Category Archives: Local News

Woman Gives Herself A Raise Without Telling The Boss
A Henderson woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing from her former employer. 34-year-old Courtney Owen worked for Elpers Truck Equipment in Evansville. She was in charge of completing ...
Amy Adams Apr 11, 2024 Courtney Owen (VCCC)

Spencer County Man Involved In Fatal Crash Is Identified
A single-vehicle accident in Spencer County proved fatal to the vehicle driver. It happened off County Road 1200 North near Lamar. Investigators say a car ran off the road and plunged down an embankme...
Amy Adams Apr 10, 2024 dacasdo / Depositphotos.com

Madisonville Man Charged With Rape And Kidnapping
Madisonville Police have made an arrest in a kidnapping investigation. A woman reported that a man forcibly took her and her toddler from their home Tuesday morning. Police identified that man as 34-y...
Amy Adams Apr 10, 2024 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com

Evansville Fire Chief Clears Up Rumors Of Station Closing
Rumors that Evansville Fire Station 14 is closing are not true. So says Fire Chief Tony Night in response to the concerns of neighbors. Knight met with members of the Lincolnshire Neighborhood Associa...
Amy Adams Apr 10, 2024 Photo from EFD

Health Department Reports Strawberries Are Safe To Eat
The Hopkins County Health Department has released new information about strawberries sold at a local school fundraiser after an eight-year-old boy died. The results shared by the FDA revealed there wa...
Amy Adams Apr 10, 2024 AntonMatyukha / Depositphotos.com

Total Solar Eclipse Brings Spectators To Wesselman Woods
Shortly after 2:00 on Monday afternoon, Evansville and other parts of the tri-state experienced totality during the total solar eclipse. No shortage of places to go to view the eclipse. One location t...
Amy Adams Apr 09, 2024 Photo taken by Amy Adams

Mater Dei Supermileage Team Wins First Place In Indianapolis
The Mater Dei High School Supermileage team brings home first place. Last week the team competed in the Shell Eco-Marathon in Indianapolis. The team ran their self-built car nicknamed RUDI around the ...
Amy Adams Apr 09, 2024 jamesgroup / Depositphotos.com

Evansville Man Accused Of Selling Drugs Outside Of Church
A pastor of an Evansville church called 9-1-1 Sunday evening to report that a tent had been set up outside of his church and people were selling drugs. When officers arrived they spoke with 37-year-ol...
Amy Adams Apr 09, 2024 Montez Clements (VCCC)

EFD Battle Overnight House Fire
Evansville Fire Department crews were called to the 700 block of East Virginia Street at about 3:30 this morning. Arriving units noted a fire coming from the back of a house. It took the crews several...
Amy Adams Apr 09, 2024 Photo taken from EFD Facebook page

Medical Issue May Have Caused Fatal Crash
One person has died following a one-vehicle crash in Spencer County. It happened around midnight along County Road 1200 North in Chrisney. A car driven by Matthew Weber of Lamar apparently left the ro...
Amy Adams Apr 09, 2024 Dave Shaver / CC


