In their tenth and final public outing, seven Dubois County Bombers’ players and a Peach visited with residents at Northwood Good Samaritan in Jasper. Since the season began, the players and Peaches have made appearances or hosted clinics all over the county and region. In their final appearance last week, the players fielded a few…
Four Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their profession of monastic vows on August 22 at Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand. The jubilee Mass will be at 1 p.m. EDT in the monastery church. Bishop Charles C. Thompson, bishop of the Diocese of Evansville, will preside at the…
Special from the Dubois County Bombers The Dubois County Bombers closed out the 2015 regular season falling 12-6 at Madisonville last night, making up a game that had been postponed on two different occasions earlier in the season. Facing Bombers starting pitcher Jay Prior, the Miners scored twice in the first inning on four hits…
A member of the Dive! team at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari is competing in the Red Bull Cliff Diving Women’s World Series. Cesilie Carlton of Helotes, Texas, took first place at a Red Bull Cliff Diving Women’s World Series event in Portugal over the weekend. Here’s the video report of Cesilie’s victory. Cesilie, who is…
The Patoka Valley LimbHangers, a local National Wild Turkey Federation group, will present Jake’s Day at OFS Brands Cool Springs facility, 9412 E. State Rd. 64, Velpen. The event is scheduled for Saturday September 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jake’s Day is a day for youth to explore the outdoors through fun events…
The Community Strike Force Against Violence is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in a burglary overnight in Jasper. According to police, a residence on the 900 block of Giesler Road was broken into overnight. A crossbow and undetermined amount of money was taken from…
Most people get one last haircut before the casket closes. Ladies being laid to rest want their hair done in their favorite style; their makeup just so; their nails painted to match their burial dress. Men need their hair cut and their beards trimmed or shaved depending on what they preferred when they were living….
State Rep. Mike Braun, R-Jasper, has called a meeting with local city, town and county representatives to talk about getting the U.S. 231 bypass project back on the Indiana Department of Transportation’s list of projects. The meeting is today in the Pfaffenweiler Room of Jasper City Hall, 610 Main St., at 12:30 p.m. The Dubois…
Special from WITZ AM/FM The Jasper Utility Service Board voted to adopt the water committee’s recommendation to abandon a project to raise the water level of Beaver Lake by 11 inches. But, the motion also included a provision to keep the bids open for the allotted 60 days to allow residents on the city lake…
Update: The Dubois County Sheriff’s Department reported the boat is believed to have been stolen from an owner in the Leavenworth, Indiana area. The probable owner plans to look at the boat in the near future to make a positive identification. Officers from the Dubois County Sheriffs Department extended a thanks to the public for…
