A world-renowned Hoosier resident has died. According to a statement Issued but the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Eva Moses Kor, a Holocaust survivor, known throughout the world as an advocate for forgiveness and a fighter against hatred and prejudice, died Thursday morning, while on a trip to Poland.
A Jewish native of Romania, Kor, and her family, was sent to the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, where most of her family was killed. Kor, and her twin sister, Miriam Mozes Zeiger, survived but were subjected to inhumane medical experiments by Nazi doctor Josef Mengele before they were rescued in 1945.
Kor’s sister, Mariam, died in June 1993.
A longtime resident of Terre Haute, Indiana, Kor preached forgiveness, even to the Nazis who tortured her and her sister.
Eva Kor spent the past 40 years sharing her story with students, teachers, doctors, senators, historians and civic groups both nationally and internationally.
According to the statement from CANDLES, Kor died early Thursday morning in Krackow, Poland, where she was participating in the annual CANDLES trip to Auschwitz. Eva Kor was 85.
A 53 year old man is dead after being shot by police at the Washington County Fair in Salem,…we will have this story and more, following these messages.
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A 53-year-old Scott County, Indiana man is dead after a police-involved shooting at the Washington County Fairgrounds at Salem.
Indiana State Police are investigating the shooting involving officers from the Salem Police Department.
Before 2 p.m. Wednesday, afternoon, authorities who responded to a call reporting a suspicious person, allegedly encountered a man, later identified as Mark A. Naugle of Scottsburg, brandishing a hammer. Officers say Naugle did not listen to commands to drop the hammer and to stop approaching. At least one officer fired a gun, killing Naugle.
The officers have been placed on administration leave.
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A Gibson County man who had just been sentenced in the death of his 3 month old child, was attacked by the boy’s uncle in outside the Gibson County Superior Court room Wednesday.
23 year old Kwin Boes was being led from the Gibson County Supeior Court in handcuffs, after receiving a 25 years sentence in the death of the child. As Boes was being left the court room, Jeremiah “Matt” Hartley, rushed in and punched Boes in the face, drawing blood.
According to a report in the Princeton Clarioni, Harley was immediately subdued by Sheriff’s Deputies, and returned to the courtroom where Superior Court Judge Robert Kreig cited him for direct contempt of court and ordered to 179 days in jail. Hartley also faces a charge of battery in the incident..
Boes had pled guilty in the case. His son, Parker, died of blunt force trauma to the head in May 2018.
In addition to serving 25 years, Boes was also ordered to pay funeral costs.
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Two Martin County teenagers were injured in an accident in Dubois County Wednesday afternoon. The Dubois County Sheriff’s Department reports that 18 year old Matthew Waggoner of Shoals was driving a 1993 Dodge truck east bound on State Road 56 about a mile east of CR 325 E, and lost control in a curve on wet pavement, going off the right side of the road, striking an embankment, and overturning. Waggoner received cuts to his arm but refused emergency medical services. A 15 year old passenger in the truck was transported to the hospital in Jasper.
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Rescuers in Evansville were able to save a young boy who fell into a sewer drain while watching fireworks Thursday night. According to the Evansville Courier and Press, the child fell into a drain that was about 27 feet deep with water in it. Vanderburgh County Central Dispatch received the call a little after 9 p.m. Thursday night. First Responders from the Evansville Fire and Police Departments were able to free the boy who was in the drain for about an hour and a half. The boy never lost consciousness and was able to talk to rescuers. There is no report about any injuries the child received as a result of the fall.
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The Evansville Courier and Press reports that callers to Vanderburgh County Dispatch reported a “Nude Cowboy” riding the range Tuesday night.
The caller told the Dispatch that a man was driving a truck wearing a cowboy hat…and nothing else. The newspaper says that apparently there is no law in Indiana, or in most states for that matter, that expressly prohibits “driving while nude”. However, if anyone sees the bare driver…he or she can be arrested for public nudity, a misdemeanor. The paper says that the Nude Cowboy was referred to on the scanner for several minutes before riding toward the sunset into Posey County on Interstate 64.