Category Archives: Local News
Chasers Issues Statement after Customers Test Positive
In a prepared statement, the owners of Chasers Bar on West Franklin say they'll continue sanitizing their premises for as long as it takes. The statement says the business uses a sanitizing spray as w...
Sep 17, 2020 Martin Fisch / CC
College Basketball Returns
College basketball will return November 25. This postpones the original start date by nearly two weeks due to concerns surrounding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The date coincides with most colleg...
Sep 17, 2020 Beaverbasketball / CC
Old National Events Plaza to be used for early voting
Today Vanderburgh County Clerk Carla Hayden announced today that Old National Events Plaza will be used for in person absentee, commonly referred to as "early voting" beginning October 6th. Hayden sai...
Sep 16, 2020 Laura LaRose / CC
Man Faces Numerous Charges
Stealing a motorcycle, driving it with a suspended license, wrecking it, carrying drugs, and lying to deputies about who you are. The Sheriff's office says that's why an Evansville man in in jail. Acc...
Sep 16, 2020 Christopher Hall (Photo: Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office)
Local/Federal Drug Authorities Dismantle Cartel
The U-S Attorney for Southern Indiana has announced the breakup by law enforcement of an international drug cartel based in Mexico and operating in the southwestern Indiana area including Evansville. ...
Sep 16, 2020 Office of Public Affairs / CC
Owensboro Man Held Without Bond After Stand-Off
An Owensboro man is being held without bond after police say he tried to avoid officers looking to serve a federal warrant. 35-year-old Michael Fairrow climbed into the attic of a duplex on Bent Tree ...
Sep 16, 2020 Ken Hawkins / CC
Guilty Verdict in Grandview Murder
A Spencer County jury has returned a verdict of guilty in the murder trial of 52-year-old Allen Bennett. Indiana State Police say Bennett shot and killed 64-year old Linda Bowman during a domestic dis...
Sep 16, 2020 Allen Allen / CC
Bar Patrons May Be Exposed...
The Vanderburgh County Health Department is asking anyone who visited Chaser's bar on Franklin Street Friday to monitor themselves for signs of coronavirus. Officials say they have identified two conf...
Sep 16, 2020 Lihoman... / CC
2 Railroad Crossing Projects start Wednesday
Starting Wednesday Sept. 16 through Friday Sept. 18, Boonville-New Harmony Road just west of Highway 41 will be closed to all traffic for railroad crossing repairs. The detour around the railroad cros...
Sep 15, 2020 Deep Owl / CC
Settlement in Breonna Taylor Case
The attorney representing the family of Breonna Taylor says they have reached a settlement with the City of Louisville. Multiple media sources are reporting that terms include a multi-million dollar s...
Sep 15, 2020 Eden, Janine and Jim / CC
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