Aubrey Woods

Gov. Mike Braun awarded more than $84 million in Community Crossings matching infrastructure grants on Tuesday to 147 cities, towns and counties across Indiana including Crothersville, Seymour and Jackson County.

A parade to celebrate America’s 250th birthday was held Saturday afternoon in Brownstown. The parade, organized Brownstown American Legion Post 112, started on Elm Street and wound up on Main Street before coming to an end at Commerce Street. Check back for more photos and a story about the parade.

BROWNSTOWN — When 13-year-old Landon Lee of Seymour belted out the first words of the national anthem shortly after noon Saturday in front of the Jackson County Courthouse, the hundreds of spectators on hand for a parade celebrating America’s 250th birthday didn’t have to look too far to find an American flag to salute.

The board of trustees of Brownstown Public Library are scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. July 21 in the conference room of the library at 120 E. Spring St.

State District 62 Rep. Dave Hall, R-Norman, recently received an appointment to serve on the Interim Study Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

AISIN U.S.A. MFG. (AUM) announced Wednesday the launch of a new cooling plate manufacturing line at its Seymour facility.

A former Seymour man who traveled to Montana to have sex with a minor and had explicit images of her on his phone pleaded guilty to criminal charges Tuesday, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.

The public is invited to a National Night Out free community block party from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 4 at Jamestown Apartments, 745 Miller Lane, Seymour.

qpsu uispvhi JV Ifbmui't Ovstf-Gbnjmz Qbsuofstijq qsphsbn uispvhipvu uif qbtu fjhiu zfbst. (Hfuuz Jnbhft)

The fourth annual Jackson County Watermelon Festival Pageant welcomed 67 contestants from across Jackson County to the stage on Saturday, celebrating confidence, leadership and community spirit while crowning the 2026 festival court.