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Tragedy Struck University of Evansville Basketball 35 Years Ago Today
35 years ago today was “the night it rained tears.”
1977 was an exciting year for University of Evansville basketball. It was the first season as a division one team. But that all came to an end on December 13, 1977 when a chartered plane carrying the plane crashed shortly after take off from Dress regional airport...
Deputy Involved in Evansville Fatal Shooting
There's been a deputy-involved fatal shooting on Short Selzer Road off Broadway Avenue.
At around 1:00 a.m. this morning dispatchers received a call reporting vandalism on Broadway. About an hour later, shots were fired.
This is a breaking news story and we will update it as soon as the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's office releases more details...
Rush Hour Nightmare on the Lloyd Expressway in Evansville
The Lloyd Expressway will remain closed at I-164 this afternoon until about 5:30.
A four car accident occurred on the Lloyd early this afternoon when an east bound vehicle crossed into the westbound lanes causing one vehicle to flip and making contact with two others...
Evansville Healthcare Innovator Passes Away
The former CEO of Welborn Baptist Hospital, Marjorie Z. Soyugenc, died yesterday after an extended illness. She was 72 years old. Soyugenc helped bring innovations to the community like LifeFlight helicopter medical services and MRI to Evansville...
Motivational Speaker Zig Ziglar Dead at Age 86
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, passed away today at a hospital in Texas. The 86 year-old had pneumonia.
Ziglar was known for his “Success Rallies,” “Born to Win” seminars, more than 30 self-help books and countless audio tapes...
Gibson County Youth Win State Honors in Punt Pass and Kick
It's been 17 years since anyone from Gibson County won the state honors in the NFL Punt Pass and Kick competition, but that streak was broken twice yesterday.
Alexis Tucker of Haubstadt won the 6-7 year old girls division and is expected to finish in the top 10 nationally...
Mayor Moves Closer to Announcement About Downtown Evansville Hotel
The announcement is expected soon from Mayor Lloyd Winnecke on who should build a new Downtown hotel as well as the amount of money the city will kick in for the project.
Three companies have submitted bids and met with the mayor. They are Gatehouse Capital Corp...
Fire Destroys Newburgh Shops on “Small Business Saturday”
Small Business Saturday started as a tragedy for several Newburgh businesses
in the Sharon Place shopping center near State Street and Sharon Road in Newburgh.
The fire broke out shortly after 2 AM and before it was over, about 60 firefighters were on the scene...
Will Indiana Illinois and Kentucky Secede from the Union
There's still a lot of discontent in the nation and in the post-election days, the ill will is materializing as requests to secede from the union. Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky have all started petitions requesting the right to secede.
News reports make these requests sound like they are some kind of official request from the state...
NCAA Division II Elite Eight Coming to the Ford Center
For the first time since 2002, Evansville will host the NCAA Division II men's basketball Elite Eight tournament in March 2014.
The city previously hosted the Division II championship from 1957-1975 and again in 2002 at Roberts Stadium...