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Vote on Downtown Evansville Convention Hotel Put on Hold
The downtown convention hotel project has hit another roadblock and has been put on hold once again.
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and the Evansville City Council have agreed to allow time for Crowe Horwath, LLP to answer questions from council.
ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
The ACLU has filed suit against the Evansville-Vanderburgh over policies regarding student use of service animals.
The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of two students in the EVSC who require the use of service dogs. One is a Reitz student who has diabetes...
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...
Court Rules Evansville Cross Display Unconstitutional
A federal judge has ruled that the prosed display of crosses on Evansville’s riverfront will not be allowed. U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker said that the "Cross the River" display would violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment...
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...
Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau Plans to Buy 96 Acres for Ballparks
The Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau will buy 96 acres of land at the southwest corner of the Goebel Soccer Complex to build a new baseball and softball complex. The sale price is $1.35 million, and the purchase will have to be approved by the Vanderburgh County Council...
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...
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...
Castle High School Lockdown Lifted
UPDATE: The lockdown at Castle Hight School has been lifted. Authorities detained a young man off campus after threats were made on Facebook.
Previously: Castle High School is under a precautionary lockdown this morning because of a Facebook threat made by a Castle student...
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...