Category Archives: Local News

Coat-A-Kid kicked off yesterday and will run through December. Don's Claytons, the Salvation Army and the Evansville Christian Life Center will distribute gently used coats to children and teens acros...

Posey County is looking forward to a 500,000 square foot recycling center that will bring in an estimated 200 jobs. Avangard Innovative, a Texas-based company, will build it's new recycling plant acro...

A person was seen walking near Stringtown School carrying a gun. He was spotted Tuesday morning as parents were dropping their kids off. Officers found two juveniles with a BB-gun and illegal drugs. P...

Murder and other charges have been dropped for the mother of Kamari Opperman. Makaylee Opperman agreed to plead guilty of neglect of a dependent resulting in death and conspiracy to deal narcotics. He...

The burn ban is still in place for most Indiana and Kentucky counties. Tuesday's rain just wasn't enough. Scott Township Fire Chief Adam Farrar says dry conditions for months have made it difficult to...

Police were called after a city driver saw two children ages 6 and 2 walking alone down Riverside Drive just before 10:30 Monday morning. The older child told police when they woke up their mother was...

A jury came back with a partial verdict for Robert Garner around noon on Monday. Garner was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter, but guilty of operating under the influence. The charge of reck...

Election day is two weeks away and the deadline for mailing in an absentee ballot is today in Kentucky. Voters in Indiana have until Thursday and Illinois voters have until November 3. Mail in absente...

Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms are offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of anyone involved in setting the warehouse fire on N. Morton Avenue. EFD Mike Larson says this rewa...

The Owensboro Police Department is investigating a serious accident involving a pedestrian. Early Monday morning a person was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of West 2nd Street and Carter Road. T...