Vincennes News

Frank Watson / Special to The Courier & Press Benjamin Franklin, portrayed by Frank Watson of Indianapolis, will be joined at this weekend's Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous by Goodye Watson, played by Watson's wife, Barbara.

A A A A A southern Indiana community takes some more steps toward recovering from a massive downtown fire.

VINCENNES, Ind. - A judge has given a local group ownership of a former Girl Scouts camp in southwestern Indiana after a long dispute over the property.

A A A A A southern Indiana judge gives ownership to a closed Girl Scout Camp back to local leaders.

WASHINGTON, Ind. - Authorities have recovered the body of a southern Indiana man three days after the all-terrain vehicle he and his girlfriend were riding plunged into the West Fork of the White River in Daviess County.

Daviess County Sheriff Department divers were running a grid pattern about 3 p.m. Monday in attempt to locate its exact position in the river.

In a preliminary earthquake report, the United States Geological Survey says two earthquakes, including a magnitude 3.1 quake, occurredA Thursday.

Duke's Edwardsport Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle power plantunder construction.

When Kurt Heimann was a freshman at Paul Harding High School, he was something of a jock - track, tennis, soccer.

According to U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett, U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson sentenced April Bilskie, 29, of Washington, to five years in prison and three years supervised release; Robbie Burris, 53, of Loogootee, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and five years supervised release.

A A A A A southern Indiana theater,A once the place where entertainment's A-listers performed, has now gone on the Indiana Landmarks Endangered Places List.

Plainfield, IN, May 1, 2012 - Duke Energy Indiana announced a settlement agreement with some of the state's key consumer groups involved in regulatory proceedings dealing with the company's Edwardsport coal gasification power plant.

Duke Energy has agreed to swallow more than $700 million in cost overruns at its scandal-plagued Edwardsport power plant, apparently ending more than a year of bitter fighting with critics and consumer groups.

VINCENNES, Ind. - The Indiana Military Museum is moving from its site outside Vincennes in southwestern Indiana to a location a couple of blocks from the city's downtown.