The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) declared an ozone Air Quality Action Day in Southern Indiana for Saturday, June 20, 2020.

Who might this affect?

• Kids
• Older adults
• Those with respiratory diseases

Please limit prolonged outdoor exertion from noon until 7 p.m.

Air Quality Forecast

​Upper level ridging builds on Saturday, bring warmer temperatures across Central and Southern Indiana.  Lightest winds will occur in southern Indiana, with clear skies throughout the day.  Air Quality Action Day is being called for Southern Indiana on Saturday, including the Evansville and Louisville metro areas.  An upper level trough moving through Canada on Sunday and Monday will bring unsettle weather and greater chances for rain and thunderstorms both days.  Cold front will move through late on Sunday.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 389 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 41,746 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remains steady. As of today, nearly 37 percent of ICU beds and more than 81 percent of ventilators are available.

A total of 2,327 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 23 over the previous day. Another 189 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 392,887 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 384,722 on Thursday.

Any Hoosier seeking COVID-testing can obtain it through one of the state-sponsored OptumServe sites, regardless of whether they are at high risk or have symptoms. To find testing locations around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link. More than 200 locations are available around the state.

  On June 18, around 4:30 p.m. in the area of Riverside and Judson, an Evansville police officer witnessed a motor vehicle accident. While driving to the scene to investigate the accident, the driver of one of the vehicles fled the area. 

  The officer lost sight of the vehicle and it was found a short time later, abandoned, in the area just a few blocks away. Witnesses were able to give officers a description of the driver and that they observed him carrying a handgun. 

  While looking for the suspect, later identified as Geonovan Marquis Bailey (23), police dispatch received information that he had entered a home in the area that had a juvenile babysitting three younger juveniles. The babysitter, who called dispatch, didn’t know Bailey and was extremely frightened for her safety as well as the three juveniles who she was babysitting. 

  Bailey told the babysitter to act like he was her boyfriend and after hiding his gun in the house and a change of clothing, Bailey, along with all 4 juveniles exited the residence. He surrendered without causing any further incident. The handgun and Bailey’s clothing were found in the residence. None of the juveniles were harmed. 

 Some of Bailey’s charges include: burglary- while armed with a deadly weapon, criminal confinement, possession of a firearms by a serious violent felon, resisting law enforcement, motor vehicle accident- hit and run, and driving while license suspended.