Vincennes City Council has approved an updated set of vehicle registration fees for use as needed across Vincennes. The new initial fee will now be 200 dollars, with a 50 dollar annual renewal due on January first of each year. Some groups will receive waivers from the required fees. One of those waivers is for permane...

The end of the current heat wave is in sight-but not before some rain may come through first. The National Weather Service right now is calling for a 50/50 chance of some precipitation returning sometime today. Forecaster Greg Melo gives the biggest problems that could happen if a storm comes through the area as being ...

Vincennes City Engineer John Sprague told the Vincennes Board of Works that work will start next week on the second half of state matching grant projects. The coming C-C-M-G related efforts will primarily consist of overlays to various City streets. Also, Sprague told the Board INDOT plans to close Vigo Street from Sec...

The Knox County Public Library needs your help as part of a required strategic plan to help them help the public. K-C-P-L director Emily Bunyan says your input is crucial in figuring out the Library's future direction. Bunyan also knows beyond the public's help, they are also employing some professional help to improve...

The South Knox School Board has approved two different scheduled two-hour delays for students-not for weather, but for teacher development. The Teacher Development Days will be on Tuesday, October 14th and Tuesday, April 14th. The change is now in place after an adjustment to the 2025=26 school calendar to allow the te...

Students return to the classroom next week.       In Knox County, students at North and South Knox Schools head back to school on Tuesday, August 5th.       Vincennes Community and Vincennes Catholic School students return on Thursday, August 7th.   ...

The Vincennes Board of Works has granted the City of Vincennes over 55-thousand dollars as a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT. The payment continues a long tradition of PILOT gifts by the V-H-A in exchange for public services they receive. Since the Vincennes Housing Authority is a public entity, it is not required t...

Work State Road 61 between Hickory Corner Road and South Robinson Road near Verne has been postponed. That news from the Indiana Department of Transportation. That pipe work as will be rescheduled for a later date. At this time, no date has been set for that work to be completed.

The Knox County Commissioners and County Council are still considering their options, following a re-formulating of the Community Crossings Matching Grant. For the last eight years, the C-C-M-G has allowed millions of dollars of infrastructure and paving improvements statewide. However, a new formula could affect the a...

      The Indiana Department of Transportation says State Road 61 between Hickory Corner Road and South Robinson Road near Verne in Knox County is scheduled to close tomorrow for a pipe replacement project.       Work is expected to take two days to complete, ...

The Vincennes City Council approved on final reading an amended fee ordinance for various signs and markings in the city. The new ordinance adjusts the initial signage fee to 200 dollars, with a 50 dollar renewal fee each following year. The renewal fee would be due annually each year on January first. Handicapped driv...

Vincennes City officials are preparing now for negotiations for their budget for 2026-but the real concern is for the 2027 budget. Legislative tax cuts and other measures have left cities scrambling to accommodate an expected loss of property tax revenue for that year. Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum says just as they plan ...

The Isaiah 1:17 House is the recipient of the July quarterly gift from the 100 Women who Care. The group met last week and decided at that session to award the funding to the Isaiah 1:17 House. They were one of three groups up for the funding. After all the money is turned in, the total amount given away is usually wel...

The Vincennes Board of Works approved the low bid of Myers Contracting yesterday for coming sidewalk work alongside Hart Street. The work will run along Hart from 15th Street to Veterans' Memorial Drive. It will also tie in with an INDOT project from Veterans' Memorial Drive to the U-S 41 overpass. Myers had the lowest...

      The Daviess County Highway Department says the Indiana Department of Transportation has extended the closing of Old US Highway 50 between County Roads 200 West and 300 West for a bridge rehabilitation project.       It had been scheduled to reopen follow...

      A heat advisory is now in effect until 8:00 pm Tuesday.       Heat index values are expected to be at or above 105 degrees each afternoon with overnight temperatures remaining in the mid-70s.       Meanwhile, in Pike and Gib...

      Indiana State Police say failing to yield to an emergency vehicle led to the arrest of an Indianapolis man Friday evening.       A state trooper was making an emergency run on US 50 to a domestic dispute in Washington when the vehicle in front of him fai...

      Governor Mike Braun is expressing confidence in avoiding problems with conditions at a planned ICE detention facility at Camp Atterbury in Johnson County.       Braun says he supports the use of Camp Atterbury for a new temporary facility if conditions c...

More information has been released on a Knox County weekend accident that led to the arrest of a Vincennes man. Knox County Sheriff's deputies responded to the accident on Hoods Road, just south of Vincennes. An investigation showed driver, 27 year-old Jared Cummins, was driving an off-road vehicle, while having a .277...

     The United Way of Knox County is preparing for its annual Day of Caring, taking place Thursday, September 18th and Friday, September 19th. Carson Thacker is one of the co-chairs for the overall United Way campaign this year. He lays out both days' activities. Thacker feels this is a great ...

The Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Odon will open for its full hours today, and stay open through the end of the month. Businesses and residents in Daviess County and the contiguous counties of Knox, Greene, Martin and Pike, may qualify for low interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration follo...

      The Indiana Department of Transportation says State Road 61 between Hickory Corner Road Verne       Local traffic will have access up to the point of closure.

      Vincennes University is working now with Walmart to provide hands-on technician training for Walmart associates. It will expand Walmart's Associate to Technician program to Vincennes, following a successful pilot in Dallas-Fort Worth.       The A2T progr...

 The Indiana Department of Transportation says State Road 58 near Carlisle in Sullivan County is scheduled for closure today for an emergency railroad repair.       The closure will occur between Cherry Street and East County Road 4 Southeast.       The p...

Back to school activities start early next month, with some school districts starting as early as Monday, August fourth. That means police officers county-wide will be put back into place as school resource officers-or SRO's. Knox County Sheriff's Major Mike Fisher knows the officers in the schools are a good-and posit...

      An Evansville man is facing numerous charges following a police chase that began in Evansville and ended in Gibson County when he struck a pick-up truck.       Evansville Police initially attempted to pull over 30-year-old Austin Butcher for a traffic vi...

Gov. Mike Braun expressed confidence in avoiding problems with conditions at a planned ICE detention facility at Camp Atterbury in Johnson County. Braun stated that he supports the use of Camp Atterbury for a new temporary facility as long as conditions can be improved. U.S. Rep. André Carson is investigating th...

A Caitlin Clark trading card sold for a record-breaking $660,000 at the Fanatics Collect Premier Auction, nearly doubling the previous highest price paid for a women's sports card

A Bloomington man, Patrick McCoin, has been arrested following disturbing allegations involving two young girls. McCoin is accused of threatening to hit the 10 and 12-year-old girls with a rock and forcing them to walk several miles without food or water. The girls reportedly suffered injuries during the incident. McCo...

Detectives with the Bloomington Police Department arrested several individuals in and around Seminary Park. Investigators had been focusing efforts for several weeks to identify those responsible for selling and using drugs in the area As a result of the ongoing investigations, 8 individuals were arrested for dealing c...