When fugitives came to town, and the rest of the world followed
In journalism, you never know when your best-laid plans are going to fall by the wayside because, say, a prison escapee who's the subject of a national manhunt decides to hole up in your city.
Our newest news reporter, Houston Harwood, was sifting through reader responses to his story on problems in local assisted living facilities Monday afternoon when his week veered sharply off course.
Casey White and Vicky White had been in Evansville six days earlier ... and not only that, they were still here.
The felon's capture and his accomplice's suicide made for a crazy couple of days as national media found Evansville on a map, swooped in to do their thing and then poof — once Casey White was gone, so were they.
It was an important local story — especially the question of how the duo managed to remain here undetected for so long — and Houston and other staff blanketed it.
But I want to come back to that story we'd just published on assisted living facilities. Houston spent weeks looking at various problems state officials found at Evansville and Newburgh area facilities. Rough treatment of a resident. Failure to investigate a sexual abuse complaint. A death that went unnoticed for 16 hours. And frequently, missed doses of medicine.
If you missed this story, please go back and check it out.
If you or a loved one has had problems with the quality of care at a local nursing home or assisted living facility, Houston is continuing to look into this issue. He can be reached at walter.harwood@courierpress.com.
Home delivery
As I said in an item that will appear in print for the next several days, I am sorry about the recent increase in delivery problems. We are working on a permanent solution and hope to be able to share specifics in a matter of weeks.
Labor shortages have impacted newspaper deliveries across the country, and the Evansville area has been particularly hard hit.
In the meantime, please report your missed deliveries at 844-900-7104 or on our website. The newsroom doesn't have access to account information and is unable to assist.
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Thank you for sticking with us and supporting local journalism as we work through these issues.
Cindi Andrews, Courier & Press Executive Editor
cindi.andrews@courierpress.com
This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: When fugitives came to town, and the rest of the world followed
