Conservation officer Kenny Tincher and volunteer instructors will offer the free Indiana Hunter Safety Course next month. The course is a minimum 10 hours which covers topics dealing with hunter responsibility, firearms safety, water safety, at laws, archery, muzzleloader hunting handguns, and wildlife management.

The dates for the course will be Saturday, April 6  and Saturday, April 13   2013 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Attendance each day is required for certification.

Hunters in Gibson County took 1,621 deer in 2012 according to figures released by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources on Thursday. 1,058 of those were antlerless deer and 563 were antlered.

Statewide, hunters took advantage of new equipment regulations and extra hunting dates to harvest a record 136,248 deer during the 2012 season, according to data the DNR gathered from designated check stations and from a recently implemented online and phone reporting system.

The total harvest represented a 6 percent increase over the 2011 season’s harvest and topped the previous record of 134,004 deer set in 2010.

Students in the 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grades are signing up for a new 7 on 7 spring league. 

7 on 7 is football without the lineman or the contact.  It is a touch football league focused primarily on passing and pass defense.  

This league will be ran and instructed by the Gibson Southern football staff.  

The coaches say they're excited about the opportunity to work with the boys in the spring and continue to develop the skills needed to win championships.