Category Archives: Local News
Working Fire on Evansville's South Side
Evansville fire crews mop up after an early morning blaze. It happened in the 1600 Block of Beckman, off Covert Avenue. Arriving firefighters saw flames shooting from the side of the house. It's not c...
Nov 12, 2021 Dan Zen / CC
Evansville House Hit By Gunfire
Evansville police officers answer a shots-fired call in the 1600 block of East Indiana Street late Wednesday night. Arriving officers found several shell casings right in front of a home in which seve...
Nov 12, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
North Gibson Schools Boost Pay
Pay raises are coming to teachers and employees of the North Gibson School Corporation. The Board of Trustees approved five percent raises for teachers and administrators, and salaried employees. Hour...
Nov 12, 2021 daveynin / CC
Red Kettle Campaign Opens
The annual Red Kettle campaign of the Salvation Army gets under way today (Fri).. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will proclaim the day as "Red Kettle Day," and will issue a challenge to the community to feed th...
Nov 12, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer
U.S. Senator Mike Braun Accused of Illegal Campaign Finance
U-S Senator Mike Braun of Indiana is accused of improper campaign finances. A Federal Election Commission draft audit shows about $8.5 million in banned loans. That includes about $1.5 million from Me...
Nov 12, 2021 Courtesy of Senator Mike Braun Office
420 Main Implosion
A big part of downtown Evansville's skyline is slated to disappear later this month. The 420 main building -- for years the headquarters of Old National Bank -- will be demolished by implosion. It'll ...
Nov 12, 2021
Shooting May Be Justified
A Tuesday night shooting on Evansville's south side may have been self defense. One person showed up at an Evansville hospital with an apparent gunshot wound Tuesday night. Evansville police say it ha...
Nov 11, 2021 Robert Nelson / CC
V.C. Commissioners Settle Lawsuit
Vanderburgh County Commissioners approve the settlement of a lawsuit. The action involved Joshua Davis, a former county jail officer. Davis was arrested after reportedly getting into a fight with an i...
Nov 11, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer
Two Arrested on Neglect Charges
Two people were arrested for child neglect on Wednesday. Evansville police served a warrant in the 5600 block of Washington Avenue. Inside the home they found trash and mold virtually everywhere, and ...
Nov 11, 2021 Scott Davidson / CC
TriState Observes Veterans Day
A special observation of Veterans Day comes to the World War Two vintage ship that's home ported in Evansville. LST 325's ship's bell will ring 21 times beginning at 1:45PM. There'll also be a color g...
Nov 11, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer
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