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A Posey County woman accused of murdering her husband made her first court appearance Monday morning.  45 year-old Peggy Higginson was arrested over the weekend. Peggy is accused of killing her

   Lawrence County authorities arrested a New Jersey man following a domestic dispute Sunday. Sheriff’s deputies charged 24 year-old Ridge Demas with domestic battery. Demas was taken to

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The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly hit and run accident which occurred over the weekend.  The accident happened just before 11:00 p.m. Friday on I-69 near the

Good Samaritan Hospital is partnering with Real-time Feedback by NRC Health to gather patient experience feedback. Real-time Feedback is a patient experience program that supports organizations to

A Grayville police officer is being commended for his bravery after a high speed chase last weekend that led to the capture of  one of the three escaped inmates from the White County Jail and

A search is ongoing for a missing suspect in southern Vigo County. The sheriff’s department had initiated a manhunt in the area of Dallas Drive, Carlisle Place and Sullivan Place. The suspect

  A call reporting a belligerent guest in a room at a Jasper hotel resulted in a Petersburg man’s arrest this week.The Jasper Police Department was called to the Days Inn at 272

Funeral services have been scheduled for a two year-old Sumner boy who fell into a flooded culvert earlier this month. Thomas Willoughby fell into the culvert and was swept away by rapid flood