http://www.washtimesherald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_323221455.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_323221455.html In the midst of the first landmark legislative battle of the Obama administration, Congressman Brad Ellsworth, D-Evansville, is feeling the heat from his votes on health care reform. Ellsworth, the Eighth District representative, is being targeted from both sides of the isle for his co-authoring and support of the controversial Stupak Amendment and his aye votes on the House health care bill on Nov. 7.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, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_323211510.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_323211510.html An instructor with the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps told the Washington School Board Thursday the program is in trouble and the school could lose the program altogether.But, there is still time to save the popular high school class.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. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_322215528.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_322215528.html SHOALS — Details in the case against a former Martin County jailer and an alleged affair with an inmate were released Wednesday.In court documents obtained by the Times-Herald, former Jailer Mark G. Arvin, 47, Loogootee, allegedly took nude photographs of inmate Katrina Walker while working in the Martin County Security Center.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. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_322215402.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_322215402.html PETERSBURG — “It’s a shame. It’s a crying shame,” said Kerry Thomas, 46, to about 20 of his family members in a Pike County courtroom Wednesday prior to his bond hearing.Thomas was arrested on Nov. 1 on charges of possession of an explosive device with intent to kill and possession of an explosive device.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, 17 Nov 2009 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_321215427.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_321215427.html With Christmas a little more than a month away, volunteers are preparing to help the less fortunate give their children a nice Christmas.Coordinators from 18 area churches met Monday at Good Shepard Lutheran Church to put the finishing touches on Jubilee Christmas. This is the third year for Jubilee, directed by Connections, a program of Daviess County Partnership.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, 17 Nov 2009 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_321215522.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_321215522.html PRINCETON — Retired Washington schools superintendent Tom Miller has been hired full time by the North Gibson School Corporation.They simply dropped the “interim” in Miller’s title, offering him a three-year contract Monday night. Miller was retired after 19 years as Washington schools superintendent in 2006, and was a budget consultant for NGSC for three years prior to taking the interim superintendent post.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, 17 Nov 2009 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_321215736.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_321215736.html As a Daviess County jury was waiting in the jury room prior to be sworn in, defendant Mark Jones submitted a plea agreement to Superior Court Judge Dean Sobecki Tuesday morning.Twelve jurors had been selected in all-day process on Monday and early Tuesday.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, 17 Nov 2009 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_321215606.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_321215606.html SHOALS — A part-time jailer at the Martin County Security Center was arrested Friday for trafficking and sex with a female inmate.Mark G. Arvin, 47, Whitfield, was charged with trafficking with an inmate, a Class A misdemeanor and sexual misconduct as a service provider, a Class C felony. The charges were filed Tuesday in Martin Circuit Court.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. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_320224056.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_320224056.html ELNORA — Future plans were discussed for the 21st Century curriculum during Monday’s North Daviess School Board meeting. Junior-Senior High School Principal Jed Jerrels gave the board its plan for the project based learning curriculum that will be submitted to the New Tech Foundation. 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. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_320223937.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_320223937.html “They think this is the oldest Amish-built barn in Daviess County,” said Ephraim Graber, 23, looking at a barn on the property of Amos Wittmer just north of Montgomery.The barn, which locals believe was built in either 1870 or 1871, has been in the Wittmer family since it’s construction.That is until recently when Graber bought it. He bought the barn with the purpose of deconstructing it, saving as much of it as he could, including the pegs that held each piece of lumber together. 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. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:39:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_317215901.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_317215901.html Operation Christmas Child is underway around the world. Locally, individuals are partnering with people across the country to provide Christmas gifts to children in need around the world.The program, created by Samaritan’s Purse an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham, son of Evangelist Billy Graham, provides shoe boxes containing gifts to children in poverty. Last year more than 4.8 million shoe boxes were donated in the United States and nearly 8 million from around the world.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. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_316214847.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/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/local/local_story_316215343.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/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/local/local_story_316215007.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/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/local/local_story_316214720.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/local/local_story_316214720.html The Daviess County Council met Thursday to vote on additional appropriations requested by county departments.