Twenty teams from figh area high schools will complete in the semifinals of the First Founders competition. The contest highlights teams of entrepreneurs pitching certain products. The 20 finalists were whittled down from 52 original entrants. The semifinals begin tonight at six at the Pantheon at Fifth and Main in Vin...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun is confident he and the Indiana Legislature can find some middle ground on a property tax relief bill. The original property tax relief language passed by the Indiana House was recently gutted in the State Senate. In an interview on Indianapolis radio station WIBC, Braun says the key is bala...

Tornado and severe weather season is here, and area officials remind everyone to have plenty of ways of being waned of severe weather. One way of warning is a tornado siren system. Howeve,r Vincennes Mayor Joe Yochum reminds everyone those sirens are not necessarily made for alerts inside buildings. The "Code Red&...

Two people were charged with various drug counts following a traffic stop on U-S 41 south of Princeton. Officers found 40 year-old Carla Embry, of Harrisburg, Illinois, was allegedly operating under the influence. A search turned up meth and paraphernalia in the vehicle. Both Embry and a passenger, 40 year-old Paul Abs...

More rises in unemployment rates are the rule around the area from the month of February, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Knox County's rate was 4.2% in February, two tenths of a percent higher than one year earlier. Daviess County had a jobless rate of 3.4% in February, three tenths of a ...

Knox County officials continue working on designs for a new Emergency Operations Center on Hart Street Road. The building will be centered on the old Poor Farm facility just east of Vincennes. Knox County Council president Mike Morris says although the process is slow, the Center's plans are moving forward. Right now, ...

A 60-year sentence was pinned on a Vincennes may yesterday, in the June 2023 murder of his daughter following a domestic dispute. 63 year-old Fritzner Antoine was living with his daughter when he stabbed her with a gold knife. Antoine allegedly admitted to police he did it because he was "disrespected," by be...

Gibson County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Princeton woman on drug charges following a traffic stop on Gibson County Road 800 West. Officers found burnt marijuana in the possession of 40 year-old Kara Owens of Princeton. A further search turned up evidence of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Owens is charged wi...

Today will marka second day of culvert paving for Hamlin Chapel Road. Knox County highway crews did not complete the job yesterday, so will do so today. . .At this time, Hamlin Chapel Road is set for closure for road crossing work, and re-paving, through Friday of this week. However, expected rains through the week wou...

The Indiana Department of Transportation will have a two-day paving closure starting Monday on State Road 358 just south of Elnora. The closure will shut down part of 358 between State Roads 57 and 58, INDOT plans to do some repairs and re-patches on that part of the road. The detour will use State Roads 57 and 58. Loc...