Olivia P Tucker Times Reporter Scott County Council denied $5 per hour raises to wages for the Scott County Sheriff Deputies and Jailers for the remainder of the year as emotions boiled over at regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Sheriff Jerry Goodin had sought the...

Trish Whitcomb, a recently announced candidate for Indiana House District 69, has co-authored a novel "Revolution Road Trip: Our Two Wild and World Changing Weeks Behind the Iron Curtain". Whitcomb, Kelly Kimball, Andrew Frank, and Barry Fadem met as political...

The 54th annual and longest continually running festival in Jackson County, Fort Vallonia Days, will swell the streets of with people this weekend. Oct. 21-22. Centered around the location of the original fort—the original center of government in Jackson County—the...

Indiana judges, magistrates, and referees were recognized by Chief Justice Loretta Rush for their commitment to higher education and their long-time judicial service. Scott Circuit Court Judge Jason Mount and Magistrate Alison Frazier were among the 31 recognized last...

The City of Austin will observe trick or treat on Halloween, Oct. 31 from 6-8 p.m. The Town of Crothersville will have trick or treat from 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 31. The City of Scottsburg will be having trick or treat from 6-8 on Oct. 31. It is recommended that residents...

by Joseph F. Persinger in “The View from Poverty Ridge” The poet James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) asked the rhetorical question: “And what is so rare as a day in June?” My answer would be: “Just about any day in October.” October is such a dramatic month, bringing...