Monday, April 15th is the deadline to file both state and federal income taxes.

Senior Communication Specialist Chetrice Mosley with the Indiana Department of Revenue says there is still plenty of time for Hoosiers to file their income taxes electronically. Mosley says the state offers people who qualify the opportunity to file both federal and state income tax returns for free through a program called Indiana Freefile. Qualified filers must have an adjusted gross income of 57-thousand dollars or less.

With the filing deadline just a few days away, many people may need and extension to file their returns. Mosley says people who are filing an extension will still need to pay all or as much of the taxes they owe as they can by the April 15th deadline.

Mosley says people should use their best estimate of the taxes owed.Once a payment is made and the extension form is submitted, the taxpayer has until June to submit their completed return. Information about the Freefile program or extensions to file is available at the Department of Revenue‘s website, www.in.gov/dor.

Feel the heart-pounding boom of firing cannons, smell the campfire and hear the roar of a dozen rifles firing at once! On April 12 and 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors to downtown Corydon will be transported back to the Civil War era during Corydon’s Civil War Weekend. From seeing a Civil War cannon fired to joining in a game of cricket, visitors can experience a wide range of Civil War activities and demonstrations.

Washington County Actors’ Community Theatre’s next production, “Play It Again, Sam,” opens on Friday evening, April 19, at 7:30 in Salem. WCACT is inviting anyone ready to laugh at a good story to come see the show on opening night for half the regular ticket price.

Shows will be presented on Friday and Saturday evenings (April 19, 20, 26, and 27) at 7:30, with one Sunday matinee (April 28) at 2 p.m.

Tickets (except for the opening night half-price deal) are $9 (adults) and $8 (students), available at the door. The show’s venue is Gary W. Hartsook Hall at 402 N. Harrison Street. Those planning to attend are cautioned regarding the show’s adult content, and parental guidance is suggested. For more information, call Bledsoe at 620-6600.

The bodies of a 57-year-old man and his three dogs were found in a Spearsville home Wednesday.

A resident on Bean Blossom Road called police for a welfare check.

Neighbors became concerned after they hadn’t seen Robert Arnold “Bob” Suding Jr., for close to one month. One neighbor called police around 6:30 pm after looking through a window and seeing the dead dogs.

Brown County Deputy Coroner Earl Piper estimated Suding had been dead for two to three weeks. Causes of death for Suding and the dogs have not been determined.

Piper is awaiting information from investigators before recording a cause of death. He has spoken with a pathologist and does not plan to seek an autopsy.

Piper is not sure how the dogs died, but says they probably did not starve and they had access to water.

Suding has family in Brown County and Chicago. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Former candidate for Indiana Representative, Washington County Commissioner, County Engineer and Solid Waste District Director who was arrested in March on charges of child molestation has been released on bond.

Albert Mike Goering has been released from the Washington County Detention Center after posting a $25,000 bond.

Washington Circuit Judge Larry Medlock issued an order last week to reduce Goering’s bond from $120,000 to $25,000 full cash.

Goering had been jailed since his March 22 arrest on six B felony charges involving allegations he had sexual relations with a young teenage girl.

Medlock attached six terms to his order, including stipulations that Goering surrender his passport and sign a waiver of extradition.

Medlock ordered that Goering not leave the state, including in his order, “Defendant shall not even cross the river to the State of Kentucky.”

The City of Salem Utilities’ Department will be flushing fire hydrants throughout Salem beginning Monday, April 22 and continuing through Tuesday, April 30.

This will continue from 7a-5p each day.

Customers may experience low water pressure during the flushing period.

Please call the City of Salem Municipal Utilities’ Office at 883-3937 if you have any concerns.

The Salem High School Boys Varsity Baseball game with Scottsburg today has been cancelled due to the weather.

The game will be made up on April 22 at Scottsburg,  at 5p

A crash this afternoon between a Jeep Cherokee and and a motorcyclist leaves one dead and one in the hospital.

Johnny E. Ferrill, 67, of Sellersburg, driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash was reported at 1:19 p.m. on State Road 60, at the intersection of Motsinger Road. The caller originally reported an erratic driver about seven minutes earlier and the fact the driver might possibly be intoxicated.

According to Deputy Scott Schocke of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, the driver of an eastbound 2004 Jeep Cherokee ran off the right side of the roadway, then came back onto the highway.

The driver, Brooke Bunch, 31, Pekin, then crossed into the left bound lane, colliding with the motorcycle.

Bunch was transported by helicopter ambulance from the scene to University of Louisville Hospital.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Department is still investigating the accident.

You can go to www.ncaa.com/75-teams and vote for your ALL TIME FAVORITE TEAM.

At WSLM we’re a bit biased as we are encouraging our friends to vote for the IU 1975-76 team, which featured our good friend, Kent Benson.

In fact, Kent will be joining me at 8:30a Saturday morning to talk about the voting and about his experience on the undefeated IU team.

IU wins by 21 points — 83-62 over James Madison!

The Hoosiers will play Temple Sunday afternoon. Stay tuned to WSLM for the broadcast times.