Borden News

A 71-year-old Indiana woman has died following a fire at her home.A Borden Fire Chief Paul Brewer tells the Louisville Courier-Journal that Ruth Riley was found on a couch early Friday in an enclosed porch at the front of the single-story brick home.

Officials are on the scene of a fatal house fire in Borden, Ind. Firefighters said the fire broke out in a home in the 400 block of W. Main Street around 6 a.m. Friday.

One person is reported dead from a house fire early Friday morning in Borden. A Clark County dispatcher said they received a call about the fire at 1:59 a.m. The Borden Volunteer Fire Department responded to the residence at 415 W. Main St.

One person was killed early Friday morning in a house fire in Borden, Ind., a Clark County emergency dispatcher said.

Construction on the new Early Childhood Development Center is officially under way, with the storm sewer being installed, concrete footers being poured and more.

"America's Most Wanted" has said it will be filming in Clark County late next week, according to local police.

CHEERS ... to festival season. We've already had JEFF Fest, Borden's Valley Day Festival, the inaugural Smokin' on the River barbecue cookoff and other viable excuses to enjoy fun in the sun.

CHEERS ... to Clark County Commissioners Mike Moore and Les Young voting to set aside $900,000 to help build Star Hill Road - a more direct connection to get drivers to and from Starlight and Ind.

Like most people and corporations during a sluggish economy, the Clark County Commissioners are trying to watch every dollar they spend.

Clark County Commissioners were at odds with each other Thursday about whether the county should offer to pave potholes on a privately owned road near Borden.

Two-time Lucas Oil Super Stock champion, Todd Kempf, tops the Super Stock standings heading in to the first Friday night race at Salem Speedway in two years.

The Borden Valley Day Festival is scheduled for June 13 at the town's Community Park.

A former guard at the Floyd County Jail was sentenced Monday to two years of home incarceration and two years of probation for class C felony trafficking with an inmate.

When he was a child, Bob Knox enjoyed organ music so much that he started a fund at his church to buy one.

A former Floyd County corrections officer - accused of bringing an inmate alcohol and having sex with him - pleaded guilty Thursday to class C felony trafficking with an inmate.

A volunteering opportunity that started out as a father's idea to bond with his young son has turned into a tradition that has been going strong for eight years.

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Southern Indiana Man Bitten By Deadly Snake -- A southern Indiana man is recovering this morning after being bitten by a poisonous snake.

A Borden man was taken to University Hospital in Louisville on Monday night after being bitten by a deadly snake he owns.

They are usually found in rural communities; this one was found in Borden, Indiana.