Mar 19, 2025 | Local News
The City of Austin celebrated the official opening of the newly-rebuilt Fuel Mart, 145 N. Dowling St., on Austin’s westside on March 11 – and received a surprise when Ports Petroleum Co. President Matt Ports presented a $10,000 donation to the Jennings Township...
Mar 19, 2025 | Local News
Bestselling author and industry insider Jane Friedman will be the featured speaker during a writing workshop sponsored by the Woman’s Press Club of Indiana Education Fund. Friedman, an award-winning editor, author, and publisher, will present, “Earning Money in...
Mar 19, 2025 | Local News
Winding Waters Invasive Partnership will be having a Weed Wrangle at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. noon. Volunteers are needed and should meet at the Refuge Visitor Center.
Mar 19, 2025 | Legal Notices
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: March 27, 2025 Council Chambers – City Hall 201 E Market Street, Salem, IN 47167 Pursuant to I.C. 36-7-4-920, the City of Salem, Washington County, Indiana (the “City”) gives notice of a public hearing to be conducted by the...
Mar 12, 2025 | Local News
A 19-year-old Brownstown resident was charged with arson after setting some of his belongings on fire inside the house where he was staying. Kenneth Boling Kenneth William Boling of 315 N. Ewing Street is accused of setting a 24-inch television and clothing on fire in...
Mar 12, 2025 | Local News
Christopher Greenlee On Monday, March 3, the Scott County Prosecutor’s Office convicted Christopher Greenlee, 53, of Washington, IN of burglary and cruelty to an animal for offenses he committed in January 2024. Scott Circuit Court Magistrate Alison Frazier sentenced...
Mar 12, 2025 | Local News
The city of Scottsburg was among 12 Hoosier communities to share in $31 million in low-interest loans for housing infrastructure by the State of Indiana The Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) unveiled the recipients of the loans from the second round of the Residential...
Mar 12, 2025 | Local News
Two cities and three county’s in the area were awarded a share of more than $200 million in Community Crossings matching grants for local road and bridge projects by the Indiana Department of Transportation last week. A total of 245 Indiana cities, towns, and counties...
Mar 12, 2025 | Local News
The Jackson County Democratic Central Committee elected Mary Ellen Emch of Seymour to lead rebuilding of the party and upcoming election efforts in a meeting March 1 at Brownstown. A meeting for further organization will be announced in the next few days, Emch said. A...
Mar 12, 2025 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, perhaps it is time for some blarney and malarkey for you to ponder: •I thought my boss was a jerk, so I quit my job and went to work for myself. My new boss is a jerk, too…but at least I respect him. •If a mute...
