A North Daviess Community Schools teacher is getting a grant to help students share the joy of reading. Our Community Foundation awarded Kami Giesler a $250 Teaching Innovator Grant for a project called Book Bento Boxes. Students will create boxes for books they've read. The lid shows the book cover, and inside are ite...

The Knox County Sheriff's Office handled 800 calls for service in October. Deputies made 72 arrests and served 27 warrants. They also responded to 11 domestic violence calls, and served five protective orders along with 240 subpoenas. The most common calls were traffic stops, at 140, followed by 55 vehicle crashes.

A 42-year-old Washington man is behind bars, accused of setting a house fire. Washington Police say an arrest warrant was issued last Thursday for Timothy J. Cox on a charge of arson. The warrant followed an investigation into a house fire in the 2300 block of Oak Grove Road. Washington Police detectives and agents wit...

Indiana's early voting period closed at noon Monday. According to the Daviess County Clerk's Office, 2,700 county voters cast ballots at early voting centers or through mail, traveling board, or military voting.

Tuesday is Election Day, and polls in Daviess County are open from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. There are eight voting centers: the Alfordsville Fire Station, Bethel Church South, the Clerk's Office in the courthouse, and the Conservation Club. Voters can also head to the Kiwanis Building in Eastside Park, the Odon Park C...

Indiana's 8th District U.S. Representative is on the ballot Tuesday. Republican Mark Messmer, of Jasper, is seeking his second two-year term. He was elected two years ago to replace longtime Representative Larry Bucshon. Messmer faces Democratic challenger Mary Allen, an Evansville City Councilwoman. All nine of Indian...

Two local marching bands are headed to the Class "C" state finals this weekend. The Washington Gold Pride and Vincennes Lincoln's Pride of the Green will compete Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Lincoln performs first at 1:35 p.m. Washington takes the field at 3:35 p.m. as the final Class "...

A University of Evansville security guard hurt his knee while trying to break up a fight outside a fraternity house on Halloween. According to a police report, the guard went to the Sigma Phi Epsilon house around midnight Saturday after a fight broke out in the parking lot. Police say someone grabbed him from behind, a...

Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thompson is pointing to Indiana's gun laws after a shooting that left seven people hurt on Kirkwood Avenue early Sunday, during Homecoming weekend. Thompson says the city had a safety plan in place, with extra staffing and a visible police presence, but that no plan can stop every act of violenc...

The Vincennes Police Department has released its latest monthly activity report. Officers responded to 867 calls for service over the past month, bringing the year-to-date total to more than 8,900. Police made 27 arrests, 26 adults and one juvenile. Twenty cases were sent to the Knox County Prosecutor's Office, and fou...

Ukraine's Air Force said its air alert system was hacked after false radiation hazard and chemical attack warnings spread panic across Kyiv on Sunday.

Smaller Iranian ghost fleet tankers are slipping past the U.S. naval blockade carrying sanctioned LPG fuel to China via a shadowy Malaysia anchorage.

A State Department spokesperson called the Turkey-Libya maritime accord "unhelpful and provocative" as diplomatic tensions escalate in the region.

Abelardo de la Espriella claims over 32,000 arrests in 10 weeks as Colombia joins Trump's anti-cartel coalition, pivoting away from predecessor's policies.

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow warned of a credible threat of a mass casualty event at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve, urging people to avoid the area.

Emmanuel Macron's government deploys 70,000 police officers as France braces for a third week of intense protests amid over $1 billion in losses.

The State Department accused South African politicians of endangering Afrikaners' lives after a farmer was allegedly tortured and a woman beaten to death.

Tensions between Poland's president and prime minister intensified as demonstrators rally outside the country's top court.

Netanyahu's bloc secured only 53 Knesset seats as ultra-Orthodox allies reportedly explore breaking ranks to back Gadi Eisenkot's opposition.

Sali Berisha's microphone was cut after he declared ruling lawmakers "deserve tear gas" as Democratic Party members lit flares inside parliament.

Luke Lindberg says 37 World Food Programme employees are detained by Houthis in Yemen, with some separated from families for nearly two years.

Communist parties, Palestinian solidarity groups and socialist activists are coordinating strikes at 113 ports across five continents on Oct. 30.

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,”

“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same ...

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”

“[A Living Sacrifice] Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”

Today brings a heavy load on the local sports scene.. The Lincoln Volleyball teams open up on the road at Linton beginning at six. The Lincoln tennis team also plays at Linton at five. The Lincoln and Rivet Golf teams play at the Sullivan Elks course at 4:30. The North Knox Girls soccer team hosts Rivet at 5:30 and you...

Play got underway on Saturday at the Cal Ripken 10-year-old World Series at the Vincennes League Complex. The Vincennes Green Team lost its opener to Freetown/Lakeview Massachusetts 2-0. The Vincennes White also lost to Newtown , Connecticut 6-0. Action today has the Vincennes Green playing Mineral Area, Missouri at 11...

BOYS BASKETBALL South Knox 55 Eastern Greene 46 Northeast Dubois 54 Springs Valley 33 Washington 70 Pike Central 28 Gibson Southern 63 Evansville Memorial 61 OT Evansville Harrison 63 Jasper 57 Evansville Central 54 Parke Heritage 49 Wood Memorial 62 Shoals 24 New Albany 70 Evansville Reitz 65 Sullivan 64 White River V...

In boys basketball last night, Vincennes Lincoln edged out South Knox 46-42. Joel Sanders hit 15 for Vincennes...Sam Singleton lead the Spartans with 14. Northeast Dubois over the Rivet Patriots 55 to 32. Fisher Lemon with 10 points for Rivet. Rivet falls to 2 and 10 on the season. The North Knox Warriors led 18-11 a...