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Two Knox County Volleyball Players Honored by State Volleyball Coaches
Two Knox County Schools have been honored by the Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association. For their outstanding work in the classroom. Both Vincennes Lincoln and Vincennes Rivet were among 84. High schools that earned the distinguished IHSVCA Team academic award. To earn the award, the teams Grade point. average...
Knox County Fair Starts tomorrow Night
Tomorrow is Opening Night for the annual Knox County Fair. The fair will continue at hte Fairgrounds in Bicknell from tomorrow through a week from tomorrow night. Knox County Purdue Extension educator Mitch Waggoner says volunteers make the difference– at the County Fair, and elsewhere in the 4-H program. Waggoner is still seeking more 4-H volunteers– even though he warns some policies from Purdue concerning volunteers may be a little difficult.
Wheatland Man Arrested for OWI This Morning
Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Wheatland man this morning after finding him allegedly driving recklessly on Sixth Street in Vincennes. Officers stopped the vehicle driven by 20 year-old Joshua Hertaus (HERT-us). A further investigation found Hertaus driving with intoxicated. He is also charged with minor consumption, and reckless driving. He was booked into the Knox County Jail on four-thousand dollars bond.
DECKER SCHOOL FIRE
Cleanup continues by crews at the location of the old Decker School in southern Knox County Indiana after an extensive fire Tuesday evening. The Indiana State Fire Marshalls Office has been called in to assist local fire officials in determining the cause. The former school most recently had been used as a sawmill. The gymnasium, which housed the sawmill equipment, was able to be saved by firefighters and is the only part of the structure not being demolished. A firm damage assessment has not been released.
Back-to-school immunization clinic opening soon in Knox County
KNOX COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) - The Knox County Health Department is hosting its back-to-school immunization clinic near the end of July. It's happening Saturday, July 27 from nine in the morning until one in the afternoon. The event is at the Health Department's Immunization Clinic in the Bierhaus Building. You...
Two Arrested in Knox Co. July 4th Vehicle Theft Investigation
The Knox County Sheriff’s Department arrested two individuals following a vehicle break-in investigation that began on July 4th. The incident started with a report of a vehicle break-in at a Bicknell residence, where a handgun and other items were stolen. The report was made at 8 a.m. on Thursday. Early Friday morning, at 2:30 a.m., a traffic stop on State Road 67 near Bruce Road led to the recovery of the stolen firearm. Nineteen-year-old Steven Kalbaugh and 18-year-old Blake Navarro were arrested. Both face theft charges, with Kalbaugh also charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon. In the past three days, the Knox County Sheriff’s Department has received reports of one additional vehicle theft and two attempted thefts in Bicknell. Officers and detectives are actively investigating these incidents.
FEMA approves county's hazard mitigation plan
VINCENNES, Ind. - Knox County, the cities of Bicknell and Vincennes, and the towns of Bruceville, Decker, Edwardsport, Monroe City, Oaktown, Sandborn, and Wheatland are better prepared for disasters with the recent approval of the Multi Hazard Mitigation Plan. As a long-term strategy to reduce the community's vulnerability to natural...
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