Pike County News

A county away, police say a southern Indiana man was planning to blow up a courtroom.

A new search warrant will allow police to dig beneath a Petersburg, Ind., garage in search of the remains of a man missing for more than a decade.

A Pike County man is in custody after authorities say bomb-making supplies were found in his basement.

A man who spent over half his life in prison for murder, has been sentenced again.

There are some that opine that I-69 will never happen in their lifetime. If those people are still around in two years, they will see the interstate from Crane to Evansville finished.

An 18-year-old Petersburg woman has been sentenced in a Oakland City robbery. Candace M. Crow, 18, was sentenced four years in prison following her admission to robbing the Oakland City Tobacco Road Food Mart earlier this year.

A Pike County mother and her fiance are facing charges after Indiana State Police went to their home to investigate a complaint of illegal drug activity and discovered squalid conditions inside.

Vectren has officially opened a landfill gas to electricity project in Pike County.

The new additions are Waterloo Grant Township, Pike County, Alexandria-Monroe, and Kendalville and Limberlost Public Libraries.

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.