Category Archives: Local News

WSNC Half-Pot Sales Were Over $41,000 On First Day
Tickets for the Fall Festival half pot went on sale at noon yesterday and ran till 8 o'clock last night. The first day of sales netted $41,030 at the drive-through booth located at St. Joe and the Llo...
Amy Adams Oct 04, 2024 Photo taken from WSNC website

Kentucky Man Caught After Being On The Lam Since January
An arrest has been made in a child molesting investigation. 27-year-old Daniel Richie of Central City was accused of inappropriately touching a child. The victim came forward last year about the incid...
Amy Adams Oct 04, 2024 Daniel Richie (VCCC)

Warrant Issued For Former Board Member Of Non-Profit
A warrant has been issued for the arrest Sean Hopple. He's a former board member of Golfmoor Baseball, an organization for three-to-fourteen-year-old kids in Evansville. Hopple is being charged with f...
Amy Adams Oct 04, 2024 Photo from WIKY news archives

Wesselman Woods Closing Monday For Construction Project
Wesselman Woods will close for a construction project beginning Monday. A social media post from the facility says the in-progress accessibility project will close the woods from October 7th through 1...
Amy Adams Oct 03, 2024

Half-Pot Tickets Go On Sale At Noon Today
You can see the Ferris Wheel from afar, as the rides are going up for the Fall Festival midway. Some of the kiddie rides are already in place and the restroom trailers are ready. The festival opens wi...
Amy Adams Oct 03, 2024 WIKY News Photo by Sunni Zimmer

Outside Source Will Go Over Numbers For VCSO Pension Plan
The Vanderburgh County Council chooses to bring in an outside actuary to go over the numbers and put a plan in place by the Sheriff's Office. It all started when the state made note that contributions...
Amy Adams Oct 03, 2024 Image courtesy of Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office

Evansville Woman Facing Multiple Charges In Gibson County
An Evansville woman is arrested in Gibson County after 9-1-1 was called for a disturbance. Deputies responded to the Train Station Apartments in Fort Branch for a male and female fighting. Following a...
Amy Adams Oct 03, 2024 Kristian Coon (GCSO)

Father Of Baby Bitten By Rats Is Sentenced To Prison
It took the jury less than two hours to reach a guilty verdict for David Schonabaum. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Schonbaum is charged with child neglect after his six-month-old son was fou...
Amy Adams Oct 03, 2024 David Schonabaum (VCCC)

Family Of 10 Starting Over After Fire Destroys Home
A Tell City family lost everything when their house caught fire early Wednesday morning. Eight kids and two adults made it out of the burning home safely. The family's cats were burned from a narrow e...
Amy Adams Oct 03, 2024 Photo from GoFundMe page

Teen Seriously Injured In Evansville Shooting
A 17-year-old was left seriously injured after a shooting on the West Side of Evansville Monday night. Police are looking for clues to the mystery of the shooting in the 3100 block of Hartmetz Avenue....
Amy Adams Oct 02, 2024 Photo from WIKY News archives


