Fort Branch News

While most Greene County school districts made decisions to keep buses off the roads early Monday, other travelers were slipping and sliding on slick roadways and the Greene County Sheriff's Department reported 20 accidents by late morning.

Indiana students will soon find it safer to walk or bike to 51 schools thanks to $3.35 million in federal awards the Indiana Department of Transportation announced on Thursday, December 3, 2009.

MOLLY BARTELS / Courier & Press Lydia Schmitt, 7, of Evansville plays in a mound of pillows during a liquidation sale at the Executive Inn on Saturday.

For Shawn Hurt, one television set wasn't enough. By the time he left the Executive Inn - the site of a large liquidation sale Saturday - he had four TVs, each costing him $50. Why did he want them all? "I got one for myself, I got one for my brother, and I got a couple for some friends," said Hurt, who lives in Fort Branch, Ind.

You could have money waiting on you and not even know it. Uncle Sam may owe you some cash and if you don't seek it, you won't get it.

One person was injured in a two-car accident on Interstate 164 that left eastbound traffic slowed to a crawl.

Gibson County, Ind., is working on plans to seek federal funding to revive a rail line that has been inactive since the 1970s.

A southwestern Indiana county is working on plans to seek federal funding to revive a rail line that has been inactive since the 1970s.

Commodore R. West III fled on foot from the accident but returned to the scene several hours later, authorities said.

Commodore R. West III fled on foot from the accident but returned to the scene several hours later, authorities said.

Commodore R. West III fled on foot from the accident but returned to the scene several hours later, authorities said.

Suspended Evansville Police Department officer Martin Montgomery leaves the courtroom Thursday morning after a hearing.

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Haubstadt - Police say a suspected thief fleeing from officers in southern Indiana lost control of his car in a crash that killed his passenger.

The driver is still at large. Police say at 12:40 a.m. Owensville, Ind., town marshal Rodger Leister and Fort Branch, Ind., deputy marshal Darrell L. Parker attempted to stop a white 1997 Chevrolet Lumina after witnessing the occupants steal anhydrous ammonia from the Warrick County Co-op. The driver, 24-year-old Joshua P. Dixon of Owensville, ...

Being 31 can be a plus in the architectural design industry, believes Ryan Hasenour, project manager for Three-I Engineering Inc., a regional company located in Evansville.

THE REV. GERALD C. ARNOLD will celebrate his sixth anniversary as pastor of Independence Missionary Baptist Church, 2301 W. Virginia St., Sunday.

Al and Bettye Stolz of Oakland City, Ind., plan to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary July 12 with their family.

The alleged incident involving Capt. Ronald J. Goedde, 50, happened on Friday in Fort Branch.

A severe thunderstorm with strong straight line winds moved south and southeast through Warrick County and the extreme eastern edge of Vanderburgh County and into Western Kentucky this evening leaving thousands of Vectren customers without power.