Category Archives: Local News

Kruggerand Coin Found In Red Kettle
The Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign was a big success over the weekend. Someone dropped a gold kruggerand coin in the kettle at the west side Walmart on Friday. Last weekend all donations were bein...
Amy Adams Dec 06, 2022 Maura Teague / CC

Mass Shooting Suspect's Attorney Claims He's Unfit For Trial
The man accused of opening fire and killing two people at a Henderson shelter was in court Monday. The attorney for Kenneth Gibbs claims he is mentally unfit to stand trial. The mass shooting at Harbo...
Amy Adams Dec 06, 2022 Kenneth Gibbs (Henderson County Detention Center)

Anonymous Easter Seals Donor "Pete" Strikes Again
The anonymous donor known only as "Pete" has struck again. For the past 32 years, Pete has made donations totaling $103,000 to Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center on Bellemeade. The money has been used...
Dec 05, 2022 Photo: Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center

Stand Off At Hotel Leads To Multiple Arrests
Two people were arrested after a stand-off last night. It began at a hotel on Green River Road. Officers say a man got into an argument with another man, and left the scene and went to a home in the 3...
Amy Adams Dec 05, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Pregnant Woman Assaulted At Evansville Hotel
A pregnant woman claims she was assaulted at an Evansville hotel Saturday night. Police were called to the Quality Inn around 10:30 and found the victim in the hotel lobby. She told police that 60 yea...
Amy Adams Dec 05, 2022 Johnny McGillem (Vanderburgh County jail)

Woman Charged With Battery Towards A Police Officer
An Evansville taxi driver called police to the Grandview Apartments stating that a female passenger refused to pay her cab fare. When police arrived they found 28 year old Whitney Farmer in the lobby ...
Amy Adams Dec 05, 2022 Whitney Farmer (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Police Have Identified Woman's Alleged Killer
The Evansville Police Department released the name of the man accused of shooting and killing a woman Sunday morning on Clayton Avenue. 44 year old Clifton Fletcher was arrested overnight. The victim ...
Amy Adams Dec 05, 2022 Clifton Fletcher (Vanderburgh County Jail)

E.P.D. Statement on Illegal Substance
From the Evansville Police Department; On March 17, 2022, Tianeptine became a Schedule I controlled substance in Indiana. It is illegal to sell or possess this drug. Tianeptine is commonly found in pr...
Aaron Santini Dec 02, 2022 Image courtesy of Evansville Police Department

Intoxicated Woman Arrested For Fleeing Police
An Indiana State Trooper was patrolling Highway 41 near Bellemeade Avenue around 10:30 last night when he observed a driver with expired plates. The driver was stopped in the left turn Lane at Washing...
Amy Adams Dec 02, 2022 Stephanie Marshall (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Teen Pleads Guilty In Murder Trial
A 16-year-old has been sentenced 45 years in prison in an Evansville murder case from last year. Arkee Coleman was charged in the shooting death of Johnathan Stitts on Parrett Street last October. Col...
Amy Adams Dec 02, 2022 Arkee Coleman (Vanderburgh County Jail)


