Feb 24, 2021 | Local News
Routine traffic stops last week resulted in two Scottsburg men going to jail on drug related charges.On Friday, Feb. 12, Scott County Sheriff’s deputy Charlie Morgan made a traffic stop in Scottsburg which led to the arrest of Brandon Haven, 41, of Scottsburg for...
Feb 24, 2021 | Local News
Critical violations are defined as a provision of the Retail Food Establishment Sanitation Requirements, Title 410 IAC 7-24 that, if in noncompliance, is more likely than other violations to significantly contribute to food contamination, illness, or environmental...
Feb 24, 2021 | Local News
State Sen. Chris Garten (R-Charlestown) recently presented Scott Fergison, of Scott County, with the Circle of Corydon Award for his acts of heroism and courage on Sept. 30, 2019.On that day, a mother and her son were in their vehicle traveling south on Slab Road in...
Feb 24, 2021 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Maturity matters. Those less than a half-century old will be scratching their head at these because they won’t get it. And if you do, don’t be rolling your eyes.•It’s weird being the same age as old people.•The devil whispered to me, “I’m coming for...
Feb 24, 2021 | Legal Notices
2020 Jackson Solid Waste Dist AFR 2020 Scottsburg AFR 2020 Austin AFR 2020 Jackson Co. AFR 2020 Lexington Twp AFR LEGAL NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCEThe City of Austin Advisory Plan Commission (“PC”)...
Feb 17, 2021 | Local News
Wastewater utility customers in the City of Austin would see a modest monthly increase in their sewer bills if a proposed change in rates is approved by the city council.The minimum residential customer using 1,530 gallons of water would see a monthly increase of...
Feb 17, 2021 | Local News
Crothersville Elementary School Principal Drew Markel submitted his resignation last week, effective the end of the current school year, to return to a former career in the technology field.The Board of Trustees of Crothersville community Schools unanimously approved...
Feb 17, 2021 | Local News
Justin Keith Simpson A rural Clark County man was sentenced in Scott Circuit Court this past Friday to 10 years as a result of a July 2019 theft of a mini-bike that resulted in bodily injury to the mini-bike’s owner.In July 2019, as Justin Keith Simpson, 33, of Nabb...
Feb 17, 2021 | Local News
Crothersville will get 1,092 boxes containing 35 pounds of food as a part of the Farmers To Families food distribution program, according to town council president Danieta Foster.“This is a program by the USDA to assist with feeding families during the COVID-19...
Feb 17, 2021 | Local News
After a nearly two month closure due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, the Crothersville Town Hall re-opened to the public this past Tuesday.“With COVID cases going down in Jackson County, vaccines being administered, and the fact that we have made our office a...
