http://www.washtimesherald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 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. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_308220914.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_308220914.html ROCKPORT, Ind. (AP) — State police have arrested on a murder charge the stepfather of a 15-year-old southern Indiana girl whose body was found behind a shed near her home.Indiana State Police say 32-year-old Ryan Lee Shelby of Rockport was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder at around 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Jasper State Police post. He was being held Wednesday at the Spencer County Jail. Police did not know whether he had a lawyer, but is scheduled to be arraigned in Spencer County today. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:25:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_307212605.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_307212605.html The trial of Vadney Blake in Daviess County set for today was cancelled late Tuesday afternoon.Reporters in Superior Court said Tuesday the jury trial that was to take place was cancelled and no date has been set.To read the full story, pick up today’s copy of the Washington Times-Herald. Or, call 254-0480, Ext. 131, Laura Theine, circulation director, to subscribe. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:23:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_307212433.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_307212433.html Central Christian Church, 10 W. VanTrees St., will host a forum on health care reform at 7 p.m. Thursday.Dr. Rob Stone, an emergency physician at Bloomington Hospital, will present the program: “Healthcare for All: Fiscally Conservative — Socially Responsible.” The program proposes to give information and discussion about the present health care reform debate, reforming what Dr. Stone says is a “non-system of sickness care.”To read the full story, pick up today’s copy of the Washington Times-Herald. Or, call 254-0480, Ext. 131, Laura Theine, circulation director, to subscribe. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_307212228.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_307212228.html “It’s like being home,” said Vickie Sherman sitting at a table sipping some freshly brewed coffee with her husband Brian. It’s not often business owners view their place of business as “home,” but the Shermans do. Brian and Vickie opened Cherry Ghost Coffee House in October of 2008, after it’d previously been called MaxCafe under different ownership.To read the full story, pick up today’s copy of the Washington Times-Herald. Or, call 254-0480, Ext. 131, Laura Theine, circulation director, to subscribe. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_302220939.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_302220939.html Daviess County Habitat for Humanity metOct. 26 at their office on the corner of E.Nat’l Highway and S.W. First Street. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:04:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_302220604.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_302220604.html Working approximately 10 hours a week could be considered a part-time job. But for nearly 45 North Daviess High School students, it’s rehearsal time.The hours of rehearsing are about to pay off when the group performs The Sound of Music on Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and again Sunday at 2 p.m. in the North Daviess High School Cafetorium. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_302220140.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_302220140.html Technology took a step backward in the area for most of Thursday when a cut fiber optic cable left computers shut down and many networks and essential functions, like 911, out of service until midafternoon. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_300220714.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_300220714.html Washington Head Start children, teachers and volunteers recently had a day of fun and fitness outdoors. As part of celebrating head starts Take It Outside Week, children participated in parachute games, an obstacle course, painting, pumpkin rolling and many other outdoor activities. Classroom activities were enjoyed in the fresh air with the children dancing to the music, playing instruments and being read to by the teachers. National Head Start Body Start encouraged Head Start Centers across the nation to get outside, connect with the natural world and increase physical activity. PACE Head Start is a nonprofit organization helping children get prepared to enter kindergarten Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:03:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_300220325.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_300220325.html SHOALS — Orange County Soil and Water Conservation made an appearance at the Martin County Commissioners meeting Tuesday night when they proposed the counties apply jointly for a grant to provide funding for debris removal and dam and levy improvements on Lost River, which runs through both counties. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:50:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_296215056.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/homepage/local_story_296215056.html Washington Catholic High School hosted a workshop presented by guest artist Phil Beaver of French Lick. He taught the Fiber Arts class how to use transparent paints on cotton fabric as part of a banner project for the school. Partial funding for the project comes from the Indiana Arts Commission.