Category Archives: Local News
West Side Landmark Being Restored
The owner of the West Side's Big Top restaurant is no longer looking for artists to renew the business's sign. Instead, Joe Hardesy is looking for a curator to help restore the sign that has been a we...
Jun 09, 2022 Picture taken by Amy Adams
USDA Offering Waivers To WIC Recipients
The U.S. Department of Agriculture along with Women Infants and Children are offering waiver benefits to families for baby formula not normally allowed on the program. WIC officials in Kentucky say th...
Jun 09, 2022 nerissa's ring / CC
Autopsy Scheduled Today For Newborn
An autopsy is scheduled today for 13 day old Wade Wilson. He was found not breathing when police arrived at a house on West Oregon Street Wednesday morning. The mother, 26 year old Taylor Smith told d...
Jun 09, 2022 Taylor Smith/Timothy Wilson, Courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail
Grandson Charged With Grandmother's Death
The grandson of an 85 year old woman found dead last weekend on East Michigan Street has now been charged with her murder. Betty Ann Stevens was found in her back yard. An autopsy showed she died of s...
Jun 09, 2022 John Stevens, courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail
Local Business Will Eliminate Several Jobs Next Month
A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification was issued to Leed Selling Tools Corporation. The company will permanently cut 74 jobs at their Ireland, Indiana facility and 7 jobs in Evansville after...
Jun 09, 2022 Sean MacEntee / CC
Grandson Of Murder Victim Accused Of Fighting Police
The man who made the 911 call to report the death of his grandmother is facing charges. When officers arrived to the home of Betty Ann Stevens her grandson 40 year old John Stevens allegedly threatene...
Jun 08, 2022 John Stevens, courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail
30 Years Is The Sentence For Owensboro Teen
The man a Kentucky commonwealth attorney says is "evil" was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Jaikorian Johnson was found guilty of second degree manslaughter in the death of 15 year old Corbin Henry i...
Jun 08, 2022 Jaikorian Johnson, Courtesy of the Daviess County Jail
Two People Die After Falling Into A Hole
A company employee and a contractor have died after falling into a confined drainage system. This happened Tuesday at the Big Rivers power plant in Robards. Donna Stinnett with the city of Henderson s...
Jun 08, 2022 Shqipe Asani / CC
Deputy Receives A Police Escort Home
A Spencer County deputy received a police escort from a Louisville hospital to home on Tuesday after spending weeks there recovering. Ronald Harper Jr. was involved in a serious crash in April on Stat...
Jun 08, 2022 Courtesy of the Spencer County Sheriff's Office
Two Day Job Fair Coming To Henderson
The Henderson Economic Development Workforce Coalition is hosting a job fair June 14 from 2:30 to 5:00 and June 15 from 8:00 to 11:00 am. Thirty-seven companies are looking for job seekers to fill ove...
Jun 08, 2022 Alachua County / CC
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