Deputies with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to an early morning disturbance at Burdette Park over the weekend that resulted in the arrests of multiple people. At approximately 4:21 a.m. Sunday, deputies were dispatched to Burdette Park in reference to an assault in progress after a caller reported that a fight had broken out […]
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld the capital sentence of a death row inmate convicted nearly 40 years ago for a brutal double homicide at a Richmond, Kentucky general store. On death row since 1987, David Sanders has lost repeated appeals in state and federal courts. His most recent appeal
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A Vanderburgh County Jail Inmate is accused of attempting to escape from an area hospital. Connor Spachtholz, 36, of Columbus, Ind., had been transported from the Vanderburgh County Jail to an area hospital and admitted for observation. A sheriff’s deputy was assigned to watch over the inmate during his stay. Spachtholz requested to use the
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Henderson, Ky. (March 3, 2026) – The recently-created ORX Tolling Body, comprised of transportation and finance leaders from Indiana and Kentucky, met Tuesday and passed measures to prepare for the future start of all-electronic tolling for the I-69 Ohio River Crossing that will improve mobility, safety, and traffic flow. The three resolutions passed include setting
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Mar. 3, 2026The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Evansville man in connection with a home invasion robbery that occurred on February 20 in western Vanderburgh County. An elderly woman reported that she was followed into her home by an intruder who displayed a knife and demanded money. The suspect, Minh Quang Ton, 30,
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Owensboro, Ky. (March 2, 2026) – Kentucky Wesleyan College will offer free tax preparation services to qualifying individuals through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. VITA is an IRS-sponsored initiative that provides free tax preparation to individuals and families with low to moderate incomes, seniors and individuals with disabilities. Through this program, KWC students
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Owensboro, Ky. (March 2, 2026) – Kentucky Wesleyan College is bringing the excitement of March to campus with a new series of extended evening events designed to help prospective students and their families make a confident college decision. “March Madness” will offer applied, admitted and deposited students the opportunity to visit campus during expanded office hours,
Indiana authorities have arrested an Evansville man and two women in connection with a narcotics investigation. The Evansville Vanderburgh County Joint Task Force investigated drugs being sold at an address in the 2600 block of Cass Avenue. Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle leaving the address and Paula S. Pruneau, 48, of Evansville,
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 27, 2026) – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Feb. 28, in honor of trailblazing civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at the age of 84. Previously, the Governor had ordered flags to
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Henderson Community College is hosting a free Health Careers Fair featuring 25 healthcare employers and information on the various degree programs offered by HCC. HCC students, as well as the public, are invited to attend and visit information booths providing employment opportunities from area healthcare employers and HCC degree programs. This event will be held
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DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (February 24, 2026) – A Dawson Springs man was killed after he was struck by a vehicle while bicycling in Hopkins County. Hopkins County Dispatch contacted Kentucky State Police Post 2 Madisonville at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 to investigate a fatal collision involving a vehicle versus pedestrian near the 4400 block
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 24, 2026) – An Indiana woman has been convicted on felony charges related to defrauding Kentucky’s Medicaid program. Sylvia Townsend-Marlow, 56, of Corydon, Indiana pleaded guilty to a total of seven felonies related to defrauding Kentucky’s Medicaid program. According to an investigation by the Kentucky Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control,
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 23, 2026) – A Kentucky State Trooper was sentenced to five years in prison for assault and terroristic threatening. Haydon Kilbourne, 28, who pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault, and one count of third-degree terroristic threatening, was sentenced Monday. According to charges filed in Carroll County Circuit Court, Kilbourne used
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Authorities are investigating an apparent suicide of a Utica man who was accused of rape and sodomy. The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office and Daviess County Coroner’s Office responded to the apparent suicide of David Rodgers, 40, of Utica, at around 9:45 a.m. Thursday near his Utica residence. KSP Troopers arrested Rodgers on Monday night following
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The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested four teens following an armed robbery that occurred over the weekend in northern Vanderburgh County. A juvenile victim reported that he was robbed at gunpoint by four males near his home. On Wednesday, the juvenile victim met with detectives and deputies and reported that on Saturday, he arranged
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