Cave-In-Rock News

Photographs by DENNY SIMMONS / Courier & Press Old Shawneetown Volunteer Fire Department Chief Benny Tanner, left, wires a new light Thursday to a 1964 Ford pumper truck donated by the Cave In Rock, Ill., Fire Department.

Switchgrass has potential to be used as a dual-purpose crop for renewable energy and beef production.

The crash happened around 3 a.m. on Route 146 near Basset Road when a car traveling east lost control and crashed into a ditch on the other side of the road.

The death of a Hardin County truck driver is under investigation. Illinois State Police say Thomas Neumann, 46, of Cave-In-Rock, was driving an unloaded tractor trailer west on Route 13 near Pool Road in Gallatin County around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.