Oakland City News

Section One of I-69 is on schedule, though slightly more expensive than once thought.

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

The Oakland City Council is expected to decide Tuesday on a proposal that would cut millions of dollars from the Police Department's budget.

OAKLAND CITY, IN, June 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Robert Paul Howard, Teacher for Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of education.

The Indiana Fire Marshal's Office is in Gibson County Monday, investigating a weekend fire at a historic home.

Community members in Oakland will meet this Sunday to discuss an investment offer made this week to take over the former Parkway Speakeasy Theater in Oakland, which closed earlier this year.

A proposal by two Oakland City Council members to offer municipal identification cards to illegal immigrants and other at-risk community members passed unanimously in a committee meeting on Tuesday and will go before the full City Council on June 2. The ID card proposal was made Tuesday by council members Ignacio De La Fuente and Jean Quan at the ...

OAKLAND CITY, Ind. -- Managers of a southwestern Indiana wildlife refuge are hoping for enough federal money to buy a large piece of reclaimed mine land that supporters say is key to completing the site.

Behind closed doors earlier this week, the Oakland City Council denied a last-minute request to hire 11 fire recruits poised to take part in a graduation ceremony set for next week.

The tradition marches on as Asian families who have long been noted for their care of their grandparents, parents and their young demonstrated their strong commitment with an even larger attendance at the recent On Lok Spring Banquet, despite the spiraling recessionary climate.

State officials said the 142-mile extension would cost $1.77 billion as they lobbied the federal government to approve the project in 2003.

BART directors voted 7-1 Thursday to approve a $522 million plan to build a 3.2-mile elevated tramway between BART's Oakland Coliseum station and the Oakland International Airport.

By Staff Report Originally published 01:27 p.m., May 10, 2009 Updated 01:27 p.m., May 10, 2009 A 40-year-old Oakland City woman will spend more than a year in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated with a child in the car, Gibson County Prosecutor Robert Krieg said in a news release.

Do raffles get you excited? Care to win an Amtrak trip for two to Santa Barbara? Do free pancakes sound like a good way to begin the day? Do you like to ride a bike? OAKLAND'S 16th ANNUAL BIKE TO WORK DAY The No-pollute Commute!" Thursday, May 14, 2009 Oakland City Hall 14th Street & Broadway The Bay Area is proud to be environmentally pro-active, ...

By Staff Report Originally published 08:21 a.m., May 5, 2009 Updated 08:21 a.m., May 5, 2009 Location of arrest GIBSON COUNTY, Ind.

Pican Restaurant is in the middle of the revived Uptown District in Oakland. Ok. After blasting the organizers of the previous Oakland Blogger's Party for not inviting me and for it being an " All Whites gathering " Oakland Blogger VSmoothe was cool enough to invite me to last Wednesday's party , and you know, it was a good event with some ...

Candace Crow, 18, of 204 S. Second St., and Thomas Tyler Cannon, 21, of 6835 N. County Road 350 East were arrested without incident at their residences.

Unincorporated areas throughout Gibson County could see some major expansion in the future as Interstate 69 rolls through, and county officials want input on that growth.

An armed robbery in Oakland City forced schools to go on lockdown Friday morning.

The man accused of holding up the Integra Bank in Pike County Friday made his first court appearance Wednesday.