http://www.washtimesherald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_316214847.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_316214847.html EVANSVILLE — Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger of the Catholic Diocese of Evansville, in accordance with church law, will send a required letter of resignation to Pope Benedict XVI in October 2010.The bishop, who turned 74 years old on Oct. 20, 2009, will mark his 75th birthday next year. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_316215343.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_316215343.html Here’s a nominee for the greatest lost-and-found story ever.This story starts with a former Washington woman, Linda Murray, walking into a framing shop in a Hendersonville, N.C., mall around 1992. Linda wanted to have her daughter’s birth certificate framed.But she doesn’t pick it up. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_316215007.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_316215007.html Normally a typical day of work doesn’t begin with a police chase. Mine, however, did Thursday.Several police officers from around the area were participating in an Emergency Vehicle Operating Course, or EVOC, at the Gwaltney Sports Complex in Washington. After I drove past the orange cones to enter, parked my car and approached the officers, Ptl. Kyle Babrick yelled from his car, “You want a ride?” Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:46:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_316214720.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_316214720.html The Daviess County Council met Thursday to vote on additional appropriations requested by county departments. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231749.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231749.html LOOGOOTEE — The Loogootee City Council unanimously wrote off nearly $15,000 Monday night in delinquent water and wastewater accounts. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:16:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231644.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231644.html The Daviess County Commissioners are considering a wellness program for county employees. Marilyn McCullough from Thompson Insurance presented information about the program and several options for the commissioners to consider. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231532.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231532.html City leaders announced during Monday’s City Council meeting the city received more stimulus funds, this time for paving.The funds, $250,000 total, is for four roads on the west side of the city. The stimulus money is in addition to $500,000 the city received for sidewalks on Main Street and $250,000 for sidewalks around Lena Dunn Elementary School. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231400.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231400.html ODON — More than 3 million servicemen and women now living have served this country. They chose to live selflessly so others can live freely. They chose to respond to the needs of the whole country so others can tend to daily needs. They chose to risk their lives for millions they will never meet so others can live normally. These individuals are courageous, respectable and honorable. The United States would not be the great nation it is today without their contributions.Pat Wilson, 77, is just one of those 3 million. He served this country in the Navy during the Korean War, enlisting in 1950. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231051.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313231051.html The Daviess County trial of Vadney Blake has been canceled and a plea hearing scheduled.A guilty plea hearing is set for Dec. 23 in Daviess Superior Court for two charges Blake faces in the 2008 beating death of her son, Jalen, 2 1/2. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313230433.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_313230433.html Holiday items on display Monday that are only a small part of the items to be auctioned at 6:30 p.m. Friday for the 11th Annual Dolores Winslade Dinner and Auction at the Eastside Park Community Building. The auction, a Senior and Family Services benefit, will feature catering by Carla’s Catering and Creations and Ray Deeter will be the guest auctioneer.Tickets are $22 and are available by calling the SAFS office at 254-1881 by 4 p.m. Thursday. Tickets will also be available at the door Friday. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_310234319.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_310234319.html Each winner of the annual poster contest received a savings bond from the Prosecutors Office on Thursday. Prior to handing out the awards, Circuit Court Judge Greg Smith and Superior Court Judge Dean Sobecki addressed the students. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:36:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_310234003.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_310234003.html Hannah Lee Eskew, a sixth grader at North Elementary School, looks at the drug-free posters displayed in the Daviess County Courthouse. Area elementary students created drug-free posters that were entered into a competition hosted by the Davies County Prosecutors Office. The runners up, second places, first places and grand prize poster winners were invited to an award ceremony Thursday. See full results on Page 3A. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_310233555.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_310233555.html PETERSBURG — Pike County Sheriff deputies are working day and night excavating the home of Oakland City resident Kerry Thomas, 46, where they believe the remains of Patrick King will be uncovered, said Pike County Prosecutor Darrin McDonald at a press conference Friday afternoon.The search for the body of King, who has been missing since Nov. 1, 1995, has been ongoing off and on since 2006, McDonald said referring to multiple interviews that have taken place. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:34:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_309223517.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_309223517.html The line stretched down the block Thursday as Daviess County residents waited patiently to enter the Washington High School gym and receive the H2N2 vaccine. The Daviess County Health Department sponsored the clinic for a targeted group who are at the greatest risk to the flu virus that has claimed 19 lives in Indiana. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_309223203.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_309223203.html Under the soft light at Central Christian Church, health care reform took the pulpit Thursday as about 30 people heard the need for total care reform.