HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- The Mater Dei Wildcat Band will perform in this year’s Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade. The band it one of 15 chosen to play in the parade. Twelve of the bands are from Indiana while three other bands are from around the country. Mater Dei will play in front of nearly 200,000 people […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- Governor Eric Holcomb will mark a milestone today by participating in a ceremonial tree planting. The planting is in celebration of the Department of Natural Resources laying seeds to 1 million trees across the state over the past five years. Holcomb had directed the DNR to begin the task of planting the […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- Indiana State Police led a multi-county effort to stop a tragedy on Interstate 64 late Wednesday night. According to ISP, the Spencer County Sheriff’s office was alerted to a wrong way driver that was traveling west in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64. Another trooper was able to deploy stop sticks, and […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- Evansville Police are investigating an early morning accident on the city’s west side. The accident happened just after 3:00 a.m. at the intersection of the Lloyd Expressway and St. Joe. Evansville Police say that a motorcycle rider was stopped at the light at St. Joe when he was rear ended by a […]

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT)- An Evansville non-profit officially launched its campaign for a new center catering to women and children in need to the public. Evansville Rescue Mission hosted a banquet tonight at Washington Square Mall to mark the occasion. The Susan H. Snyder Center for Women and Children will be located at 1400 Professional Boulevard […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – For the first time in southwest Indiana, cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during a murder trial. A judge has ruled that news cameras will be allowed into the courtroom during the murder trial of Elizabeth Fox-Doerr next month. In May of last year, Indiana judges were allowed to decide […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Crews are currently at the scene of a motorcycle accident in Evansville. Dispatch confirms a call reporting the accident on Vogel and Boeke came in just after 7:30 p.m.. It is not known at this time if there are any injuries. Officials say two motorcycles were involved in the accident. This […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office announced three meth trafficking arrests as part of an ongoing effort targeting drug trafficking at Owensboro area motels. According to a release, Daviess County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit detectives conducted an operation at a motel on west 2nd Street on April 18 after conducting numerous […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Evansville Police arrested two of three suspects in an armed robbery investigation. According to EPD, the victim took an electric guitar to an apartment on Delaware Street on April 16 after Pagerick Moody, 42, expressed interest in buying it. Authorities say Moody, Charles Pearson, 33, and Kendrick Bradshaw attacked with a […]

Evansvile firefighters were up for a challenge, as an early morning fire on Denby Avenue took a heavy toll.

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – For six years, a festival has been giving hope to thousands of cancer patients in the Tri-State. Hopefest will be held this Saturday at Friedman Park in Newburgh. Vanessa Borgman, the event director for Hopefest, was in the studio with Shelley Kirk on Thursday to discuss what people can expect to […]

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. – Amazon will spend $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) facility is expected to create at least 1,000 jobs. Gov. Eric Holcomb billed it as the largest capital investment announcement in Indiana’s history. AWS operates cloud servers across multiple industries, including automotive, healthcare, […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) say in preparation for the KY 54 widening project in Daviess County later this year, a contractor working for the KYTC will begin the process of mounting signal control radar between Highland Pointe and Commonwealth Court beginning on April 29, resulting in lane restrictions […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Officials say a Princeton couple is facing federal charges for a $1 million mail and identity theft scheme, as well as firearms offenses. According to the United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Indiana, Michael Jerome Wright, 44, and Cortney Lashea Young, 35, both of Princeton, Indiana, have both been charged […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Another college basketball tournament is coming to Evansville. Officials say the Missouri Valley Conference has announced future sites for the MVC Women’s Basketball Championship. The three-year rotation includes Ford Center in Evansville, in 2025; Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa in 2026 and Vibrant Arena at The MARK in Moline, Illinois in 2027. […]

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) released its high water report for 12 p.m. April 25. Officials say KY 136 in Henderson County has now reopened, leaving the four roadways in Union County as the only ones in the area that have yet to reopen. The KYTC says the roads that have […]

INDIANAPOLIS – Things to keep in mind as the Indianapolis Colts wade into their eighth Chris Ballard-directed draft. More picks are better. Never pass on an elite prospect. Always keep your options open. Trading up to grab a coveted player who’s falling to the Colts is on the table as well as trading back to […]

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HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – An Evansville man accused in a 2018 murder who was previously declared not competent to stand trial for a fifth time, is once again questioning his own competency. Documents indicate that Robert Ballard Jr. filed a Motion for Competency Evaluation hearing and that he was scheduled to go to trial on […]