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The hunt for an alleged killer in western Kentucky ends in southern Illinois. Police say 41-year-old Billy C. Utley has been taken into custody at the Cave-In-Rock Motel. Illinois State Police received a tip, surrounded the motel with their SWAT team, and arrested Utley. Police say Utley's pregnant girlfriend was with him. He's accused of shooting his estranged wife in the parking lot of the Wheatcroft Fire Department in Webster County last (Tues) night. Investigators say Theresa Utley was found dead inside his vehicle.

For some reason an Evansville man took off when cops tried to pull him over just after midnight this morning. Now John Lynxwiler has a host of charges piled on directly related to resisting a stop. An officer tried to pull Lynxwiler over for a traffic violation on Franklin near 9th at 12:10. He refused and officers took chase to the area of St. Joe Avenue and Wyoming. Lynxwiler left his vehicle in a yard and ran on foot until a K-9 unit collected him a short time later.

A chance to get some free law advice on something that may be bugging you. Volunteer lawyers will be gathered in one place tomorrow, Thursday June 7th, taking calls from the public regarding legal questions and concerns. They take calls from 4:30 to 7pm. The telephone numbers are local and toll free. (812) 618-4845 and (888) 594-3449.

"Talk to a Lawyer" is co-sponsored by the Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana, Evansville Bar Foundation and the Indiana Bar Foundation.

A firm that wanted to do business in part of what was Evansville's Whirlpool plant misses Friday's deadline for paying back part of a $200,000 loan from the city. Earthcare Energy was expected to pay about $8,000 to Metro Development. City Corporate Counsel Ted Ziemer says Earthcare has five days to make the June payment and avoid default.

A grand jury indicts a Vanderburgh County man who told sheriff's deputies he chased a group of armed robbers who had entered his home, resulting in a fatal crash. 47-year-old Ira Beumer faces charges of murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery in connection with the February incident. Beumer told deputies four men robbed him at gunpoint at his home on Big Cynthiana Road. He says they took off in a car, and he chased them in his pickup truck.

The job market is improving in Indiana. The Department of Workforce Development says the state's jobless rate fell to 7.9 percent in April. That's the lowest it's been since November 2008. The agency says the private sector added more than 15,000 new jobs, the fourth-largest one-month increase in 22 years. The unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percent from March. Kentucky's jobless rate is 8.3 percent. It's 8.7 percent in Illinois.<!-- Below is only used by KNS --><!-- /is only used by KNS --><!-- below for ap registry -->

Maybe it's time for a change in security policies. An armed robbery at the Subway restaurant located at 1677 Lincoln Avenue in Evansville. A guy came into the restaurant around 9:15 p.m. just before closing wearing a mask. he had a silver hand gun and fled the scene with cash. Police say 2 workers were inside the restaurant at the time, but no customers. No one was hurt. This is the same Subway restaurant that was robbed less than a month ago.

Cops caught em in the act....Officers responded to 16 N Frederick for a burglary in progress. They saw a truck leaving the scene and made a traffic stop. Police found a lawn mower and a weed eater taken from the garage at the home. The owner verified that nobody had been given permission to enter his garage or take any property. The would be gardeners, 2 women and a man in the truck were arrested for Burgalry and theft.
 

The big stories from Tuesday's election: State Treasurer and former Vanderburgh County Commissioner Richard Mourdock wins in a landslide over veteran U.S. Senator Richard Lugar; Congressman Larry Buschon scores a strong victory over Kristi Risk in the 8th District race.

Click HERE for Vanderburgh County results.

A dramatic reversal in the final Howey-Depauw poll before Tuesday's election. It finds veteran Sen. Richard Lugar trailing State Treasurer Richard Mourdock by ten points -  48 percent to 38 percent. It was taken Monday and Tuesday of this week. The last Howey-DePaul poll conducted a month ago had Lugar leading Mourdock 42 to 35 percent. Mourdock is a former Vanderburgh County Commissioner. Lugar has been a U.S. Senator for six terms - after serving in the Indiana General Assembly and as Mayor of Indianapolis.