Category Archives: Local News

Arrest in Fatal Hit/Run
There's been an arrest in a fatal hit and run that happened on Fulton Avenue earlier this month. On the night of August 8, Evansville police were called to the 1000 block of Fulton. That where they fo...
Aug 24, 2021 Kelsey Ritter (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Labor Day Celebrartion Set
The 135th Labor Day Celebration is set for Princeton's Gibson County Fairgrounds in Princeton, September 3 to 6. Aside from the free carnival rides, there'll be a demolition derby, food booths, crafts...
Aug 24, 2021 dion gillard / CC

Beshear Rescinds School Mask Order
The Kentucky Secretary of State's Office confirms that governor Andy Beshear filed the paperwork Monday morning to cancel the order mandating masks in Kentucky schools. That filing comes after the Ken...
Aug 24, 2021 Governor Andy Beshear (Photo courtesy Kentucky Governor's Office)

Slaughters Couple Sought on Multiple Charges
Members of the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force haven't been able to track down 60-year-old Dale Boudreaux and 59-year-old Julie Boudreaux of Slaughters. Officers serving civil papers at their home foun...
Aug 24, 2021 Tomas de Aquino / CC

Columbia St. Closure
Ragle Inc. will be closing Columbia Street between Garvin Street & Sherman Street beginning Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 and continuing for two days to finish restoration work. Garvin Street will no...
Debra Miller Aug 23, 2021 Myrtle Beach TheDigitel / CC

City of Henderson temporarily closes Collections lobby
Because of staffing issues related to COVID exposures, the City of Henderson has temporarily closed the lobby in the Henderson Municipal Center where utility bills and other payments are made to in-pe...
Aaron Santini Aug 23, 2021 Graphic courtesy of the City of Henderson

Inmate dies at jail
An inmate at the Vanderburgh County Confinement Center died early Saturday. A confinement officer found 25-year-old Duane Garry Jr., of Evansville unresponsive during morning inmate roll call. He coul...
Rick Allen Aug 23, 2021 Image source: Midwest Communications

Inmate dies
On Saturday, August 21, 2021 at approximately 6:00 a.m. an inmate at the Vanderburgh County Confinement Center was discovered unresponsive. The confinement officer assigned to the booking area where t...
Aaron Santini Aug 22, 2021 Image courtesy of Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office

High school football scores for week 1
The high school football season kicked off this weekend, and here are the results! Jasper 27 Memorial 19 Bosse 16 Vincennes Lincoln 14 Gibson Southern 43 Columbus North 20 Forest Park 13 Princeton 12 ...
Aaron Santini Aug 21, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

HART schedule change
Because of challenges with staffing impacted by COVID as well as low ridership, Henderson Area Rapid Transit is making some alterations in routes starting Saturday, Aug. 21. The "Shopper Shuttle" rout...
Aaron Santini Aug 20, 2021 Image source: Henderson Area Rapid Transit (HART)


