State Officials Announce Acceleration of Boonville Bypass Project
 State officials announced Friday the acceleration of the State Road 61 Boonville Bypass Project.
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Daviess Co. Rural Water Issues Boil Order
 Daviess Co. Rural Water has issued a precautionary boil order due to a water main leak.
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State Police Seek Public's Help in Solving Six-Month-Old Murder
 Indiana State Police are asking the public for help in finding items that may have been discarded along roadsides, in ditches, and in wooded areas by the killer of an 85-year-old retired Sullivan County farmer nearly six months ago.
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Washington Memorial Day Closings
 All Washington city offices and departments will be closed on Monday, in observance of Memorial Day.
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Vincennes fire (5/25)
The State Fire Marshal's office is investigating a trailer fire which took place on the north end of Vincennes. Firefighters were called to 18 East Minneapolis Thursday morning at around four a-m. The trailer was fully involved by the time they arrived. Firefighters had the blaze under control within 20 minutes. The trailer, owned by Michelle
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Sullivan County arrest (5/25)
Police found explosive devices in a Sullivan home yesterday afternoon. Sullivan Police arrested 26 year-old Blake Boles at around two-30 p-m on a warrant and found two small explosive devices in his possession. Police obtained a search warrant for Boles' residence at 550 East Washington. Police found five more small homemade explosive devices. They
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Tornado relief efforts (5/25)
Area groups are collecting items for transport to the tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma.
Officials at Maria (muh-RYE-uh) Creek Christian Church will collect items today and tomorrow to take to the victims. The item collection will happen at the Vincennes Rural King location on North Sixth Street. The group is collecting various
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Authorities Conduced School Shooting Drill (VIDEO)
 (Robinson, IL) -- It started with actual shots being fired in the hallways of Robinson High School.
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FEMA Teams In Robinson
 (Robinson, IL) -- For the next three days, officials from FEMA will be in Robinson.
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Lawmakers Happy With Concealed Carry Bill
  (Springfield, IL) -- Local lawmakers are happy that a concealed carry bill in Springfield has been approved.
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Graduation Season Wraps Up
 (Undated) -- Two more high school classes graduate this weekend.
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Click It OR Ticket
 (Effingham, IL) -- The Illinois State Police are encouraging drivers to be careful this weekend if they're travelling for Memorial Day.
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Jasper Co. U of I Extension Extending Hours
 (Newton, IL) -- The University of Illinois Extension office in Jasper County is expanding its hours.
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Vincennes Rendezvous (5/25)
The 37th annual Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous is taking place today and tomorrow. In past years, crowds of between 25 and 30-thousand have come out for the annual Memorial Day celebration at the French Commons off Willow Street.
A big part of the annual celebration is the annual re-enactor encampment at the nearby George Rogers Clark
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Photo contest (5/25)
One of the special events within the Vincennes Rendezvous is the annual photo contest which is organized by the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and the Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society. The photos must be taken during this year's event and must depict Rendezvous happenings. There are several different
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Holiday patrols (5/25)
Indiana State Police will be participating in "Operation CARE",
and the Statewide Driving Under the Influence Project during the Memorial
Day weekend.
Troopers will be looking for drivers who speed, follow too closely, make
unsafe lane changes, and fail to buckle up or to properly restrain children.
Troopers will
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State Police Protecting Motorists During Memorial Day Weekend
 Indiana State Police will be participating in "Operation CARE", and the Statewide Driving Under the Influence Project during the Memorial Day weekend.
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Dog Attacks on Postal Workers on the Rise in Indiana
 A recent increase in dog attacks has prompted the U.S. Postal Service to urge Indiana dog owners to keep their canines under control.
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IL: Quinn to Fight Concealed Carry Bill
 Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he will work to stop a concealed carry bill that passed the house Friday.
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Holiday World Replacing Freedom Train
 Holiday World is replacing one of its last original rides.
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ISP Assists Sullivan Police with Explosive Materials and Meth Labs
 Police found explosives and a meth lab during an investigation in Sulllivan Friday.
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Many Indiana Schools to Lose Out On Funding Increase
 The new state budget that increases funding for schools the next two years won't benefit every Indiana school district.
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IU President Recommends Lowest Tuition Increase Since 1970's
 Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is recommending tuition and fee increases of 1.75% for Indiana residents in each of the next two years at the school's Bloomington campus.
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Vincennes Mobile Home Fire Under Investigation
 The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of a mobile home fire on the north side of Vincennes.
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Child Molesting Suspect returned to Gibson Co.
 A child molesting suspect has been returned to Gibson County after being arrested in Arkansas.
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Sullivan County Driver Airlifted after Crash
 A Sullivan man was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital Friday morning following a two-vehicle accident on State Road 154 at County Road 900 West in Sullivan County.
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ISP seeks help to solve Merom murder
Indian a State Police continue to ask the public for their assistance in an ongoing murder case in Sullivan County. 85 year-old Lowell Badger was murdered in his rural Sullivan County home six months ago. Police are still looking for one or multiple suspects. The public is asked to be on the lookout for Badger's LCD TV and his personal safe. Anyone with any information
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Former NK treasurer ordered to pay money back
The former treasurer for the North Knox School Corporation is being asked to repay money she allegedly paid herself with corporation checks. Peggy Smith is alleged to have paid herself $12,000 with the school corporation's checks. Smith was the North Knox treasurer from July 2010 until August of last year. The State Board of Accounts did an audit of
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More tornado relief efforts underway
A couple of area groups are collecting items for transport to the tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma.
Officials at Maria Creek Christian Church will collect items tomorrow and Sunday to take to the victims. The item collection will happen at the Vincennes Rural King location on North Sixth Street. The group is collecting various
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Particpants and visitors prepare for Rendezvous weekend
Parti cipants and volunteers involved with the Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous are preparing for this weekend's annual event. In past years, crowds of between 25 and 30-thousand have come out for the annual Memorial Day celebration at the French Commons off Willow Street.
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Money issues may close some rural roads
S everal rural county roads could be closed due to money issues.
Knox County Highway Superintendent Ron Cardinal told the Knox County Commissioners of the idea at Monday's meeting. Cardinal said many of the roads have basically become someone's driveway or have very little traffic on them. He also said that some have become centers for drug activity and illegal
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Authorities Practicing School Shooting Response Today
 (Robinson, IL) -- Emergency responders from throughout the area will be at Robinson High School today practicing what they'd do if a shooter attacked the school.
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FEMA Teams In Robinson This Weekend
(Robinson, IL) -- FEMA will have teams in Robinson this weekend.
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Governor Wants Disaster Help For Governments
 (Robinson, IL) -- Local businesses and residents impacted by last month's flooding are eligible for federal help and now Governor Pat Quinn wants to get help for local governments.
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Baccalaureate Returns To RHS
 (Robinson, IL) -- Robinson High School's Class of 2013 is bringing a tradition back to the school tonight.
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IECC Updates Online Learning Plan
 (Undated) -- The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges have updated their Distance Delivery Education Plan.
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RHS Athletes Advance At State Track Meet
 (Charleston, IL) -- Several Robinson track athletes advanced through the preliminaries of the IHSA State Track Meet.
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Pavement Preservation Project Set to Begin on SR 61 in Warrick Co.
 State highway officials are advising drivers of temporary lane restrictions to be put into place on State Road 61 in Warrick County next week.
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Illinois Arson Investigation Continues
 (Robinson, IL) -- Sheriff Todd Liston says they're still working to solve a series of suspicious fires in Crawford County Illinois.
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RPD Arrests Man
 (Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Police Department made an arrest yesterday.
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Vincennes Rendezvous Underway
 The 37th Annual Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous gets underway today at the French Commons.
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Crawford County Declared Federal Disaster Area
(Robinson, IL) -- Crawford County is now eligible for federal disaster aid for flooding last month.
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Authorities Conducting School Shooting Drill Friday
(Robinson, IL) -- Police say don't panic when you see a number of emergency vehicles around Robinson High School tomorrow.
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Oblong Academic Foundation Planning Golf Outing
 (Oblong, IL) -- The Oblong Academic Foundation is going to raise money tomorrow.
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PGS Raising Money For Shrum Family
 (Palestine, IL) -- Palestine is raising money for the Shrum family today.
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CCSO Makes Arrest After Traffic Stop
 (Robinson, IL) -- The Crawford County Sheriff's Office arrested a Palestine man for several things.
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Library Board Reorganizing
 (Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Public Library Board is meeting tonight.
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Princeton man charged with murder after shooting incident
 (Princeton Ind.) -- A Princeton man is facing a preliminary charge of Murder following the shooting death of a woman in the parking lot of a Princeton restaurant Wednesday afternoon.
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V-U prepares for Toyota partnership
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- Vincennes University continues its preparation for a groundbreaking business partnership with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana.
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PACE Weatherization tops state savings average
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- PACE Community Action Agency's Weatherization program has exceeded state natural gas savings in the latest released survey.
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Skelton Museum gets another cash boost
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- The Red Skelton Foundation has received another 65-thousand dollar funding boost for the coming Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy.
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Proposals for Rainbow Beach due
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- The Vincennes Parks Department is awaiting proposals from companies to construct the new Rainbow Beach at Gregg Park.
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CCSO Still Investigating Suspicious Fires
(Robinson, IL) -- Sheriff Todd Liston says they're still working to solve a series of suspicious fires in Crawford County.
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Unit 2 Details Extra Curricular Cost Savings Plan
(Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Unit Two School District has released the details on its extra curricular cost savings plan.
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Area Red Cross officials on standby to go to Oklahoma
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- Area Red Cross officials remain on standby to help tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma.
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Portion Of Park Shut Down After Suicide
A portion of Wesselman Park was closed to the public by police for about 2 hours Tuesday due to a suicide. Just after noon on Tuesday, police were called to the north end of the park after someone on the neighboring golf course heard a shot and discovered the body. (MORE)
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Planting Numbers Improving
Recent warm, sunny weather allowed farmers to make progress last week. The latest crop report says 64 percent of the Indiana corn crop was planted by Sunday. That's up from 30 percent last week. The same report says only 36 percent of the crop is planted in southern Indiana because of wet ground. 30 percent of Indiana's planned soybean acreage is planted (MORE)
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Posey Commissioners Still Hopeful
Posey County officials remain committed to bringing in the proposed fertilizer plant after the state pulled its support. County Commissioners say they're still talking with Midwest Fertilizer about bringing the plant and the related jobs to the area. In their first meeting since state incentives were pulled from the project, the Posey County Commission announced they are not giving up
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Unit 2 Raising Money For Shrums Today
(Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Unit Two School District is going to raise money for one of its students today that was badly burned over the weekend.
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Website Setup For Citronella Candle Explosion Victims
 (Robinson, IL) -- The Shrum family has set up a website to help people stay up to date on how the family is recovering from this weekend's incident.
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WES To Get New Roof
(Robinson, IL) -- Washington Elementary School is getting a new roof.
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Farmers Make Progress With Planting
 (Robinson, IL) -- Farmers had better weather last week and Illinois State Crop Statistician Mark Schleusener says they took full advantage of the weather.
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Disaster Ministry Helps Tornado Victims
 (Vincennes, IN) -- Within hours of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, a Vincennes group began planning a relief trip.
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Library Board hears restoration proposal for youth department
(Vincennes Ind.) -- A his toric preservationist presented a plan yesterday to restore the youth section of the Knox County Public Library to its original 1919 layout.
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NK celebrates marked score increase
 (Bicknell Ind.) -- North Knox High School students showed significant improvement in their End of Course Assessment tests this year.
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June tenth closing set for State Road 61
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- The Indiana Department of Transportation has set June tenth as its official closing date to allow repair of two sections of State Road 61.
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Slight price rise in lunches approved
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- Some prices will rise and some will go down when school starts back up in August.
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Two news middle school administrators named
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- Two Vincennes Community Schools educators have been named to posts at Clark Middle School.
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Three property assessments approved by County BZA
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- The Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals has approved three building-related requests at their session last night at the Knox County Courthouse.
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Daviess Co. Intersection to Close for Drainage Pipe Replacements
.png) The Indiana Department of Transportation will be replacing two drainage pipes in northern Daviess County next week.
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State Road 61 Closing in Knox County
State highway officials say State Road 61 will be closing in Knox County starting in June for two construction projects.
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Helping His Hands Takes Relief to Victims of Oklahoma Tornado
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- Within hours of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, a Vincennes group began planning a relief trip.
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Wagon Of Flowers Stolen
(Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Police Department is looking for a flower thief.
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CCSO Makes Drug Paraphernalia Arrest
(Robinson, IL) -- The Crawford County Sheriff's Office arrested a woman last night.
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Unit 2 Approves Extra Curricular Cost Savings Plan
(Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Unit Two School Board approved an extra curricular cost savings plan last night.
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Palestine Administrators Taking On More Tasks
(Palestine, IL) -- The Palestine Unit Three School Board is redefining the roles of its administrators.
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Unit 1 Gets Budget Update
 (Hutsonville, IL) -- The Hutsonville Unit One School Board talked money last night.
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Oblong Approves Contract With Teachers
(Oblong, IL) -- The Oblong Unit Four School Board approved a contract last night.
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No Injuries In School Bus Accident
(Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Police Department says nobody was injured in an minor accident involving a school bus yesterday.
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IECC Board Meets Tonight
(Fairfield, IL) -- The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees have a relatively light agenda for tonight's meeting.
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Commissioners accept bids to tear down Hillcrest Building
(Vincennes Ind.) -- With demolition of the Hillcrest Building an approved issue, the Knox County Commissioners began the process to make it happen.
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Kiwanis looking for votes for new playground
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- The Vincennes Kiwanis Clubs is seeking votes as part of its entry in the "Make a Difference through Play" contest.
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Franklin Elementary presents check to VCSC
(Vincennes Ind.) -- Members of the Franklin Elementary PTO presented a check for $11,497 dollars to the Vincennes Community School Board to help pay for an enclosed walkway between the two buildings at the school.
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VCSC to provide free lunches this summer
(Vincennes Ind.) -- Children under 18 will be able to eat free lunches this summer at a number of Vincennes Community School buildings.
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VHA preparing for more federal cuts
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- The Vincennes Housing Authority is preparing itself for more federal cuts to its budget in the coming years.
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City of Vincennes continues the waiting game on the levee
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- The City of Vincennes is still waiting for the finalized list of mandated repairs on the City Levee.
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First class preparing for V-U Toyota partnership
 (Princeton Ind.) -- .May 30th is the first day for students to register for the first Toyota Advanced Manufacturing Technician program.
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County Highway authorities seek consolidated salt facility
(Vincennes Ind.) -- County Highway Superintendent Ron Cardinal made a presentation at Monday's meeting of the Knox County Commissioners.
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Authorities Invstigating Citronella Candle Explosion
 (Robinson, IL) -- Authorities are still trying to find out what caused a citronella candle to explode Saturday night at 501 East Pine.
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Schools Planning Hat Day To Help Shrums
(Robinson, IL) -- Schools are going to raise money for the Shrum family Wednesday.
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CCSO Investigating Oil Dumping
(Robinson, IL) -- The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident where oil was dumped into a creek.
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RPD Arrests Woman After She Hits Culvert
(Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Police Department arrested a woman late Friday night after she hit a culvert.
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Two Severely Burned In Citronella Candle Explosion
 (Robinson, IL) -- Two people were seriously burned after a freak accident with a citronella candle Saturday night.
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Unit 2 Getting Ready For Next School Year
(Robinson, IL) -- The Robinson Unit Two School Board will start the process of getting ready for the next school year tonight.
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Unit 4 Holding Bond Hearing
(Oblong, IL) -- The Oblong Unit Four School Board will hold a public hearing on bonds tonight.
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Unit 3 Paying Back Loans
(Palestine, IL) -- The Palestine Unit Three School Board will talk money tonight.
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Unit 1 Dealing With Money Matters
(Hutsonville, IL) -- The Hutsonville Unit One School Board has money on the agenda for tonight's meeting.
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Community Center Committee Meets
 (Robinson, IL) -- A Robinson City Council committee is meeting this afternoon.
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Refinery Woes Push Up Price At The Pump
 (Undated) -- Gas prices are up across the country, thanks to trouble at refineries both along the West Coast and in the Midwest.
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Flood damage assessments start today in Knox County
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- Local, state and federal officials will begin conducting joint preliminary damage assessments for public assistance in Knox County starting this morning.
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Community group starts process to restore Camp Wildwood
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- A community coalition is starting the process to repair facilities in the previously locked-down Camp Wildwood in Vincennes.
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Vincennes Parks starts summer swimming education campaign
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- The Vincennes Parks Department plans to start a campaign this summer to educate the public on summer swimming safety tips.
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Relay for Life finds a home at V-U
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- Officials with the Knox County Relay for Life plan to continue using Vincennes University as its home base for its events.
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County Council Backs Coonrod
 (Vincennes Ind.) -- Knox County's financial advisor Kurt Coonrod came before the Knox County Council Tuesday night to clarify a bill he'd sent to the county for just over 20 thousand dollars.
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OHS Baseball Fundrasier
 (Oblong, IL) -- The Oblong High School baseball team is raising money today.
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Oblong FFA Plant Sale
 (Oblong, IL) -- The Oblong FFA is wrapping up its annual spring plant sale next week.
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U of I Upcoming Programs
 (Newton, IL) -- The University of Illinois Extension is putting on a program Tuesday called All About Tomatoes: Strategies for Controlling Common Pests and Disorders.
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Court House Misconduct Investigation
 (Robinson, IL) -- Sheriff Todd Liston is clearing up rumors of misconduct with security personnel at the Court House.
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