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Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau Plans to Buy 96 Acres for Ballparks
The Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau will buy 96 acres of land at the southwest corner of the Goebel Soccer Complex to build a new baseball and softball complex. The sale price is $1.35 million, and the purchase will have to be approved by the Vanderburgh County Council...
High Water Creates Traffic Headaches
Evansville police remind motorists that left cars in roadways due to high water are responsible for moving them when the water goes down. Cars need to be moved enough to allow traffic to pass through the area. If the car is not obstructing traffic, the police will allow time for owners to retrieve their car...
Indiana State Trooper Shot and Injured in Montgomery
An Indiana State Trooper was shot multiple times this afternoon while responding to a robbery at a gun shop in Montgomery. Trooper Jarrod Lents is being treated at Deaconess Hospital at Evansville for nonlife-threatening injuries.
State Police say that Lents responded to a report of a robbery in progress at Black Oak Armaments Gun Shop at about 1:35 this afternoon...
Some Stations Are Charging Over $4 for Gas in Evansville
Gas prices have jumped substantially. This morning we found some gas stations in Evansville as high as $4.24 and a few at $3.99. This morning, using an app like Gas Buddy can save you some money. Even with the high prices, there are some stations that are still charging $3...
Evansville Police Chief Makes Unusual Appeal on Facebook
Evansville police chief Billy Bolin turned to Facebook to ask the public to turn out at the sentencing hearing for a confessed child molester. Jack Perkins is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon at 2:20 in Vanderburgh County Circuit Court...
National Cancer Survivors Day is a Day to Celebrate – This Sunday
Cancer patients and their caregivers go through a lot in their battle for survival. There are the countless hours in chemotherapy, the sick feeling that comes on after most treatments and the constant worry about whether the treatments will be effective...
Tea Party Protest Outside IRS Evansville Office
Demonstrators rallied in front of the IRS offices in Evansville today to protest the recent revelations of improper targeting of the party and other conservative groups.
The protesters were greeted by thumbs up and horns honking from drivers that were passing by on Eagle Crest Boulevard off the Lloyd Expressway on the east side...
Henderson Schools on Lockdown While Police Search for Escaped Inmate
Two schools in Henderson County, Jefferson Elementary and Riverview preschool are on lockdown while police search for a missing inmate.
According to police Nicholas Christian was working at the jail garden and walked off. He was last seen along the riverfront in Henderson...
Bus Crash Injures 25 Union Couty Softball Team Members
A school bus carrying the Union County High School girls softball team overturned in Livingston County. The accident on US 60 sent 25 people to the hospital.
Kentucky State Police said that the accident happened at about 4:40 PM when the bus ran off the right shoulder, then swerved to the other side of the road, rotating 180 degrees before rolling on to its side on the eastbound side of the road..
Police Investigate Shooting at Evansville Walmart [Update]
Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured at the East Side Walmart store last night. It happened just before 9 p.m. near one of the store entrances
The identity of the victim and the extent of the injuries is not known at this time...