Evansville Police were called to 1316 Henning Ave at 5:30 on Monday evening for a report of 3 small children left alone in their home.
Officers arrived and found the children, all under the age of 3, alone in the home. The kids were left in a bedroom that was dead bolted shut. Officers had to climb in the home through an unlocked window and then use force to open the locked door to reach the children. The children did not have food or water when officers arrived. The only access to a toilet was a training potty that was in the locked room with them. The youngest had a soiled diaper that did not appear to have been changed recently.
They told officers their mom was at work. Police were able to locate LAKEYVIA DELK, 27, and arrested her for 3 counts of Child neglect.
CPS came to the scene and removed the children from the home.
Evansville woman arrested after leaving 3 children under the age of 3 alone at home
Missing Persons Case Leads to Troopers Finding a Body
esterday morning, the Washington County Sheriff’s Department requested assistance from detectives from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg in searching for a missing person around the Little York area of Washington County.
As part of their search for Skyler Naugle, 35, from Washington County, officers visited 7707 East New Cut Road in Little York. As officers began speaking with an occupant of the property they gained enough information to believe Skyler Naugle had been to the property before he went missing. At this point they obtained permission to search the property from an owner and they also obtained a search warrant.
While searching the property officers located a body in a wooded area near the home. The body was not recognizable enough to prove an identity and an autopsy is planned for Wednesday in Washington County, to determine an identity and cause of death.
The missing person, Skyler Naugle, is still being looked for. He is a white male, 35 years of age, 5’-7†tall, brown hair and brown eyes, (a photo is attached). There is a good possibility that the found body is that of Skyler Naugle however, until an autopsy is performed and positive identification is made nothing can be determined.
Skyler Naugle was reported missing this past Saturday, July 21st by family members and was last seen on Monday July 16th in the early morning hours in the Little York area of Washington County.
This investigation is a death investigation. After the autopsy and a confirmation of the cause of death is made this status could obviously change.
Anyone with information regarding the missing person Skyler Naugle or the body found is encouraged to contact the Indiana State Police at 1-800-872-6743 or the Washington County Sheriff’s Department at 812-883-5999.
The Washington County Coroner’s Office and Prosecutor’s Office are assisting in the investigation.
This investigation is continuing.
VCDP News and Calendar of Events – 7/23/2018
Below is the latest edition of upcoming events. If you have an upcoming event you would like us to include, please email details to vanderburghdemocrats1@gmail.com.
| Tuesday,
July 24 |
5:30PM-
7:30PM |
Reception in support of William Tanoos Western Hills Country Club 1711 Country Club Rd. Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
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| Wednesday,
July 25 |
5:30PM |
Canvassing for Edie Hardcastle Target North 4000 N. 1st Ave. Evansville, IN 47710
*The campaign is asking for two hours of canvassing. If you’ve never done it before, you’ll go out with an experienced volunteer!
** Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b054aaeaf2ea6f94-canvassing
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| Saturday,
July 28 |
6:30PM |
Edie Hardcastle: Beers & Cheers to 49 Years Helfrich Golf Course 1550 Mesker Park Dr. Evansville, IN 47720
*RSVP to robertaheiman43@gmail.com **$49 to attend
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| Friday,
August 3 |
Registration/Lunch: 11:00AM
Tee Time: 12:00PM |
Neighbors for Steve Folz Golf Scramble
Cambridge Golf Course 1034 Beacon Hill, Evansville 47725
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| Saturday,
August 18 |
1:00PM-
3:00PM |
Neighborhood Leader Training Central Library – Browning Room A 200 SE MLK Jr. Blvd. Evansville, IN 47713
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| Friday,
Sept. 7 |
TBD | Golf Outing in support of Jeff Hatfield
Helfrich Golf Course 1550 Mesker Park Dr. Evansville, IN 47720
*Details to come |
“READERS FORUM” JULY 24, 2018
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Hundreds Of Indiana Schools Request Handheld Metal Detectors
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today reported that 3,228 total handheld metal detectors have been requested by 369 school entities—including 94 percent of all traditional public school corporations. On July 9, the governor announced that the state would make the metal detectors available at no cost to traditional public, charter and private schools that request them. This program is one part of comprehensive approach by the state to bolster its school safety efforts.
“I am pleased so many of our schools have chosen to request these metal detectors,†Gov. Holcomb said. “This program is all about giving local school leaders one more resource at their disposal to include in their safety plans.â€
The program makes available one handheld metal detector for every 250 students in a school building. The 3,228 devices requested in this first round have been ordered and should arrive to schools in August. Schools that are interested but did not place an order will have another opportunity later this fall.
Indiana has taken other steps in the past year to give schools more resources for school safety, including the following in the 2018 legislative session:
Made $35 million in low-interest loans available to schools to increase school safety through the Indiana Common School Fund. Applications may be found on the Indiana Department of Homeland Security website atwww.in.gov/dhs/securedschoolsafety/commonschoolfund.htm.
- Provided an additional $5 million to support school safety grants recently approved through IDHS. Those grants, more than $14 million in total, will be put to use for school resource officers, safety equipment and threat assessments.
- Dedicated $1 million to support a full audit of school safety plans around the state.
Gov. Holcomb convened a school safety taskforce in April to develop recommendations for action in advance of the 2019 legislative session. Those recommendations are due in August.
Opening Day at the Vanderburgh County Fair
Opening Day at the Vanderburgh County Fair
JULY 24RD, 2018 
TYRONE MORRIS EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
Vanderburgh County Fair Vice President Jeff Ziliac and his wife, Laura Ziliac, have been 4-H Fair members for almost 20 years.
Ziliac says the whole family plays a big role in getting everything ready for this week.
44News will be at the fairgrounds throughout the week bringing you updates from the fair.
Fallout Shelters by Pat Sides
The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States that developed after the Second World War peaked during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Fear of a nuclear war prompted many Americans to build fallout shelters in their yards, according to Evansville’s Civil Defense office.
By 1962, about 300 public underground shelters had been constructed in the city, identifiable by a black and gold sign. In this image from August 8, 1961, a model fallout shelter, built by Traylor Bros. Construction, is on display outside of the Sears store on Sycamore Street, capturing the attention of several curious pedestrians.
Although a few old shelter signs were still visible around town in the early 1990s, the shelters themselves had largely disappeared.
Citizens Against Government Waste Releases 2018 Pig Book Detailing Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste Releases 2018 Pig Book Detailing Government Waste
The watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its annual Congressional Pig Book on Wednesday, shedding light on the federal government’s pork-barrel spending.
Every year, CAGW releases its Pig Book listing federal government “pork” projects. The group defines a “pork” project as “a line-item in an appropriations bill that designates tax dollars for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures.” In order to meet the criteria to qualify as pork, a project must meet seven criteria.
In the 2018 Pig Book, CAGW cites 232 earmarks, marking a 42.3 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2017. The earmarks in question come to a total of $14.7 billion for FY 2018, over double the $6.8 billion from the year prior.
CAGW attributes much of the increase to the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2018, where spending was increased in nearly every category in order to get it passed by Congress.
“The FY 2018 earmarks were again contained in a consolidated appropriations package, which presents its own challenges regarding how the taxpayers’ money is being spent,” the Pig Book states. “Throwing all the earmarks into one large bill makes it more difficult to identify and eliminate the projects that if Congress adhered to regular order and considered the spending bills individually.”
The report also voices concerns with the inadequacy of an earmark moratorium, which was first applied in FY 2012.
Among the items mentioned in this year’s Pig Book are $6 million for the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority, $65 million for Pacific coastal salmon recovery, nearly $2.7 billion for 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, $2.75 million for the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program, and $16.7 million for the East-West Center in Hawaii.
Members of both parties are responsible for the wasteful spending.
The debut of the Pig Book comes with an event on Capitol Hill where, this year, attendees were joined by Faye, a live pot-bellied pig from Richmond, Virginia.