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EPD warns public about potential home improvement fraudster

EPD warns public about potential home improvement fraudster

The EPD Financial Crimes Unit believes that there is an unlicensed contractor working a series of home improvement fraud scams in the Vanderburgh County area. He was recently arrested in Henderson County but he is now out on bond.

Who killed Curly Shelton?

Who killed Curly Shelton?

He was a familiar name to Tri-State residents who watched him on their black-and-white TVs every Saturday night.  Women swooned over 32 year-old country singer Curly Shelton.  It was 1957 and he seemed to have the world by the tail.  Then, he was dead.  Fifty-four years later, Kentucky State Police are still hoping to find out who killed him.

Shelton, a notable musician and regular on the local TV show Hillside Hoedown and lived in Evansville, was beaten to death and left in his vehicle on December 4, 1957.  Police located Shelton's body and h

Man beaten, robbed by bike thieves

Man beaten, robbed by bike thieves

Police say an Evansville man riding his bike on West Michigan St. after mdnight Sunday had his bike stolen by thieves who beat him.

UPDATE: Evansville woman sentenced in GAGE theft case

UPDATE: Evansville woman sentenced in GAGE theft case

In the case of an Evansville woman accused of stealing more than $10,000 from GAGE, her employer at the time.

In a plea deal, 39-year-old Julie Gorman pleaded guilty to theft this summer and was sentenced to two years probation Friday.

She will also have to pay restitution to GAGE.

Gorman was arrested in January on accusations of using company credit cards to buy gift cards.

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Baptist church victimized by burglary

Baptist church victimized by burglary

Evansville Police are investigating a burglary at the First Missionary Baptist Church. 

EPD still seeks knife-wielding robber

EPD still seeks knife-wielding robber

Evansville Police are looking for the person who robbed a woman at knife point at a local park recently.

Air conditioner stolen from home

Air conditioner stolen from home

An air conditioner is stolen from a S. Kentucky Avenue home.