Category Archives: Local News

EFD Donating Old Fire Gear For A Mission
The Evansville Fire Department has donated some of their old fire gear to Midwest Mission. The gear will go to firefighters in Honduras and other countries in need of the gear. Midwest Mission says cr...
Amy Adams Feb 05, 2025 jigbigdig.gmail.com / Depositphotos.com

Autopsy Scheduled On Friday For Branchville Inmate
The Perry County Coroner has released the name of the inmate who died at the Branchville Correctional Facility. 40-year-old William Reynolds died Thursday morning. An investigation is underway as well...
Amy Adams Feb 04, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

SERFA Scheduled To Hold Conference In Owensboro
Owensboro could be the destination for the Southeast Folk Alliance Group. They had originally planned to hold their conference in the Black Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Hurricane Helene hit, and...
Amy Adams Feb 04, 2025 Photo from Southeast Regional Folk Alliance FB site

Francisco Water Main
A 4-inch water main break in Francisco, Indiana has led to the water being shut off along Main Street from the train tracks to Cross Street. And Division Street will be closed this morning starting at...
Feb 03, 2025 Photo from Wiky News archives

Worshippers Surprised at Guests
Worshippers for the 10:30 Sunday morning service at First Christian Church in Newburgh were surprised to see firefighters when they arrived yesterday. 150 people already in the church were evacuated a...
Feb 03, 2025 Frank Hebbert / CC

Illness Closes Schools
Widespread sickness across Union County, Kentucky leads to public schools there being closed today. Officials say it will give custodial staff extra time to deep clean and sanitize. Both Webster Count...
Feb 03, 2025 Colleen / CC

Sleepy Mother Charged With Four Counts Of Child Neglect
An Evansville woman has been charged with four counts of child neglect. 27-year-old Taylor Tapley was not responding when her child tried to wake her up. When officers arrived at the home, Tapley had ...
Amy Adams Jan 31, 2025 Taylor Tapley (Vanderburgh County Jail)

KWC Student Facing Additional Charges
A Kentucky Wesleyan College student is facing additional charges from an incident that happened in December. 20-year-old Alejandro Cuesta and another man 22-year-old Soufian Khaloufi Ouahbi both from ...
Amy Adams Jan 31, 2025 ALEJANDRO CUESTA (Daviess County Jail)

Last Weekend To Drop Off Storm Debris
Just a couple of days left for Vanderburgh County storm debris drop-off sites. Those are at the old Roberts Stadium lot and the 4-H Center. Vanderburgh County residents with ID can drop off their debr...
Amy Adams Jan 31, 2025 Photo taken by Amy Adams (Bismark Ave)

Woman Accused Of Stealing Adoption Fees Reaches Plea Deal
One of the women accused of wrongdoing at the Warrick County Animal Control Department reached an agreement with prosecutors. Specifics of the pre-trial diversion agreement for Danielle Barns were not...
Amy Adams Jan 31, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC


