Local News

Greensburg, In. — Emily Tallent, daughter of Tina Tallent, was named Miss Tree City and Miss Congeniality. As Miss Tree City 2017, Ashley DeArmand passed the crown on her boyfriend proposed to her. First runner-up was Kierston […]

St. Louis, Mo. —  Six Flags St. Louis has challenged fans with the “Fright Fest 30-Hour Coffin Challenge.” For those that meet the challenge will be entered in a drawing for $300, if there are multiple winners […]

Columbus, In. — Investigators from the Columbus Police Department are trying to figure how a Lexington, Kentucky woman ended up dead on the side of I-65 in Bartholomew County. Police confirmed the woman is Araceli Jaimes Macedo, […]

Indianapolis, In. — Unemployment in Indiana for August was reported at 3.5 percent, up from 3.4 percent in July. The Indiana rate continues to trend lower than the national rate of 3.9 percent. Indiana’s labor force had a net […]

Norfolk, Va. — The Navy’s newest fast-attack submarine, USS Indiana (SSN 789), will be commissioned at the Navy Port at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Port Canaveral, Fla., Sept. 29, 2018. It will be the sixteenth […]

Plainfield, In. — If approved by state utility regulators, Duke Energy Indiana customers will pay $30 million less for costs at the company’s Edwardsport coal gasification power plant due to an agreement with some of the state’s consumer groups. The proposal, […]

Shlebyville, In. — A report from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department says an 11-year-old Shelbyville boy died in a single vehicle crash Friday. Deputies say Derek Duclos, 41, drove off the roadway near the intersection of Washington […]

Batesville, In. —The annual “When Life Gives you Lemons” fundraiser for Southeastern Indiana Voices for Children will be held Tuesday, September 25 in the Party Place at Romweber. Cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner […]

Versailles, In. — Indiana Department of Transportation’s contractor for the $4 million repair and resurfacing project on 17.5 miles of U.S. Highway 50 between the Jennings/ Ripley County line and State Road 101 plans to begin milling […]

Greensburg, In. —  Southern Indiana Rotary clubs are accepting applications for a $40,000 Rotary District Global Grant Scholarship that will enable a Southern Indiana scholar to study one to four years in a graduate program at any […]

Indianapolis, In. — Harvest season is officially underway, which means more slow-moving farm equipment will be on Indiana’s rural roads. To keep Hoosiers safe this year, state agencies are asking motorists to be alert, patient and responsible, […]