Category Archives: Local News
West Side Nut Club Fall Festival 2020 is cancelled
A source tells us that the annual Festival on Franklin Street has been cancelled for 2020, however the Half-Pot raffle will still be happening. There will be no West Side Nut Club Fall Festival in 202...
Aaron Santini Jul 08, 2020 Alachua County / CC
CMOE Re-Opened
The Children's Museum of Evansville is once again open to the public. Executive Director Stephanie Terry says the move comes as a support for parents and schools and as a recognition of play as a lear...
Jay Zimmer Jul 08, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe
Van Pulled from Ohio River
Rescuers retrieve a van which slipped into the Ohio River art Angel Mounds. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office says the driver was trying to load a Jet Ski when the van got stuck in a patch of mo...
Jay Zimmer Jul 08, 2020 Bill Morrow / CC
Workouts Resume
It's been four months since Indiana high school athletic teams have been able to work out together. But they did start again on Monday with shortened practice sessions. Practices -- and games -- were ...
Jay Zimmer Jul 08, 2020 Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) / CC
Water Features now open in Henderson
The water features at both East End Park and downtown riverfront have now opened. The East End Park Sprayground opened a few days ago under Gov. Andy Beshear's guidance in his "Gatherings of Up to 50 ...
Debra Miller Jul 07, 2020 Virginia State Parks / CC
IN. GOP Boosts Minority Program
The Indiana Republican Party is ramping up a program to increase diversity within the party. The Indy Star reports that the Indiana Republican Diversity Leadership Series will launch in December. The ...
Jay Zimmer Jul 07, 2020 Mike Licht / CC
Stolen Credit Cards
The Evansville Police Department is asking the public's help in identifying two suspected credit card theives. Authorities say on June 20 a woman was shopping at the east side Target when a man approa...
Jay Zimmer Jul 07, 2020 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Several Places Close over COVID Exposure
Sauced, and its sister restaurant Schymik's (SHIM-mix)Kitchen will be closed until their staff comes back with negative test results. They say they were informed that a customer who went to Sauced on ...
Jay Zimmer Jul 07, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC
No Mandatory Mask Law Right Now
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and the Vanderburgh County Commissioners prefer keeping the wearing of masks voluntary on the home front. Citizens are being encouraged to do the right thing in terms of masks and...
Jay Zimmer Jul 07, 2020 Olgierd Rudak / CC
USI campus re-opens
Today (Monday), the University of Southern Indiana campus will be open to the public for the first time in months. Students and staff will have to complete an on-line training module for COVID-19 befo...
Rick Allen Jul 06, 2020 Image source: Midwest Communications