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GIBSON COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO) — The Gibson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating weapons may be missing from its evidence room. According to deputies, the case involve’s weapons connected to a criminal case dating back to December of 2013. The concern was reportedly raised by a former employee on social media,...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — A Vanderburgh County jail inmate from Columbus was recently charged with escape after officials say he tried to flee from custody. A release from the sheriff’s office says Connor Spachtholz was taken to an area hospital and admitted for observation on Tuesday. While in the hospital, Spachtholz...

The owners of Evansville’s iconic year round Halloween store The Nick Nackery have announced plans to sell the business as they prepare to retire and move abroad.

Evansville Police Department is celebrating International Women's Month by welcoming women to a recruiting event to learn more about women in law enforcement.

HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - Henderson city officials are looking to turn 35 acres of land on Barret Boulevard into a retail area. The city has already started developing the area by adding 300 homes from a house complex project back in 2023. The new retail development will one day be...

The morning of Feb. 17, an Indiana State Police trooper using a hand-held radar device to catch speeders on I-69 clocked a Chevrolet pickup going 83 in the 65-mph zone through Bloomington. What followed was an 89-mile high-speed chase where both vehicles traveled a distance the wrong way on I-69. It ended after a...

Sometimes the best international vacation doesn’t require a passport, just a good appetite and a willingness to drive to Evansville. Gerst Bavarian Haus in Evansville, Indiana, is the kind of place that makes you wonder if you accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up in a Bavarian village instead of southern...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - CenterPoint Energy kicked off its spring-summer Community Connect event schedule in Evansville Wednesday, drawing customers with questions about billing, meter monitoring and the ongoing Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) investigation. Customer Hugh Crowe came to the event with...

Despite both their own reservations about a Goodwill store and nearby residents’ complaints, members of the Henderson City-County Planning Commission Tuesday night approved the rezoning of a parcel of land at the intersection of U.S. 60-East and Watson Lane from agricultural to highway commercial—a first step in a...