Category Archives: Local News

Mattingly Will Not Return To The Blue Jays
Evansville native and baseball great Don Mattingly will not be returning to the Toronto Blue Jays, where he has served as bench coach. But a message on his website says that doesn't mean he is retirin...
Amy Adams Nov 07, 2025 33ft / Depositphotos.com

Gibson County Man Arrested On Drug And Gun Charges
A Fort Branch man has been arrested on drug charges. A Gibson County Sheriff Deputy stopped a truck in the 600 block of South Main. The driver, 50-year-old William Myers, was taken into custody after ...
Amy Adams Nov 07, 2025 William Myers (GCSO)

CenterPoint Holding Community Connect Events
CenterPoint Energy is holding "Community Connect" events across the Tri-State. The next one is tomorrow, from 9 to noon, at the Vanderburgh County 4-H Fairgrounds. Mike Roeder, President of CenterPoin...
Amy Adams Nov 07, 2025 Picture from WIKY News archives

Food Giveaway In Response To SNAP Benefits
The Tri-State Food Bank is one of many organizations supporting Tri-State residents in need during the government shutdown. The food bank has been hosting Emergency SNAP Response Mobile Food Distribut...
Amy Adams Nov 07, 2025 Vejaa / Depositphotos.com

$160,000 Distributed To Six Local Non-Profit Organizations
The Women's Fund of Vanderburgh County awarded $160,000 in grants to six local non-profit organizations. Two recipients were selected for Impact Grants, each worth $50,000. The Lampion Center was awar...
Amy Adams Nov 06, 2025 tashatuvango / Depositphotos.com

Convicted Drug Dealer Receives Her Sentence
An Illinois woman has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years for dealing meth in Posey County. Court records show that on March 10, 2025, 37-year-old Kelli Jo Hale was pulled over when she failed to...
Amy Adams Nov 06, 2025 Keli Jo Hale (Posey County Prosecutor's Office)

Owensboro Woman Stabbed, Suspect Caught
Owensboro police are waiting for a man to be released from the hospital so they can take him to jail. They're accusing 24-year-old Tre Dixon of stabbing a woman on Wednesday evening. It happened at ab...
Amy Adams Nov 06, 2025 Image source: Midwest Communications

EPD Investigating Overnight Shooting
Evansville police are investigating a shooting that happened early this morning. Dispatch says the call came in at about 1:30 am, sending officers to the 1700 block of Culverson Avenue for a shots-fir...
Amy Adams Nov 05, 2025

Alleged Drug Dealers Arrested Following Investigation
Two men have been arrested for allegedly distributing cocaine in the Evansville area. Last September, detectives with the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force initiated an investigation utili...
Amy Adams Nov 05, 2025 Photo provided by VCSO

Woman Dies In Fire Trying To Save Cats
The woman killed in a house fire on Tuesday afternoon in Morganfield has been identified. A first responder driving in the area of TP Luckett Road spotted the smoke and went to investigate it. Sandy W...
Amy Adams Nov 05, 2025 Netrun78 / Depositphotos.com


