All Articles

On Monday, August 4 at 9:17 am, Washington County emergency responders received a call in regard to a fatal motor vehicle accident near Little York at the intersection of N Scifers and Bush Road. Upon arrival, a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze could be seen crashed into a tree off the east side of Scifers Road.

For nearly eighty years, 106 S. Water Street has been home to Marshall Monuments, an artisan memorial company founded in 1946 by Claude Marshall. Now owned by Corey Churchman, the longtime Washington County business has announced plans to move its showroom and office to a new location on Main Street.

Mr. Robert E. Walls Sr., age 68, of Salem, passed away Monday, August 4 at Norton Hospital in Louisville. Mr. Walls was born March 14, 1957, in Indianapolis, the son of Lawrence "Doc" Stroud and Mary Maxine Rickenbaugh Lawrence Stroud. He was a retired truck driver. He was an Army veteran, a member of Double Y Saddle Club and Enon Baptist Church.

This week is an answer to a summer full of prayers… the kids are finally going back to school! Don’t get me wrong—I love my boys. But the return to routine is long overdue. Plus, they need to burn off some of that wild energy with their friends (preferably not in my living room).

Carol Lee Johnson, 80, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2025, at her residence. Born January 21, 1945, in New Albany, she was the daughter of Victor Bledsoe and Alberta (Shields) Bledsoe Napier. She married Charles Johnson on July 1, 2007 and he survives.

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, Salem Police officers arrested 35-year old Jeremy Wayne Underwood of Salem on three counts of child molestation, following an Indiana State Police investigation which began in May.

Just six weeks after the Town of Hardinsburg was officially reinstated on June 17, all four members of the original town board have resigned and been replaced. But as the town works to reestablish itself, tensions have surfaced over the future of the building that the town board is meeting in – a building that for years has been known as the Hardinsburg Senior Citizens Center.

Betty Sue Burns, age 80, of Salem, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2025 at her residence. Born March 8, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Katherine Wisecarver.

Deborah "Debbie" Lou Souder, age 69, of Salem, Indiana left this earthly life to be with the Lord in His fold of safety after a long battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 12:38 p.m. at Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Indiana, surrounded by her family and loved ones.

Volunteer firefighting has seen a recent dip in interest nationwide. Firefighters within our community are calling on us to consider joining the ranks in order to help those we love.

Mrs. Betty Ann Temple, age 84, of Salem, passed away Thursday, July 31 at her home. Mrs. Temple was born June 3, 1941, in Borden, the daughter of Homer Standiford and Elsie Bundren Standiford.

Juanita R. Mount Johnson, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2025, at the age of 90. Born on March 20, 1935, in Scottsburg, Indiana to Wilbur and Hazel Myers Mount, Juanita lived a life rich with love, dedication, and community service. She was a proud graduate of Salem High School.