Apr 29, 2020 | Local News
As of Sunday, April 26, COVID-19 there were 15,012 confirmed cases in Indiana. That is up from 11,210 for the previous Sunday, April 19. There have been 813 deaths up 251 from the 562 deaths statewide last Sunday.There have been 81,708 Hoosiers tested for the virus up...
Apr 29, 2020 | Local News
As bad as the current COVID-19 pandemic is for Hoosiers and the economy, in the future it may be viewed as an inconvenience when compared with the deaths from H1N1 bird flu pandemic of 1918-1919. The flu then was called Spanish Flu even though there is no evidence...
Apr 29, 2020 | Local News
At a time when the funeral home in Crothersville averaged 3 funerals during a typical November, that month in 1918—the peak of the Spanish Flu pandemic 102 years ago—there were 19 local deaths, according to funeral records from the old Kovener & Son Funeral...
Apr 29, 2020 | Local News
The primary election, which has been pushed back to June 2, is shaping up to be highly unusual, with widespread mail-in voting being encouraged and limited early in-person voting prior to Election Day.Election officials are encouraging voters to use mail-in ballots,...
Apr 29, 2020 | Local News
Scott County County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to assist with medical emergencies that resulted in two Austin women being incarcerated on drug related charges.On Friday, March 17, Deputy Charlie Morgan responded to a medical emergency on Terry Road in rural Scott...