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Tim Schaefer, center, and Ryan Zaricki, right, assemble manual water pumps for wells that can be used when there is no electricity.

They shimmered in the bright October sun with their orange, blue, green and gold colors trapping its rays in fine dots and happy speckles.

A Columbus man will spend 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery and gun charges.

The Jason B. Johnson family reunion was held August 31 at Dudleytown Conservation Club.

They write of grisly murders and romance, of mystery, of ghosts, of Abraham Lincoln, of World War II, of a college professor who assigns his students to find a missing girl.

Local utility companies are still working today to restore power to residents in Jackson County and surrounding areas, five days after winds from Hurricane Ike battered the state.

The Lincoln flatboat tour is back on the river Monday, after the remnants of Hurricane Ike forced it to dock last weekend.

A peal of laughter issued from the information booth Saturday in response to the seemingly innocent question: What does "Kunstfest" mean? "We have taken a survey on that.

Jackson County Commissioners approved the subdivision control ordinance, polling sites, street closings for Ft.

NORTH VERNON, Ind. - Damage from weekend wind storms that raked the state left thousands of southeastern Indiana residents facing the prospect Wednesday of no electricity until next week, little water and even ...

Should city cut budget for public art? City seeks professional to run animal shelter The job of managing Indianapolis'Animal Care and Control traditionally has gone to someone with political connections, but ...

Mt. Vernon, Ind. -- If you learned in school that the Wabash River forms the downstate border between Indiana and Illinois, Kevin Collier can tell you it ain't so.

Hayden's Historical Museum will host their second Saturday of the month music jamboree in their performing arts building on Saturday, Sept 13 beginning with an open jam session as the pre-show entertainment at ...

Courier & Press staff report Originally published 12:45 p.m., August 27, 2008 Updated 12:45 p.m., August 27, 2008 The U.S. Postal Service will offer a special postmark to honor the re-enactment of Abraham ...

A public sendoff is planned for 11 a.m. Sept. 9 for the pioneer-era flatboat that will travel down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in honor of President Abraham Lincoln's upcoming 200th Birthday.

For area drivers and farmers, CountryMark has gone one better than "made in America." Tuesday, the company announced that it will sell only gasoline that is pumped from Midwestern wells, refined in Indiana, and ...

Seymour residents will notice an increased amount of activity at the Indiana National Guard armory at Freeman Field over the coming months.

Carmi, Ill.-headquartered First Bank continues to grow after 115 years. It is in the process of adding a branch location in Princeton, Ind.

A local lawyer has taken his life's struggle with addiction and turned it all into a book about spiritual transformation.

Several Catholic schools in the Diocese of Evansville have announced new principals for the school year starting next week.