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(Statehouse) – The governor recently signed into law State Rep. Jennifer Meltzer’s (R-Shelbyville) bill criminalizing possession and dealing of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer being mixed with illegal drugs. According to the Centers for Disease Control […]

(Franklin County, IN) – Reservoir Road in Franklin County between Spaeth Road and Brook Hill Drive will be closed starting at 8 a.m. Thursday. The Franklin County Highway Department says the closure will last until […]

(Southeastern IN) – The area is under an elevated fire danger again today. The National Weather Service says gusty northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph can be expected. Forecasters say the winds will combine […]

(St. Paul, IN) – A Boil Water Advisory is in effect for the Town of St. Paul until Thursday, March 21 at Noon. Residents are advised to take appropriate precautions during the advisory. You can […]

(Statehouse) – State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) welcomed fourth-grade students from Batesville Intermediate School to the Statehouse on Thursday, March 14. Leising spoke to the students about Indiana’s state government and the legislative process when […]

(Indianapolis, IN) – Several local students were top finishers at last Friday’s Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) State Career Development Conference in Indianapolis. The event put on by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) […]

(Indianapolis, IN) – Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed a bill into law that bans China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela from owning or leasing farmland in Indiana.  The bill (House Enrolled Act 1183), […]

(Southeastern IN) – SEI READI, Inc. has successfully submitted the Southeast Indiana region’s proposal for a second round of funding from the state’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI), spearheaded by the Indiana Economic […]

(Washington County, IN) – The mother of a young boy whose body was found in a suitcase in the woods of Washington County two years next month has been arrested. Dejuane Anderson was rounded up […]

(Dearborn County, IN) – A slide correction project scheduled to start next month will force the closure of part of State Road 1 in Dearborn County until around Christmastime. INDOT says the road will be […]

(Southeastern IN) – The National Weather Service says there is an elevated fire danger on this first day of spring. Gusty winds of 25 to 35 mph out of the southwest are expected. Forecasters say […]

(Versailles, IN) – An autopsy on 18-year-old Carson Hughes of Osgood was completed Monday, and the preliminary cause of death was determined to be probable cold-water drowning. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says there […]