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🚨Victory 2024 Poker Run just a few weeks away!
July 20: Clean Up Evansville w/ County Democratic Candidates. The Victory 2024 Poker Run is this month and will help support our efforts for the 2024 elections! Invite your friends and neighbors to enjoy an evening of fun, where participants will stop at various locations to draw a card, grab a drink, and enjoy a bite to eat.
Study: Visitor spending totaled $6.6M in Evansville region during eclipse
A new report commissioned by Explore Evansville found that tourism spending in southwest Indiana during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse in April totaled $6.6 million. The study, conducted by Pennsylvania-based Rockport Analytics, focused on the economic impact of the eclipse in Posey, Gibson, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties. The study covered...
EFD: Person displaced after house fire on S. Denby Avenue
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Vanderburgh County Dispatch confirms fire crews were called to a house fire on South Denby Avenue. That call came in around 5:30 a.m. Thursday. The Evansville Fire Department says the caller reported a person may have been inside the home at the time of the fire.
Cops Cycling for Survivors will make trip through Indiana in memory of fallen officers
EVANSVILLE, Indiana (WEVV) — Two area fallen law-enforcement officers will be honored this month by a yearly traveling tradition by statewide honor bike cyclists. Cops Cycling for Survivors annual bike ride will start in Indianapolis on Monday, July 8th. The 23rd annual ride will go through Indiana, riding in memory of Indiana's fallen law enforcement heroes and letting the survivors know they aren't forgotten.
Fraud charges announced for local workers accused of stealing medication
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office announced that criminal investigations into alleged Medicaid fraud has resulted in fraud charges against multiple individuals throughout the state, including three people in Vanderburgh County and one in Warrick County. According to a release, Amy Nicole Mullins, 36, of Rockport, is charged with failure to make, […]
Man killed in shooting with EPD identified
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Vanderburgh County Coroners Office has identified the man killed in a shooting in the 500 block of Lewis Avenue as Kyle Puckett, 36. Authorities say they were called to the same residence four times within the span of two days, including yesterday’s fatal shootout with officers. Officers say when they […]
Vanderburgh County prosecutors to press for lengthy sentence in molesting case
EVANSVILLE — In 2022, a teenage girl contacted law enforcement to allege that 31-year-old Elmer Salazer-Hernandez sexually abused her when she was a young child. Last week, an Evansville jury found the man guilty of two counts of child molesting in the case. A Vanderburgh County judge will sentence Hernandez on July 18 for...
Police say drunk driver pulls over and tries to enter another person’s car
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Vanderburgh County deputies say a drunk driver was tailing a stranger and attempted to enter their vehicle when they pulled over. According to deputies, Rachel Hudson, was tailing the reporting party and supposedly drove on the wrong side of the road at one point. They say he pulled over at 2131 […]
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