Category Archives: Local News
Ascension St. Vincent Getting Their Own Police Department
Patient safety is top priority for Ascension St. Vincent hospital. That is the reason for adding an in-house police department. Two former Evansville police officers, Chief Chris Pugh and Sergeant Eri...
Jul 29, 2022 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer
Drugs Found Inside Vehicle During Water Rescue
Two people were jailed on drug charges after their car was inundated by high water. It happened on Highway 62 in Beaver Dam just before 10pm Thursday. Reports say Brooklyn Gossett encountered water ov...
Jul 29, 2022 Brooklyn Gossett/Bryson Underwood (photo from Ohio County Detention Center)
US Army Corps Of Engineers Has Ordered Owner To Remove Camper
An Evansville Fire Department water rescue boat was sent to the camper on the pumpout this morning. Dispatch says they were checking to make sure no one was inside. The camper is reportedly beginning ...
Jul 29, 2022 Photo taken from WFIE
The Man Killed In Grandin Pointe Identified
The man killed inside of a trailer in northern Vanderburgh County on Wednesday has been identified as 41 year old James McClernon of Evansville. The coroner says he died of multiple gun shot wounds. P...
Jul 29, 2022 Photo taken by Nick Adams
SWAT Responded To Apartment Complex For Dispute
Evansville Police were dispatched to a domestic battery call at the Shady Tree Apartment complex around 11:00 Thursday night. The victim told police that she and Jayvontae Kelly had been arguing and t...
Jul 29, 2022 Javontae Kelly (Vanderburgh County Jail) Apartment photos taken by Amy Adams
Daviess County Man Receives Sentence In Murder Case
A Daviess County courtroom was near capacity as a sixty year sentenced was given to Chase Simmons for the the murders of Amarius Winstead and Jasper Brown. He is also guilty of shooting 19 year old Ty...
Jul 28, 2022 Chase Simmons, Courtesy of the Daviess County Jail
EPD In Search For Crossing Guards
The official first day of school is less than two weeks away for EVSC students and Evansville Police are looking for crossing guards. Officer Kent Walker says there are four open positions available. ...
Jul 28, 2022 mario / CC
Grandmother's Trial Date Is Set For Later This Year
A jury trial date has been set for Amber Opperman. She's facing a charge of neglect of a dependent causing death. Opperman is the grandmother of Kamari Opperman, who died in October of 2021. The 3-yea...
Jul 28, 2022 Amber Opperman (Vanderburgh County Jail)
Trial Date Is Set For Man Accused Of Killing His Grandma
A man accused of killing his grandmother appears in court to have his jury trial set. John Stevens told dispatch his grandmother was dead in her back yard on East Michigan Street. Investigation reveal...
Jul 28, 2022 John Stevens, courtesy of the Vanderburgh County Jail
Suspect Charged With Murder In Trailer Park Shooting
A man was fatally shot in his living room on Maggie Valley Drive in the Grandin Pointe Mobile Home Park around 3:00 Wednesday afternoon. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office says 34 year old Ricky ...
Jul 28, 2022 Ricky Kiper (Vanderburgh County Jail)
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