Oakland City News

Lehman Bros. agreed Thursday to pay $3.7 million to clean up Oakland Naval Hospital, formerly called Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, in the Oakland hills, a site that had been set for development before the housing market crashed.

A Pike County man who alleged to have been plotting to blow up the Pike County Courthouse if he were found guilty after a trial is now facing federal charges in the same case.

Oakland sank deeper into the financial abyss just a few months after officials drastically slashed spending, according to a new report Monday that showed the city ended its first quarter with a $19 million deficit.

28. It is sponsored by the Oakland City Good Start Committee and the Lions Club.

It's full speed ahead on construction of the stretch of Interstate 69 that runs from Oakland City in Gibson County to north of NSA Crane in Greene County at the U.S. 231 interchange.

OAKLAND CITY, Ind. - Environmentalists are celebrating President Obama's signature on a bill that includes $1.15 million to expand a southwestern Indiana wildlife refuge.

The rules regulating the conversion of apartment buildings to condos come up before the Oakland City Council every so often, and inevitably generate considerable controversy.

Oakland Mayor Ronald V. Dellums owes the residents of this great city an explanation.

To build the next two sections of the road between Oakland City, Ind., and the Crane warfare center, the Indiana Department of Transportation needs to buy more than 250 parcels of land EVANSVILLE - Come Monday, nearly 50 appraisers will pay visits to Hoosiers who own land in the path of a new stretch of Interstate 69.

A new search warrant will allow police to dig beneath a Petersburg, Ind., garage in search of the remains of a man missing for more than a decade.

NEWS 25 learns authorities are searching the home of a Pike County man for possible "human remains." Through documents obtained by NEWS 25, a search warrant was issued for the home of 46-year-old Kerry Thomas on Sunday to look for human remains and DNA.

Jack J. Hurst, 74, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 at his home in Sandborn.

Editor's note: The Oakland City Auditor's report on mismangement in hiring and retention practices was released on Oct 22nd.

A Richland, Ind., cement truck driver escaped serious injury Monday morning when his vehicle was hit by a Norfolk Southern freight train west of Mount Carmel.

A study released this week by Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby has confirmed a long-held belief that a sure-fire way to get a job with the city of Oakland is to have an inside connection.

Gov. Mitch Daniels has decided to speed up construction of the first portion of I-69 from Evansville to Crane by 2013 The governor said speeding up construction will save the state money because construction material prices have slipped during the economic downturn BOONVILLE, Ind.

Oak Knoll, once a leading hospital for casualties of the Korean and Vietnam wars, now resembles a war zone itself.

An 18-year-old Petersburg woman has been sentenced in a Oakland City robbery. Candace M. Crow, 18, was sentenced four years in prison following her admission to robbing the Oakland City Tobacco Road Food Mart earlier this year.

The class is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library in Oakland City.

Maine same-sex marriage measure: Prop. 8 rerun Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer Maine is the latest battleground for same-sex marriage, with voters deciding next month whether to approve a measure overturning their state Legislature's decision in May to legalize such marriages.