Category Archives: Local News

Shelter Needs Emergency Fosters Following Storm Damage
The Pike Animal Welfare Shelter in Petersburg needs emergency fosters and adopters. The shelter received significant damage to its outdoor kennels during last night's storm. According to their Faceboo...
Amy Adams Dec 29, 2025 Pike County Animal Shelter Facebook page

Coroner Identifies Man Killed In Train Incident
The Wabash River Bridge was closed for several hours on Saturday afternoon. The closure was due to an incident involving a pedestrian and a train on the Illinois side. 35-year-old Nicholas Lamar of Mo...
Amy Adams Dec 29, 2025 jovannig / Depositphotos.com

55 Pounds Of Meth Disguised As Christmas Presents
A Nebraska man is behind bars in Kentucky following a traffic stop on the Bluegrass Parkway. A police K-9 alerted to the presence of narcotics during a sniff of the vehicle. A search of the trunk unco...
Amy Adams Dec 29, 2025 Photo from Jeffersontown Police Department FB page

Changes Coming To SNAP Benefits in Indiana January 1
As part of Indiana's new Smart SNAP initiative, starting January 1, sugary drinks and candy will no longer be eligible to purchase with SNAP benefits. This includes soda, energy drinks, sports drinks ...
Amy Adams Dec 29, 2025 Dmitry.Zimin / Depositphotos.com

Mother Admits To Causing Harm To Infant
An Owensboro mother is charged with criminal abuse after her 6-week-old infant was taken to the hospital with multiple injuries. 24-year-old Rachel Basham admitted to intentionally inflicting harm to ...
Amy Adams Dec 26, 2025 Rachel Basham (DCSO)

EPD Officer Injured With A Brick On Christmas Day
Evansville Police Officers responded to a shots-fired call in the 900 block of S. Evans Avenue on Christmas Day. It was reported that a man was swinging a bat and throwing rocks at a car when they hea...
Amy Adams Dec 26, 2025 Marshun Dennie (VCSO)

Kentucky Distillery Halting Production
Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs and slumping demand. The company says the decision to pau...
Amy Adams Dec 23, 2025 njproductions / Depositphotos.com

Man Who Cried Wolf Arrested
The Madisonville man accused of falsely reporting an accident is in custody following a weeks-long investigation. Last month, 32-year-old Bobby Sample made a 9-1-1 call to Webster County dispatch clai...
Amy Adams Dec 23, 2025 Bobby Sample (Hopkins County Jail)

Christmas Eve Is The Final Day For Red Kettle Campaign
The final day for the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign is tomorrow. On Christmas Eve, all donations in Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Posey Counties will be doubled up to $8,000. Every dollar dropped int...
Amy Adams Dec 23, 2025 Photo from Salvation Army news release

Evansville Law Firm Says Client Is Innocent
An Evansville law firm, representing the man accused of the shooting at Kentucky State University, says he's an innocent man. According to the firm, Jacob Bard had to use deadly force to save the life...
Amy Adams Dec 23, 2025 Jacob Lee Bard (Franklin County Regional Jail)


