Category Archives: Local News

EPD Receives AEDs For Cruisers
The Evansville Police Department received 19 AEDs that will go into their patrol cars. Nancy Drake and Margaret Musgrave raised $31,000 to purchase the life-saving devices. Last May, EPD Detective Mic...
Amy Adams Nov 15, 2023 Drew from Zhrodague / CC

Free Circus Tickets for Military Families
Hadi Shriners, well-known for their patriotism and appreciation of our troops, are providing free Hadi Shrine Circus exchange tickets to immediate family members of our local active military personnel...
Aaron Santini Nov 14, 2023

Driver Believed To Have Smoked Spice Before passing Out Behind Wheel
A Chandler woman is facing several charges after she passed out behind the wheel on Green River Road. 39-year-old Theresa Medlock sat through several light cycles. Officers had to remove her from the ...
Amy Adams Nov 14, 2023 Theresa Medlock (VCCC)

Multiple Departments Respond To Massive Fire In Kentucky
At least four acres of land were burned in Webster County Monday night. The fire started at about 4 pm on Gene Shelton Road. Webster County EMA reported the fire more than an hour later. It was mostly...
Amy Adams Nov 14, 2023 Photo from Poole Community Fire & Rescue FB

Former Police Chief Facing More Than A Dozen Charges
The former police chief of the Rising Sun Police Department was arrested on Monday and is facing 17 felony charges. 37-year-old Harlis Hoover Jr allegedly borrowed $10,000 from an individual for the p...
Amy Adams Nov 14, 2023 Harlis Hoover Jr. (Dearborn County Jail)

Grant Sought For I-69 Ohio River Crossing
A meeting was held on Monday night on the progress of the I-69 Ohio River Crossing. The project has three sections. The first is already underway in Henderson. Section two is the crossing itself set t...
Amy Adams Nov 14, 2023 Photo from I-69 ORX FB

Deer Causes Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-69
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office is investigating a 7-car pile-up that happened Sunday night around 5:30 in the southbound lanes of I-69 north of Lynch Road. The sequence of crashes began when ...
Amy Adams Nov 13, 2023 VCSO

Woman Arrested After Pointing Gun At Dog
Evansville police say a woman was jailed after being bitten by a dog and pointing a gun at the dog and the dog's owner. 28-year-old Keri Bowen was bitten Saturday night and got into an argument with t...
Amy Adams Nov 13, 2023 Keri Bowen (VCCC)

ATV Driver Killed In Crash With SUV
One person is dead following a crash involving a 4-wheeler. On Saturday afternoon the Sheriff's Office and German Township Fire Department responded to the area of New Harmony Road east of St. Joe Roa...
Amy Adams Nov 13, 2023 VCSO

Felon Arrested After Being Caught With Handgun And Meth
An Evansville man is jailed after being stopped in traffic with a large amount of meth. A passenger in the stopped car, 22-year-old Thomas Holland, was acting suspiciously, looking like he was hiding ...
Amy Adams Nov 13, 2023 Thomas Holland (VCCC)


