Drop in Gibson County unemployment claims

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 10:03am

Drop in Gibson County unemployment claims

Gibson County's unemployment rate frell from 7.5% in March to 6.6% in April according to figures released Friday by the Department of Workforce Development. Like most of the Tri-State, jobless claims in the county are far lower than the rest of the state.

Overall, Indiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percent to 8.5 percent in April, the largest one month decrease in over a year. Private sector employment in the Hoosier state also increased by 6,800 jobs over the past month and exceeded the national rate of growth. Indiana has now experienced private sector employment growth in 37 of the past 40 months.

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Man accused of killing family dog says he's sorry

Submitted by WFIE Web Staff on Friday, May 17th, 9:16 am

PATOKA, IN. (WFIE) -- Neighbors are continuing to show their support for a family who had to bury their dog after it was shot by a neighbor.

Several charges have been filed against that neighbor on Thursday night.

There's still an incredible amount of support for Jack and the McGrew family. Gibson County Prosecutor Rob Kreig did file three charges against 30-year-old Jeff Priest for shooting that dog and Priest tells 14 News that he is sorry.

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Stellar Grant projects starting with senior housing cottages

Submitted by WFIE Web Staff on Thursday, May 16th, 6:36 pm

PRINCETON, IN (WFIE)- HWC Engineering says the first project to get underway this summer will be the senior housing cottages in a Stellar Grant follow-up.

It will be a $6-mllion project with 60-units. The theater and storefront projects were also talked about but they have a later start date.

"Come this fall, we'll actually start building some things and then we'll be building things for the next three construction season and by the time we are done, we are going to do $22-million worth of work," says Jim Rice.

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Man charged in dog shooting in Patoka

Submitted by WFIE Web Staff on Thursday, May 16th, 5:05 pm

PATOKA, IN. (WFIE) -- New information has been released about the shooting of a dog that took place in Gibson County.

The Prosecutor's Office says Jeffrey Priest has been charged with criminal recklessness in the case.

Neighbors say he shot and killed the pet dog in front of several witnesses, including children earlier in the month in Patoka.

Authorities say he admits the dog was not acting aggressively.

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Surprise! Lowell North teacher earns Peabody Leader award

Submitted by Kenny Douglass on Thursday, May 16th, 4:10 pm

A second grade teacher at Lowell North Elementary School received a $1,000 surprise on Thursday.

Jill Wright won the Peabody Leaders in Education award for being an outstanding teacher. Wright was nominated for the award and was then pushed to send in a formal application.

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Gibson Southern earns '4 Star School' award

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 12:51pm

Gibson Southern earns '4 Star School' award

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz has announced Indiana's 4 Star schools for 2013. In order to achieve this designation, a school must be in the top 25th percentile of schools in ISTEP+ testing results. A total of 313 schools received the award throughout the state including Gibson Southern High School.

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