Category Archives: Local News

Red Cross Helping 3 Adults And Several Pets
Firefighters were dispatched to the 900 block of Irvin Avenue Sunday morning around 10:15. The first arriving crews reported smoke visible from a sunroom at the corner of the home. The bulk of the fir...
Amy Adams Jan 22, 2024 Gorupka / CC

State Trooper In Critical Condition After Drunk Driver Hits Him
An Indiana State Trooper is in serious condition after being hit by a drunk driver while assisting a stranded motorist change a flat tire. It happened in Indianapolis on I-65 near 30th Street Saturday...
Amy Adams Jan 22, 2024 Trooper Azariah Keith ISP

Man Arrested In Spain Waiting On Extradition Back To Evansville
A man was arrested in Valencia Spain and is preparing to be extradited to Vanderburgh County. Samuel Huggler is accused of shooting two people in the 800 block of Kirkwood Drive on December 14, 2021. ...
Amy Adams Jan 22, 2024 Samuel Huggler photo from Ann Gray with EPD

Man Swallows Pills After Receiving Guilty Verdict
An Evansville man convicted on two counts of attempted murder, is now in the Vanderburgh County Jail. Kody Schaum drew a gun when faced with several E-P-D officers who were trying to serve warrants an...
Amy Adams Jan 22, 2024 Kody Schaum (VCCC)

Driver Found Face Down In Parking Lot After Crashing Vehicle
Evansville police were called to a roll-over crash in the 500 block of North Burkhardt Wednesday night. Witnesses said the driver ran away, but officers found an ID card belonging to 35-year-old Britn...
Amy Adams Jan 19, 2024 Britney Marx (VCCC)

Man Who Killed Mom And Two Kids In Accident Four Years Ago Charged With DUI
A Henderson man was arrested Thursday morning and charged with drunk driving. 46-year-old Damon Busby is being held on a $1,500 cash bond in the Henderson County Detention Center. He is the same man w...
Amy Adams Jan 19, 2024 Damon Busby (Henderson County Jail)

Firefighters Rescue Goose On Frozen Lake
Emergency crews responded to a water rescue Thursday morning on Woodbridge Drive in Evansville. Once on scene firefighters "gandered" at the situation and spotted a goose believed frozen in the pond. ...
Amy Adams Jan 19, 2024 Photo taken by John Buckman

Kentucky Governor Announces Recommended Highway Plan
Governor Andy Beshear delivered a 2024 Recommended Highway Plan featuring more than 1300 projects to build a better Kentucky. The plan is based on anticipated revenues of 8.65 billion dollars through ...
Amy Adams Jan 18, 2024 Colin Mutchler / CC

Pike County Man Charged With Child Molestation
A Winslow man was arrested Tuesday by the Indiana State Police and Pike County Sheriff's Office. They received information in November that 42-year-old Lance Scott had allegedly molested a child. Afte...
Amy Adams Jan 18, 2024 Lance Scott (ISP)

Aunt Of Baby Found With Rat Bites Is Sentenced To Probation
A woman whose infant nephew was found last fall covered in blood and with more than 50 rat bites has been sentenced. Delaina Thurman was arrested on neglect charges last September. She reached a plea ...
Amy Adams Jan 18, 2024 David and Angel Schonabaum/Delaina Thurman (VCCC)


