Vernon News

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of stories about small Tri-State congregations.

The annual Black Expo Summer Celebration gets underway Thursday starting with the Peace in the Streets Rally at noon at City Market downtown.

By JOI LOUVIERE Courier Press staff writer 464-7419 or louvierej@courierpress.com Friday, July 11, 2008 ERIN McCRACKEN / Courier & Press Amanda Stewart, a board member and working member of the River City ...

A Mt. Vernon, Ind., driver involved in a collision with a semi tractor trailer on the Lloyd Expressway this morning "is one very lucky woman," according to Deputy Rob Lutz of the Vanderburgh County sheriff's ...

Courtesy Willard Library, Karl K. Knecht photograph This photograph, taken around 1900, shows the Vanderburgh County Poor Farm, which is no longer standing.

Police have now arrested one of the men they believe stabbed a Posey County man, drove him to a rural area and then left him there.

A Mt. Vernon, Indiana man was stabbed several times and then driven out of town and dumped along a rural Posey County road.

The record flooding in Indiana and Illinois is now affecting the Ohio River. The US Coast Guard has closed the Ohio River from Mount Vernon, Indiana to Shawneetown, Illinois.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- State agriculture officials will host three agricultural forums on disaster relief this week to inform farmers of assistance that may be available to them.

Howard County Arrests Monday, 11:53 p.m., police arrested a 14-year-old male at Crystal Street and Vaile Avenue, on charges of resisting law enforcement and attempted burglary.

Notice is hereby given that at 10:00 a.m. on the 8th day of July, 2008, the State Forester, acting for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Director of Public Works and Supply, will offer for ...

By RICHARD GOOTEE Courier Press staff writer 464-7436 or gooteer@courierpress.com Originally published 11:39 p.m., June 11, 2008 Updated 11:39 p.m., June 11, 2008 DENNY SIMMONS / Courier & Press Sarah McMahon, ...

Paintings, photographs, computer images, sculptures, drawings and even dolls are popping up in this month's bloom of new art exhibitions opening in the Tri-State. HHH "Border," a mixed-media work by Janice ...

Gas cost to rise: Vectren By Dan Shaw Friday, June 6, 2008 The cost of natural gas this winter may increase by 50 percent over last year, Vectren officials warned Thursday.

Indiana Farm Bureau District 10 4-H Tenure Awards program will be Thursday, June 12 at 6 p.m. in the Jennings County Community Building at the Fairgrounds, located three miles north of North Vernon on Highway ...

MUNCIE - The number of bank robberies in Delaware County has increased substantially over the past two years, even though the crime has far more frequently resulted in arrests than have other felonies.

Crothersville 5K run set The annual 5K run/walk sponsored by the Crothersville Class of 2010 will be held during the Crothersville Red, White and Blue Festival on June 14.

Downtown bistro couple aims for homelike atmosphere By Carol Wersich Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Jan and Joe Anglin worked since late last year to remodel the facility.

About 2,300 Marines will take part in an urban combat training exercise in central and southern Indiana next month.

'Locate here' call still goes out Efforts to attract firms not in slump By Carol Wersich Sunday, May 25, 2008 The business of courting companies or manufacturing industries to locate in the Tri-State does not ...