https://www.wfyi.org/tags/southern-indiana Southern Indiana en-US Copyright Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2025-01-20/southern-indiana-lawmakers-back-bills-on-health-care-education-government-oversight It’s two weeks into Indiana’s legislative session, and lawmakers across the state have filed more than 2,200 bills, only a fraction of which will become law. Here’s a look at what Southern Indiana officials are focused on. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2025-01-20/southern-indiana-lawmakers-back-bills-on-health-care-education-government-oversight Aprile Rickert https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2023-07-27/sherman-minton-bridge-closed-for-emergency-repairs The Sherman Minton Bridge, which connects Southern Indiana and Louisville via Interstate 64, is fully closed until further notice, following the discovery of damage this week. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2023-07-27/sherman-minton-bridge-closed-for-emergency-repairs Aprile Rickert https://www.wfyi.org/health/2023-06-22/southern-indiana-to-receive-more-than-600k-in-state-grants-to-help-with-addiction-recovery-efforts Southern Indiana agencies will receive more than $600,000 in matching state grants to help with addiction recovery efforts part of a multi-state settlement with drug companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/health/2023-06-22/southern-indiana-to-receive-more-than-600k-in-state-grants-to-help-with-addiction-recovery-efforts Aprile Rickert https://www.wfyi.org/health/2021-05-10/following-the-shot-how-one-dose-of-moderna-vaccine-made-it-into-an-arm-in-southern-indiana Nearly 110 million Americans have been vaccinated against COVID-19. And delivering each dose requires a complex chain of events. This is the story of one of those doses -- and how it ended up in Archie Thomas's left arm at a church recreation center in Evansville, Indiana. Mon, 10 May 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/health/2021-05-10/following-the-shot-how-one-dose-of-moderna-vaccine-made-it-into-an-arm-in-southern-indiana Steve Burger https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2017-02-08/hoosier-national-forest-creates-buffalo-trace-story-map The forest says the sites include historic Native American villages, forts, and trading posts that have disappeared from the landscape and river crossings where the buffalo forded rivers. Wed, 08 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2017-02-08/hoosier-national-forest-creates-buffalo-trace-story-map Associated Press https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2016-12-01/drought-affecting-parts-of-southern-indiana Twenty-two southern Indiana counties are experiencing moderate to severe drought. Thu, 01 Dec 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2016-12-01/drought-affecting-parts-of-southern-indiana Nick Janzen https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2016-03-04/company-faces-fine-for-losing-radioactive-device Authorities started searching for the container in Illinois and Indiana in October after Wayne County Well Surveys Inc. of Fairfield said it couldn't locate the "radioactive well logging source holder." Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.wfyi.org/public-affairs/2016-03-04/company-faces-fine-for-losing-radioactive-device Associated Press