Category Archives: Local News

Hit and Run Suspect Too Drunk To Drive
One person is in the hospital with a broken neck after being a victim in a hit and run incident. It happened just before 7:00 last night at Franklin Street and Fulton Avenue. A witness says they watch...
Amy Adams Sep 14, 2022 Cody Cowan (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Police Looking For Suspects Involved In Shooting
Police are looking for three men involved in an overnight shooting on East Maryland Street near North First Avenue in Evansville. The victim was found by officers with two gunshot wounds. He was taken...
Amy Adams Sep 14, 2022 Karen / CC

Evansville Fire Department Receives Life Saving Device
Scott Township Fire and EMS in Evansville was one of 64 departments in the United States to receive a new grain rescue tube through Nationwide Insurance. Dan Neenan, Director for the National Educatio...
Amy Adams Sep 14, 2022 Pictures by Amy Adams

Violent Felon Surrenders To Police After Brief Standoff
Evansville Police were called to the 1300 block of East Illinois Street on Monday afternoon in response to a woman shot when trying to pick up her child. The battered victim was found with a gunshot w...
Amy Adams Sep 13, 2022 Steven Kinslow (Vanderburgh County Jail)

City Council Approves Large Settlement
The Evansville City Council approved $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit on an incident that occurred in 2017 that killed three people. The suit was filed by Janae Carter, the only one to survive the cr...
Amy Adams Sep 13, 2022 Photo taken from Osborne Funeral Home Obituary

Indiana Broadcaster Filed Defamation Suit Against Evansville Mayoral Candidate
Mayoral candidate Gabriel Whitely along with Young Conservatives of Southern Indiana and the sites administrator Spencer McDaniel were named in a defamation lawsuit filed by Central Indiana Broadcaste...
Amy Adams Sep 13, 2022 Best Law

Avian Flu Could Be A Problem For Water Fowl
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is keeping a special eye open for avian flu as this year's water fowl hunting season goes on. Some other states have seen an uptick in deaths of wild birds ...
Amy Adams Sep 13, 2022 Susan Young

Children's Museum Closed This Week
cMoe, also known as the Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville is closed and will remain so for a few more days. It'll re-open this Saturday. The museum is closed for its annual deep cleaning, ex...
Amy Adams Sep 13, 2022 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Evansville Man Facing Life In Prison
An Evansville man is facing federal charges in the death of a child. Arcinial Watt was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death. Also, Possession with ...
Amy Adams Sep 13, 2022 Arcinial Watt (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Pennsylvania Man Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting Officers
A very drunk Franklin, Pennsylvania man allegedly assaulted two police officers at Bally's Casino. It happened Saturday night while two Indiana Gaming Commission officers were trying to escort 35 year...
Amy Adams Sep 12, 2022 Colter Burk (Vanderburgh County Jail)


