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Ft. Vallonia Days This Weekend

The 54th annual and longest continually running festival in Jackson County, Fort Vallonia Days, will swell the streets of with people this weekend. Oct. 21-22. Centered around the location of the original fort—the original center of government in Jackson County—the...

Area Communities Set Trick Or Treat Times

The City of Austin will observe trick or treat on Halloween, Oct. 31 from 6-8 p.m. The Town of Crothersville will have trick or treat from 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 31. The City of Scottsburg will be having trick or treat from 6-8 on Oct. 31. It is recommended that residents...

Sorry, June — October is the Perfect Month

by Joseph F. Persinger in “The View from Poverty Ridge” The poet James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) asked the rhetorical question: “And what is so rare as a day in June?” My answer would be: “Just about any day in October.” October is such a dramatic month, bringing...

Little York Man Arrested For Possession Of Child Pornography

A cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) led to the arrest last Wednesday of a Washington County man for possession of child pornography. Matthew T. Reid, 30, of South School Road in the Little York area of eastern Washington...

16 Parcels Sell At Scott Tax Sale For Over $134,000

When the Scott County delinquent property tax sale list was first advertised in late August there were 113 parcels with back taxes owed. By the time of last Friday’s tax sale on Oct. 6 began, that list had been pared down to 44 after property owners paid taxes owed...