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Providence Mill Dam: A Six-Year Battle Over Safety, Power, and Public Trust
This article is based on reporting from Richard Essex of WDRB News. It is a summary of the ongoing controversy with New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan, the death of AJ Edwards, and the Providence Mill Dam. Between 2020 and early 2026, a small stretch of Silver Creek in New Albany, Indiana, became the center of…
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Controversy over Silver Creek Continues as Mayor Stands Apart
A 14-year-old boy from New Albany, Indiana, drowned while playing in Silver Creek near the Providence Mill Dam on Memorial Day weekend in 2024. The search for Andre Edwards Jr. lasted all day until his body was discovered by two local men familiar with the creek. It is believed that the dam’s undercurrent likely pulled…
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Ongoing Festivities Bring More Magic to the Kentucky Derby Season
The Kentucky Derby mini and full Marathons were held this morning in downtown Louisville, Ky. These races are part of the two-week Kentucky Derby Festival that leads up to the 151st Kentucky Derby. Participants from both local areas and out of state gathered to run in this now-popular event, attracting as many as 10,000 runners…
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Horse Racing’s Crowning Achievement Comes Back To Churchill Downs in 2025
The Kentucky Derby is here! Known as the “Fastest Two Minutes in Sports,” The “Greatest Two Minutes in Sports,” or “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports,” it has set the standard for tradition and pageantry, and elegance since 1875, and was established by Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson of the famed explorer William Clark. Clark traveled…
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Record Flooding in the Ohio Valley
Cities in Indiana and Kentucky have experienced record flooding over the last couple of weeks just after a tornado outbreak hit several cities in Louisville, Ky, and surrounding communities. A storm system that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico into the upper Midwest stalled, sending heavy rains into Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. The Ohio River rose…
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