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09/23/2026

09/23/2026

FIRST CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL BRINGS THREE DAYS OF LIVE MUSIC TO VINCENNES

More than two dozen musical acts will gather at the French Commons in Vincennes this week for the 2026 First City Music Festival.

The festival runs Thursday, Sept. 24, through Saturday, Sept. 26, with a lineup centered on bluegrass, Americana, folk and roots music.

Kitchen Dwellers, Split Lip Rayfield, Armchair Boogie, Jon Stickley Trio, Sicard Hollow and Songs From the Road Band are among the featured performers.

A Wednesday pre-party with Booze Hounds Bluegrass will begin the festivities before the main festival opens Thursday.

THURSDAY LINEUP

Thursday’s performers include Wonderfunk, Swamp Boys, Debutants, The Lowland Ramblers, The New Old Cavalry, Gia Welch, The Fun Dunns, Caitlin Spangler and Wood & Wire.

FRIDAY LINEUP

Friday’s schedule features Jon Stickley Trio, Split Lip Rayfield, Cody Heckin’ Williams, Armchair Boogie, The Fabulous Tin Strips, Songs From the Road Band, P-Nut & Mary and Low Landers.

SATURDAY LINEUP

The festival concludes Saturday with Kitchen Dwellers, Armchair Boogie, MoonShroom, Sicard Hollow, Jess & the Hired Hands, the Alex Thoele Band, Lynn Salzman and The Hammer and the Hatchet.

Kyle Tuttle and Lyndsay Pruett will also participate throughout the festival as artists at large.

The First City Music Festival will be held at the French Commons in Vincennes from Sept. 24 through Sept. 26.

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09/23/2026

PIPELINE REPAIRS

The Knox County Sheriff's Office has been getting calls about the fireball from a gas pipeline repair at SR 241 and Osborne Road near Iona today. Broadway Pipeline crews are on scene and tell us this is normal for the repairs they are doing and there is no danger to the public.

09/23/2026

CBS canceled The Red Skelton Show in 1970, chasing younger viewers. His widow, Lothian, later said it broke his heart. But Skelton refused to change a thing about his comedy.

Instead, he just kept going. He moved to NBC for a shorter show, and in 1971, pivoted to live performances, doing 70 or more shows a year at nightclubs and universities well into his final years, still bringing out Clem Kadiddlehopper and Freddie the Freeloader for audiences who'd grown up with him.

Near the end of his life, he wrote a short story every single day and kept composing music, including his own patriotic march.

Red Skelton passed away on September 17, 1997, at age 84, still signing off shows the same way he always had: "Good night, and may God bless."

Seven decades in show business, and he never once tried to be anyone other than exactly who he was.

09/22/2026

My Commitment to the Recorder's Office Part 1:

Accessibility: I will make necessary and allowable changes to office processes to make it easier and more convenient for clients to gather and submit required documents.

09/22/2026

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09/22/2026

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