Jasper Pavement Preservation Project Begins Monday
A pavement preservation/micro surface project is scheduled to begin around 8:00 AM Monday in Jasper. Vehicles must be removed from affected streets and driveways if residents intend to leave their homes on the day their street is being resurfaced. The streets should re-open each evening, depending on drying conditions....
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IU Athletic Doctor Under Investigation
An athletic doctor at Indiana University is being investigated over claims of misconduct by a former IU basketball player. Dr. Brad Bomba used to be IU basketball's team doctor, and the anonymous player says he was subjected to unnecessary exams during annual physicals. The former p...
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Copia Power Announces Plans for Sullivan Co. Solar Farm
Copia Power has announced plans to build a solar farm in Sullivan County within the next decade. The California-based company presented its proposal at a Sullivan County Redevelopment meeting. They aim to develop a 1,200-megawatt solar farm, with c...
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Indiana Gas Prices (Friday)
The Triple A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana Friday stood at $3.13 a gallon, three cents lower than Thursday and ten cents lower than Friday's national average. the average price of diesel fuel in Indiana Friday was $3.72 a gallon, a penny lower than Thursday..
Sep 14, 2024
Daviess Co. Rural Water Issues Boil Water Advisory
Daviess County Rural Water issued a Precautionary Boil Water Advisory Thursday for customers on County Road 700 South who are east of County Road 350 East, for customers on County Road 350 East south of County Road 700 South, and customers on County Road 725 South. It is recommended ...
Sep 14, 2024
VCSC Superintendent: School Threats will be Dealt With "Seriously"
Vincennes Community Schools have been on the lookout for possible school safety threats in recent weeks. In a letter to parents, Superintendent Greg Parsley calls it a national problem. That problem also hit the area this week, with a student at Fort Branch Community School arrested for alleged threats at that location...
Sep 13, 2024
Wteaths Across America Orders Being Accepted
The Vincennes Kiwanis and Vincennes Rotary Clubs are teaming up again this year to keep the Wreaths Across America program in Vincennes. The goal of the Vincennes service clubs is to place a wreath at the graves of an estimated 3,500 veterans buried in the Vincennes City Cemeteries. Wreaths are $17 each and can be purc...
Sep 13, 2024
iNDOT Reminds All of I-69 Lane Restriction
The Indiana Department of Transportation says a traffic shift on I-69 in Pike County is scheduled to begin today, due to ongoing repairs to the highway's southbound bridge. A crossover will be used to move traffic in the southbound driving lane to the northbound passing lane. Work is expected to last through the beginn...
Sep 13, 2024
Couple of Weeks Remain in PACE Tampon Drive
PACE Community Action Agency Health Connection is holding its fourth annual feminine pad and tampon drive for area schools. The drive will collect the feminine articles for use by girls at various schools in the five-county Health Connection area. Donations of articles or cash may be made as part of the drive in Au...
Sep 13, 2024
Oaktown Murder Appeal in Hands of State Appellate Court
The Indiana Court of Appeals took up the appeal of a murder case by an Oaktown man yesterday in a special session in Monrovia. In June of 2023, a Knox Superior Cort One jury convicted Kevin Hatfield of the murder of his wife Jasmine in their Oaktown home. The actual murder, and his arrest, happened in June of 2021. H...
Sep 13, 2024
Budget Hearings Wrap Up for Knox County
The Knox County Council finished setting an estimated 20 million dollar budget yesterday for various County departments. The four days of meetings took place in the Conference Room at the Knox County Sheriff's Department. Councilman Mike Morris occupied that building, as part of his decade as Knox County Sheriff. He ...
Sep 13, 2024
9/11 Remembrances Dotted Map This Week in Vincennes
Remembrances were the topic of various events this week, remembering the over three thousand lives lost in the attacks of September 11th, 2001. The most public remembrance was the annual flag display over the Hart Street overpass by the Vincennes City and Vincennes Township fire departments. V-T-F-D fire chief Tim Smi...
Sep 13, 2024
Gasoline Prices Down Statewide; Vincennes Seeing first Sub-3 Dollar Gas in a While
The Triple A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana Wednesday stood at $3.19 a gallon, three cents lower than Tuesday and six cents lower than Wednesday's national average. It was also three cents lower than a week ago, 29 cents lower than a month ago, and 52 cents lower...
Sep 12, 2024
VU to Host Governor for Economic Session Thursday of Next Week
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb will be in Vincennes a week from today for a state economic development session at Vincennes University. The quarterly I-E-D-C meeting will run from 2:30 to 3:30 that day at the University's Shake Learning Resource Center. The session will focus on the state's strategic initiatives for eco...
Sep 12, 2024
Vincennes YMCA Work Continues on former Gymnastics Room Renovaton
The Vincennes YMCA is continuing its capital campaign to raise funds for a renovated multi=purpose space where the former gymnastics room stood. Bill Davis is with the YMCA; he says the remodeling started months ago. Sports equipment will also be featured in different sections of the coming facility. YMCA officials exp...
Sep 12, 2024
PACE Tampon Drive Continues Across Area
PACE Community Action Agency Health Connection is holding its fourth annual feminine pad and tampon drive for area schools. The drive will collect the feminine articles for use by girls at various schools in the five-county Health Connection area. Donations of articles or cash may be made as part of the drive in August...
Sep 12, 2024
USB Gets Latest on Vincennes Water Tower Project
The Vincennes Utility Services Board heard an update on the rapidly completing Vincennes water tower project on Hart Street. Vincennes Water Utilities general manager Kirk Bouchie says it has taken a lot of time and money to put the tower in place. Bouchie knows there are several reasons the new water tower will be hel...
Sep 12, 2024
Hart Street Overpass Hosts the Annual 9/11 Remembrance Morning /Today
For the 23rd year, the Vincennes City and Vincennes Township fire departments joined together to hang a flag over the Hart Street exit of U-S 41. The flag is a reminder of over three-thousand people who lost their lives in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. It also honors...
Sep 11, 2024
Illinois Seeking to Combat Homelessness in Embarras River Basin
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has awared around 1.3 million dollars to help the Embarras River Basin. The Embarras River flows through central and southeast Illinois, including through Lawrenceville. It ends up joining with the Wabash River at the Indiana burder in Lawrence County. The ba...
Sep 11, 2024
VCSC Holds Public Hearing on 2025 Budget
Vincennes Community Schools held their required public hearing on their 2025 budget Monday night at its regular Board meeting. The overall Corporation budget request is estimated just over 42 million dollars for next year. That is up from the actual budget this year of just over 39.3 million dollars. The advertised tax...
Sep 11, 2024