Category Archives: Local News

An Evansville mother has been sentenced for the death of her 2-week-old baby. 23-year-old Denaya Harris was sentenced to 5 years, with 898 days of jail credit, but took a plea deal reducing her senten...

The Evansville Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety Checkpoint tonight. The location was selected based on traffic crash data collected during the first half of this y...

A former DCS employee has been arrested after detectives say she lied about visiting families and falsified abuse records on them. From 2021 through 2024, Sara Wood worked as a Family Case Manager and...

Evansville emergency officials searched the Ohio River Wednesday evening after an empty boat was found. Dispatch got the call at about 5:00 pm for a boat floating down river near the Dogtown Boat Ramp...

Republic Services has an update following some services being delayed due to nationwide strikes. In Vanderburgh County, trash collection resumed this morning. The same schedule will be in place on Thu...

Johnathon Buza has been found guilty of the murder of 27-year-old Manuel Heaton. It took the jury 12 hours to reach their verdict. Buza was found guilty on both the murder and possession charges, but ...

One person is killed in a two-vehicle crash on Big Cynthiana Road. First responders were called to the accident around 4:30 Tuesday afternoon near Estate Drive. The driver of the Toyota Tundra was abl...

An Evansville man is in the Vanderburgh County Jail, accused of leaving two dogs in a parked truck in the extreme heat. Police were called to the intersection of Jefferson and Kentucky Avenue Monday a...

A mosquito has tested positive for the West Nile Virus in Spencer County. Officials with the Indiana Department of Health say that most people infected with the virus experience no symptoms or only mi...

A Chicago man has been charged with child exploitation after he allegedly drove to Evansville to have sex with a child. According to EPD, 30-year-old Brian Santana picked up a 16-year-old in Vincennes...