Harrison County News

Harrison County will be home to numerous festivals and activities this weekend. From outdoor summer concerts, fireworks and parades to festivals, historic re-enactments and haypress demonstrations, there are many ways to celebrate this nation's birthday.

This Independence Day, an arch with the words 'May Field' hanging over the entrance to the South Harrison Park baseball complex will remind visitors of a name change in honor of two former Major League Baseball players who came from Laconia.

This weekend, the historic downtown Corydon square will take a step back in time and return to the early 19th century for the annual Indiana Territory Festival.

A 20-year-old Indiana man is accused of sexually abusing and exploiting minors. Joseph Sutherland from Lanesville is charged with child molesting, sexual misconduct with a minor and attempted child exploitation.

A southern Indiana man was arrested Monday on several child sex-related charges after he offered teen and pre-teen boys money and/or cigarettes to pose nude and semi-nude for pictures, police said.

With one Indiana Conservation Officer saying the Blue River was probably the most dangerous water he had ever operated in, a Corydon man was rescued from the swollen river Friday afternoon.

According to a Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office news release, deputies were called to a North Side residence Thursday in reference to a break-in and attempted rape.

An Evansville man is arrested in Harrison County, Indiana on attempted rape and burglary charges.

Felony charges of tax evasion were filed in Marion County Criminal Superior Court 24 Monday against two Harrison County dog breeders who are accused of selling hundreds of dogs and puppies without collecting sales tax.

A Harrison County mother and daughter accused of selling sick dogs now face tax evasion charges.

Two Harrison County women accused of running an alleged puppy mill that was shut down on June 2 have been charged with felony tax evasion.

North Harrison High School's assistant principal resigned unexpectedly last week after questions arose about the handling of the school's character education program.

Harrison County Hymn Sing Gospel Fest. Household of Faith Assembly of God Church, Crandall, noon-6 p.m. today.

CHEERS ... to the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. Board of Trustees for naming the new football stadium at Floyd Central "Ron Weigleb Stadium." What a great honor for a man who gave everything he had as head coach at the school for 20 years.

The Department today entered into a consent decree with Harrison County, Ind., Sheriff George Michael Deatrick, in his official capacity, the Harrison County Board of Commissioners and the Harrison County Council that, if approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, will resolve the Department's complaint filed in March ...

CHEERS ... to the New Albany City Council members that sat through three hours of testimony by the New Albany Police Department during the public safety meeting and asked several questions.

The horrors of puppy mills The more than 230 Yorkies, Chihuahuas and other dogs rescued last week from a grossly overcrowded puppy mill in Harrison County will soon be relocated to good homes and the incident quickly forgotten by the public.

About 10 dogs are headed to the Bloomington animal shelter today following Tuesday's seizure of about 240 puppies and dogs from a commercial dog-breeding operation in Harrison County.

Are we in an age of 'i-Religion?' People are downloading various spiritual practices, without regard for the integrity of the whole, just as they download individual tunes rather than the whole CD.

WAVE 3 continues to follow the puppy mill story out of Mauckport, Indiana. 240 dogs were seized after the Indiana Attorney General's office served a search warrant for alleged tax evasion on a Harrison County farm.