Officials with the Vincennes Animal Shelter are expressing how grateful they are for the outpouring of support from our community following a recent dog hoarding case in Gibson County.       14 dogs were surrendered and the Vincennes shelter accepted 10 ...

Indiana State Police arrested a Petersburg man overnight following a traffic stop on Sixth Street in Vincennes. Officers pulled over the vehicle driven by 30 year-old Andrew Swain. A roadside investigation found Swain was driving while impaired with a controlled substance. He was also found in possession of meth, marij...

      The Daviess-Martin CISMA, or Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area, is partnering with the Downtown Washington Farmers Market for their Conservation Resource Fair a week from Saturday, September 27th, from 8am-12pm.       The family friendly event...

      Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Illinois has received a $100,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum Corporation to support the construction of LTC's new Technology Center.       The state-of-the-art facility will house the college's Process Technology, Bro...

Even with the recent hot, dry conditions in the area, the Indiana Department of Transportation is thinking about the winter months to come. Work is about to start to change their vehicles from summertime mode to snow and ice-clearing duties. INDOT spokesman Gary Bryan reminds everyone to winterize their cell phones, by...

The City of Vincennes is working on a planned pedestrian look running from Vincennes secondary schools to the Wabash River. Part of the process is part of improvements to Richard Bauer Drive. Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum expects that road and adjoining sidewalks to be complete within a few years. The other main sidewalk ...

Turning Point USA at Indiana University held a vigil for co-founder Charlie Kirk following his assassination. Students and public officials attended the event at the Indiana Memorial Union to honor Kirk's life and support for free speech on campuses. IU Chapter President James Chambers said Kirk's death "felt like...

      A Silver Alert for a Vincennes woman has been cancelled.       The alert, for 54-year-old Taunja Blackburn, was issued on August 30th.       No other information has been released.

Vincennes University's newest campus building is set for a January completion date. The 33.9 million dollar Health Sciences facility is the single largest V-U project made possible by state funding. It is being built on the former site of Harrison Hall on the University campus. The two-story, over 72-thosuand square fo...

2024 was not a good year for farm fatalities in Indiana. The number of those fatalities grew from 15 in 2023, to 28 last year. Farm safety expert Ed Sheldon reports many of those who died in farm-related accidents are over the age of 55. Farm safety specialists remind all farmers and farm hands to continue sharpening u...

Vincennes' Good Samaritan Hospital will offer free Pap and HPV testing to the community on Tuesday, September 23rd from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Family Health Center, 1027 Washington Avenue.       Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, and early detection through regular screeni...

      Applications for the 2025-2026 Energy Assistance season will be available to the public on October 1st.       Applications can be found at most local libraries, most Pace Community Action Agency locations, and online at pacecaa.org.    &en...

The United Way of Knox County will hold its annual Days of Caring this Thursay and Friday across the county. The activities include work at various donor non-profits that get funding from the United Way of Knox County. One of those is the Vincennes YMCA. Bill Davis is with the YMCA; he knows in past years, various grou...

 The Duke Energy Edwardsport IGCC Plant in partnership with the Knox County Emergency Management Agency and Knox County Local Emergency Planning Committee, will conduct an 8.7-mile radius test of the CodeRED Alerting System on Thursday between 1:00-1:30pm.       The alert may be recei...

Two Republican City-County councilors in Indianapolis are pushing back against an AES rate hike, arguing that the proposed increase of about $21 a month for residential customers is unjust. AES is also the electric provider for parts of Pike County, due to its power plant on the White River near Petersburg. Councilors...

Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales is urging Hoosiers to stay alert as several scammers have impersonated Indiana government officials. One was able to steal nearly two-million-dollars from an Indiana resident. Morales says two of the biggest red flags to watch out for are urgency and secrecy, saying people asked...

Governor Mike Braun and Secretary of Commerce David Adams announced the launch of a new statewide initiative today called "Power Up Indiana." The program will offer reimbursements to employers who invest in upskilling and retaining their workforce. The press conference, which also featured testimonials from a...

The Triple-A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana on Saturday stood at $3.17 a gallon, four cents lower than Friday and a penny lower than Saturday's national average. It was also three cents lower than a week ago, seven cents lower than a month ago, and five cents higher than a year ago. Meanwhile, Trip...

Indiana State Representative Jim Lucas says on social media that he has changed his position on mid-cycle redistricting from a hard no to a "rock solid HELL YES." The Seymour Republican earlier said redrawing the state's Congressional maps now was "highly unusual and politically optically horrible,"...

The Indiana Department of Transportation has set a deadline for the next step in designing and building the Mid-States Corridor. The Requests for Information from qualified industry members is now set for noon on Friday, September 26th. The information is considered industry input toward designing and constructing the ...

Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Illinois has received a $100,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum Corporation to support the construction of LTC's new Technology Center. The state-of-the-art facility will house the college's Process Technology, Broadband Telecom, and Welding programs. It's designed to give students acc...

The Triple-A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana on Friday stood at $3.21 a gallon, a penny lower than Thursday and two cents higher than Friday's national average. It was also a penny lower than a week ago, eight cents higher than a month ago, and five cents higher than a year ago. Meanwhile, Triple-A ...

Dubois County firefighter Lucas Gehlhausen will be laid to rest this weekend. The 41-year-old died in an accident while driving to a fire. Gehlhausen served 17 years with the Celestine Volunteer Fire Department and was a lifelong farmer. A funeral Mass will happen today at 10 a.m. at St. Isidore Parish - St. Celestine ...

A Silver Alert for a Vincennes woman has been cancelled. The alert, for 54-year-old Taunja Blackburn, was issued on August 30th. No other information has been released.

Washington Police arrested a Washington woman early Friday morning for Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Law Enforcement, and Battery on Law Enforcement. 43-year-old Danielle Krodel is being held without bond in the Daviess County Security Center.

The Knox County Council will wrap up its budget hearings with a meeting this morning with its fiscal adviser Reedy Financial. Much of the budget setting happened last night, as the Board works to slot an estimated 22 million dollars in expected money into various Department accounts for 2026. One area that did get fund...

      Applications for the 2025-2026 Energy Assistance season will be available to the public on October 1st.       Applications can be found at most local libraries, most Pace Community Action Agency locations, and online at pacecaa.org.    &en...

      Governor Mike Braun has directed that flags be flown at half-staff across the state of Indiana today in observance of Patriot Day.       Flags will be lowered at all state facilities from sunrise to sunset in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 lives lost in...

The South Knox School Board has approged a just over 19 million dollar budget for ths coming year. The budget is up nearly 2.3 million dollars for last year's total, with nearly all of that increase coming from a rise in the Operations fund. The final advertized tax levy for the district is being advertised at nearly 6...

The Vincennes Community School Board has approved on first reading a sweeping set of changes to the Corporation's proposed policy and guidelines. Superintendent Greg Parsley told the Board the changes were due to recommended state and federal language changes to the policies. Among the proposed revision areas include s...