An investigation is underway after 10,000 turkeys died in a barn fire in Washington, Indiana.

Officials say the barn caught fire in the morning hours of December 26th and was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived.

Veale Township and Steen Township Fire Departments were on hand to assist with the fire.

No injuries were reported and a cause of the fire has yet to be determined.

Logan’s Promise urges drivers to have a plan if they choose to drink and not get behind the wheel.

The organization honors late Reitz football player Logan Brown who was killed in a head-on crash by a drunk driver in March of 2015.

With New Year’s Eve coming up those behind Logan’s Promise encourage everyone to take advantage of the safe option.

Parent Charles Brown says, “The goal is just to keep people off the street and allow people to make good choices and those people that are out on the streets to have a safe path home.”

The service is for residents of Vanderburgh, Posey, Warrick and Gibson Counties.

People wanting to use the service will have to call Yellow Cab or use the Nextaxi app.

Marriage Licenses Issued

We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?

IS IT TRUE that  last year the lawmakers of the State of Indiana set the stage for all governments at the state and local level to start getting less of the casino tax known in and around Evansville as “boat money”?…back when casino gambling was approved it was going to be the “manna from heaven” that funded education?  …in recent years our elected officials declared that those dollars could be redirected to help pay for infrastructure?…here we are more than 20 plus years later our city officials borrowed $25 million against future “boat money” to pay for fun and games projects that will not impact the economy any more than Weinzapfel’s Ford Center did?

IS IT TRUE seeing the pictures of the inside of the Ford Center during the last Thunderbolts hockey game was really disheartening?  …that lack attendance at the Thunderbolts hockey games so far this year has greatly affected overall concession profits?  …it’s obvious after paying for the Ford Center crew, it is virtually impossible that the Ford Center made any money during the Thunderbolts hockey games?  …we would like to point out that the Ford Center really is a very nice facility and the crew that runs it works hard and does a good job?

IS IT TRUE that the sheriff’s department completed an investigation literally should be a candidate crime to be included in as an episode of CIS?…this time it took the brain trust of law Southwest Indiana law enforcement to dig deep into their bag of tricks to use DNA analysis to catch a voyeuristic fool who sought his fortune by stealing 30 pairs of ladies panties?…this dimwit not only stole panties but he left notes for USI coeds that made them think he was watching them?…this is a case of high technology meets a dimwit with a very strange fetish?…come to think of it this perp would make a better character in “Criminal Minds” because the mind of a note leaving panty thief is one worth studying?.

IS IT TRUE that last week the  “Readers Poll” question was “Who was the most effective City Council member in 2018? …that 337 people voted in this poll?  …that Justin Elpers won this poll be receiving 96 votes?  …Dr. Dan Adams was a close second with 79 votes?

IS IT TRUE that a recent “Readers Poll” question asks “Who was the most effective Vanderburgh County Council member in 2018”?  ….225 people voted in this poll?…that Jim Raben lead the poll by receiving 77 votes and Tom Shelter, Jr. was a distance second with 29 votes?

IS IT TRUE that ECHO Housing Corp. just turned a vacant warehouse at 101 N. Garvin St. into 27 one-bedroom units of housing for the chronically homeless.  …this project cost $6.1 million dollars? …we wonder how many two bedrooms Habitat type homes that ECHO could have built with this $6.1 million dollar of Federal and State grants earmarked for housing for the homeless and economically disadvantaged of this area? …the answer is around 100 homes?

IS IT TRUE that last week a CCO reader had a problem with his car?  …he called Hamrick Towing and was extremely surprised how quickly they showed up?  …the Hamrick’s tow truck driver was extremely professional and knowledgeable?  …instead of towing the car off to storage the driver decided that the car battery needed a quick jump which saved him a towing fee? …if you have a problem with your vehicle and has to be towed call Hamrick Towing, Evansville?