Aprile Rickert

Silver Creek voters struck down a plan to raise taxes to pay for school improvements leaders say are needed to address capacity issues.

It’s not a regular election year in Indiana, but some voters will decide whether to fund a $63 million referendum for capital improvements within the Silver Creek School Corporation.

Indiana lawmakers passed a budget last week that cut funding to public radio and TV stations across the state, attempting to avoid a projected $2.4 billion shortfall. It comes as the federal government also wants to claw back funds for NPR and PBS — which help sustain local stations.

A new Indiana property tax law threatens a recently approved fire territory in Clark County. The public can learn more about impacts at a meeting scheduled for May 5.

A former Scott County sheriff with ties to Jamey Noel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of tax evasion. Investigators say he filed false tax returns over several years.

The Clark County, Indiana jail is now holding people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As of Thursday, they were holding 46 people who arrived last week.

Flood waters damaged more than 150 structures in the small town of Utica, Indiana. This week, residents and contractors are working on cleanup, as the county looks to state resources to help with recovery.

Residents of the small town of Utica, Indiana know the perils of flooding. The familiarity doesn’t make things easier, though.

The Floyd County Commissioners are moving toward removal of a low-head dam that closed the Blackiston Mill Road bridge when it failed earlier this year. That could mean drivers will be able to use the connection between Clarksville and New Albany before a new bridge is built.

An Indiana judge has reinstated members of a Utica fire board, finding they weren’t properly removed by the Clark County Commissioners earlier this month. It happened just in time for the fire board to approve a fire territory with Jeffersonville before the deadline next month.

A Southern Indiana mother is suing multiple municipalities, saying their negligence led to her son’s drowning death at a controversial low-head dam last May.

Two years in, negotiations continue in a legal challenge over the future of the former Colgate-Palmolive property in Clarksville. Town officials initiated legal action to take the real estate by eminent domain, saying they want to make sure the historic property is preserved.

An Indiana judge has approved an emergency hearing next week to consider whether the Clark County Commissioners acted illegally when they removed every member of a Utica fire board the day before a vote to create a fire territory.

Proponents of a proposed fire territory in Southern Indiana say they hope legal intervention can bring it back to the table. Members of the Utica Township Fire Protection District board who were removed this week are taking legal action.

The Clark County Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to remove all three members of the Utica Township Fire Protection District board. It came one day before the board was expected to approve creation of a fire territory with Jeffersonville, a move some other local leaders have opposed.