Rome News

The last big weekend of Perry County's Hoosier Heritage Fall Tour will follow the Ohio River Saturday and Sunday, with dozens of Route 66 yard sales offering bargains at stops in several communities.

National Fire Prevention Week, observed Oct. 4-10 this year, is fast approaching, making it an opportune time to salute volunteer firefighters who protect our lives and property.

A Perry County woman wanted on a Daviess County, Ky., warrant was arrested Aug. 7 in Rome.

DENNY SIMMONS / Courier & Press Former Indiana Gov. Edgar Whitcomb, left, and his companion, Evelyn Gayer, right, live a quiet life in Rome, Ind., in a home they restored to offer guests a simple and elegant place they'd like to visit.

The Historic Landmark Foundation of Indiana is announcing its list of the ten most endangered sites in the state.

A special section in today's print and online editions offers stories on former Gov.

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." The famous opening line of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" is becoming an invitation to the community to take a renewed interested in safeguarding the former courthouse in Perry County's Rome.