Category Archives: Local News

Suspicious Vehicle Found With Drugs Inside
A call was made to Gibson County Dispatch around 12:30 Wednesday morning about a suspicious vehicle with a flat tire. Once on scene deputies located a dark-colored Dodge Durango with two women inside....
Amy Adams Jul 11, 2024 Gibson County Sheriff's Office

Teens Will Serve 30 Days For Attacking Refugee
Two Owensboro teens with ties to a National Partisan Movement will serve time for attacking an Afghan refugee in 2022. FBI discovered that the teens were influenced by an extremist group who were recr...
Amy Adams Jul 11, 2024 826 PARANORMAL / CC

Husky Saves Family From Carbon Monoxide Leak
Adopting a dog 6-months ago saved an Indiana woman's life. 2-year-old Luna is being called a hero after saving Samantha Griffin and her family after carbon monoxide leaked in their apartment. Griffin ...
Amy Adams Jul 11, 2024 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com

African American Museum To Display Four New Exhibitions
The Evansville African American Museum will have four new exhibitions. Harlems of the Midwest: Indiana and Lincoln Avenues, Cultural Responsibility in Evansville: Collaborating for Social Justice, Bla...
Amy Adams Jul 11, 2024 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

NWS Confirms Six Tornadoes Touched Down In The Tri-State
Investigators with the National Weather Service confirmed that as many as six tornadoes slammed into the tri-state on Tuesday. First, an EF-1 with 105 miles per hour winds, hit near Grove Center in Un...
Amy Adams Jul 11, 2024 Evansville / Vanderburgh County Emergency Management Agency

Missing Child Is Back With Her Parents
The Owensboro Police Department has called off the search for 8-year-old Kataya Moorman. She was located along with her grandmother Sarah Lutteral in McLean County. Luttrell has no custodial rights ov...
Amy Adams Jul 10, 2024 Sarah Luttrell (McLean County Sheriff's Office)

Mistrial Reached In Grandmother's Murder
A mistrial has been declared in the trial of John Stevens. He is accused of killing his grandmother, 85-year-old Betty Stevens back in June of 2022. Police claim John told dispatchers Betty was dead i...
Amy Adams Jul 10, 2024 John Stevens, courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail

Search Warrants Lead To Five Arrests
Ohio County sheriff's deputies and Kentucky State Police served two search warrants on Monday. Both homes under the warrants are in the same area of Sandefer Crossing Road in Cromwell. Five people wer...
Amy Adams Jul 10, 2024 Picture taken from Wiky news Archives

Fire Destroys School In Knox County
Fire investigators in Knox County are sifting through the wreckage of Old Decker School. They're looking for the cause of a massive fire that caused extensive damage to the building on Tuesday. Johnso...
Amy Adams Jul 10, 2024 hrabar / Depositphotos.com

Beryl Barrels Through Tri-State With Possible Tornadoes
The remnants of Beryl kept first responders on their toes in Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana on Tuesday. Several areas were impacted by numerous tornadoes. Around 4:15 Vanderburgh County EMA rec...
Amy Adams Jul 10, 2024 Photo courtesy of Evansville / Vanderburgh County Emergency Management Agency


