Warrick County News

Earlier today, President Obama announced a new policy regarding contraception and religious organizations.

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.

A Warrick County man faces several charges after detectives say he tried to lure two young boys into his car.

It's a title no community wants, but Evansville and Vanderburgh County are number one when it comes to meth labs seized in Indiana.

Chad M. Ailstock, 37, of Newburgh, who was charged with sexual misconduct with a minor, child seduction and providing obscene material to a minor would have gone to trial on Feb.

A new phone scam in Warrick County is not only targeting your wallet. Deputies tell 14 News that in addition to calling & asking for money, scammers are now involving law enforcement.

In an audit report issued Dec. 2, the State Board of Accounts found Kristi L. Gates, former bookkeeper of the Warrick County Parks and Recreation Department, owes $34,393.14 for repeated acts of misappropriation of public funds during her employment as parks department bookkeeper that must be repaid.

The world around us here in Evansville and the Tri-State seems to have gone a little nuts over the illegal home-manufactured drug methamphetamine.

The show is campy, the music is catchy and the dancing is fun, but Eric Antey has another reason for choosing "Hairspray" for the 2012 Warrick County Summer High School Musical.

Seven organizations took part in the first-ever 8th District Congressional Straw Poll Convention.

Officials in Kentucky are investigating the Eggner's Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake after a cargo ship struck it last night, causing a 322-foot span to collapse.

It's now down to two in the running for the title of the Super Bowl 46 Super Sandwich, and the Jasper Schnitzelbank restaurant's bratwurst is gong for top honors against the Mile High Club Sandwich from the Rock-Cola Caf in Indianapolis.

Humane Society officials says after receiving dogs from some recent court cases, they wanted to make sure those animals are sent to good homes.

A Warrick County mom is in jail Friday night for confinement and battery after deputies say she held a 19-year-old girl captive by threatening her with a cattle prod.

Three men are arrested on child molestation charges. All of the charges stem from separate investigations by the Warrick County Sheriff's Office.

Such a power loss isn't expected to happen in the future, once new equipment, including a propane-powered generator about the size of a medium-size automobile, is up and running by early September or October, according to David Dial, WNIN president and general manager.

In Warrick County, Castle High School spent most of the day without phone service, after the storm knocked out the lines.

By Dr. Raymond W. Nicholson Special to the Courier & Press Raymond W. Nicholson, M.D., is health officer for the Vanderburgh County Board of Health.

Tears fall for Harold R. Carey, who could be seen jogging city streets almost daily, even in recent days.

The chase began about 4:09 p.m. and ended about 20 minutes later near Kansas and Asbury Cemetery roads, according to Evansville-Vanderburgh County Central Dispatch.