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The explosion was felt up to 20 miles away on Evansville's North Side, with many people believing it was an earthquake An empty storage tank that normally contains an explosive material exploded at SABIC's Mount Vernon plant BOB GWALTNEY / Courier & Press After waiting outside the gates of the Sabic plastics plant in Mount Vernon, Indiana because ...

New Harmony businessman Andrew Wilson says he will seek the Republican nomination in State Senate District 49 next year.

An explosion at a southwestern Indiana plastics factory startled area residents, but the company says its staff took care of it.

Sabic Innovative Plastics officials tell us the fire at their plant in Mt. Vernon, IN is under control.

The breast cancer screenings "Sharing the Vision: Early Detection of Breast Cancer" and "Power of Hope: Breast Cancer Education and Screening" will be offered 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at St.

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Police say a young boy was killed and two others hurt when an all-terrain vehicle crashed in southwestern Indiana.

A 9-year-old boy is killed in an ATV accident in Posey County. It happened just before 7:00 p.m. Wednesday on Maier Road, south of Mount Vernon.

Despite much talk to the contrary, Southwestern Indiana's biggest difficulty in attracting new companies may not be an ill-prepared workforce.

Using virtual-reality animation, Mount Vernon High students are helping transportation officials investigate the possible benefits and drawbacks of a light-rail system in the Indianapolis metro area.

Ask the golfer what keeps him coming back to the course week after week, after all the shanks and hooks and expensively lost balls: maybe it's the lingering memory of the 30-foot putt drained dead in the cup, of the 130-yard wedge to the green within inches of the hole.

The Christian Fine Arts Society is conducting a free poetry contest with a $1,000 grand prize ending Sunday, Oct.

Local officials are wondering what happened to millions of dollars they thought the state set aside to pay for University Parkway.

There's a bottleneck on the Ohio River that's delaying barge traffic at a crucial time, the fall harvest.

Vernon, IN. The city has been working to address its sewer issues pointed out by the U.S. EPA and IDEM and NEWS 25 learned Mt.

A Florida man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for using a stolen identity to buy a car in Posey County.

A Florida man was sentenced in federal court today to 70 months in prison for stealing another man's identity and using it to fraudulently purchase a vehicle from Expressway Jeep in Mount Vernon, Ind.

Yet each day, it seems, a new water crisis develops. One of the most startling is that many legally prescribed drugs are contaminating water sources and affecting humans and wildlife alike.

The Indiana Department of Transportation's Safe Routes to School programs reimburses costs of projects designed to encourage more on-foot travel to and from schools.

Wendy "Mac" McNamara, a veteran educator and first-time Republican candidate for public office, announced Thursday she will challenge Rep.