The Triple A Motor Club says the average price of gas in Indiana on Wednesday stood at $3.75 a gallon, 3¢ lower than Tuesday and 37¢ lower than Wednesday's national average of $4.12 per gallon. It was also 17¢ lower than a week ago, the same as a month ago, and 76¢ higher than a year ago. Meanwhile ...

Voters in Indiana have approved two state constitutional amendments. One will give judges more power to restrict and deny bail to defendants if there is evident proof or a strong presumption that the person poses a risk to public safety. The other allows a city or town judge to be able to live outside of their jurisdic...

Washington Police arrested a Naperville, Illinois man Tuesday for Reckless Driving. 23-year-old Maliah Keaton is being held on $5,000 bond in the Daviess County Security Center. 149 inmates were being held in the security center early Wednesday morning.

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston has lost his reelection bid. The Republican lawmaker lost Tuesday's election to Democratic challenger Lauren Cole. Cole declared victory with the final unofficial results showing her with a three-point lead. Huston had served in Indiana House District 37 since being elected in 2012 and...

Democrat Beau Bayh has been elected Indiana Secretary of State, defeating Republican Max Engling late Tuesday night. With about 90 percent of the vote counted, Bayh had more than 940,000 votes to Engling's 787,000. That's just over 51 percent of the vote, including about 71 percent in Marion County. Bayh is the first D...

Republican Mark Messmer of Jasper won a second two-year term to Indiana's 8th District House seat on Tuesday. He beat Democrat Mary Allen, an Evansville City Councilwoman. Democratic State Senator J.D. Ford won the U.S. House race for Indiana's 5th District, unseating Republican incumbent Victoria Spartz in a major pol...

Freelandville's Kellie Streeter is the new State Representative in District 45. The Knox County Republican followed her primary win over incumbent Bruce Borders with an over 2 to 1 victory over Democrat opponent Becky Mayfield. She credits her time as a Knox County Commissioner for her ability to reach out to various p...

Republican Mark Flint was re-elected Pike County Commissioner District 2 on Tuesday. Incumbent Tara Baham was re-elected Winslow Town Clerk Treasurer. And Jacob Bolin, George Bruce, Alisha Wardlow, Chris Richardson, and Joshua Popp were elected as at-large members to the Winslow Town Council.

In Tuesday's Sullivan County Election, Incumbent Jason Bobbit was re-elected sheriff. And David Willis won a three-way race for Sullivan County Commissioner District 1.

Keith Keller was elected Sheriff in Tuesday's Martin County elections. Incumbent Paul George was re-elected Martin County Commissioner District 2. Sheri Bowling retained her seat as District 4 County Council member. Ashley Clark was elected Crane Town Clerk Treasurer. Cecil Ragsdale, Luke Copeland and   Cody ...

In Daviess County's elections on Tuesday, Incumbent Republican Michelle Guy won another term as Washington Township Trustee. Incumbent Republicans Andrea Brown, Debbie Goodwin and Don Williams were re-elected to the Washington Township Board. Voter turnout Tuesday was just over 39%.

Terry Lampert was elected Sheriff Tuesday in Dubois County's elections. Nathan Verkamp was re-elected Dubois County Circuit Court Judge. Tammy Guth was elected Recorder. Dylan Schmitt was elected to the Dubois County Council in District 1, Michael Stallman in District 2.