Residents of a two-story fourplex on Circle Pine Drive were able to escape when a fire broke out in an upstairs apartment Monday night. The Jasper Fire Department was dispatched to the Precious Blood area after the emergency call came in from a resident of apartment 550 at about 8:39 p.m. The responding fire fighters were…
The Ferdinand Police Department issued an advisory of an active scam working through the area. According to authorities, male and female college age individuals are posing as college students and going door-to-door selling magazine subscriptions. These persons are accepting cash or checks as payment for the subscription(s), handing over a generic receipt and then leaving. To this…
A Huntingburg woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident at about 7:16 a.m. Sunday. According to the Warrick County Sheriff’s Department, Abbey L. Schurz, 31, of South Chestnut Street, was eastbound on I-64 near mile-marker 39 in 2012 Kia Optima when the car veered of the south side of the interstate. Schurz was not wearing…
It was an important weekend for high school marching bands as the ISSMA open class regional competitions were held on Saturday. Those bands that were awarded enough points based on their performances moved on to the semi-state competition on November 1st. Jasper, Southridge, Forest Park, Springs Valley, Paoli, and Pike Central all advanced to semi-state. In…
Santa Claus — A Ferdinand Fulda man lost his life Saturday evening in a single vehicle tractor accident northeast of Santa Claus. Charles W. Kuntz, 60, was traveling west on County Road 1700N, about a mile east of State Road 162, on a John Deere 4020 tractor. According to police, the wheels of the tractor locked…
The Jasper Fire Department responded to a fire at 1321 Jackson Street Friday at about 5:13 p.m. Friday evening. According to authorities, the fire was started when a pan of grease was left on a stove unattended in an upstairs apartment at the home owned by Sandra Harder. The fire caused extensive damage to the…
Update October 17, 2014 — State Police investigators have an additional break in a case regarding a missing Orange County woman. On October 2, while following information into a search for missing person, Michelle Fulton of Paoli, State Police investigators, crime scene technicians, and anthropologists from the University of Indianapolis uncovered burnt human remains behind…
Friday Night of Appetizers The Greater Downtown Jasper Business Association is hosting the Night Of Appetizers from 5-8 p.m. The event features wine tasting and music in the Astra Theatre. Businesses will feature specials.[hr] The Addams Family at Jasper High School The Jasper High School performing arts students present the musical, The Addams Family. Shows…
Back in 2010, seven individuals who quite possibly could have been diagnosed as lunatics, agreed they did not want the Wollenmann home, an icon in the Ferdinand community, to tumble. The house, built in 1903 by Dr. Alois Wollenmann, was unique in that it replicated a Swiss chalet similar to what the good doctor remembered…
This Saturday, a group of film-making and movie enthusiasts will present the first Southwest Indiana Film Fest. The festival will be held in the Huntingburg Old Town Hall and features a day of seminars on different aspects of filmmaking culminating with the screening of eight locally-made short films. The Dubois County Film Commission, a volunteer…
