Evansville News

Members of the First Mondays, a local writers' group that meets monthly to read, critique and support one another's work, will present a free public reading at 7 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 624 S. Green River Road.

Shirley F. Finott, 53, 500 block of Adams Avenue, faces one count of dealing cocaine, a class A felony, according to court documents.

Two Evansville residents are in jail on drug charges following a traffic stop that netted marijuana and meth-making items.

The Republican National Committee chairman is visiting Indianapolis for the state party's annual dinner.

Didn't snag a ticket to the Michael Jackson memorial? Not to fear. The service will be shown at a number of movie theaters around the country.

The process to reinstate the Homestead Tax credit is underway. The mayor admitted it was a mistake to drop the tax credit, and at his request, the Evansville City Council is now revisiting the popular tax break for property owners.

A woman is accused of child neglect and a man is accused of dealing marijuana after police found drugs inside an Evansville home where three young children lived, according to a probable cause affidavit.

An Evansville man was arrested and charged with criminal recklessness Saturday night after firing a shotgun outside an apartment complex near the 1400 block of E. Michigan Street.

Middle school students got a taste of college life. More than 300 students spent the afternoon on the Ivy Tech campus.

Samantha Hartmann, 17, of Evansville, and Heather A. Gaddis, 18, of Newburgh were pronounced dead at the scene of a two-car accident Thursday night The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office is investigating the collision, but say there is no indication drugs, alcohol or recklessness played a role in the crash Two recent North High School graduates ...

An Evansville man is recovering the hospital after being stabbed early Friday morning.

Authorities arrested a man overnight trying to rob an Evansville liquor store. Evansville Police arrested Robert Ellis early Friday morning after they said he broke into the Apollo Liquors at the corner of Franklin & Garvin.

Wednesday night Evansville police get called to check out a leaky apartment. When they get there officers find four children living in filth... alone.

UPDATE: A 12-year-old girl last seen around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday has been found. According to police scanner traffic, Destiny Holtzclaw walked up to a house in the 3900 block of Pollack Ave., shortly before 10:30 a.m. today.

An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to life in prison for a crime spree that left four people dead in Indianapolis and Evansville.

A man who has spent pretty much his entire adult life teaching kids the fundamentals of baseball was honored Sunday at the East Youth Baseball fields in Evansville.

Authorities say up to 40 summer school students were involved in a fight at Evansville's Central High School.

An Evansville man is arrested in Harrison County, Indiana on attempted rape and burglary charges.

Timothy Hudson, 47, was lodged in the Vanderburgh County Jail on a count of felony domestic battery in the presence of a child when he made the accusations about Dana Southers, according to an Evansville Police Department affidavit.

Two 19-year-olds from Evansville are accused of using guns to rob some high school students this week.