Evansville IN

GIBSON CO., Ind. (WFIE) - A jury in Gibson County has convicted a man of battery charges. 61-year-old Robert Scott Partenheimer, of Winslow, was arrested after a fighting two people back in August. The prosecutor says he initiated the fights and seriously hurt both of the victims. There was a...

An autopsy is scheduled for a woman found dead in her vehicle.

River City Goods is expanding into Evansville’s Eastland Mall with a locally made gift shop featuring regional makers just in time for holiday shopping.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is getting into the Halloween spirit again this year!. The agency’s K9s, Kratos, Dozer and Hugo, got into their costumes and are ready for trick-or-treating. “K9 Kratos is suiting up as SuperDog, ready to save the day (and maybe...

Humor on the highway? Evansville's traffic signs had a prankster moment that had folks laughing, but local officials are not laughing at the potential safety risks.

PRINCETON, Ind. (WEHT) – Eight hard-working 8th graders from Princeton Community Middle School, 4 boys and 4 girls, will soon embark on the trip of a lifetime. “Usually I go with family,” says Conner Dewig, “but this time I’m actually going with school members and friends.” Dewig says he has been to Disney before,...

Three people are facing fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking charges after Owensboro police executed two search warrants earlier this week. The Owensboro Police Department said in a social media post that its Street Crimes Unit executed the warrants at a hotel in the 500 block of West 2nd Street and at a...

Several years ago, the Evansville Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit started looking for crimes involving cryptocurrency kiosks — a then novel way of stealing money from people that has spread across the country. Detectives saw their first fraud cases involving the machines, also called crypto ATMs, in 2022,...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — A man was arrested Wednesday after police say he was caught slashing tires on police cars. Officials with EPD say Caleb Loving was caught puncturing tires on police cars on Sycamore street early Wednesday morning. Loving was arrested at the scene and taken to the Vanderburgh County Confinement...

There’s something special about hitting the road and discovering hidden gems. Let’s take a closer look at one traveler’s favorite pit stops along the way.