TheRepublic.com - Vincennes News

Vincennes schools invest in safety improvements

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:26:14 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - A southwestern Indiana school system is putting the finishing touches on more than $330,000 in building improvements to make their students safer following the massacre of 20 students and six faculty members in Newtown, Connecticut

Vincennes schools invest in safety improvements

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:18 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - It's been almost six months since 20 students and six faculty members were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

SW Indiana military museum celebrating new site

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:11:28 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - A southwestern Indiana museum dedicated to U.S. military history is preparing for a grand opening at its new location.

New Ind. law gives veterans more access to college

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:04:56 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - A bill signed into law last week allowing veterans greater access to a more-affordable college education will keep Vincennes University among the top schools for military and former military personnel.

New Ind. law gives veterans more access to college

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:01:19 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - Vincennes University officials hope a new Indiana law will help build on its role as a top school for military personnel.

Officers cleared in fatal SW Indiana shooting

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:58:41 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - Five police officers have been cleared to return to work following a review of a shooting in which a southwestern Indiana man was killed.

SW Indiana Red Cross fundraiser targets farmers

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:12:08 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - Officials with the Old Northwest Territory Chapter of the American Red Cross are hoping a new fundraising campaign aimed at farmers will prove fruitful for their cause.

Cautious relief in Midwest as river levels fall

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:39:13 -0400

PEORIA HEIGHTS, Illinois - Slowly retreating floodwaters gave Midwesterners some hope Wednesday that the worst was over, but many worried that the earthen and days-old sandbag levees along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers could still fail.

SW Ind. officials closely watch levee along Wabash

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:30:21 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - Southwestern Indiana officials are closely monitoring a levee that protects Indiana's oldest city from the Wabash River's rising floodwaters.