The Knox County Health Board has established a non-reverting fund to capture fines and fees paid by local restaurants and businesses found to be in non-compliance of state regulations.

GRC to return to normal hours

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EVANSVILLE — Posey County on Tuesday reported its first death due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

The FBI executed an arrest and search warrant Monday at the Greenwood home of former county council member and state Sen. Brent Waltz, who was tied in January to a federal investigation involving a scheme that allegedly funneled corporate contributions to political candidates.

NEW ALBANY — About 250 trees will be planted in New Albany by the end of the year with the first phase of the effort likely to begin in early November.

ANDERSON — The Board of County Commissioners tabled all requests during its Monday meeting after attorney Jonathan Hughes, who attended via internet, signed off after saying he could no longer provide services without a contract.

The Vincennes Community School Corp. has had three staff members test positive for COVID-19 so far this week.

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan — Barbara Phyllis Bluhm, 91, of Troy, passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020.

Nearly thirty local “celebrity” cooks will vie for the coveted title of Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cook-Off champion.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. — Hazel Steffey, 82, Flat Rock, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 at Heritage Manor in Robinson.

Notre Dame president apologizes for no mask at White House

Local theater troupe to perform again next month

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St. Vincent de Paul thrift store is now one step closer in moving forward with an expansion project after city council members on Monday unanimously voted to approve a zoning change.

City officials have given the green light for Halloween trick-or-treating.

Good Samaritan Hospital offering men’s health fair today

Indiana teacher charged with battery in student’s discipline

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Indiana residents have through Monday, Oct. 5, to register to vote for the 2020 General Election, and groups like the League of Women Voters of Knox County have increased their efforts to ensure locals are ready to go to the polls.

Library to host Books and Beats

Days after man’s death, funeral home finds bullet wound

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With fewer than six weeks remaining until the 2020 General Election, the Vincennes State Historic Sites has decided to offer a five session class about the history of American political parties.

Library to host Books and Beats

2 found dead, 1 shot in burning home

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William Emmett LeCroy, 50, became the sixth federal inmate executed by lethal injection this year at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Debate Commission, the first independent debate commission of its kind in the United States, is now accepting questions from Hoosier voters who want to pose questions to Indiana’s three gubernatorial candidates who are on the Nov. 3 ballot.

This summer, Indiana State University faculty/staff and student groups went public with concerns about systemic racism and discriminatory practices on campus and ways to remedy it.

LAFAYETTE — Lafayette, West Lafayette and Tippecanoe County have hired an engineering firm to help the region create an environmental plan.

An instructional assistant at Tecumseh-Harrison Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19, officials with the Vincennes Community School Corp. announced this week.

Chamber to host annual Trap Shoot

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EVANSVILLE — Sparked by word of impending job and program cuts, professors at the University of Evansville are organizing in the hopes of making their voices heard in a decision-making process they feel left out of.

A recent incident where police were called by CVS employees because a customer refused to leave when asked after refusing to wear a mask has reignited the local debate on mask enforcement.