Category Archives: Local News

A group of police officers is riding bikes across Indiana to support the families of those who died in the line of duty. Cops Cycling for Survivors will kick off their 24th year on Monday at the India...

Fireworks on the Ohio, the region's largest Independence Day celebration, will begin at 6:00 Friday evening in downtown Evansville. There will be more than 25 food trucks on Riverside Drive, along wit...

The Evansville African American Museum has lost some of its funding because of federal and state-level budget cuts. To make up for the loss, the museum will roll out a new program in August called EAA...

A French Lick man is facing child molesting charges. Indiana State Police began its investigation in April on 40-year-old Scotty Settles. He was arrested on Friday without incident at his residence. S...

United Way of Southwestern Indiana distributed over $1 million to six local non-profits. The grant funds are part of its Social Stability & Growth Pathways to Potential initiative. The six organiz...

Extra security will be on duty during Fireworks on the Ohio to keep visitors away from the Riverside Drive sinkhole. That sinkhole at Chestnut Street has kept Riverside Drive partially closed since Fe...

New laws passed by state legislatures in Kentucky and Indiana take effect today. In Kentucky, a new law requires school boards to enact disciplinary policies that ban cell phone use in classrooms. In ...

The cost of fireworks is skyrocketing as the 4th of July nears. Most fireworks come from China, making them vulnerable to new tariff regulations. That means both wholesale and retail prices of firewor...

A Kentucky man was arrested on drug charges Monday for squatting on someone else's property. 68-year-old Kenneth Johnson was living in a camper on the back of a property in Daviess County. Deputies an...

The Indiana Attorney General's office has asked the state Supreme Court to set an execution date for Roy Lee Ward. He was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 15 year old Spencer County teen ...