Category Archives: Local News

NAACP Has New Chapter President
The theme at last nights NAACP Freedom Fund banquet dinner was "This is Power". Progress was celebrated as well as the change of leadership. After 25 years as the chapter's president, Reverend Gerald ...
Amy Adams Apr 07, 2023 Photo from NAACP Evansville Branch Facebook

Gibson County Making Plans For 2024 Eclipse
Tomorrow will mark one year until the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. Gibson County will experience 3 minutes and 55 seconds of totality. Since a large number of people are expected to come out, co...
Amy Adams Apr 07, 2023 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC

Man Stabbed While Walking Dog
An Evansville man is in jail after a fight that police say culminated in a stabbing. Officers were sent to the 1400 block of South Governor when an 9-1-1 caller said her ex-boyfriend stabbed her curre...
Amy Adams Apr 07, 2023 Damion Floyd (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Three People Found Dead Suspect Arrested
Kentucky State Police were called to assist Breckinridge deputies around 10:00 Wednesday night on a welfare check at a residence on High Plains Road in Vine Grove. Inside the home the bodies of 77 yea...
Amy Adams Apr 07, 2023 Tyler Wehmeyer (Breckinridge County Jail)

The City Taking The Day Off For Good Friday
The City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County is observing Good Friday tomorrow. Early voting will not take place at Central Library, but will resume on Monday morning at 9:00. Voting will also be ava...
Amy Adams Apr 06, 2023 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Shooting Suspect In Custody
Evansville police have developed a suspect in multiple shots fired calls Tuesday night. Several cars and homes were hit by gunfire, but there were no injuries reported. The suspect, 21-year-old Tabarr...
Amy Adams Apr 06, 2023 Tabarrie Pope (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Loan Approved For Jail Expansion
Overcrowding at the Vanderburgh County Jail has been a problem for a long time. It costs $150,000 a month to house inmates at nearby county facilities. This is one of the issues Sheriff Noah Robinson ...
Amy Adams Apr 06, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

EPD Warns Of Phone Scam
There's a phone scam going around and Evansville police want you to know about it. The scammer calls from what appears to be the EPD Administration Office. When the mark answers the phone or calls bac...
Amy Adams Apr 06, 2023 Photo from EPD Facebook

Body Discovered Under Bridge
A death investigation is underway in Henderson after a body was found under the Twin Bridges Wednesday morning. Kentucky State Police say the woman's body was near the Trocadero Plaza just off of High...
Amy Adams Apr 06, 2023 Rowdy Roddy

Murder Suspect Released From Hospital
Deputies confirm that Austin Ousley has been released from the hospital. He was then booked in the Vanderburgh County Jail Tuesday afternoon on a warrant for murder. Ousley is accused of shooting Chad...
Amy Adams Apr 05, 2023 Austin Ousley (Vanderburgh County Jail)


