Category Archives: Local News

School Bus Crash Sends Three People To Hospital
Posey County emergency agencies were dispatched to a school bus crash around 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Tom Latham says the accident happened on State Road 62 and Sauerkraut Lane just west of Mt...
Amy Adams Aug 19, 2022 Photo from Wiky news archives

Posey County Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Dealing
A Mt Vernon man will serve 15 years in prison after being convicted of dealing drugs in Posey County. As part of his his guilty plea, 50 year old Steven Robinson admitted to possessing between 5 and 1...
Amy Adams Aug 19, 2022 Steven Robinson (Posey County Jail)

Downtown Deli Closing Their Doors Today
A restaurant known for their floppy disk sandwich is closing their doors today. Bits and Bytes Deli located in Downtown Evansville has been serving customers for 36 years. Fred Martin Jr. along with h...
Amy Adams Aug 19, 2022 Photo taken from Bits and Bytes facebook page

Bank Robber Caught With His Pockets Full
Police were called to Old National Bank on North First Avenue just before 1:00 on Thursday in reference to a hold up alarm. Officers called the bank and employees told them there had been a robbery. T...
Amy Adams Aug 19, 2022 Derrick Stacer (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Wife And Another Man Charged in Firefighter Murder
It was in February of 2019 that Evansville firefighter Robert Doerr was gunned down as he returned home from work. For more than three years, police have been investigating that murder, mostly using c...
Aug 18, 2022 Photos provided by Evansville Police Department

Community College Threatened With Bomb
Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville received a bomb threat around 10:30 Wednesday morning. The school made a statement on social media that read, the police were notified, swept the building, and...
Amy Adams Aug 18, 2022 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Last Day For Dropping Off Storm Debris
Today is the last day for Evansville residents to haul off tree and limb debris left over from the powerful storms from earlier this month. The drop off location is the former Roberts Stadium parking ...
Amy Adams Aug 18, 2022 Photo from Evansville/Vanderburgh EMA

City Needs Community's Input On Five Year Plan
The City of Evansville Department of Parks and Recreation is asking for community involvement as they begin the development of a five year Master Plan. Organizers are hosting the first Community Open ...
Amy Adams Aug 18, 2022 Photo from Evansville Parks and Recreation

Child Left In Car While Parents Were Inside Restaurant
Two people were arrested after they left their child alone in an unlocked car for over an hour and a half while the engine was on. An officer found the child outside of an Evansville restaurant after ...
Amy Adams Aug 18, 2022 Skaggs/Costello (Vanderburgh County Jail)

One Man Shot Near Downtown Evansville
Officers were dispatched to a shots fired run at South Morton and Powell Avenue around midnight. While in the area, an officer was flagged down at the Marathon Gas Station at the corner of SE 8th and ...
Amy Adams Aug 18, 2022 Sue Clark / CC


