Warrick County News

So a year ago, he proposed putting up some signs to designate four routes along 35 miles of county roads.

White, the Warrick County Democratic chairman who is set to take on Sen. Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville, this fall, said if he's elected he will introduce legislation to do just that in hopes of easing the burden of student loans.

His great grandfather, Frank Folden, escaped from slavery in Kentucky at age 15 in 1863 by using a hollow log to cross the Ohio River to Newburgh.

The jury of six women and six men began deliberating about 12:30 p.m. Friday after attorneys for both sides gave closing arguments on the nearly monthlong trial in Warrick Circuit Court.

Scott Lee Shepherdson, 26, also faces counts of battery and strangulation for a reported attack on his mother-in-law. The new counts of molestation, strangulation and battery stem from two separate investigations by the Warrick County Sheriff's Department.

Indiana State Police have reached out to Jalopnik readers to help find the 1987-96 Ford pickup shown in an image captured from a homeowner's surveillance camera on Monday morning.

A recording of that Nov. 5, 2009, call was played to the jurors Wednesday during his murder trial under way in Warrick County Circuit Court.

Picture the scene: A woman stands before a roomful of professional engineers explaining to them how to fix a problem they have had at their company.

Jennifer Miller, 36, was arrested Tuesday morning. Miller is charged with attempted murder, criminal confinement and battery with a weapon resulting in injury.

Shelby, 35, is charged with murder, false informing and obstruction of justice in the Nov.

Having worked at Vectren's A.B. Brown power plant in Posey County for nearly 25 years, I've seen a lot of changes.

When some 200 people gathered at the Edgewater Grille around 11 a.m., Mulesky, whose 2006 book "Thunder From a Clear Sky: Stovepipe Johnson's Confederate Raid in Newburgh," seemed at a loss for words.

Starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, the Indiana Department of Transportation will shut down Vann Road at Indiana 261 for reconstruction to accommodate additional traffic lanes.

Shelby, 35, is on trial for murder, false informing and obstruction of justice in the Nov.

Locally, the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. pass rate was 79.6 percent compared to 92.2 percent in the Warrick County School Corp., 87 percent in the Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon, 90.9 percent in the Metropolitan School District of North Posey, 78.8 percent in the North Gibson School Corp., 86.2 percent in the South Gibson ... (more)

In a six-way race for three at-large council spots on the November ballot, Schitter finished fourth.

Terry White, the Warrick County Democratic chairman who is challenging state Sen.

The Newburgh church holds the showcase each year as a way to highlight a different community issue while hosting musical talents from its congregation as well as some outside acts.

ERIN McCRACKEN / COURIER PRESS Mike Zehner, owner of Zehner Contracting, LLC, works on installing laminate flooring in the entry way of a home he is building in the Ellington Ridge subdivision off Oak Hill Road on Monday afternoon.

Some operate shelters, while others foster animals in a network of private homes.