Jennings County News

INDIANAPOLIS -- A section of the River Ridge Commerce Center in Clark County was designated by the state yesterday as 'shovel ready,' easing the path for businesses seeking to move to the industrial park.

One look inside Barb Leffler's garage pantry and it's obvious the fruits of her labor are paying off.

Jennings County police investigating a report of an underage drinking party in Bigger Township made 11 arrests of individuals 18 and older on various charges.

A 19-year-old Butlerville woman faces a Class B felony charge of dealing in a schedule II controlled substance after she sold methadone tablets to a 17-year-old girl who later overdosed, police say.

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.

I am writing in response to the two letters recently published in The Tribune 's People's Sayso regarding decisions made at a local nursing home.

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.

Mary Manaugh was on a record-setting pace. By early Thursday afternoon, she had put together a box and a half of faucet parts and was plugging right along to finish the second box.

Six people were hurt in two wrecks investigated by police in Jackson and Jennings counties Thursday.

Gov. Mitch Daniels and other officials toured parts of central Indiana Thursday to see the damage caused by the state's latest bout of severe weather.

Governor Daniels says this weekend's torrential rains swamped south-central in a 100-year flood, deluging areas where residents had never seen floodwaters before.

AP and TRIBUNE REPORTS Storm-weary central Indiana started cleaning up Wednesday after a second bout of severe weather in five nights crossed the region, with a tornado ripping apart much of a tiny Rush County ...

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 ...

Jean Clarkson Hahn, former director of Jenning's County Council on Domestic Violence, was presented the Carol S. Morris Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Rights of Victims.

TRIBUNE and AP REPORTS About 2,200 Marines will take part in an urban combat training exercise in central and southern Indiana, including landing helicopters at Indianapolis shopping malls, parks and the state ...

The Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Units released their results for 2007. via Greensburg Daily News

New Albany, which won its first 26 games and was ranked No. 1 in Class 4-A much of the season, is well-represented on the boys' All-Area basketball team announced today by The Courier-Journal. Senior Braydon ... via The Courier-Journal

Former President Bill Clinton is heading back to Indiana to speak at the annual Dyngus Day event in South Bend. via The Courier-Journal

“I thought by this afternoon we'd be moving the house out”

Watch The Story In Jennings County, Ind., some residents stayed up into the early-morning hours waiting to see what the weather would bring. via WLKY.com

State police say a vehicle that slid on ice hit a prison van in southern Indiana's Jennings County, killing an Elizabethtown woman. via WFIE-TV Evansville