Category Archives: Local News

The City Of Boonville Is Cracking Down On Truck Drivers
Truck drivers that continue to break Boonville's city weight limit ordinance will be ticketed. Weight limit signs have been posted throughout the city. Mayor Charlie Wyatt says drivers either haven't ...
Amy Adams Jun 10, 2022 Picture is from Facebook

Grandmother Arrested For Leaving Juveniles Home Alone
An Evansville grandmother spent the night in jail after leaving her young grandchildren home alone. A witness told police Jacquline Elbahga yelled at the girls to get in the car. When they ran the oth...
Amy Adams Jun 10, 2022 Jacquline Elbahga, Courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail

Judge Grants Motion To Drop Charge Of Escape For Fugitive
A judge in Lauderdale County has granted the State of Alabama's motion to drop a charge of escape against Casey White. Prosecutors will instead take the case to a grand jury to get a formal escape cha...
Amy Adams Jun 10, 2022 Picture from EPD facebook

Inmate Escapes While Receiving Medical Treatment
Authorities are searching for escaped inmate from Daviess County Kentucky. 21 year Mary Eggleston was receiving medical treatment at Owensboro Regional Health around 6:30 last night when she left. She...
Amy Adams Jun 10, 2022 Mary Eggleston, Courtesy of the Daviess County Jail

Convicted Child Molester Sentenced To Federal Prison
An Evansville man was found guilty of the production and attempted production of sexually explicit materials involving minors. 45 year old Christopher McGee will spent the next 24 years in federal pri...
Amy Adams Jun 09, 2022 Christopher McGee, Courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail

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...
Amy Adams 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...
Amy Adams 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...
Amy Adams 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...
Amy Adams 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...
Amy Adams Jun 09, 2022 Sean MacEntee / CC


