Local & State News

This week, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), along with a group of 13 bipartisan Senators, reintroduced the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act, which aims ... Read more...

A Vanderburgh County judge on Wednesday handed down an 820-day sentence to an Evansville certified nurse aide (CNA) who pleaded guilty to three counts of neglect of a dependent following an investigation by the Attorney General’s ... Read more...

Thursday, June 14th, 2019 is Flag Day.  In the United States,Flag Day is always celebrated on June 14.  It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.  ... Read more...

Great Lakes Super Sprints main event certainly didn’t disappoint and the undercard also provided close racing for the fans. It was a buckeye sweep for the GLSS with all three sprint drivers on the podium hailing from Ohio. Phil Gressman ... Read more...

The Marshall County Genealogical Society is hosting the 7th Annual Cemetery Driving Tour on Tuesday, June 18.  The trip will be travel through Green and Walnut Townships stopping at five cemeteries. At each cemetery, there will be a ... Read more...

Tuesday evening members of the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals considered the request of Kim Hochstetler to build a 971 square foot addition on to the 1105 square foot home at 4016 Liberty Street at Lake of the Woods. Both the ... Read more...

The Bourbon Town Council has set a deadline of June 24 for the owner of a property at 803 N. Main Street, commonly known as the Phillips property, to enter into an agreement or the town attorney will proceed with a court date to resolve ... Read more...

On Saturday, June 8th, Marshall County Police were dispatched to a vehicle collision in the 14,000 block of State Road 10 about 6:45 in the evening.  Officer Gorny arrived on the scene and observed the driver who appeared to be ... Read more...

On Monday June 10th, at 7:46 P.M. Marshall County Police received a call of an erratic driver in the area of Oak Road and Markley Drive. It was reported that the vehicle had struck a curb along the roadway. The vehicle was located with a ... Read more...

The Bourbon Town Council is revisiting the town’s ordinance on the use of fireworks. Police Chief Bill Martin had asked for clarification on enforcement and if the local ordinance mirrored state statutes. During the June 11 council ... Read more...

The Marshall County Sheriff`s Department obtained a complaint of alleged improper communication through Snapchat, between an adult from Walkerton and a 14 year old child on May 10th. The Marshall County Sheriff`s Department started an ... Read more...

The Indiana State Fair announces five additional shows that will be part of the 17 total concerts that make up the 2019 Indiana State Fair Free Stage headline entertainment, which returns August 2-18. Each day of the State Fair features a ... Read more...

The lovely young ladies who are vying for the title of Miss Blueberry Festival Queen took time out of their busy schedules to visit with residents at Miller’s Assisted Living Facility this week.  The contestants range in age from ... Read more...

The former office manger of B & G Truck Conversions in Argos was arrested on Tuesday, June 12th for Theft and lodged in the Marshall County Jail on a $50,000 cash bond.  On Tuesday April 9th, Marshall County Police were notified by ... Read more...

While Airport Manager Bill Sheley didn’t speak at Monday’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting, he did present members with a report from the airport. At last month’s meeting he discussed the new High School Aviation program ... Read more...

The Community Corrections department is funded in large part through a number of state and federal grants. In years past their accounting period was a fiscal year of July 1 through July 1. The state is changing this procedure and the ... Read more...

Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley Tuesday announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding 58 grants for projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reduce energy ... Read more...

There is a special meeting scheduled for Thursday morning, June 13th that could be very important to farmers in Marshall County.    The impromptu meeting is geared toward farmers that were unable to get their crops in the ground due to ... Read more...

On Monday, June 10th, Bourbon Police Officer Matt Geiger was dispatched to a suspicious vehicle at Freedom Express.  The vehicle had left the area before he arrived but the officer located the yellow Jeep behind the Bourbon library. The ... Read more...

The Marshall County Council approved the funding of a report that is the first step in a county-wide sewer district as part of their regular monthly meeting Monday, June 10. The council has asked that the report be funded from the County ... Read more...