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Thousands expected for annual Southern Indiana Pride Festival this weekend
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- June is Pride Month, and southern Indiana is getting ready to host its own Pride Festival. Southern Indiana Tourism and Southern Indiana Pride held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon to kick off this year's festival. The festival started in 2016 with only a few hundreds of...
Free summer meals available for Indiana kids through June 13
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- To ease some of the burden off of parents and guardians this summer, the Indiana Department of Education is offering free meals at different sites across the state. Free breakfast and snacks will be available for kids up to the age of 18 this summer throughout...
Indiana lawmakers elect new Democratic representative for southern Indiana district
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A southern Indiana district now has a new state representative in Indianapolis. Wednesday evening, the Democratic Caucus voted community leader Wendy Dant Chesser as the new representative for Indiana's District 71, which includes all of Jeffersonville and Clarksville, and part of New Albany. The vote...
Crews break ground on new Redwire facility at southern Indiana tech campus
GEORGETOWN, Ind. (WDRB) -- The town of Georgetown, Indiana, broke ground Friday on a new facility that will work on some out-of-this world technology. Construction has officially started on the new Redwire facility at the NovaParke tech campus on Innovation Parkway. Redwire is an American aerospace manufacturer and technology company....
Louisville doctor to serve as president of American Medical Association
A Louisville doctor has been tapped to lead the country's largest medical association. Dr. Bruce Scott, a head and neck surgeon, will be named president of the American Medical Association on June 11, a spokesperson with the association said in an email. Scott was named president-elect in June 2023, while also serving on the association's Board of Trustees.
Howard Steamboat Museum hosting 'Rollin' on the River Beer Fest' next month
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — According to promoter Todd Antz, something different is coming to Jeffersonville, Indiana. "Rollin' on the River Beer Festival this is our inaugural event; it's the first time that we know that a beer fest has been in Jeffersonville," Antz said. 450 North Brewing. Antz and business...
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