Category Archives: Local News

Babysitter Gets Little Jail Time
A babysitter, that left a toddler in her care severely scarred, was sentenced yesterday. In January 2021, Owensboro police were called to the 500 block of Orchard Street for a one year old that burned...
Amy Adams Feb 08, 2023 Haley Shepherd (Daviess County Jail)

Sextortion Is In Crisis Mode Globally
The Evansville Police Department has joined the FBI to issue a joint warning that is going on globally. The agencies have seen an explosion in financial sextortion among children. This is the practice...
Amy Adams Feb 08, 2023 EPD news release

Deaconess Aquatic Center Hosting Event All Week
The Great Lakes Valley Conference Men and Women's Swimming and Diving Championship is happening in Evansville. It's the largest event held in the new Deaconess Aquatic Center since it opened. It may s...
Amy Adams Feb 08, 2023 PortraitSpecialist / CC

Bill Passes That Will Help Women On Medicaid
The Indiana Senate passed a bill yesterday that would expand Medicaid recipients access to long acting reversible birth control. This includes implants such as Nexplanon, a device that goes under the ...
Amy Adams Feb 08, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

Two People Arrested In Connection With 47 Year Old Cold Case
Investigators with the Indiana State Police made two arrests associated with the death of Laurel Jean Mitchell in 1975. Fred Bandy Jr. and John Lehman, both 67 years old were taken into custody at the...
Amy Adams Feb 08, 2023 Laurel Mitchell ISP
(Fred Bandy Jr. and John Lehman Noble County Jail)

New Charge For Man Accused Of Stealing Catalytic Converters
The man arrested in connection with numerous catalytic converters is facing a new charge. 35 year old Matthew Gunn is looking at another auto theft charge after a catalytic converter was stolen from a...
Amy Adams Feb 07, 2023 Matthew Gunn (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Evansville Man Says It Was An Accident
The Evansville man charged in the death of his sister says it was an accident. 60 year old Daniel Smith will have the chance to tell that to a judge when he makes his first appearance in court today. ...
Amy Adams Feb 07, 2023 Daniel Smith (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Trial Date Set For Newburgh Woman Accused Of Killing Husband
A final pretrial meeting for a Newburgh woman was held on Monday. 59 year old Lisa Harris is charged in the murder of her husband 56 year old Michael Harris. In August of 2020, Indiana State Troopers ...
Amy Adams Feb 07, 2023 Lisa Harris (Crawford County Jail)

Child Sex Abuser Will Be Supervised For Ten Years Once Released From Prison
Eight years in a federal prison was the sentence given to 39 year old Brandon Adcox of Evansville. He was caught after a tip was sent to an Evansville detective and the Indiana Internet Crimes Against...
Amy Adams Feb 07, 2023 Brandon Adcox (Vanderburgh County jail)

Nobody Hurt In Random Shooting
Evansville 9-1-1 received several calls about shots being heard in the area of Culver and Jackson Monday night. EPD believes it was a random shooting from a moving vehicle. There were no reports of da...
Amy Adams Feb 07, 2023 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe


