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DNR Airboat Rescues Woman From Flood Waters West Of Retreat

Indiana Conservation Officers rescued a Crothersville woman from the roof of her vehicle Saturday evening after she drove into flood waters west of Retreat. Teresa Hilton, 43, was safely removed from the roof of her vehicle and later transported to Schneck Memorial...

Scottsburg Man Arrested For Battery, Intimidation

Detectives with the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg were notified on Monday, Feb. 17, by the Scott County Division of Child Services that James Terry, 39, of the 300 block of North Gardner Street in Scottsburg, had allegedly battered a small child and a...

Spaghetti Supper, Pancake Breakfast This Weekend

The Brownstown United Methodist Women will hold a Spaghetti Supper this Friday, Feb. 28, in the Church Fellowship Hall from 4 to 7 p.m. The Free Will Offering dinner will consist of salad, spaghetti, dessert, and drinks. Then on Saturday, Mar. 1, annual Brownstown...

Yes, There Is A Difference

by Curt Kovener A bill moving through the Indiana legislature could allow southern Hoosier farmers to grow a new crop: industrial hemp. Like the baby with the bath water, hemp, and its much more popular cousin marijuana, were made illegal in the 1930’s. More on that...

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APARTMENT CARETAKER: Part time, individual or couple to look after small apartment property in southern Jackson County for out of town owner. Minor repairs, resident relations, cleaning common areas and vacant apartments, interviewing prospective tenants. Reply to...

A Bright Spot Of Winter

A cardinal dines at a Southern Indiana bird feeder. Many homeowners continue to feed birds, not just to attract nature’s show to their back yards, but to also help with the birds’ winter survival due to long term snow cover and sub-freezing weather prevent natural...

Indiana Farmland Assessments Going Up

by: Larry DeBoer             Professor of Ag. Economics at Purdue University At the end of December, Indiana’s Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) calculated the base rate assessment for farmland to be used for taxes in 2015. Predictably, the base rate...