Austin News

The following persons were booked into the Boone County Jail; charges are preliminary and may be changed by the Boone County Prosecutor's Office after review of arrest reports: wednesday, june 17 3 p.m. - Austin Henderson, 20, Jamestown, probation violation, Boone County Sheriff's Office.

She dared a deputy constable to shock her with a Taser. So, he did. Video released by a Travis County Constable's Office shows Deputy Chris Bieze confronting 72-year-old Kathryn Winkfein after stopping her for speeding on May 11 just outside Austin.

An Austin, Ind., couple was arrested in Bullitt County on Wednesday, May 27, on drug charges.

Kris Fitzgerald could see a logjam ahead as a teen flailed her arms in the frigid waters of Honey Creek less than two weeks ago.

An Austin couple who allegedly tried to outrun police on Wednesday, May 6, entered not guilty pleas to charges filed against them in Scott Superior Court.

Donna Koerner of Seymour remembers hearing her stepfather tell stories of the German prisoners of war he met during World War II.

Five men now face criminal charges after Scottsburg police, with assistance from the Austin Police Department and the Sheriff's Department, served a search warrant on a Spicertown house alleged to be the site of drug dealing.

A 26-year-old Seymour man claims he helped police capture three people involved with a purse snatching Monday night at Wal-Mart Supercenter.

Next month the trial of the man accused of killing 43-year-old Zoann McCampbell back in 2007 will get under way.

The Indiana State Patrol said troopers made two arrests and broke up a major methamphetamine operation during a raid at a home near Deputy on Friday.

Shelly E. Coomer,formerly of Austin married Anthony Moore of Sellersburg today at her father's home in Louisville,Ky. It was a beautiful ceremony with friends and family in attendance. The couple with make their home in Miamisburg Ohio.

AUSTIN, Ind. - A sheriff says a 35-year-old southern Indiana man fatally shot his parents, then killed himself when relatives came to check on them.

Indiana State Police are investigating the deaths of 3 relatives apparently shot to death in a southern Indiana home.

"Pay my electric bill" is exactly what it sounds like. A resident of Austin, Ind., who is having difficulty paying his tab has requested assistance.

In a continuing effort to build equipment suited for a variety of applications, On Site Manufacturing Inc.

Of the nine traffic accidents recorded in Scott County for the month of March, seven have involved injuries to 13 people.

A teenage couple implicated in as many as four car thefts in Southern Indiana are being held in separate facilities after their capture on Saturday, February 21, in Scott County.

AUSTIN, Ind. -- The Salem High School boys' basketball team wasn't in a sharing mood last night.

AUSTIN, Ind. -- Austin started what it hopes will be a long tournament run with a dominating first half and easily disposed of Paoli 73-43 last night in the semifinals of the Austin Sectional in high school ...

AUSTIN, Ind. -- In a girls' basketball game filled with cavernous runs on both sides, Austin used a familiar inbounds play with 11 seconds left to slip past North Harrison 64-63 last night.