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Man who dealt drugs in Posey Co. sentenced to prison time
POSEY CO., Ind. (WFIE) - An Elberfeld man has been ordered to spend the next decade and a half in prison. The Posey County Prosecutor Thomas Clowers says 30-year-old Cody Smith was sentenced to 15 years on several charges, including dealing meth. He says Smith pleaded guilty and admitted to...
Crews called to rollover accident north of Darmstadt
VANDERBURGH CO., Ind. (WFIE) - Deputies responded near the Darmstadt area Tuesday afternoon after a woman rolled her vehicle over into a ditch. Shortly before 5 p.m., emergency crews were called out to that accident requiring extrication at Nisbet and Owensville Road. We’re told a vehicle flipped into the ditch,...
Indiana man becomes 2nd swimmer to drown at Patoka Lake this season
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A second swimmer has died at a Patoka Lake this season, according to Indiana conservation officials. In a release, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said officers were called to the overlook dam just before 2 p.m. Sunday, after a person went under water and didn't resurface.
Sheriff's office: Evansville attorney crashed into deputy's cruiser while drunk
EVANSVILLE — A local defense attorney admitted he'd been drinking Friday night before he crashed his SUV into a marked sheriff's office cruiser outside a Bureau of Motor Vehicles branch, deputies said. Glenn Grampp, 76, was booked into the Vanderburgh County jail at 10:14 p.m. Friday and later released...
3 accused in crime spree in Newburgh and Evansville involving several victims
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Three young men are facing charges in Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties after police say they stole items from several people and used their debit cards. In Evansville, 18-year-old Tyshawn Grooms and 19-year-olds Trevion Ogburn and Jontae Rudd are all charged with burglary and fraud. Police say...
‘It helps us tell their story’: Cops Cycling for Survivors in the Tri-State
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Cops Cycling for Survivors are heading out of Evansville and making their way to Tell City. In 2023, there were eight members of law enforcement that died including one K-9. On Monday, the riders came through Evansville in honor of Deputy Sheriff Asson Hacker. [Cops Cycling...
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