Staff on the Hoosier National Forest have scheduled several prescribed burns this spring.  With the unseasonably mild winter, spring burns could be scheduled at any time.

Areas to be precribed burned include two areas in Perry County:      Clover Lick: 860 acres and Goosetown: 103 acres.

The areas on this spring’s burn program will achieve a variety of objectives.  These objectives include maintaining oak and hickory in forest stands since these important nut-producing trees are fire-dependent.  The burns also help enhance wildlife habitat and maintain rare and endangered plant and animal communities as well as reduce fuel buildup in the understory.

TRI-STATE (WFIE)- The Private Non-Profit Organization deadline to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration is March 23rd.

These loans are available from the SBA because of the severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that occurred from April 19th to June 6th of last year.

The eligible organizations in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties in the Tri-State.

SPENCER CO, IN (WFIE)- Indiana State Police say a Spencer County man strangled his daughter and fired a shot as she fled their home. It happened in Lamar.

ISP says 57-year-old Gerald Kline refused to allow his 19-year-old daughter to leave with her boyfriend, 19-year-old Elvis Roach.

When she fled the house and jumped in Roach's waiting truck, Kline reportedly fired two shots with a hunting rifle.

ISP says one of the bullets hit the cab and grazed Roach's back.

Roach was treated and released from Jasper Memorial Hospital.