Category Archives: Local News

Several Injured In ATV Crash
Highway 81 in Daviess County was closed for several hours Thursday night due to a serious crash. According to Sheriff Brad Youngman, an ATV occupied by minors was hit by a vehicle. Multiple people wer...
Amy Adams Jun 07, 2024 Photo from DCSO Facebook

Person Dies In Overnight House Fire
Henderson County firefighters were dispatched to a fully involved house fire just before 2 o'clock this morning. It happened in the 6000 block of Old Henderson Spottsville Road Authorities confirm tha...
Amy Adams Jun 07, 2024 D4E / CC

Childcare Provider Arrested After Baby Dies
A Jeffersonville childcare provider is facing felony charges after a child in her care died. Indiana State Police began the investigation in July 2022 after a six-month-old was found unresponsive. The...
Amy Adams Jun 06, 2024 Brittany Baylor (Clark Co. Jail)

McCollough Library Is Back After Year-Long Renovation
The Washington Avenue branch boasts a new floor plan, lighting, climate control, and furniture. There are four small meeting spaces available for reservation and a sensory room. The library plans to h...
Amy Adams Jun 06, 2024 Kevin Wong / CC

Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn
An update from a child pornography arrest in March. 41-year-old Kazuhiro Iwamoto has been sentenced to just over a year and a half in prison after pleading guilty to 10 counts of possession of child p...
Amy Adams Jun 06, 2024 Kazuhiro Iwamoto (VCCC)

Cave-In-Rock Ferry Travelers May Have To Find Another Route
Travelers that use the Cave-in-Rock Ferry may have to find another route soon. The ferry operator and the Ohio River Ferry Authority have until June 30 to settle on an agreement. Since 2018, reimburse...
Amy Adams Jun 06, 2024 WIKY News Photo by Sunni Zimmer

Former Addiction Counselor Sentenced For Selling Drugs
A former Evansville addiction counselor has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. EPD received tips that Michael Hagedorn was selling drugs while offering counseling services. During a search of his N...
Amy Adams Jun 06, 2024 Michael Hagedorn (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Police Investigating Stabbing After Victim Taken To Hospital
Evansville Police detectives are looking into a reported stabbing. It reportedly happened on North Third Avenue near East Columbia Street. Arriving units found that the victim had already been taken t...
Amy Adams Jun 06, 2024 Photo from EPD

Detectives Ask Help To ID Burglary Suspect
Evansville police detectives are asking for public help to identify a burglary suspect. The suspect allegedly broke into an Evansville gas station on May 24th. The suspect was reportedly in the store ...
Jay Zimmer Jun 06, 2024 Photo: Evansville Police Department

Human Remains Belong To Man Missing Since 1993
More than 10-thousand human remains were found on a suspected serial killer's Central Indiana farm. Herb Baumeister is accused of luring young men to his home in the 1980s and 1990s and murdering them...
Amy Adams Jun 05, 2024 OpenFinalG / Depositphotos.com


