Did you hear the story about the practical joke that forced a young monk to have to ring the death bell at the monastery to wake up the monks? What happens if the monks ring the bells at the wrong time? These are just a couple of the stories featured in the first episode of…
A construction worker directing traffic on U.S. 231 was struck by a car turning from an intersecting street Wednesday afternoon. According to police, Holly M. Lange, 25, of Ferdinand, was eastbound on First Avenue in Jasper in a 2012 Buick Verano when she stopped at the U.S. 231 intersection. Donna J. Knight, 60, of Eckerty,…
A pair of Texas residents known in the area by local police for their aggressive door-to-door sales tactics were arrested after Jasper police were called to the Jasper Inn in reference to a fight overnight. Police were called to the inn at about 1:51 a.m. and made contact with Steven Walton, 40, and Christopher Ellingburg,…
It was a dastardly deed — one that hopefully will not go unpunished. The depth of the disaster would not yet have been revealed, had not communication been a tad better within the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). During the Ferdinand Town Council’s Tuesday night meeting, Wastewater Superintendent Roger Schaefer publicly shared the news that…
The council was unable to hold a scheduled public meeting due to the public notice not being published in the paper of record, The Huntingburg Press. The public hearing was scheduled to consider a resolution granting the Indiana Municipal Power Agency a tax abatement for the proposed solar power park on Phoenix Drive. According to…
The Huntingburg Common Council directed the city attorney to draft repeals of two ordinances regulating firearms in the city and on city property. City Attorney Phil Schneider informed the council that the city is in violation of a state statute passed in 2011 that expressly forbid the regulation of firearms on public property. The ordinance,…
In preparation for the 4th Street Waterline project, the City of Huntingburg will be restricting parking on both sides of Van Buren Street Wednesday. Weather permitting, the Water Department will be installing a water valve. There will be no parking on Van Buren Street between short 4th Street and 409 Van Buren Street. Parking restrictions will…
Matt Crane contributed to this report. Budget tightening could force the Dubois County Airport Authority to choose the least expensive option for a 500-foot runway extension. Nick Isenberg, with Indianapolis-based Woolpert, the firm guiding the airport through the extension process, told the authority he had good news and bad news to report from the Federal…
Jasper plans on changing up a trash route and rubbish pickup in the city alleys beginning next week. Jeff Theising, Jasper Street Commissioner, asked the board of public works for permission to move 81 homes from Monday pickup to Tuesday. According to Theising, his crews were hard-pressed to complete trash pickup on Mondays due to…
A Monday evening domestic disturbance at a northern Perry County residence turned into a barricaded situation before ending peacefully. The Perry County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic disturbance on Doolittle Mills Road, English, at around 8:20 p.m. According to police, the domestic included physical violence. Deputies were informed that the resident, 34-year-old Peter M….
