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School bus involved in near head-on crash
HAMILTON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A school bus was involved in a crash on Friday morning, May 3 in Hamilton County. The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. on State Route 142 approximately a half-mile south of Dale. According to Hamilton County Sheriff Tracy Lakin, a pickup truck crossed into the...
Domestic dispute turns into drug bust on Evansville’s east side
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - A man and woman from Illinois are spending the weekend in the Vanderburgh County Jail after getting caught with drugs Friday night. That’s according to the Evansville Police Department, who tells us officers were called to the parking lot outside Ross Dress For Less for a domestic violence in progress.
Short power outage happening Fri. morning in Carmi
CARMI, Ill. (WFIE) - Friday morning, there will be a planned power outage for all Carmi Light and Water Electric customers. Officials say the purpose of the outage is to switch to a new transformer in the City’s main substation. That’s happening at 6 a.m. and should only last...
Henderson history: At least five bridges have crossed Highland Creek at U.S. 60
The U.S. 60 bridge that crosses Highland Creek into Union County is more than eight decades old – and its construction delayed Kentucky 359’s crossing of the creek. The road from Henderson to Morganfield, what we now call U.S. 60, has had at least five bridges over Highland Creek, including the current one, but when the road was first authorized in 1823 the creek was crossed by a ferry, according to a history of local roads written by Spalding Trafton in The Gleaner of Oct. 5, 1924.
Former Union Co. wrestler indicted for murder
TAYLOR CO., Ky. (WFIE) - The Union County man arrested for the murder of a Campbellsville University student has been indicted by a grand jury. Court records show the April Grand Jury in Taylor County, Kentucky, indicted Charles Escalera for murder, burglary, and theft. He’s being held on a $1...
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