Category Archives: Local News

A 9-1-1 call leads to the arrest of a Fort Branch man. Saturday afternoon Gibson County Dispatch received a report of a disturbance on Highway 41 north of Fort Branch. A deputy located a vehicle parke...

A two-hour-long standoff in the 2400 block of Bittel Road in Owensboro ends peacefully with police arresting two people. OPD says the standoff stems from an investigation that began last month. That's...

Two people are dead following a house fire this morning in the 7-thousand block of State Road 64 near the town of Francisco. Gibson County Sheriff Bruce Vanoven says the call came in just before 6:30 ...

A Missouri man is in custody following an overnight shooting at a Warrick County gas station. Police responded to Casey's at 107 IN-68 in Lynnville after a female was shot at while inside her car. 28-...

A Kentucky resident has died from rabies. The individual's rabies exposure is believed to have happened outside of the U.S. during international travel. Rabies is a rare but serious disease caused by ...

A man and a woman are behind bars after threatening to harm each other. Vanderburgh County deputies were called to the 7400 block of Greenbriar Drive Sunday morning. James Morris told deputies that hi...

One person is in jail after entering a home on Red Bank Road Saturday afternoon. The occupant called 9-1-1 to report that the suspect was threatening them with a knife. 27-year-old Martez Lockridge ha...

An animal cruelty case has gotten the attention of Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry. The woman charged in the case, Laquita Clark, was in court yesterday. She was ordered not to possess any vertebrae ...

An Evansville man is accused of neglecting his father. On Thursday EPD officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Chateau Drive regarding an elderly man calling for help. Officers found the man lyin...

Fire crews were called out early this morning to fight another restaurant fire in downtown Evansville. The fire broke out just after 5:30 at Madeleines Fusion Restaurant on S.E. 2nd and Oak Street. Tw...