Category Archives: Local News

A third Evansville Catholic Diocese school student has tested positive for corona virus. That revelation comes one day after the diocese confirmed that two other students and one staff member had test...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says he sees no point in delaying school openings for two weeks, and then doing it again for two more weeks, et-cetera. Instead, Governor Beshear suggests that schools d...

Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Deputies and first responders were sent to State Road 57 near Baumgart Road Monday afternoon to handle a traffic accident. It involved a blue Jeep SUV and a tri-axle dump ...

Mater Dei High School in Evansville has notified the Diocesan Catholic Education Office that it is cancelling a scrimmage with F.J. Reitz High School, which had been scheduled for Aug. 14. No other de...

This is what we know so far. According to the Detroit Free Press the Big Ten has voted to cancel the season. They're saying that a formal announcement will be coming tomorrow. DP was told an hour ago ...

One man was taken to hospital after being shot on the south side of Evansville overnight. Police were called to Wall Street and Evans Avenue about midnight and found a man with two gunshot wounds. At ...

Three boats are part of a search party on the Ohio River near Owensboro's English Park this morning. Searchers were called about 2 o'clock this morning for a boat that was taking on water with five pe...

One person was burned escaping from a house fire over the weekend. E-F-D units were called to the 2300 block of Herbert about 3:30 Saturday afternoon. The fire apparently started in a bedroom in the v...

Two TriState department stores have made the grim list of their company's closings. J.C. Penny filed for bankruptcy in May and plans to close about 30 percent of its 846 stores. According to the Busin...

For the first time in it's near-100 year history, Ellis Park was the scene of a qualifying race for the Kentucky Derby on Sunday. A small crowd of derby-hatted fans came to cheer on the field and beco...