powerball ticket could be worth a billion dollars before taxes. Whoever wins can choose the enti...

More Arctic air will be bringing subzero temperatures and brutally cold windchills to parts of the Midwest this weekend. The freeze started yesterday in the Northern Plains before heading into the Central Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes area by today. In some places, highs might not get above the single digits. Locally...

      A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for much of the area from 5 o'clock this afternoon until 10:00 a.m. Friday. Total snowfall of 2 to 4 inches has fallen across much of the area-- including Knox, Daviess, Martin, Sullivan, and Greene counties. Primary and secondary roads, aling w...

      The Indiana Senate has rejected the redrawing of a new congressional map that was backed by President Trump.       The state Senate voted it down Thursday on a 31-to-19 vote.       It's a major blow to Trump who had publicly...

The Indiana State Police Jasper and Evansville Districts are welcoming new K-9 officers.       Indiana State Trooper Austin Collins of the Jasper Post and his partner "Leo" were among those who graduated Wednesday from the 16th Indiana State Police K-9 Training School.  &ens...

      The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, or FSSA, has extended the open enrollment deadline for the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, and PathWays programs.       Eligible Hoosiers now have until Christmas Eve to select a health plan.  &en...

    A Youth First Social Worker at Princeton High School is arrested for Child Seduction.     Indiana State Police arrested 30-year-old Mariah Lienemann of Owensville Thursday evening     An investigation that got underway on November 6th determined Lienemann ...

      As the winter weather season intensifies, Indiana 211 is the key resource for finding safe and warm places to stay.       Residents in need of a warming center can dial 2-1-1 to speak with a Community Navigator or simply text their ZIP Code to 898-211 fo...

The relatively warmer conditions we have seen in this area are expected to turn into a winter freeze this weekend. Temperatures could drop into the single digits from Saturday night into Sunday. National Weather Service forecaster Jason Puma expects this hit of cold area to linger for a while as well. The colder air ma...

The Daviess County group Our Community Foundation has announced Washington Catholic Schools is the recipient of a $250 grant to support the Reflect and Refine with iPad Project.       Adair Hedrick accepted the award and was named a Teaching Innovator.       T...

      The Daviess Community Hospital Foundation Board of Directors recently honored Alan Goodwin for 17 years of service to the Foundation board.       Goodwin retired from the board December first.       During his years on the b...

The City of Vincennes continues to urge all those around the area to shop Vincennes and Knox County this year. Vincennes Mayor Joe Y ochum knows this is the most wonderful time of the year for retailers too. The County has also given out a large dollar amount of "Shop Knox County" gift cards, for use at parti...

      Good Samaritan will host a free community meal today from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Charles C. Hedde, MD Education Center, 502 South Seventh Street in Vincennes.       The special holiday event is part of Good Samaritan's ongoing commitment to supporting ...