Category Archives: Local News

Sometimes just taking a good look around a familiar territory pays unexpected dividends. Some exploring around the World War II LST-325 produced a case in point. The crew was looking around when they ...

"Pete" strikes again. The anonymous benefactor who identifies himself by that name has made his annual gift to the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center. Pete contacted the center Friday morning and told...

Jodie Crowley is still on the run this morning. Crowley is one of two Webster County Kentucky jail inmates who escaped Sunday morning. The second inmate - TonY Elders - was found a couple of hours lat...

A small earthquake in Illinois shook a few people in the Tri-State. The 3.1 magnitude quake's epicenter was south of Mt. Vernon, Illinois in Waltonville. But, the US Geological Survey says people in W...

The Owensboro Police Department confirms the body found Friday in the Ohio River has been identified as Johnny Goodman Jr. - the Owensboro barber reported missing. This comes after OPD recovered a veh...

In one of his last acts as mayor, Lloyd Winnecke paid a visit to the WIKY morning show during which he presented the station with a Key to the City. Winnecke, a frequent visitor to the WIKY Morning Sh...

An Evansville man convicted of a 2021 double murder is to be sentenced today. 31 year old Arthur Jones IV was convicted of two felony murders in the shooting deaths of Derek Johnson and Samantha Robbi...

Detectives are investigating after a dead body was found in a median on Highway 41 and Camp Arthur Road. Knox County Sheriff's deputies were called to that area around 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Depu...

Even more counterfeit money is being passed in Evansville. Police have 30 new reports of phony $20 bills from local businesses; that's a dozen more than last week. Even under a trained eye, the fake b...

Moms for Liberty in Warrick County will hold a meeting tonight to talk over House Enrolled Act 1447. That's the bill that makes it easier to ban books from public school libraries. School officials wi...