In partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Division of Outreach and Engagement at the University of Southern Indiana will offer a second BreakOut Program to eight area small businesses. With grant dollars from the USDA Rural Development Office, the program will provide high-level resources to businesses to help them build on their successes and “break out” to the next level.

WARRICK CO., IN (WFIE)-

A misdemeanor battery charge was filed on Tuesday in Warrick County against a well-known businessman.

Phillip Koch is the President of Ho-Ho-Holdings LLC, based in Santa Claus. Koch was arrested last Monday and booked into the Warrick County Jail. He posted bail about nine hours later.

Now, he's looking at a misdemeanor charge of battery. Koch is accused of attacking the woman he lives with at their home.

NEWBURGH, IN (WFIE)-

The numbers are in, and this Black Friday weekend a busy one for big retail stores. Small Businesses around the Tri-State also participated in Small Business Saturday.

A lot of people on the streets of downtown Newburgh helped to make this
weekend a profitable one for business owners like Sue Morrison.

Morrison owns Sunburst Stained Glass in Newburgh.

She said they were very busy Friday and Saturday but she was hesitant to
attribute the flow in business to Small Business Saturday.