A traffic stop led to the arrest of an Evansville man accused of damaging flock cameras in Evansville. An Evansville Police officer saw an electric scooter traveling south on Governor Street near Columbia Street without a headlight on Monday. The operator, Charles A. Hughes, 18, also ignored a traffic signal at the intersection of Governor
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Indiana State Police said retired K9 Boomer crossed over the rainbow bridge on Sunday. Boomer faithfully served the Indiana State Police from 2014 to 2022, protecting communities, assisting fellow officers, and making a lasting impact on public safety. Throughout his career, Boomer compiled an impressive record of service: But Boomer’s story didn’t end when he
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Authorities have located two missing teens in a wooded area near in Evansville. Deputies with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the area of the USI sports fields on Broadway Avenue to assist in locating two missing Evansville teenagers. Upon arrival, deputies searched the area and utilized drones to assist in the search
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A 17-year-old is accused of murder in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Evansville earlier this month. Ayden D. Simms, 17, of Sullivan, was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday in connection with the death of another 17-year-old. Simms is the second teen charged with murder in this case. Evansville Police officers
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One person was killed during a head on collision at Kentucky 425 between Kentucky 1299 and U.S. 41A on Wednesday morning. The Henderson County Coroner’s Office pronounced Tayler Baker, 20, dead at the scene of a fatal crash. Henderson County Sheriff Chip Stauffer said first responders were dispatched at approximately 5:33 a.m. Wednesday to the
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 19, 2026) – The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission is accepting grant applications. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman encourages Kentucky organizations working in prevention, treatment and recovery to apply to partner with the Commission in this lifesaving work. The Commission is accepting applications in the following areas: Interested organizations can find more
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FRANKFORT, Ky.– The deadline to apply to become a Kentucky State trooper and attend the next academy class has been extended through Oct. 30. “Kentucky State Police play a critical role in protecting our commonwealth and our people and we are committed to supporting these brave leaders for all that they do,” Gov. Andy Beshear
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OWENSBORO, Ky. — Movi Vault, a new subscription streaming platform from Kentucky Sound Stage founders Jeremy Winton and Kristi Kilday, will launch December 1, 2026, with programming centered on Kentucky, its neighboring states, and the people and culture of the heartland. The service is planned to be available worldwide, giving regional productions a new way
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OWENSBORO, Ky. — The Kentucky Wesleyan College Wade Lecture Series will bring two historians of early America to campus this October for talks on the debates that shaped the U.S. Constitution and the minister at the center of the Salem witch trials. Both lectures will be held in Tapscott Chapel in the Barnard-Jones Administration Building,
An 18-year-old has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with a shooting in Evansville last weekend. Keaton M. Howard, 18, was located and taken into custody in Morganfield. He has been charged with murder. The murder charge stems from a shooting that occurred Sunday night in Evansville. Evansville Police officers were dispatched to
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The Kentucky Department of Education has released the Spring 2026 state assessment data from the Kentucky Summative Assessment. These assessments measure student proficiency and progress on Kentucky’s state content standards. During the 2025-2026 school year, Kentucky public school students in grades 3-8, 10 and 11 took assessments called the Kentucky Summative Assessments and the Alternate
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Evansville Police Department said that a restraining order violation led to an officer-involved shooting Tuesday. Officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of East Illinois Street in Evansville just after noon Tuesday to a domestic violence call in progress. A juvenile 911 caller reported that their mother was dragged into a residence by a male
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A teenager was killed in an apparent late-night shooting in Evansville over the weekend. Evansville Police officers were dispatched to the area of Washington and Kentucky Avenues just before 11 p.m. Sunday. Multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunshots in the area and said someone was down on the ground in the 800 block of Madison
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Authorities are searching for a missing Henderson man who was the passenger on a boat that capsized at the Green River Lock and Dam in Henderson County on Wednesday night. Hasani Carter, 29, of Henderson was on a boat with multiple other people when it capsized, his sister Brandi Hemm told WSON on Thursday morning.
MUHLENBERG COUNTY, Ky. (October 7, 2026) – A Bremen man has been charged with murder in connection with a Drakesboro woman’s death. The Muhlenberg County Sheriff’s Office conducted a welfare check at a residence on Wild Horse Lane in Bremen on Monday. Deputies located a deceased woman inside the home and contacted Kentucky State Police
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