PRINCETON, Ind. (WEVV) — Local officials are launching widespread daytime damage assessments and investigating malfunctioning severe weather sirens after a powerful storm swept through Gibson County on Sunday night.
Emergency crews are focusing recovery efforts on a heavily impacted swath south of Owensville from Interstate 65 heading east, as well as several locations on the county’s east side.
Gibson County Sheriff Bruce Vanoven confirmed in a live broadcast late Sunday that emergency dispatchers received reports of failed weather sirens in Owensville and just east of Princeton near the Marathon gas station. The Gibson County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is scheduled to inspect the faulty units Monday morning…