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Police arrested an Illinois man on Tuesday after getting information from the WeTip hotline that he was making meth inside an extended-stay Evansville studio apartment.

The driver who apparently blacked out before his truck veered across U.S. 41 and crashed Tuesday was under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the time of the wreck, authorities said.

To try to win millions for major projects to attract and retain talent in the area, four counties in Southwestern Indiana banded together to form a Regional Development Authority.

Two Indiana teens that got lost in Southern Illinois' Garden of the Gods Tuesday night have been rescued. Officials with the Saline County Sheriff's Department didn't identify the teens but said one was from Evansville and the other from Indianapolis.

An Allendale, Illinois man faces a felony animal abuse charge after investigators found a dead dog inside his home.

A man accused of battering a civilian while he was riding along with a police officer in late June is the son of that officer.

Current Chandler Town Councilman Kenneth "Kenny" Irvin, who is running for re-election this fall, has 183 open tax warrants totaling $23,560.45, according to court documents.

Formal charges were filed Tuesday against a Missouri man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old Southern Illinois girl he met over the Internet.

When Elise Pike was younger, she and her neighbor made stop-motion animation projects on winter days when it was too cold to go outside.

John Chaszar will take over as general manager of Tropicana Evansville.