Rockport News

A Rockport, Ind., woman was arrested around 11 p.m. Monday for child neglect and driving while intoxicated.

Our company has long given employees the day off for their birthdays. This year I was given that and a second gift: the care of of a second newspaper.

Indiana State Police from the Evansville post arrested 13 motorists from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday during a saturation patrol targeting impaired and dangerous drivers.

The Perry County News will welcome a new publisher Monday, a newspaper veteran with deep connections to Hoosier journalism.

But they say a proposed coal-to-gas plant is evidence that on its own, the state can begin to reduce its carbon footprint without pummeling Hoosier ratepayers in the process.

After Jeff Shaffer lost a job at Whirlpool, he could have started looking for another immediately.

Five-year-old Sarah Kennedy may only weigh 16 pounds, but her personality shines big when she beams her smile at a stranger from the safety of her grandfather Chris Kempf's arms.

By Staff Report Originally published 11:49 a.m., April 21, 2009 Updated 11:49 a.m., April 21, 2009 ROCKPORT, Ind.

Five-year-old Sarah Kennedy may only weigh 16 pounds, but her personality shines big when she beams her smile at a stranger from the safety of her grandfather Chris Kempf's arms.

This is a place with lots going on. Babies bounce and giggle on their mothers' laps during story time.

ROCKPORT, Ind. - The Indiana county where Abraham Lincoln grew up will mark the 144th anniversary of his assassination by displaying a replica of Lincoln's coffin in its courthouse.

It will be at least another 10 months before a Rockport man accused of murder will go on trial.

In 1975 the Tell City Post Office welcomed Tim Miller as a clerk-carrier and Tuesday his co-workers bid him farewell as he retired as its postmaster.

Governor Mitch Daniels is planning to spend the next couple days in and around our station's listening area.

News Release: From: Spencer County Motors from Lincoln's Journey Flatboat Auctioned to Benefit Think Lincoln, Inc.

Governor Daniels met with local officials and community residents in Spencer County Thursday to discuss a proposed substitute natural gas project and what it could mean for the area.

During a visit to Rockport City Hall on Thursday, Gov. Mitch Daniels told an overflow audience of about 100 people that the estimated $2.2 billion coal-to-gas plant plant will bring jobs to an area, that it will be environmentally safe and result in long-term savings on energy bills.

Indiana State Police tell NEWS 25 they are investigating a fatal stabbing in Rockport.

An Indiana woman is stabbed to death and police say her nephew is the murderer. Police arrested 38-year-old Jason Eric Watson at the scene on West Halburge Street in Rockport Tuesday morning.

Indiana took a big step into the realm of so-called clean coal technology Tuesday.