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One police officer dead, another injured after a shooting in Champaign, Illinois  WPSD Local 6
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by: Grace Whaley
PRINCETON, Ind. (WEHT) – The Princeton Area Firefighters Union got a surprise visit Sunday night.
According to a Facebook post, a local man named Ashton was in a serious crash on State Road 64 about a year ago. He has since made a full recovery.
Sunday night, Ashton surprised firefighters with pizza and treats.
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(This story was originally published on January 10, 2021)
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DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (WEHT) – As officials in Hopkins County recently suggested a pause in supply donations to allow for allotment, one church in Dawson Springs is taking all the donations they can get.
“Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had a lot of people be generous and give stuff,” says Trent Keeton, Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church. “So the donations are good, but by no means are we, like, overflowing.”
DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (WEHT)- He may not have had any reindeer, nor did he go down a chimney. He didn’t even have a plate of cookies to snack on, but Santa made a special appearance in Dawson Springs, just days after the town was devastated by a tornado.
Santa says he has a special connection to the area and wanted to come down to deliver gifts and hope to children after the storms. He says God has allowed him to do this, help those in need, and deliver a little Christmas cheer. He says it can’t describe the feeling he got going around the Hopkins County community Wednesday afternoon.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (WEHT) — The President is scheduled to arrive at Fort Campbell just after 10 a.m. Wednesday morning to get an update on the recovery efforts.
President Biden will then visit Mayfield before heading to our area, touring the damage in Dawson Springs.

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by: Megan Belcher
PRINCETON, Ind (WEHT) Duke Energy employees are doing their part to brighten up two buildings in downtown Princeton.
Volunteers from the utility company are spending two days power washing and painting the exterior of Princeton’s city hall, as well as the Warnock building.
This all in an effort to revitalize downtown.
Duke Energy officials said they reached out to Princeton’s Mayor Greg Wright about where the city needed help and he said this cleaning the exterior of city hall was a perfect job for them.
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DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (WEHT)- He may not have had any reindeer, nor did he go down a chimney. He didn’t even have a plate of cookies to snack on, but Santa made a special appearance in Dawson Springs, just days after the town was devastated by a tornado.
Santa says he has a special connection to the area and wanted to come down to deliver gifts and hope to children after the storms. He says God has allowed him to do this, help those in need, and deliver a little Christmas cheer. He says it can’t describe the feeling he got going around the Hopkins County community Wednesday afternoon.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (WEHT) — The President is scheduled to arrive at Fort Campbell just after 10 a.m. Wednesday morning to get an update on the recovery efforts.
President Biden will then visit Mayfield before heading to our area, touring the damage in Dawson Springs.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — Eyewitness News and our parent company Nexstar Media hosted the Red Cross Tornado Relief Program for victim’s of last Friday’s severe storms.
We invite you to join Eyewitness News this Thursday as we partner with the local Red Cross to raise money to help those in need.

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by: Staff
BOONVILLE, Ind (WEHT) The Warrick County Coroner says Shannon St. Laurent, 44, of Princeton, died in a motorcycle crash in Boonville on Sunday. An autopsy will be conducted later this week.
The Warrick County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened at the intersection of 261 and Baker Road. Authorities say speeding and alcohol contributed to the crash.
Deputies say the driver, Zachary Douglas of Princeton, was taken to the hospital for his injuries then released into the custody of the Sheriff’s Office.
(This story was originally published on April 5, 2021)
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DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (WEHT)- He may not have had any reindeer, nor did he go down a chimney. He didn’t even have a plate of cookies to snack on, but Santa made a special appearance in Dawson Springs, just days after the town was devastated by a tornado.
Santa says he has a special connection to the area and wanted to come down to deliver gifts and hope to children after the storms. He says God has allowed him to do this, help those in need, and deliver a little Christmas cheer. He says it can’t describe the feeling he got going around the Hopkins County community Wednesday afternoon.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (WEHT) — The President is scheduled to arrive at Fort Campbell just after 10 a.m. Wednesday morning to get an update on the recovery efforts.
President Biden will then visit Mayfield before heading to our area, touring the damage in Dawson Springs.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — Eyewitness News and our parent company Nexstar Media hosted the Red Cross Tornado Relief Program for victim’s of last Friday’s severe storms.
We invite you to join Eyewitness News this Thursday as we partner with the local Red Cross to raise money to help those in need.

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Illinois State Police say a man was sent to a hospital after one car attempted to pass a tractor on a county road in White County
Call came in around 4:30pm Friday about a car accident on Illinois Route 14 just west of County Road 700 East.
ISP state a 70 year old man was driving a tractor, heading westbound on Illinois Route 14 when a pick-up truck attempted to pass him and another car leading to the truck hitting the tractor.
The driver of the pick-up truck was cited for improper passing and failure to reduce spped to avoid accident.

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CARBONDALE, IL– City of Carbondale Police are searching for 32-year-old Corey Williams for his role in an Oct. 12 home robbery.
On Oct. 12 at 9:20 p.m. Carbondale police responded to a report of disorderly conduct on the 1200 block of West Main Street.
An ensuing investigation revealed the suspect, Williams, entered the room where the victim was staying, displayed a gun and demanded property. He then fired a single shot, causing damage to property.
Williams then fled the area northbound by foot.
No injuries were reported as a result of this incident, but police are still searching for Williams.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Williams should call the City of Carbondale police at 618-457-3200.
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by: Seth Austin
PRINCETON, Ind (WEHT) – A community blessing will take place on Saturday for the newly installed Safe Haven Baby Box at Princeton Fire Territory on North Embry Street.
Members of the community are invited to the unveiling at 10 a.m. This is the 88th Safe Haven Baby Box in the country.
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DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — In the desperate hours after the massive storm struck, Andy Beshear took time out from his duties as governor of the hardest-hit state early Saturday to do what a lot of his fellow Kentuckians were doing.
Again and again, he made calls to track down his cousin Jenny in Dawson Springs.
HOPKINS, Co., Ky. (WEHT) — Despite the tragedy that struck their community, multiple Hopkins County businesses and residents have banded together to help bring Christmas to the youngest victims of Hopkins County’s historic tornado.
Hopkins County’s “Make Christmas Happen” runs Monday, Dec. 14, all the way through Sunday, Dec. 19.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Holcomb announced the recipients of this year’s READI Awards. Region Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative and Holcomb are granting 17 regions across Indiana a total of $500,000,000.
The Southwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, composing of Vanderburgh, Warrick, Gibson and Posey counties, were awarded a $50M dollars during the awards.

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Miners owners announce retirement from pro baseball | News  WPSD Local 6
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Police in Mount Carmel, Illinois says a recent hit-and-run incident has them still searching for a suspect believed to be in Princeton, Indiana.
Mount Carmel Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man in connection to a recent hit and run incident.
Police released an image of the man captured from the surveillance video.
Police say the suspect hit three cars before driving off in an F350 that police have determined to be a stolen car Saturday afternoon, at the intersection of 9th and Market Street.
As for the other motorists, at least three people were injured and taken to a local hospital.
Police believe the man may be in the Princeton area after a driver who was previously unaware of his crimes, dropped him off there.

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Pascrell, Menendez, Booker Urge New Owners of New Jersey TV Outlet and FCC to Continue Local Coverage
Using public airwaves, WJLP must not follow WWOR’s example to worsen the Garden State news desert
 
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) today wrote to the pending new owner of New Jersey TV station WJLP urging the company to maintain the channel’s local news coverage.  The Members also sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding Weigel Broadcasting’s ownership application.
 
“A broadcast license is valuable public property. A station that possesses one holds a public trust. In return, the station must provide a public service in the form of news and public affairs programming to the communities within its coverage area. At time when the residents of New Jersey are starved for local news, and as more and more newspapers and other media outlets downsize or shutter outright, it is imperative that stations like WJLP continue to provide local coverage of the issues that matter to the Garden State,” the members write Weigel Broadcasting President Norman Shapiro.
 
Weigel Broadcasting of Chicago recently purchased WJLP, which has based in Middletown, New Jersey since 2014. WJLP holds an FCC broadcast license which requires it to air local New Jersey news coverage. The application to transfer WJLP’s television broadcast license from PMCM TV, LLC to TV-49, Inc., a subsidiary of Weigel Broadcasting Company (Lead File Number: 0000163354), is being evaluated by the FCC.
 
“We hope and expect that the FCC’s review and analysis of the WJLP application will include a focus on local news and public affairs programming. This issue is of the utmost importance to New Jerseyans. Our state’s local news and public affairs programing has suffered because WWOR-TV has refused for decades to live up to the public interest standards articulated by the FCC,” the members write Acting FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel.
 
Perhaps no other state’s residents suffer from a lack of local news coverage more than New Jerseyans. Sandwiched between the New York and Philadelphia media market, New Jersey lacks its own designated market area.
 
For years, Pascrell and Menendez have highlighted New Jersey’s media desert, focusing on WWOR-TV’s long refusal to fulfill its legal obligations to provide local news. This summer, Pascrell and Menendez published an op-ed in the New York Daily News discussing WWOR’s decades of dereliction.
 
On June 24, the three members introduced the Section 331 Obligation Clarification Act, which would require Section 331 FCC license holders like WWOR to broadcast local news programming, consult with local leaders, and make it easier for the public to participate in the license renewal process. The measure was the subject of an House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing last month.
 
The text of the members’ letter to WJLP’s pending new owner and the FCC are provided below.
 
November 5, 2021
 
Mr. Norman Shapiro
President
Weigel Broadcasting LLC
26 N Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60661
 
Dear Mr. Shapiro,
 
As the new owner of a public broadcasting station in New Jersey, we welcome you to the Garden State. We write on behalf of New Jersey’s 9.2 million residents to request WJLP continues to provide a reliable source of robust local news and public affairs programming.
 
A broadcast license is valuable public property. A station that possesses one holds a public trust. In return, the station must provide a public service in the form of news and public affairs programming to the communities within its coverage area. At time when the residents of New Jersey are starved for local news, and as more and more newspapers and other media outlets downsize or shutter outright, it is imperative that stations like WJLP continue to provide local coverage of the issues that matter to the Garden State.
 
Perhaps no other state’s residents suffer from a lack of local news coverage more than New Jerseyans. Sandwiched between the New York and Philadelphia media market, New Jersey lacks its own designated market area. As a result, we often find coverage of our state affairs dominated by events occurring in our mega-metropolis neighbors. New Jersey’s designated local news station WWOR-TV continues to shirk its statutory obligation, leaving our constituents with few options. We hope WJLP will not follow in WWOR-TV’s footsteps, but rather seek to produce programming that can inform New Jerseyans of important issues to our state. Additionally, we ask you to keep WJLP’s operations in New Jersey.
 
Ensuring a well-informed citizenry is a prerequisite for any healthy democracy. There is little doubt that our inability to obtain incisive journalism about our own communities is a driving cause of our growing national divisions. A healthy democracy rests on the bedrock foundation of a vibrant, independent press and we hope that you and your new station can continue to deliver for the Garden State.
 
Sincerely,
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