Category Archives: Local News
Parks Department Wants To Hear From Public
The Evansville Parks Department is hosting an open house to get public comment on the parks master plan. The event will be today from 4pm to 7pm at CK Newsome Center. The Parks Department is updating ...
Oct 27, 2022 John Hilliard / CC
Southern Indiana Stadium Used In Famous Movie Being Renovated
League Stadium in Huntingburg is getting a face-lift. Lower level seats have already been removed from the ball park and new ones will be installed. No word on when the work will be completed. League ...
Oct 26, 2022 Snapmann / CC
Congratulations! It's A Boy!
A bit of excitement on Evansville's west side this morning. We were alerted by reports of a heavy police and ambulance presence in the area of the USI campus. A check with authorities noted it as a me...
Oct 26, 2022 Critical Moss / CC
Coat-A-Kid Needs Gently Used Coats
Coat-A-Kid kicked off yesterday and will run through December. Don's Claytons, the Salvation Army and the Evansville Christian Life Center will distribute gently used coats to children and teens acros...
Oct 26, 2022 Kate Ter Haar / CC
New Jobs Coming To Posey County
Posey County is looking forward to a 500,000 square foot recycling center that will bring in an estimated 200 jobs. Avangard Innovative, a Texas-based company, will build it's new recycling plant acro...
Oct 26, 2022 Travis Wise / CC
Man Carrying Gun Seen Walking Near School
A person was seen walking near Stringtown School carrying a gun. He was spotted Tuesday morning as parents were dropping their kids off. Officers found two juveniles with a BB-gun and illegal drugs. P...
Oct 26, 2022 WIJKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe
Mother Takes Plea Deal In Daughter's Death
Murder and other charges have been dropped for the mother of Kamari Opperman. Makaylee Opperman agreed to plead guilty of neglect of a dependent resulting in death and conspiracy to deal narcotics. He...
Oct 26, 2022 Makaylee Opperman (Vanderburgh County Jail)
Tuesday's Rain Was Not Enough
The burn ban is still in place for most Indiana and Kentucky counties. Tuesday's rain just wasn't enough. Scott Township Fire Chief Adam Farrar says dry conditions for months have made it difficult to...
Oct 26, 2022 Y'amal / CC
Mother Arrested For Leaving Children Home Alone
Police were called after a city driver saw two children ages 6 and 2 walking alone down Riverside Drive just before 10:30 Monday morning. The older child told police when they woke up their mother was...
Oct 25, 2022 Riley Jarboe-Dexter (Vanderburgh County jail)
A Partial Verdict For Kentucky Man
A jury came back with a partial verdict for Robert Garner around noon on Monday. Garner was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter, but guilty of operating under the influence. The charge of reck...
Oct 25, 2022 Robert Garner (Courtesy Of Daviess County Jail)
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