WAMW News

Five pounds of heroin was found after a traffic stop up in Clay County and two California residents were jailed on felony counts of dealing and possession charges. An Indiana State Police

        A southern Indiana tradition is starting today in Jasper as the annual Strassenfest begins.         It’s held on  the downtown square and is centered on the rich German

        The oldest continuous festival in Indiana is starting today in Odon in Northern Daviess County.  The Odon Old Settler’s Days has been going on for 132 years….        

        Southern Rust has been found in corn in several southern Indiana Counties.         The Daviess County Purdue Extension Office reports that the disease caused by a fungus has

(AP) — Indiana state Rep. Mike Braun plans to join the increasingly crowded Republican primary for U.S. Senate. The Jasper lawmaker said Tuesday that he intends to “move forward” with

        Washington Mayor Joe Wellman has proposed a 55 cent an hour raise for most city employees for next year.         The Washington Times Herald says Wellman wondered by a number

        A man was sentenced in Daviess County yesterday after pleading guilty to rape in May.         31-year-old Joseph Tyler Brown received a nearly 10 year sentence from Superior

         ( photo from Washington Times Herald)            Monday’s fire at Apartment 8 at 804 East Main in Washington is being called suspicious.  The apartment rented by Shay Wise

The Martin County Sheriff’s Department’s Facebook Page reports that Shoals Town Marshal Todd Eckert’s k9 partner has died for what is said to be unknown reasons.  Condolences were sent out