Category Archives: Local News

Amy Word was handed her sentence in court on Monday. The former EVSC board member received 9 months of probation and will not serve any more jail time. In June, a jury found Word guilty of maintaining...

The parents of a one-year-old are behind bars in Daviess County. On August 1 an ambulance was called to a residence for an accidental poisoning. Jesika Riggs and Patro Stevenson told police that the c...

Friday evening a Gibson County Deputy was called to an accident near State Road 64 and State Road 325 West in Oakland City. The deputy spotted a Nissan Pathfinder in a field adjacent to the roadway. T...

Perry County deputies are putting on extra patrols in the area of Rainbow Lake. The increased enforcement effort comes in response to three people being shot on July 27th at the lake. There were five ...

Two K-9 deputies with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office will have an extra layer of protection thanks to a generous donation. Ballistic Buddies donated the bullet-resistant K-9 vests to Honcho a...

Evansville police were called to Southeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard Sunday afternoon on a report of shots fired. The report to central dispatch says three shots were fired and people were r...

An Evansville man went to jail after hitting a woman several times with a vehicle and then attacking her with a knife. Officers got the call to North Kentucky Avenue about 8:30 Saturday night. The 9-1...

Thursday a Washington County man was arrested for impersonating a public servant. A Detective with the Indiana State Police learned that 62-year-old William Salyer allegedly left voicemails with an Ar...

Evansville Police arrest a burglary suspect they caught red-handed. Officers were called to the Trane sales office on Sycamore Street by an intruder alarm, at about 9:30 pm Wednesday. An arriving unit...

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office arrested a 17-year-old after a short pursuit. On Thursday deputies spotted a speeding vehicle on northbound 41 near Waterworks Road and attempted to pull them o...