Category Archives: Local News
Gunshot Victim Shows Up at Hospital
Evansville police say a man showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound about 1 o'clock this morning. Despite being injured, the man reportedly drove himself to the emergency room, and called f...
Oct 21, 2021 Robert Nelson / CC
Plea Deal Dodges Death Penalty
An Owensboro man will head to prison for life without the possibility of parole after agreeing to a plea deal. Matthew Adams pleaded guilty to the strangulation death of his then-girlfriend, 25 year o...
Oct 21, 2021 Brian Turner / CC
Local Merchants Experience Shipping Headaches
The Gehlhausen Home Accessories store in Evansville ordered 350 Christmas trees that were expected to arrive in June. They're still in New York port awaiting transit to Indiana. They now have an expec...
Oct 21, 2021 PughPugh / CC
Catalytic Theft Suspect In Custody
Evansville Police develop a suspect and make an arrest in connection with several catalytic converter thefts that have happened lately. Security cameras showed a man sawing off a device at Schmitt Ref...
Oct 21, 2021 Kenneth Hornby (Vanderburgh County Jail)
Murder/Kidnapping Call leaves 2 dead
Evansville Police were called in by Indiana State Police on a possible murder and kidnapping that happened at 1801 Stinson Avenue Tuesday night. Arriving E-P-D officers called to people inside the hom...
Oct 21, 2021 Photo: Evansville Police Department
2 Dead in Muhlenberg Crash
Kentucky State Police are still looking into a two-vehicle accident on Kentucky 175 in Muhlenberg County that left two people dead. A Harley Davidson motorcycle occupied by 60 year old Charlie House a...
Oct 20, 2021 Rowdy Roddy
Henderson Student at UK Dies
University of Kentucky Police are investigating the death of a student from Henderson. Officers were called to the Farm House Fraternity around 6:20 p.m. Monday about an unresponsive student. That stu...
Oct 20, 2021 Photo from WIKY News archives
USI Satellite Nears Re-Entry
Nearly two years ago, USI students and professors watched the deployment of their student-built UNITE Cube Sat. After nearly a thousand days in orbit, a major milestone, the device is expected to re-e...
Oct 20, 2021 Courtesy University of Southern Indiana
Overdose Deaths Soar
Deaths from drug overdoses have risen steadily in Vanderburgh County over the last three years, That's according to the coroner's office. The overdose death rate currently sits at 75 for the year. The...
Oct 20, 2021 Photo: Evansville Police Department
2 Dead in Stinson Avenue Home, One Shot By Police
Two people are dead, including one shot by authorities at a home in the 1800 block of Stinson Avenue early this morning. E-P-D Sgt Anna Gray says the call came in around 11pm from Indiana State Police...
Oct 20, 2021 Image source: Midwest Communications
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