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PRINCETON - Thursday night marked the fifth and final week of a "citizens academy" hosted by the Gibson County Sheriff's Dept.

OAKLAND CITY - The Oakland City Board of Works members heard information Tuesday about possible upgrades to the city' water system and decided to proceed on obtaining grants for the project.

GRAYVILLE, Ill. - A mother and stepfather have been charged with drug-induced homicide and involuntary manslaughter in the June death of a 5-year-old boy.

PRINCETON-The annual Christmas parade returns to downtown Princeton Saturday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. with "A Snowflake Stroll" theme.

PRINCETON - An Owensville man accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct with a minor.

"We'll be the first limo coming down the street," laughed East Gibson Supt. Franzy Fleck Wednesday morning.

More than 1,000 students in grades 5-8 across Gibson County converged on the Princeton Community Middle School for the Drug Free Gibson County Red Ribbon Week kick-off rally. Students also celebrated the life of Fort Branch Community School fifth grade teacher Michael Jennings, who passed away this year. Red Ribbon committee member Jeff Hill presented the school with a Drug Free t-shirt that Jennings would have worn. Activities continue across the county with parades, dances and more.

PRINCETON - North Gibson teachers get 2.3 percent pay increases this year and next, under terms of a contract unanimously ratified by the North Gibson Education Association and the school board Monday.

PRINCETON - The Gibson County Health Department has received another shipment of the H1N1 vaccination and will have a clinic noon to 6 p.m. Monday at the city annex, 800 S. Prince St.

PRINCETON - A key witness for prosecutors in the Bill Earle murder case died last week in a vehicle crash before authorities were able to obtain a deposition for the trial.

FORT BRANCH - It's been two years in the making, but groundbreaking for Vincennes University's Gibson County Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Oct. 23, at the Fort Branch construction site.

PRINCETON-Gibson County Council members find themselves caught between taxpayers who don't want to pay more taxes and taxpaying employees who don't want their benefits cut.

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PRINCETON-Local agencies, schools and business are teaming up to provide students with disabilities an opportunity to enter the workforce.

PRINCETON - Gibson County Health Dept. received 300 doses of the nasal mist H1N1 vaccine and plans a clinic from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the health department.

PRINCETON - The Indiana Dept. of Health is beginning a statewide media campaign to encourage people to get flu shots, officials announced Wednesday.

PRINCETON-Gibson County Commissioners voted Tuesday to give formal notice to Teamsters 215 of intent to bargain for a new contract.

Some Indiana hospitals are making their visitation policies more restrictive in an effort to stem the spread of swine flu.

WASHINGTON - Swine flu vaccinations began Monday with squirts up the noses of health care workers in Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee - it just tickled, shrugged one - as the government opened a massive effort to immunize over half the nation in a few months.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Barack Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight months in office, Barack Obama has now pushed closer than any other president in generations to creating a basic health care safety net for working Americans. Yet the fate of legislation delivering on his goal is far from certain: Republicans are nearly unified in opposition, Democrats hardly united in support.

PRINCETON - The investigator of Wednesday's house fire near Hazleton says the fire was set and he's forwarding information to Gibson County Prosecutor Rob Krieg to review for possible criminal charges.

PRINCETON-Surface mining at Peabody Coal's Francisco mine stops late this year.