This is the online home of the Crothersville Times — the largest weekly newspaper in Jackson and Scott County — first online in 2000.
Life Lessons Learned From A Hickory Nut
by Curt Kovener November rains always bring cold. With recent and predicted rains bringing chills to my bones, I opted to spend time inside in the quiet of the wilderness retreat. I have been trying to collect some of those large hickory nuts with thin hulls and thin...
LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE The City of Austin Parks Board will offer for sale “AS IS” to the highest bidder by sealed bids a Polaris Xpress 300 4-Wheeler. All sealed bids MUST be received in the Mayor’s Office at City Hall no later than 12:00 p.m., Friday, November 12, 2021. The...
Aisin Drivetrain Celebrates 25 Years In Crothersville
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...
Crothersville Man Charged With Attempted Murder After 7 Hour Standoff With Police
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...
Austin Council To Consider Syringe Exchange Program
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...
5 Arrested On Drug Charges Northwest Of Crothersville
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,...