Branchville News

Twelve Perry County 4-H members have reached their 10th and final year in 4-H. Ten-year members include Alexandria Bashor, Samson Benjamin, Leighsa Carter, Krista Evrard, Kayla Hagedorn, Katie Hess, Ryan Kessens, Jake Paulin, Abigail Preher, April Sherman, Derek Suhrheinrich and Emily Tempel.

C&S Stores President J. Smith announced this week that the Circle S store on Indiana 37 near Branchville damaged by a May 18 fire is operating on a limited basis.

Karen Smith is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor II for Branchville Correctional Facility's Substance Abuse Re-Entry Department BRANCHVILLE, IN, June 4, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Karen Ann Smith, MS, CADAC II, Substance Abuse Counselor III and Family Community Re-Entry Specialist for Branchville Correctional Facility's Substance ...

BRANCHVILLE Two Indiana House members have secured funding for an electrified security fence at Branchville Correctional Facility.

The ongoing threat of an Indiana outbreak of H1N1 influenza prompted the suspension of visits last week at Branchville Correctional Facility and the Perry County Jail.

Some security changes are being made at the prison in Perry County. The changes were recommended after three inmates escaped the Branchville Correctional Facility last month.

NEWS25 learns changes are being made at the Branchville Correctional Facility after three inmates managed to escape over three weeks ago.

Changes are on the way to a Tri-State prison after three inmates escaped last month.

Three escaped inmates who escaped from an Indiana prison last month and were finally captured in Nebraska are due in court Tuesday.

Sixteen men sentenced from Perry County are serving time at Branchville Correctional Facility, Department of Correction records show.

A community meeting April 11 will give the public a chance to ask questions about Branchville Correctional Facility and to learn about the steps to improve security since the March 20 escapes by three men.

Since the Branchville, Indiana prisoners escaped, NEWS 25 is taking a closer look at their criminal pasts.

A southern Indiana prosecutor is calling out the Indiana Department of Corrections after a convict he helped put in jail escaped from the Branchville Correctional Facility.

Details are still very sketchy, but word out of Nebraska State Patrol says the three inmates who escaped a state prison in Branchville, Indiana, were caught in Alliance, Nebraska, Thursday.

"I can remember years ago... before cost cuts, before the bad economy, we were staffed well.

Release From Perry County Police: Stolen Vehicle Reported from St. Croix area in Perry County.

By Staff Report Originally published 11:32 a.m., March 22, 2009 Updated 11:32 a.m., March 22, 2009 Indiana State Police believe three prison escapees may be responsible for stealing this pickup truck.

A manhunt is underway in southern Indiana after three prisoners escaped from the Branchville correctional facility.

Three inmates who escaped from southern Indiana's Branchville Correctional Facility are considered dangerous.

It's undeniable. We're in a recession and it's affecting most of us. The numbers are hard to peg, but over the last couple of months hundreds of good, hardworking people in Perry County have had their hours ...