School officials announced Monday that instead of cutting the department they will take steps to expand its reach throughout the community.

Though other zoos have bred hellbenders artificially, Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville claims to be the first to breed the Eastern hellbender naturally.

Leaders in the Evansville area say they're expecting action in the coming year toward the construction of an Interstate 69 bridge over the Ohio River between Indiana and Kentucky.

The music school is one of three departments that would be eliminated under an "academic realignment draft plan" administrators proposed this month.

A region encompassing Evansville and nearby Gibson County was designated a 21st Century Talent Region by the state Wednesday.

The Indiana NAACP announced on Friday it will help fund the installation of solar panels on the roof of a community center in Evansville.

Houston, Texas-based CenterPoint Energy finalized its merger with formerly Evansville, Indiana-based Vectren in February 2019. Since then, the company has been operating under the name Vectren, a CenterPoint Energy Company.

Federal prosecutors have indicted 17 people with ties to a motorcycle club on charges alleging that they operated a drug ring in Indiana and Kentucky.

Video of a southwest Indiana police officer fatally shooting a man holding a hammer appears to back an officer's claim he believed the man reached for a gun, authorities said Wednesday.

A man fatally shot by a police officer following a traffic accident in southwest Indiana was aggressively approaching the officer with a hammer before the shooting occurred, authorities said Tuesday.