Oct 27, 2021 | Local News
Aisin Drivetrain Inc. held a celebration last Monday in observance of their quarter of a century of manufacturing in Crothersville. To celebrate the company made $10,000 gifts to the town and school.Left to right representing the town of Crothersville were councilmen...
Oct 27, 2021 | Local News
Jeremy Cockerham A Crothersville man armed with a gun held police from four departments at bay for 7 1/2 hours in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Oct. 19, before surrendering. According to Crothersville Asst. Chief of Police Jonathon Tabor, he and CPD officer...
Oct 27, 2021 | Local News
After the Scott County Commissioners voted earlier this year to end a needle exchange program in the county claiming it enabled and encouraged drug use, the City of Austin will consider offering their own program citing public health issues to help prevent the spread...
Oct 27, 2021 | Local News
In the early morning hours last Wednesday, Oct. 20, Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies and Crothersville Police served a Jackson Superior Court 1 warrant which resulting in the arrest of five people on drug related charges. The focus of the warrant, Leroy D. Whitaker,...
Oct 27, 2021 | Local News
Six people were incarcerated on a variety of felony or misdemeanor charges last week, according to Scott County Sheriff Jerry Goodin. At 11:18 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16 Deputy William Morris arrested Poppy Brown, 33 of Jasper for public intoxication, resisting law...
Oct 27, 2021 | Legal Notices
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE OPERATION OF A SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN YOU ARE HEREBY notified a Public Hearing will be conducted on November 9, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. at the Austin City Hall, 80 W. Main St.,...
Oct 20, 2021 | Local News
Scott County Sheriff’s Deputies remained busy last week arresting 11 on a variety of drug related charges. On Thursday, Oct. 7, at 11:40 am, Scott County Jail Transport Officer Russell Combs arrested Jeremy Howard, 37, Hanover on a court warrant for failure to appear...
Oct 20, 2021 | Local News
Traditionally, southern Indiana has been justly celebrated for its gloriously colorful fall foliage. The hills and forests of Brown, Jackson and Scott counties would seem a natural destination for those who love to indulge in leaf peeping, the practice of traveling...
Oct 20, 2021 | Local News
Three people were killed and a fourth sent to the hospital involving a wrong-way driver on I-65 north of Crothersville early Monday morning, Oct. 11. According to Indiana State Police Sgt. Stephen Wheeles the two- vehicle crash occurred as 12:30 a.m. near the 39 mile...
Oct 20, 2021 | Curt Comments
Several weeks ago the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed column entitled “You Are Living in the Golden Age of Stupidity.” The author, Lance Morrow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, wrote a humorous yet thought-provoking analysis of America’s seeming fascination...
