Pike County News

The Pike County Sheriff's Office said a 20 month old male fell from the grandstands during a demolition derby at the Otwell Fairgounds around 8:10pm Sunday.

A grand jury has indicted Petersburg's former police chief and his girlfriend on charges stemming from the use of the police department's computer to illegally obtain prescription pain medication.

Thursday afternoon, a Pike County Grand Jury indicted former Petersburg Police Chief Joe Hill, 38, and his girlfriend, Andrea R. Hoffman, 33, both of 107 Walnut St., Petersburg.

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A Pike County family is facing deportation, but a lot of people want them to stay right where they are.

William Edmiston and Mary Jane Edmiston of Washington announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Leslie Michelle Edmiston, to Adam Keith Thompson, son of Mark Thompson and Jeanie and Jerry Guth of Petersburg.

Rising water has forced the Indiana Department of Transportation to close two more state highways in the Valley.

The man accused of holding up the Integra Bank in Pike County Friday made his first court appearance Wednesday.

Police made a quick arrest after a bank robbery Friday night in Pike County, Indiana.

This morning, April 7, Pike County Circuit Court Judge Jeff Biesterveld sentenced Bryan Cowan, 42, of Huntingburg, to serve 30 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections for molesting a 12-year-old girl during 2004 and 2005.

Interested citizens got a preview of the second phase of I-69 during a public hearing Thursday.

A Huntingburg man is found guilty Thursday of child molesting. A Pike County Circuit Court Jury found Bryan D. Cowan, 42, guilty of child molesting, a class A felony.

The Indiana Department of Transportation will be holding a public hearing Thursday night in Pike County to discuss the construction of Interstate 69.

Although the number of people who smoke has decreased through the years, the smoking rate for people with mental or addictive illness remains as high as 75 percent.

Superintendent D. John Thomas, Principal LeAnne Kelly indicted for failing to report child abuse at Pike Central HS PETERSBURG - Two Pike County school administrators were indicted Thursday on charges they knew ...

A grand jury in Pike County, Ind., has indicted Pike County School Corp. Superintendent John Thomas and Pike Central High School Principal LeAnne Kelley on a misdemeanor charge of failing to report child abuse ...

By Staff Report Originally published 04:59 p.m., March 8, 2009 Updated 04:59 p.m., March 8, 2009 A Madisonville, Ky.

By Staff Report Originally published 12:26 p.m., March 2, 2009 Updated 12:26 p.m., March 2, 2009 Site of accident PIKE COUNTY, Ind.

The Department of Natural Resources has reported two state fishing records were set in 2008.

The Indiana Department of Transportation wants to delay construction of two ramp systems on the Interstate 69 extension project in Southern Indiana.