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Evansville's LST Leaving For Tour A Day Early
LST 325 ships out for its fall tour later this morning. It was originally scheduled to leave tomorrow. This year's tour includes three stops...Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. It's expected to be back ho...
Amy Adams Sep 04, 2025 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Bureau Of Motor Vehicles' New Location Will Provide More Room For Customers
The Evansville eastside BMV branch is moving. The east branch, located at 6240 E. Virginia Street will be moving to a new location at 808 S Green River Road. The BMV says the last day of operations on...
Amy Adams Sep 04, 2025 VivacityImages / Depositphotos.com

Ward's Execution Is Planned For Next Month
Indiana's third scheduled execution in less than a year is scheduled for October 10th. Roy Lee Ward is set to be executed before sunrise. Ward raped and murdered 15-year-old Stacey Payne in 2001. His ...
Amy Adams Sep 04, 2025 Roy Lee Ward (IDOC)

Evansville Native Promoted In Maryland
An Evansville native has been promoted while serving with the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command in Annapolis, Maryland. Petty Officer 3rd Class Heaven D'Angelo has earned this honor by demo...
Amy Adams Sep 03, 2025 Heaven D'Angelo (photo from news release)

WSNC Gives Away Thousands Of Dollars During Founder's Day Banquet
The Evansville West Side Nut Club held its annual Founder's Day Banquet Tuesday evening. Club members gave out nearly $700,000 to non-profits, schools, first responders, and other organizations. Cops ...
Amy Adams Sep 03, 2025 Dionisvera / Depositphotos.com

Robbery Suspect Arrested Following Report Of Gunfire At Two Evansville Stores
An Evansville man has been arrested and charged with robbery. Gunfire was reported Tuesday night inside Chuck E. Cheese and Plato's Closet during separate armed robberies. Evansville police say both b...
Amy Adams Sep 03, 2025 Raquavion Cooper (VCSO)

Two People Killed In Early Morning Crash On SR 66
Warrick County Sheriff Mike Wilder says two people were killed in a pre-dawn traffic accident on State Road 66 and Epworth Road near Deaconess Gateway Hospital. Sheriff Wilder says a wrong-way driver ...
Amy Adams Sep 03, 2025 Photo from Sgt. Todd Ringle-Indiana State Police Evansville District Facebook page

Red Bank Road Closure
Beginning 9/10/2025 at 7:00 AM, Red Bank Rd will be closed between Koring Rd and Booker Rd until 10/08/2025 at 6:00 PM. This Road Closure is required to replace a natural gas transmission pipeline. Th...
Aaron Santini Sep 02, 2025 Baloncici / Depositphotos.com

Evansville's LST 325 Leaves Friday For Fall Tour
LST 325 is getting ready to set sail on its fall tour later this week. The ship moves out of Evansville every year to stop at port cities on the U.S. river system. This year, it'll be stopping at thre...
Amy Adams Sep 02, 2025 Picture taken from WIKY news archives

Heather Teague Investigation Continues In New Location
Search crews in Henderson say they may have uncovered items of interest during a search in the Heather Teague investigation. Crews searched an area behind Cagey's Store on Highway 811, not far from Ne...
Amy Adams Sep 02, 2025 Heather Teague photo from Where is Heather Danyelle Teague? Facebook page


