Category Archives: Local News
Pandemic Unemployment Ends
Governor Holcomb says Indiana will end its participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment insurance programs effective June 19, 2021. The programs that will end are: Federal Pandemic Unem...
May 18, 2021 Governor Eric Holcomb
Mask Mandate Lapses
Workers have been busy restoring city-owned buildings to pre-pandemic conditions. This comes as city-mandated mask regulations expired at midnight. In the Civic Center, crews re-configured public meet...
May 18, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker / CC
Bike Trails for Oakland City
The Oakland City mayor and town council are working to bring new bike trails to the area. Trail Heads Bike has already created parks and trails for cyclists around the Tri-State area, and Oakland City...
May 18, 2021 Riho Lüüs
Mask Mandate Expires
In Evansville, the last local government requirements concerning wearing masks expire at the end of the day. That means, barring an extension, as of tomorrow (Tuesday), there will be no local orders i...
May 17, 2021 Olgierd Rudak / CC
Henderson Wildfire
Authorities are investigating a wild-land fire that broke out in the Alzey (AL-zee) Bottoms area of Henderson County Saturday night. Officials found several spot fires that extended into the woods alo...
May 17, 2021 Dan Zen / CC
Door Bashed In
The front door to an Evansville restaurant was completely caved in over the weekend. Evansville police responded to a commercial burglary alarm at the McDonalds on Washington Avenue. The alarm service...
May 17, 2021 Mark Turnauckas / CC
Man Accused of Arson Expected In Court
The man who confessed to setting Friday's flea-market fire on Diamond Avenue is expected to make a court appearance today. 25 year old Christopher Liggett was seen on surveillance video in the area wh...
May 17, 2021 Christopher Liggett (Vanderburgh County Jail)
One person shot in Perkins Park
One person is treated at the hospital after a shooting at Kendall Perkins Park in Owensboro. That shooting was reported Thursday around 4:30 p.m. Police say officers discovered evidence of a possible ...
May 14, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
Police plan enhanced seat belt enforcement
Evansville police will be on the lookout for seatbelt violators starting Monday. Officers will concentrate on high-traffic accident intersections. Authorities say the purpose of this seatbelt blitz gr...
May 14, 2021 Scott Davidson / CC
Five dollar zoo memberships available to SNAP recipients
Mesker Park Zoo will now allow people with SNAP benefits to buy a zoo membership for only five dollars. This was made possible through a grant, and will enable families to visit more frequently. Execu...
May 14, 2021 Photo: Mesker Park Zoo
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