Category Archives: Local News

Holcomb Extends COVID-19 Orders
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has extended COVID-19 executive orders through the month of November, suggesting they could be scaled back during December. A new provision says the state health commissi...
Nov 01, 2021 Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb (Photo: In Governor's Office)

Woman Dies in Henderson Wreck
A single vehicle crash occurred early on Sunday morning that killed a 23 year old woman. It happened on the 13000 block of U.S. 60 east. She was ejected from her vehicle and died on scene. The cause o...
Nov 01, 2021 Ken Hawkins / CC

Mesker Park Zoo Rhino Put Down
Sad news from the Mesker Park Zoo on Friday. Mechi the rhino was humanely euthanized earlier this week after it was determined an inoperable tumor in her reproductive tract was severely affecting her ...
Nov 01, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

He Had A Few Beers
He only had a few beers, this according to Kalen Tyler Fuchs. Officers were dispatched to a crash on the Lloyd near Barker Avenue late Saturday night. They saw a truck in two pieces and cans of beer a...
Nov 01, 2021 Daniel / CC

Afghan Refugees Coming to Evansville and Newburgh
Evansville and Newburgh are rolling out the welcome mat for Afghan refugees. As of yesterday (Thurs) the God is Good foundation is expecting between one and three Afghan families to arrive in Evansvil...
Oct 29, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Teen Arrested in Crime Spree
Warrick sheriff's deputies make an arrest in what they're calling a one-man crime spree. It all happened Wednesday night in several areas including Hillcrest Drive Alcoa, and Midway Drive. Officers ar...
Oct 29, 2021 Jagr Cobb (Warrick County Sheriff's Office)

6 Arrested in Child Death
A total of six people have now been arrested in connection with the death of a child on Wednesday and the possible endangerment of other children. Amber Opperman told 9-1-1 that her 3-year-old grandch...
Oct 29, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Mother/Daughter Fraud Sentence
A mother and daughter from Fort Branch have been sentenced in connection with a Nigerian fraud ring that exploited the COVID-19 crisis to commit large-scale fraud against state unemployment insurance ...
Oct 29, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Mask Requirement Lifted for Evansville City and County Buildings
WIKY has learned that the mask requirement has been lifted at the Civic Center and all other City/County and Evansville Vanderburgh County Building Authority owned buildings.
Debra Miller Oct 28, 2021 Michaela Pereckas / CC

Wisconsin Fugitive Arrested
Members of the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force, which includes the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office, make an arrest on Evansville's north side. Dakota Myer has an extensive criminal history of v...
Oct 28, 2021 Dakota Myer (Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office)


