Henderson
CRIME & SAFETY
Evansville murder victim identified by coroner
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — Authorities have released the identity of a man who was shot and killed in Evansville on Wednesday. The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office says 37-year-old Joshua Allen Seymour was the man who was shot and killed at a home on East Louisiana Street. The deadly shooting...
Henderson history: Two fatalities began a bad period for Tyson Foods
Few deaths would be more horrible than falling into a quicksand-like slurry of pulverized chicken guts. But that isn’t what killed James A. Dame Jr., 40, of Slaughters July 22, 1999, at the Tyson Foods complex near Robards. He was smothered by methane gas in the pit where the guts were kept. He had been trying to retrieve a fork-lift scoop that had fallen in. ...
EPD: Man charged with murder following July 17th shooting
EVANSVILLE, In. (WEVV) — Evansville Police have arrested a man wanted in connection to a shooting that left one person dead. EPD arrested 54-year-old Martin Miniard in connection to the shooting death of 37-Joshua Seymour Wednesday night along East Louisiana Street. Seymour was found dead by officers. The coroner's...
Police called, Indiana man banned from all Walmarts after allegedly stealing energy drink
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WKRC) - An Indiana man was handed a lifetime ban from all Walmart locations after he allegedly stole an energy drink. According to WFIE, authorities in Evansville, Indiana were called to a Walmart location due to a report of a theft Friday. Per the outlet, asset protection employees told officers on the scene that a man took an energy drink, downed it and put the can back on the shelf.
Home, cars hit by bullets overnight on Powell Ave.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police are investigating after several cars and a home were hit by gunfire overnight. Shortly before midnight, Evansville Police officers were called to the 800 block of Powell Avenue for a shots fired run. That’s just west of Bayard Park and a few blocks away from...
EPD: man arrested for stealing truck, attempts to re-paint vehicle
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — An Owensboro man was arrested in Evansville after he stole a truck, according to police. Evansville Police officers said they were on a routine patrol on Friday, when they spotted a white pickup truck that was on the stolen vehicle list. EPD says the truck...
Task force apprehends Evansville man accused of E. Louisiana Street killing
EVANSVILLE — A multi-jurisdictional effort by Southern Indiana law enforcement on Friday led to the apprehension of Martin K. Miniard, the man investigators now accuse of carrying out a fatal shooting in Evansville earlier in the week. Miniard, 54, was booked into the Vanderburgh County jail just after midnight...
Struggle with Evansville police leads to arrest
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – A man was arrested in Evansville Friday after police say we was tased twice and evaded an officer on foot. Officials with the Evansville police department say Donald Ross was involved in a hit and run near Ravenswood Drive. An affidavit obtained by Eyewitness News says Ross was uncooperative with the […]
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