Oaktown News

There is apparently no foul play in a deadly fire in Knox County last week. There's no official reason the case is no longer a criminal probe.

Authorities have identified the body found in a burned out car in a southwestern Indiana pole barn.

Southwestern Indiana police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a burned car by firefighters who put out a fire that destroyed a pole barn.

The Northern Knox County fire crews were called at 2:18 a.m. CDT Wednesday to extinguish a burning garage at 7430 East Springtown Road, north of Vincennes, Ind.

By Staff Report Originally published 07:56 a.m., May 7, 2009 Updated 07:56 a.m., May 7, 2009 Jodi S. Johnson-Shepherd Jeanette Swope VINCENNES, Ind.

Monday is the start of National Work Zone Safety week, and transportation officials are using it to remind everyone to slow down when approaching construction zones.

Federal stimulus dollars are now being doled out across the country, but small cities and towns in Southern Indiana say they are not seeing them.

Just outside of Oaktown, construction crews are working to get Vectren's Black Panther Mine up and running.

By Staff Report Originally published 07:15 a.m., March 9, 2009 Updated 07:15 a.m., March 9, 2009 Teams from the National Weather Service are surveying damage around the Tri-State today to learn more about ...

Three tornado touchdowns were reported across the try-state Sunday afternoon in addition to damage from strong straight-line winds.

Justin Davidson recently was laid off from his job for the second time in a year.

About 600 people turned out at a job fair in southern Indiana to submit applications for around 200 coal mining jobs.

Five Star Mining is looking to hire 250 people year for its Black Panther Coal Mine near Oaktown.

The ongoing construction projects in Knox County are producing some full time jobs.

Wabash Valley communities are already putting together dozens of projects, trying to get construction going this summer and receive money from the federal stimulus package.

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A Knox County woman is killed in a train accident Wednesday morning. It happened in Sullivan County near 5781 South and old U.S. 41.

A Knox County, Ind., woman was killed in a car-train collision in Sullivan County, Ind., this morning.