Lawrenceburg News

Hollywood Casino, the former Argosy Casino Hotel, and scheduled World Poker Tour destination has opened its doors, according to The Examiner.

Inside Indiana business reports the new $336 million Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg officially opens tomorrow , even though it's already open to the public.

WASHINGTON -- Forty-four coal ash storage sites, including one in Indiana, have been targeted for inspection after federal officials identified the ponds as potential threats to nearby residents.

LIBERTY, Ind. - A Union County man was beaten and robbed in his home early Monday after he returned from a trip to Indiana's newest casino, Hollywood Casino at Lawrenceburg.

Opening ceremonies are being held today for a new $336 million casino in southeastern Indiana.

LAWRENCEBURG - Using a potent mixture of sweat equity and ingenuity, Ohio Valley Precision Inc., a two-year-old metal casting pattern and tooling shop here, is holding its own despite the recession.

If the Governors of Ohio and Kentucky want tips on how to balance their budget, they might pick up the phone and call Mitch Daniels of Indiana.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is traveling in the southern part of the state to talk about the special legislative session and negotiations on a new state budget.

Drivers will have an ally on their way into work - new cameras and dynamic message signs along Interstate 74.

$310 million dollars was spent on a new gambling boat that is twice the size of the current one when it opens June 26th the name will change from Argosy to Hollywood Casino.

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. - The owners of one of Indiana's most successful riverboat casinos are preparing to replace it with a new $335 million boat that's the size of two football fields.

Bankruptcy is one option for Hoosier Park Racing and Casino in Anderson because of a crushing licensing fee and tax rate, according to reports.

When the former Argosy Casino Hotel Lawrenceburg changes its name to Hollywood and introduces a new casino on June 26, in addition to being one of only eight exclusive properties to host a WPT event in the U.S., one of the major attractions of the new facility will be the addition of a 41-table, World Poker Tour-branded poker room.

Few people are ever hit by lightning. Even fewer live to tell the tale. Wendell Hansel is one of them.

On July 10, 2001, Sgt. Dan R. Starnes of the Morgan County, IN Sheriff's Department lost his life as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during a line of duty gun battle with a burglary suspect four weeks earlier.

Investigators must wait for additional tests to help determine the cause of death of a woman found hanging Tuesday night on the outside of a car door near Centerville.

Brown brings more than 25 years of experience in the gaming and entertainment industry to the racetrack and casino, most recently serving as chief financial officer for Argosy Casino in Lawrenceburg for the past 11 years.

Three suspects arrested and charged with robbing a Lawrenceburg bank earlier this month are suspects in five bank robberies in Hamilton County, court records show.

A 75-year-old Martinsville woman remembers the day when she enlisted in the Navy's WAVES shortly after World War II.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2009, the Company recorded net earnings of $212,000 or $0.13 per share.