Category Archives: Local News
Free Youth Fishing Tournament This Saturday
A free youth fishing tournament event is happening this Saturday in Owensboro. King Kat will give away 500 fishing poles and 500 tackle boxes while supplies last. Three $1,000 scholarships will be awa...
Amy Adams May 01, 2024 sytnik / Depositphotos.com
Man Had Drugs In His System At Time Of Fatal Crash
Spencer County deputies have arrested the man they believe caused the fatal crash over the weekend. Angelo Rios was driving a 2001 Ford Explorer when he ran off the road into an embankment and rolled ...
Amy Adams Apr 30, 2024 Angelo Rios (Spencer County Jail)
Princeton Man Wins First Place In Regional Lineman's Rodeo
15 Duke Energy line workers from the Midwest will compete this fall in the International Lineman's Rodeo. One of them is from Princeton. Lineman's rodeos are specialized contests that test job-related...
Amy Adams Apr 30, 2024 kalinovsky / Depositphotos.com
Boy Scout Seriously Hurt After Tree Falls On Tent
A Newburgh Boy Scout was taken to the hospital Saturday after an incident in Winslow. The Buffalo Trace Council of Scouts says three members were inside a tent when a tree fell on it. One Scout was se...
Amy Adams Apr 30, 2024 searagen / Depositphotos.com
Woman Involved In Crash Had BAC 4 Times Over Legal Limit
A Maceo, Kentucky woman is behind bars after crashing her car while driving drunk. Spencer County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a rollover accident Saturday morning. The driver, Kristy Morris flippe...
Amy Adams Apr 30, 2024 Kristy Morris ( Spencer Co jail)
High School Student Named As Shooting Suspect
A Memorial High School student is in jail as a suspect in a shots fired incident. It happened in the 1600 block of Vann Avenue on April 21. 19-year-old Kortlen James Sears who is a student at Memorial...
Amy Adams Apr 30, 2024 Kortlan Sears (VCCC)
Drug Dealer Sentenced To Prison
A Mt. Vernon drug dealer has been sentenced to prison for selling meth in Posey County. 61-year-old Birchie Stillwagoner Jr. received 12 years after pleading guilty to multiple charges. As part of Sti...
Amy Adams Apr 29, 2024 Birchie Stillwagoner Jr.(photo from Posey County Prosecutor's Office)
County's Biggest Ash Tree Falls Victim To Insects
According to the Evansville city arborist, the county's biggest ash tree may be in trouble. The tree in Oak Hill Cemetery is an apparent victim of the Emerald Ash Borer, an insect that feeds on the as...
Amy Adams Apr 29, 2024 sandsun / Depositphotos.com
Officers Find 585 Syringes In Woman's Vehicle
Friday night officers were called to check on a woman slumped over the wheel. When EPD arrived at the scene the woman had the driver's side door open with her feet hanging out. 33-year-old Rebecca Gon...
Amy Adams Apr 29, 2024 Rebecca Gonzalez (VCCC)
Single Vehicle Crash Kills Man In Spencer County
One person was killed in a car crash on I-64 Sunday evening. The Spencer County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 66-year-old Neal Vaughn. This was a single-vehicle accident with three people ...
Amy Adams Apr 29, 2024 mikdam / Depositphotos.com