Category Archives: Local News

Road Construction To Blame For Restaurant's Changes In Schedule
Ongoing road construction has forced an Evansville restaurant to cut its hours. For the first time in 40 years, the Stockwell Inn will be closed on Saturdays, and the kitchen will close at 9:00 pm, Mo...
Amy Adams Aug 15, 2025 Photo from Stockwell Inn Facebook page

Church Reports Thousands Of Dollars Stolen From Bank Account
Thousands of dollars have been stolen from an Owensboro church. Investigators say nearly $183,000 was taken from a bank account for Chin Emmanuel Baptist Church on Owensboro's Allen Street. Officers r...
Amy Adams Aug 15, 2025 72soul / Depositphotos.com

Mosquito Tests Positive for West Nile In Evansville
Here is the statement from The Vanderburgh County Health Department: EVANSVILLE, August 14, 2025 One sample group of mosquitoes from a surveillance trap collected within the City of Evansville has tes...
Aaron Santini Aug 14, 2025 natursports / Depositphotos.com

Henderson County Solar Farm Hit By Gunfire
Reports from a solar panel farm in Robards say several of the panels were damaged by vandals. The reports say 32 panels at the Unbridled Solar Farm were hit by gunfire. Geronimo Power officials discov...
Amy Adams Aug 14, 2025 kalinovsky / Depositphotos.com

EPD Will Increase Patrols And Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints Through Labor Day
This weekend, the Evansville Police Department will increase patrols and conduct sobriety checkpoints. They have partnered with the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to curb impaired driving as part ...
Amy Adams Aug 14, 2025 karenr/Depositphotos.com

Man Admits To Causing Explosion Near INDOT Crews
An Evansville man was arrested on charges related to the detonation of an explosive near INDOT workers. It happened on a residential street adjacent to the Lloyd Expressway on the west side. One worke...
Amy Adams Aug 14, 2025 hecke06 / Depositphotos.com

Armadillo Sightings Increasing In Southern Indiana
Armadillo sightings are becoming more and more common in southern Indiana. The Department of Natural Resources says the nocturnal creatures made their way into Illinois in the 1990s and then to Indian...
Amy Adams Aug 13, 2025 wrangel / Depositphotos.com

Lic's Deli & Ice Cream Has New Owner
After 75 years, Lic's Deli & Ice Cream has passed the scoop. For 63 years, Lic's was owned by Don and Jane Smith and their children. Together they grew from a single store into the loved brand it ...
Amy Adams Aug 13, 2025 Kara Combs, Noah Furrow, Don Smith, Jodi Ashby and Jamia Brown (Photo from news release)

Burglary Investigation Nets Two Arrests
A burglary investigation that started in June has ended with two arrests. Ryan Carnahan and Matthew Walls are accused of stealing thousands of dollars' worth of guns, along with a safe, from a storage...
Amy Adams Aug 13, 2025 Ryan Carnahan and Matthew Walls (VCSO)

Boonville McDonald's Closed For Bug Infestation
The McDonald's in Boonville has been shut down after several complaints about unsanitary conditions. The health department closed the restaurant on West Locust Street due to bug infestations and other...
Amy Adams Aug 13, 2025 olegda88.gmail.com / Depositphotos.com


