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NEW WASHINGTON, Ind. -- A southern Indiana woman is alive, despite having been trapped in a wrecked car for several days.

On Tuesday, Daviess Community Hospital is taking part in a disaster drill for Indiana Region 10, which encompasses a 10 county area in Southern Indiana.

A recent report by an accreditation organization casts Washington High School as a place that lacks academic rigor, a place where teachers don't have control of their classrooms and a place where student engagement is low.

A lone diploma sits on the stage behind a table during Washington High School commencement exercises last year.

Later this year, the Zeller family of Washington will find themselves in a unique situation.

After years of indecision about the legal limits of driving under the influence of marijuana, the Colorado General Assembly has finally established what counts as driving while impaired.

Early Monday morning, a hit-and-run resulted in damage to Chuckle's at Walnut and State Road 57 in Washington.

A Sunday afternoon accident at the intersection of East National Highway and State Road 57 in Washington left three people with minor injuries.

When you want to sit down with a good book, do you read at a desk? Or do you grab a beverage and find a comfortable environment? A group of faculty members from Washington Junior High School realized they enjoy reading in the atmosphere of a coffee shop or relaxing on their couch, and they decided such an environment might make reading more ... (more)

Faith was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery last week by members of the U.S. Army's Old Guard .

Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates' wetland treatment saved Washington, Ind., $26 million and cut projected annual operating costs by $1.6 million, according to the American Council of Engineering Companies.

Shane M. Fowler, 26, Washington, was arrested Sunday by the Daviess County Sheriff's Department on a petition to revoke suspended sentence for battery resulting in bodily injury.

Former Washington Clerk-Treasurer Elaine Wellman was elected Saturday to be the new Daviess County Treasurer in a special Republican caucus.