Category Archives: Local News

City wide BOIL WATER ADVISORY for Mt Vernon IN 5/24-5/27
The Mount Vernon Water Works had a problem with the chlorine injection system and as a result was not able to add adequate chlorine to our drinking water for a short period of time. The issue has been...
Debra Miller May 24, 2022 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC

Neighborhood Evacuated After Gas Rupture
A loud boom got the attention of a northern Vanderburgh County neighborhood Monday afternoon. Deputies say a construction crew were digging on Windemere Drive when they hit a gas and electrical line c...
Amy Adams May 24, 2022 Picture taken by Nick Adams

Several Departments Respond To Lynnville Fire
Crews from five fire departments are mopping up after a controlled burn in Warrick County got out of control. It happened on Spurgeon Road near Lynnville with the call coming in about 8:30 last night....
Amy Adams May 24, 2022 Scott Robinson / CC

Benefit Night For Injured Deputy
Last month Spencer County deputy Ron Harper Jr. was seriously injured in a head on collision on State Road 66 near Tell City. Since then the medical expenses have added up for his family. Wednesday, W...
Amy Adams May 24, 2022 Permission for photo from Leeah Harper

Room 150 Is Now A Tourist Attraction
Room 150 at Motel 41 in Evansville has become a tourist attraction. This is the same room two fugitives from Alabama stayed in. They used it to lie low for several days during a nationwide manhunt for...
Amy Adams May 24, 2022 waferboard / CC

We Ride For Those Who Can't
Indiana State Police will be shutting down parts of US 41 in Gibson County today near Warrenton Road and I-64 eastbound at US 41. Several hundred motorcycle riders will be stopping at the Flying J's. ...
Amy Adams May 24, 2022 Governor Jim Justice

Twenty Years In Prison For Drive-Thru Triggerman
The Evansville man who pled guilty to a shooting at a fast-food restaurant has been sentenced. 27 year old Jerome Height was the triggerman to a shooting at the drive through of the Washington Avenue ...
Amy Adams May 24, 2022 Jerome Height, Courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail

Hundreds Of Motorcycle Riders From California Stopping In Gibson County
Indiana State Police will be shutting down parts of US 41 in Gibson County on Tuesday near Warrenton Road and I-64 eastbound at US 41. Several hundred motorcycle riders will be stopping at Loves Truck...
Amy Adams May 23, 2022 angela n. / CC

Weekend Stabbing On Evansville's East Side
A daughter called 9-1-1 early Saturday morning to report that her father had been stabbed, and then went to the Vann Park apartments. Officers found the man with a cut on his arm and saw to it that he...
Amy Adams May 23, 2022 Scott Feldstein / CC

Convenience Store Employee Attacked With A Wrench
A cashier working the nightshift at the Circle K convenience store on West Columbia Avenue was attacked over the weekend. Police say the suspect, who is a regular customer, asked the victim, "where th...
Amy Adams May 23, 2022 James Payne, Courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail


