Posey County News

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 ...

Two teenagers were killed in a crash that happened around 9:30 Thursday night at Diamond Avenue and Saint Joseph Road near the Vanderburgh-Posey County line.

Two local teenagers who had been attending a church-related cookout minutes before were killed around 9:30 last night when their car crossed into the path of a pickup driven by a Mount Carmel, Ill., man.

Indiana has a new budget, and when the money is passed around to public schools, schools with fewer students will have to get by with less funding for the next two years.

The Democratic-controlled Indiana House has passed a two-year budget on a 62-37 vote, meaning there will be no state government shutdown.

Homestead property tax bills in Vanderburgh County are taking the largest year-to-year leap this year among the 44 counties that have submitted billing data to the state.

Local democrats give Indiana Governor Mitch Daniel's propsed budget a failing grade.

Indiana State Police said they have arrested a man who robbed a Mt. Vernon home last Friday.

Posey County residents can take advantage of deep discounts to the final two performances of "A Streetcar Named Desire" later this week in New Harmony, Ind.

According to Paul Axton, a state conservation officer who lives in Posey County, Ind., the pair put in Sunday at the boat ramp in Mount Vernon but experienced engine problems around 6 p.m. "Evidently they tried to get the boat running so they could make it back to Mount Vernon, but the battery ran down and the motor wouldn't crank over," said ...

Posey County rescue crews are called to the Ohio River for a water rescue. Dispatchers received a call just after 1:00 a.m. Monday about a boat in distress with a man and woman on board.

Cutting it razor close, the last Vanderburgh County residents to pay their property tax bills without penalty did it as the Old Courthouse bell struck midnight.

About 300 property owners opted to pay their taxes at the treasurer's office in Room 210 of the local government building Tuesday JASON CLARK / Courier Press "What s this say, Mom?" asks Morgan Schuck, 3, after Holly Meyer paid her property taxes at the Vanderburgh County Treasurer's Office in the Civic Center on Tuesday.

Erica Simpson, 28, appeared in Posey Circuit Court on charges of neglect of a dependent, a class B felony, and maintaining a common nuisance, a class D felony.

Two people were hurt when they were thrown from an ATV on a trail in Posey County.

"Wow, you're a sight for sore eyes," called a couple of friends walking down the street toward my house.

Two people are dead as a result of a multiple-vehicle wreck in the westbound lanes of I-64 between Poseyville and Griffin in Posey County west of Evansville.

A federal grand jury has indicted a Missouri man for robbing a Posey County bank.

Indiana State Police from the Evansville post arrested 13 motorists from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday during a saturation patrol targeting impaired and dangerous drivers.

Southwestern Indiana's share is paltry, and area officials are angry about what they see as a snub.