Category Archives: Local News

More problems for a local youth minister arrested for sexual battery and statutory rape in Tennessee. Joshua Henley was fired from the Washington Avenue Church of Christ right after hose charges becam...

A Dubois County jail officer is on leave following allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a jail inmate. Officer Ryan Schmitt is formally charged with sexual misconduct with a detainee. De...

A Posey County man is sentenced to a total of five years in prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking with an inmate plus a probation violation. Bryan Brakie of Mt. Vernon admitted to communica...

The results of an investigation into allegations of misappropriation of town-owned materials in Darmstadt are headed for the prosecutor's office. Vanderburgh County sheriff Dave Wedding will let them ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is asking for help in taking inventory of the state's wild turkey population. The D-N-R wants to know the number of adult hens you're aware of... The number...

It's a "modernization" of the former process, which had schools issue work permits. With the final pieces of SEA 409 going into effect, work permits are eliminated completely, and the responsibility o...

Rain-boots may have come in handy yesterday, as heavy rain and flooding blanketed the tri-state area. The majority of midtown Evansville experienced flooding issues according to Evansville Central Dis...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has updated the list of counties with sick and dying birds from 15 to now 40 counties affected. Vanderburgh and Gibson counties are now on the DNR's list of...

A new low-price private insulin brand is hitting the shelf at a Walmart near you. The new brand, ReliOn, includes flex pens and insulin vials. The flex pens will retail at $85, and the vials will cost...

That male black bear that was spotted just across the Vanderburgh county line last weekend has become a local celebrity. His image is finding its way onto t-shirts and koozies that are now for sale he...