Local News

St. Leon, IN—INDOT contractors are scheduled to remove the temporary traffic signal on St. Peters Road over I-74 in Dearborn County on Thursday, September 26, weather permitting. The road will reopen as two lanes with […]

Madison, IN—National Public Lands Day, Sept. 28, is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. To encourage volunteerism, the Indiana Department of Transportation has partnered with State Parks so its employees have a […]

Update: Decatur, Franklin, Jackson, and Ohio Counties have now been added to Indiana counties that have issued a burn ban until further notice due to drought conditions in southeastern Indiana.    Original Story  Connersville, IN—Union […]

Lawrenceburg, IN— Learn the basics of nonprofit accounting and finance at a free training sponsored by Interact for Health. “Nonprofit Finance for Non-Finance People” will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 22, […]

Aurora, IN—Early Monday morning, the Indiana State Police responded to a crash on US 50 in Dearborn County that resulted in the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle. The initial investigation […]

Oldenburg, IN—Oldenburg Academy congratulates the following Juniors who were recently inducted into the National Honor Society.  Admittance to this group requires the highest standards of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. At this ceremony, Senior Elizabeth […]

Statewide—Governor Eric Holcomb has declared September 22-28, 2019 as Indiana Rail Safety Week in conjunction with the U.S. and Canada Rail Safety Week that will take place in all 50 states and Canadian provinces. Our […]

Brookville, IN—Wednesday evening deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department responded to a farm on Holland Road to the report of a farming accident.  Upon arrival, deputies found John J. Selm,72, of Brookville, with multiple […]

Batesville, IN—Batesville Tool & Die is happy to announce the purchase and installation of a 630 metric ton Aida Servo Press in their Mexico plant, Troqueladora Batesville de Mexico. The new press adds Servo Press […]

The Superintendent of the Indiana State Police, Douglas G. Carter, has announced the promotion of Captain David P. Travis to the rank of Major.  Major Travis will serve as the Special Operations Commander and oversee […]

Dearborn County—INDOT contractor John R. Jurgensen Company will continue patching work this week for the $20.3 million asphalt resurfacing project on I-74 in Dearborn County that began last month. Nightly lane closures begin tonight through […]

Brookville, IN—The section of U.S. 52 between New Trenton and Cedar Grove in Franklin County will reopen by the end of October, following completion of the upper portion of a slide repair project that began […]