Jan 29, 2025 | Local News
A Perry County man who was found guilty of child molesting after a week-long trail last November was sentenced to 60 years in prison last Thursday by Scott Circuit Court Judge Jason Mount. Randall Crossley, 67, of the Ohio River community of Tell City was sentenced...
Jan 29, 2025 | Local News
The Scottsburg City Council has given preliminary approval for tax abatements to allow Genpak LLC to renovate their facilities, modernize manufacturing lines and add 45 new jobs paying over $22 per hour.. Genpak LLC, located on a little over 10 acres at 845 S. Elm on...
Jan 29, 2025 | Local News
Farming is big business in Jackson County. And many farmers are good supporters of our community with their time, talents and treasures. That’s among the reasons the Community Foundation of Jackson County and Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service collaborate...
Jan 29, 2025 | Local News
by Elijah Poe Indiana Capital Chronicle Statehouse Reps. Sue Errington (D-Muncie) and Jim Lucas (R-Seymour) couldn’t be more different. On almost everything. One is progressive. One is conservative. Lucas is a Second Amendment absolutist and Errington believes...
Jan 29, 2025 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Like many of my baby booming kindreds, I have had a cell phone for a time that is now numbered in decades. It started out as the small shoebox size bag phone in my vehicle which I justified in case I had car trouble on the road. Then I upgraded to a...
Jan 29, 2025 | Legal Notices
Legal Notice of Adoption of Preliminary Tax Abatement Resolution and Public Hearing Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the City of Scottsburg and Scott County, Indiana, that the City of Scottsburg Common Council on January 13, 2025, adopted a Preliminary...
Jan 22, 2025 | Local News
The Crothersville Town Council gave approval last Tuesday night for a 24-unit single family rental housing complex to be built in the 600 block of East Walnut Street. Jen Pryor, property manager for the proposed complex, told the council that property owner Jason...
Jan 22, 2025 | Local News
by: Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle A proposal to reconfigure the calculation for farmland property values was a concern for lawmakers last Wednesday due to its price tag— despite being a priority of the newly inaugurated Gov. Mike Braun. The bill was...
Jan 22, 2025 | Local News
by Michael Hicks Professor of Economics Ball State University Tariffs and trade are rarely explained in a way everyone can understand, and we should blame economists for that. There are a few important points that every adult should know. Tariffs are taxes levied on...
Jan 22, 2025 | Local News
Wyatt Zellers of Scottsburg, was named to the McKendree University fall 2024 semester Dean’s List for earning a grade point average of 3.60 or higher. Founded in 1828, McKendree University’s historic Lebanon, IL, campus is 25 miles from St. Louis, Mo....
