WAMW News

Fewer people are looking for work in Indiana than in any other state in the Midwest. The latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics put Indiana’s unemployment rate at

All Daviess County Schools will be closed today due to winter weather. That includes Washington Community Schools, Washington Catholic, Barr Reeve, and North Daviess. Loogootee Schools and Shoals

The Daviess County Commissioners met on Tuesday for their regular session. The Commissioners heard from Daviess County Clerk Janice Williams who was requesting a renewal of a contract with

Daviess County Sheriff Gary Allison provided the 2020 year end report at yesterday’s Board of Commissioners meeting. He stated that bookings were down by about 200 people last year due to

The Indiana Department of Health reported 1,777 new coronavirus cases across the state on Tuesday. That continues the downward trend. However, 80 more COVID deaths were also reported, meaning 9,432

Budget hearings have begun at the statehouse, with legislators questioning Governor Holcomb’s plan to pay off some debt early. The administration wants to spend 300-million dollars to wipe

For a second year in a row, legislators are debating an extension of Indiana’s needle exchange law. Indiana began needle exchanges in Scott County when opioid use had sparked a major H-I-V

38-year-old Steven McIntosh of Vincennes was wanted on warrant for Theft. He was arrested on Tuesday and booked into the Daviess County Jail. Bond was set at $2,500. Bond was posted. 24-year-old

The Daviess-Martin County REMC Loogootee substation went down last night due to a power provider issue. This caused outages in southern Martin County, the Boggs Lake area, Cannelburg and parts of

Washington’s City Council met last night. Washington’s City Council approved an ordinance rezoning a property on West VanTrees and heard the introduction of an ordinance dealing with flood