The Indiana Department of Transportation is preparing to switch seasons, as it moves from construction season to winter weather season. The move to sustained cooler weather has basically brought paving work to an end for this year. INDOT spokesman Gary Bryan reminds everyone current rainy conditions also impact the wor...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun has called a special session to consider re-drawing redraw Indiana's congressional maps. The session is now set to start Monday, November 3rd. Braun claims that he's doing it to protect Hoosiers from efforts in other states that seek to diminish their voice in Washington and ensure their rep...

An overnight road closure on US 41 near Fort Branch is scheduled fortomorrow. .       The closure will occur between County Roads 550 South and 600 South.       The road closure will allow for an emergency pipe replacement project and will occur nightly betwee...

Saturday, November first is a key date for PACE Community Action Agency's Head Start program. The federal grant that funds their birth to five year-ol education program expires at that time. PACE C-E-O Tai Blythe expects the get the full federal grant amount-but only after the shutdown is over and the budget starts flo...

The Vincennes City Council's Public Safety Committee will hold a public session to discuss side-by-side vehicles in Vincennes. The committee meeting is a response to various requests on information concerning the vehicles' regulation on City streets. The session will happen on Wednesday, November 12th at six p-m. The c...

The Vincennes Board of Works has approved three new locations for future installation of fiber-optic services. Crown Castle Fiber Optics will install the new lines near the corner of Kimmel and Ford Roads; along Washington Avenue; and along Old U-S 50. Board members approved all three new locations unanimously.

      Washington Carnegie Public Library was selected in July to receive a micro-grant from WETA as part of the national engagement campaign for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the upcoming PBS documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt.   ...

The City of Vincennes will apply for a half-million dollars in Community Crossing Matching Grant-or C-C-M-G-funding for the coming year. Vincennes City Engineer John Sprague told the City's Board of Works this is the final round for the current grant structure. Following this round, preferred awards will go to municipa...

Tickets are still available for the annual Helping His Hands banquet, planned for November sixth at the Highland Woods Community Center. The event will feature dinner, a report on Helping His Hands activities, and an auction. The dinner and business items will be handled from six to around seven that evening. After tha...

Some Pike-Gibson Water customers dealt with a water leak yesterday in southern Pike County. Pike-Gibson Water officials pinpointed the leak between the communities of Arthur and Campbelltown. The leak was detected and repaired yesterday morning. At this time, a boil advisory is in effect for those on county roads in th...

The final appearance of Food Trucks on the Wabash for this season is set forthis evening, with the annual Halloween Bash on the Riverwalk. The traditional closure of the food truck season will feature food, music, costumes, and prizes. The annual food trucks on the Wabash happens each Monday from May through October. T...

An overnight road closure on US 41 near Fort Branch is scheduled fortomorrow. .       The closure will occur between County Roads 550 South and 600 South.       The road closure will allow for an emergency pipe replacement project and will occur nightly betwee...

      Indiana Conservation Officers encourage Indiana hunters to donate harvested deer to help feed Hoosiers in need.       Hunt for Hunger, a program administered by the DNR Division of Law Enforcement, provides grants to the division's nonprofit partners, in...

The fourth week of the federal government funding stalemate continues-and now it is affecting even the Knox County Sheriff's Department. Knox County Sheriff Doug Vantlin says the federal shutdown affects their pay for holding federal inmates. The government shutdown is affecting several federal programs as well-includi...

The Vincennes Police Department successfully kept its force intact, despite a lateral hiring campaign by the Indiana State Police. V-P-D chief Jon Hillenbrand tells us despite an attractive pay package, all his eligible officers decided to stay here. The action is a reversal of the Department's lateral losses to other ...

      The City of Vincennes, in conjunction with Republic Services, is once again offering residents of Vincennes an opportunity to dispose of large, unwanted items at no charge.       On Saturday, November 1st and Saturday, November 8th, Vincennes residents m...

The Knox County Public Library Board will hold an executive session Wednesday to discuss personnel. That meeting will be closed to the public. Per state law, the session is for discussion only; no decisions are allowed during executive sessions. Board members will also hold a special meeting on Friday to consider adopt...

      The Indiana Department of Transportation is continuing to prepare for the winter season with a districtwide training exercise in the Southwest district on Monday.       Starting Monday morning, motorists can expect to see INDOT Southwest's fleet of yello...

Jasper State Senator Darryl Schmitt has thrown his support behind a call for Indiana to redistrict its Congressional maps. In a written statement, Schmitt pointed to two issues-skewed maps in Democrat-controlled states, and over-counted state populations in the 2020 census. Indiana Governor Mike Braun is considering a ...

Vincennes Police arrested a Vincennes man following a stop on Old Bruceville Road near Edgewood Road. Officers found 19 year-old Emery Holt allegedly drinking while underage. A further search found he was also wanted on Knox Circuit Court warrants for both dangerous control and dangerous possession of a firearm. The wa...