Vanderburgh County News

Evansville Evansville's battle with methamphetamine labs is resulting in condemned homes.

The flu season this year has been as mild as the weather. Indiana Health Department officials said fewer people have visited the doctor for flu-like symptoms than in past years.

"Skewed" in whose opinion? An editorial piece has zero credibility if unsigned. This is equivalent to reading anonymous posts online.

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office says it appears the driver of a Ford Explorer, George Dieg,86, crossed over from Detroy Road onto Diamond Avenue colliding with a Chevy Blazer.

In April, the vacant home was the site of a methamphetamine one-pot lab explosion.

27 at St. Joseph Church in Vanderburgh County. The beginner class, meeting Mondays from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. will cover waltz, cha cha, East Coast swing, and rumba instruction.

Vanderburgh County Dispatch has confirmed the Lloyd Expressway completely shut down between I164 & St.

That money will be used to used to hire an additional employee whose primary responsibility will be to conduct outreach programs geared toward the disabled, new immigrants, the gay and lesbian community and low-income residents, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

A new coordinator is introduced this week to head the Warrick County Drug Court Program and he says he knows first hand how important the program is.

Officials say business is going well -- a direct by-product of the continuing meth epidemic that is plaguing rural areas across the nation.

The new U.S. 41 North Connection route, which will start Monday, replaces the little-used express route from the Downtown Terminal to Volkman Road.

Lisa R. Koenig, 40, whose address is listed as 8142 Lincoln Ave., was released from Vanderburgh County Jail after posting a $3,000 bond Wednesday.

Owen, 59, said his resignation has been long planned and is not in response to criticism from supporters of the party's unsuccessful 2011 mayoral candidate, Rick Davis, who felt Owen helped Republicans by working behind the scenes to sabotage Davis.

Virgle Brian Massie, 40, is in Vanderburgh County Jail without bond after police said a Wednesday-night altercation took a life-threatening turn.

The play, based on the 1930 assassination of Ernest Tidrington, an African-American community leader in Evansville, will play in UE's Eykamp Auditorium.

On Saturday, Dr. Ray Nicholson, Vanderburgh County health officer, wrote a Community Comment in this newspaper and stated that owners of smoking establishments are more interested in profit than people.

Corey Cabell, 34, is in Vanderburgh County Jail without bond. He's been preliminarily charged with armed robbery, and police listed him as a habitual offender, which could enhance his sentence if he's found guilty.

Parkman was scheduled to be tried on a charge of burglary resulting in bodily injury, although he also was charged with two attempted rapes and nine burglaries.

According to numbers released by the Indiana State Police 1,437 meth labs were uncovered compared to 1,395 meth labs discovered in 2010.

An unusually warm January is going to create some trouble for local gardeners and farmers in the next few days.