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Evansville Police Respond to Grenade Scare at High School
Evansville police responded to a call around 8 this morning about a possible grenade outside of Reitz High School. When police arrived, instead of a grenade, they found what is believed to be fireworks.
Police are still investigating the incident...
Cross the River Evansville to Hold Rally to Support Cross Display
A judge may have ruled that the proposed display of crosses on the riverfront is unconstitutional, but that hasn’t stopped the display or the ceremony to celebrate the display.
The Kunkel Group offered the McCurdy parking lot (on Riverside Drive) as a location for the 30 crosses to be displayed...
Your Guide to Evansville’s ShrinersFest 2013
Here’s your guide to all of the activities this weekend at ShrinersFest:
Friday
Food booths on Riverside are open all day.
Friday is rehearsal day for our air show teams and pilots to become oriented with the downtown riverfront...
Indiana State Trooper Shot and Injured in Montgomery
An Indiana State Trooper was shot multiple times this afternoon while responding to a robbery at a gun shop in Montgomery. Trooper Jarrod Lents is being treated at Deaconess Hospital at Evansville for nonlife-threatening injuries.
State Police say that Lents responded to a report of a robbery in progress at Black Oak Armaments Gun Shop at about 1:35 this afternoon...
Evansville Police Chief Makes Unusual Appeal on Facebook
Evansville police chief Billy Bolin turned to Facebook to ask the public to turn out at the sentencing hearing for a confessed child molester. Jack Perkins is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon at 2:20 in Vanderburgh County Circuit Court...
Henderson Schools on Lockdown While Police Search for Escaped Inmate
Two schools in Henderson County, Jefferson Elementary and Riverview preschool are on lockdown while police search for a missing inmate.
According to police Nicholas Christian was working at the jail garden and walked off. He was last seen along the riverfront in Henderson...
Police Investigate Shooting at Evansville Walmart [Update]
Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured at the East Side Walmart store last night. It happened just before 9 p.m. near one of the store entrances
The identity of the victim and the extent of the injuries is not known at this time...
Texas Fertilizer Plant Explodes; Several Dead – Over 100 Injuries Reported
Police are reporting that between 5 and 15 people are dead and 160 were injured after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, TX, just outside of Waco.
Firefighters were putting out a blaze at the plant when the explosion occurred at around 8PM...
Blue Angels Cancel All 2013 Shows – What Does it Mean for the Evansville Shrinersfest?
Due to the federal budget cuts the Navy has cancelled all Blue Angels air shows for the remainder of this year.
This marks the second time that the Blue Angels have cancelled on doing shows in Evansville. This time, the Hadi Shriners say they were prepared...
See the Frightening Crash at The End of the NASCAR Race – Incredible Photos
Today's Nationwide race, the Drive4COPD 300 ended with a spectacular 12 car crash that set some spectators to the hospital.
The lead cars were bunched up coming out of the final turn and sprinting for the finish line. As the cars started to tangle up, the car driven by 20-year-old Kyle Larson took flight into the catch fence...
Evansville Says No to Settlement in Lawsuit Opposing Smoking Ban [POLL]
A year and a half ago, Evansville passed a law that bans smoking in all indoor work spaces except the gambling areas of Casino Aztar. Tavern and private club owners filed suit to overturn the ban.
According to the Courier and Press, both sides met recently in a settlement conference...
Fighting the Flu – Evansville Hospitals Have New Visitor Policies
The flu outbreak is really bad and the hospitals in the Evansville area are taking precautions to protect patients. St. Mary's and Deaconess Hospitals have implemented the following visitation restrictions:
No visitors with flu-like symptoms...