Category Archives: Local News

Drugs discarded during chase
Indiana State Police are looking for the person who led them on a chase, while at the same time, disposing of illegal drugs. Troopers say they tried to stop a Dodge Durango for speeding on Interstate ...
Rick Allen Nov 01, 2020 Police chase (file photo) Image source: Midwest communications

Pedestrian dies after being hit by deputy
Indiana State Police say a Knox County deputy responding to an accident call was unable to stop before hitting a pedestrian, who died at the scene The deputy had his emergency lights on when a man wea...
Rick Allen Nov 01, 2020 Image source: Midwest Communications

Coroner says driver had been shot
Police say a person who died at the scene of an automobile accident Saturday had been shot. According to the Vanderburgh County Coroner, it was the gunshot wound that was the cause of death. The Evans...
Rick Allen Nov 01, 2020 Image source: Midwest Communications

Four injured in Halloween night shooting
Four people were injured in a shooting outside an Evansville bar early Sunday. Evansville Police Sgt. Nick Winsett says at least two people began firing at each other in the parking lot of the Sidetra...
Rick Allen Nov 01, 2020 Image source: Midwest Communications
Daviess County reducing number of jury trials
Daviess County has declared a moratorium on many jury trials for the remainder of the year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling covers civil matters over 5,000 dollars and criminal matters pu...
Rick Allen Oct 31, 2020

Natl Guard helping fight COVID-19
Many long-care health facilities will be getting a helping hand from the Indiana National Guard starting Monday. More than 100 of the state's hardest-hit long term care centers will get help with test...
Rick Allen Oct 31, 2020 Image source: Midwest Communications

Deputies: Death due to natural causes
What began as a welfare check Friday night turned into a death investigation. Several deputies from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office were called to Darmstadt Road near Fleenor Road. Deputies sa...
Rick Allen Oct 31, 2020 Jason Rojas / CC

Kentucky nursing homes receive $5.3 million
Nursing homes across the Commonwealth will receive $5.3 million through the CARES Act to help slow the spread of COVID-19. According to a news release from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY...
Rick Allen Oct 31, 2020 Image source: Midwest Communications

Teen Driver Killed
A young driver is killed after her Jeep skidded sideways into the path of an oncoming S-U-V. It happened on wet asphalt yesterday afternoon on Highway 57 between Boonville - New Harmony Road and Kansa...
Oct 30, 2020 Photo: Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office

Suspect in Dogtown Dragnet Gets Court Date
One of the suspects in a September dragnet in the Dogtown area is due in court March 15. Diana Ellmers is charged with attempted murder, resisting law enforcement with a deadly weapon and possessing s...
Oct 30, 2020 Photos: Vanderburgh Sheriff's Office


