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Vanderburgh County

‘Delinquent’ public pension stewards present improvement plans to lawmakers

Joanie Dugan

Two units of local government with “delinquent” pension plans told lawmakers Monday that they’d find ways to bridge the shortfalls.
Inmate dies after fight in Evansville jail

Moses Monroe, 38, briefly fought with another inmate and later collapsed, according to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office.
Staffing Crisis at the Vanderburgh County Jail

Ethan Sandweiss

The problem is that the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s office is in a staffing crisis. Chronically they don’t have enough confinement officers.