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...
Apr 22, 2020 | Local News
As of Monday, April 20, COVID-19 has 12,097 confirmed cases in Indiana. That is up from 7,928 for the previous Sunday, April 12. There have been 642 deaths more than doubled the 343 deaths statewide on Sunday, April 12.There have been 67,264 Hoosiers tested for the...
Apr 22, 2020 | Local News
Governor Extends Stay-At-Home Order To May 1 State officials pushed the projected peak of COVID-19 cases in Indiana from this week to early May, crediting a lower than expected rate of infection to Hoosiers “hunkered down” at home and flattening the curve of the...
