Category Archives: Local News

County Wide Burn Ban May Be Extended
It's been a week since Vanderburgh County Commissioners met to declare a county-wide ban on open burning. Commissioners will meet to discuss extending the restrictions. On August 29, commissioners met...
Amy Adams Sep 06, 2024 Picture taken from Evansville Professional Fire Fighters Local 357 Facebook page

This Years WSNC Parade Grand Marshal Is Well-Known Racecar Driver
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Junior will be the grand marshal of this year's West Side Nut Club Fall Festival Parade. Unser reportedly spends a lot of time in Evansville with his wife Nor...
Amy Adams Sep 06, 2024 Photo from WIKY News archives

Kentucky No Longer Taking Applications For Dispensaries
The Owensboro City Commission has passed an ordinance to create more restrictions for future cannabis dispensaries. These restrictions are in addition to the ones set by the state. They include no loc...
Amy Adams Sep 05, 2024 Elsa Olofsson / CC

Gibson County Breaks Ground For New Ambulance Facility
Gibson County will soon have a new building for its ambulance service. The future site will sit on a two-acre campus off Embree Street across from the Princeton Aquatic Center. The facility will inclu...
Amy Adams Sep 05, 2024 logoboom / Depositphotos.com

Area Hospital Names Physician Of the Year
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville announced Dr. Michael Miller as the 2024 Physician of the Year. Dr. Miller has been a Radiation Oncologist at Ascension St. Vincent for 25 years. Over the years he has...
Amy Adams Sep 05, 2024 Photo from news release

Cleanup Begins at Former Pearl Cleaners Site
Cleanup has officially begun at the Pearl Cleaners site in downtown Evansville. Mayor Stephanie Terry says trash and debris are being removed from the site of a major fire. In May 2023, fire crews wer...
Amy Adams Sep 05, 2024 Photo from Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry Facebook

Future Pensions Discussed At County Council Meeting
Vanderburgh County Sheriff Noah Robinson went before the county council on Wednesday. He says the pension fund is not heading in the right direction. Securing the department's future will take as much...
Amy Adams Sep 05, 2024 Image courtesy of Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office

Arrest Made In South Side Shooting
Shots fired into a South Side Evansville home were reportedly caught on video. A man says it was his home in the 400 block of Madison Avenue that was shot up. He says security video shows another man ...
Amy Adams Sep 04, 2024 Shavaz Kay (VCCC)

Victim Shot Near Angel Mounds Didn't Know Attacker
An Evansville man is facing several felony charges including attempted murder. The victim called dispatch just after 5:00 PM on Tuesday advising that he had been shot and the suspect had left the scen...
Amy Adams Sep 04, 2024 Photo from WIKY News archives

ATM Closed After Giving Out Phony Bills
Several people in Webster County received fake $100 bills from an ATM at the Providence Independence Bank. Customers didn't know the bills were counterfeit until they tried to spend them. "For motion ...
Amy Adams Sep 04, 2024 sandsun / Depositphotos.com


