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Scott County Donahue Farm Earns Hoosier Homestead Award

Aug 12, 2020 | Local News

State Representative Terry Goodin (D-Austin) and State Sen. Chris Garten (R-Charlestown) recently announced that the Donahue Farm in Scott County was on of this year’s recipients of the Hoosier Homestead Award, which recognizes farms owned and maintained by the same...

Got Some Free Seeds In The Mail? DON’T PLANT THEM!

Aug 5, 2020 | Local News

Scott County Purdue Extension Educator for Ag & Natural Resources, Tom Springstun, reports that people across the country are receiving unsolicited packages of unidentified seeds in the mail that seem to be coming from China. The Office of Indiana State Chemist,...

Police Investigating Man’s Death

Aug 5, 2020 | Local News

Last Wednesday, July 29, around 8:30 a.m., the Scott County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a deceased male in the Lexington area of southern Scott County.Scott County Sheriff Jerry Goodin said that Nicholas D. Casey, 31, of New Albany, was found...

Scottsburg Man Flown From I-65 Crash At County Line

Aug 5, 2020 | Local News

A Scottsburg man suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a Louisville hospital following a single vehicle crash near the Jackson-Scott County line last Monday, July 27.At approximately 12:30 pm, Indiana State Police responded to a single vehicle crash on I-65...

Retail Therapy: Quarantine Edition

Aug 5, 2020 | Local News

by Tressa BallardI’ll be perfectly honest here. I’ve spent a lot of money during the pandemic. And I mean. A. LOT.There have been months’ worth of dog treats and pet food, at least a few small appliances, wall clocks, blood type kits, bedding,...

International Truck Dealer To Open In Austin

Jul 29, 2020 | Local News

This empty building, formerly housing On-Site Manufacturing on Frontage Road, just north of the I-65 interchange in Austin will soon the home of heavy & medium duty truck sales for Trivista Truck & Equipment. The company has other locations in Palmyra, New...