Category Archives: Local News
Fire Damages Iowa St. House
Fire severely damages a vacant house in the 700 block of East Iowa Street this morning (Monday). The house was engulfed when firefighters arrived a little after 5:00. It's out now. No one was hurt, an...
Jay Zimmer Jun 15, 2020 Photo Courtesy Evansville Fire Department
Civic Center Opens
Face coverings are required today as the Civic Center re-opens to public business. Patrons will have their temperatures taken as well. Anyone with a temp above 100 degrees will be turned away. There's...
Jay Zimmer Jun 15, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer
Shooting Victim Dies
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday for a person who was shot in the head on South Bedford Avenue. The Evansville Police Department responded to multiple calls of shots fired in the 1700 block of South...
Jay Zimmer Jun 15, 2020 Madison Scott-Clary / CC
Man Drowns at Holland
A man dies after falling into a lake near Holland, Indiana. It happened approximately a half mile south of the State Road 64 and the State Road 161 intersection Witnesses told D-N-R officers that seve...
Jay Zimmer Jun 15, 2020 Elizabeth M / CC
LST 325 Arrives at New Home
Jay Zimmer Jun 15, 2020 (WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer)
Pulse shooting victims remembered
Across Florida, people observed the fourth anniversary of the PULSE killings with a statewide moment of silence this morning at 9:00. Governor Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation declaring June 12 "Pul...
Rick Allen Jun 12, 2020 Image source: The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2020 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.
Arrest in Year Old Burglary
Evansville police say a house in the 3100 block of Park Ridge Drive was broken into on the night of March 1 2019. A safe inside was destroyed and $20,000 in cash was taken from it. Investigators also ...
Jay Zimmer Jun 12, 2020 Dennis Moore (Courtesy Vanderburgh County Jail)
Re-Openings and Resumptions
Date night tonight might get a little more interesting since you can go to the movies... Showplace Cinemas East re-opens today (Fri). Both Mesker Park Zoo and Tropicana Casino will re-open on Monday w...
Jay Zimmer Jun 12, 2020 Louise McLaren / CC
Lady Antebellum Reduces Name
Country music group Lady Antebellum is making a big change. The group announced on Thursday that it will drop the word "Antebellum" from the name it has used since its formation in 2006 and go by Lady...
Jay Zimmer Jun 12, 2020 WEZL Charleston's Best Country / CC
Henderson Library Head On Leave
The Henderson County Public Library will not renew the contract of director Caleb May when it expires in August. May has come under criticism because of recent posts on his personal Facebook account t...
Jay Zimmer Jun 12, 2020 twechy / CC