Category Archives: Local News
Jail Employee Charged With Sexual Misconduct
An employee of the Vanderburgh County Jail has been arrested and charged with sexual misconduct with an inmate. The sheriff's office says Catherine Sowders worked in the jail kitchen, where she admitt...
Amy Adams 15h ago Catherine Sowders (VCCC)
340 New Jobs Coming To Toyota Next Year
Toyota has announced it will assemble an all-new battery electric vehicle as part of a $1.4 billion investment in its Princeton plant. The new car will be a three-row SUV. Toyota will build new infras...
Amy Adams 15h ago Photo from news release
Officer Is Bit During Traffic Stop
It didn't end well for a wrong-way driver Wednesday night. The Spencer County Sheriff's Office received a call regarding a woman driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-64. Once 33-year-old Laur...
Amy Adams 15h ago Lauren Jones (ISP)
MVC Will Return To Evansville Next Year For Women's Basketball
The Missouri Valley Conference has announced future sites for the Women's Basketball Championship for the next three years. The Evansville Ford Center made the cut to host next year. MVC women's baske...
Amy Adams 15h ago popo.uw23
Two More People With Connections To Boarding School Abuse Are Arrested
Two more people have been arrested in the child abuse investigation at the Pilgrims Rest Ministry for Boys. Joshua and Christina Vanderkooi are charged with criminal abuse of a child in Ohio County. C...
Amy Adams 15h ago Christina and Joshua Vandercooi (Ohio County Jail)
Overnight Crash Kills Person On Bicycle
One person is dead following an overnight crash on West Diamond Avenue. It happened a little after 9:30 pm Thursday between St. Joe and Fulton Avenue. Deputies conducting the investigation say a car h...
Amy Adams 15h ago photographee.eu / Depositphotos.com
Murderer Found Guilty But Mentally Ill
A Vanderburgh County jury has reached a verdict in an Evansville trial for murder. Brandon Schaefer was found guilty but mentally ill in the shooting death of 49-year-old Todd Roll. The shooting occur...
Amy Adams Apr 25, 2024 Brandon Schaefer (Vanderburgh County Jail)
Man Sentence For Crime He Committed 30 Years Ago
A case solved after 30 years is sending a man to prison for a long time. 60-year-old Robert Shelton was arrested last year after a DNA match. In 1994 a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped near Brescia Uni...
Amy Adams Apr 25, 2024 Robert Shelton (ISP)
EPD Is Mum About Investigation Involving Former Fire Chief
Evansville police are conducting an investigation into missing tools at the Evansville Fire Department. Referred to as "theft-embezzlement," the missing tools are valued at more than $750. EPD would n...
Amy Adams Apr 25, 2024 Chief Paul Anslinger (EFD)
Man Is Charged In Accident That Killed U of E Student
The driver allegedly involved in a fatal crash on the Lloyd Expressway and Fielding Road on Saturday has been arrested. 32-year-old Jared Reed was booked into jail on Wednesday. He's charged with reck...
Amy Adams Apr 25, 2024 Jared Reed (VCCC)