Category Archives: Local News

Day of Service
Thursday was Henderson Rotary's Day of Service. Kids from eight local schools competed in track and field events. The Day of Service, which the pandemic canceled last year, included other events such ...
Oct 01, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Sunni Zimmer

Visual Signs of Festival Prep
There are now visual signs of the coming of the Fall Festival, and that's generating some excitement, especially since the event is on a come-back after being canceled last year because of the pandemi...
Oct 01, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

TOX-AWAY DAY - OCTOBER 2nd AT THE CIVIC CENTER PARKING LOT
The Vanderburgh County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, or Tox-Away Day, will be held Saturday, October 2, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Civic Center parking lot. This program is spon...
Aaron Santini Sep 30, 2021 get directly down / CC

Service Dogs for Vets
A local non-profit is raising money for two local veterans in need of service dogs. Battleground 22 is an Evansville-based non-profit organization dedicated to helping military veterans and first resp...
Sep 30, 2021 Scott 97006 / CC

City Check Snatched
Evansville officials confirm that a check for $40,000 in city money was snatched while heading to its destination. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's Office claims the check was supposed to go to Thyssenkrupp Ele...
Sep 30, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC

Child Death Investigated
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a two-year-old boy after they were called to a possible drowning last Friday afternoon. The child's father claimed he had last che...
Sep 30, 2021 sv1ambo / CC

Festival Prep Under Way
After missing a year over the pandemic, West Side Nut Club organizers are preparing for this year's Fall Festival with renewed vigor. They'll be staging the food booths on Saturday, despite the fact t...
Sep 30, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Juvenile Arrested in Owensboro Shooting
A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with a shooting in Owensboro Tuesday night. O-P-D was called just after 9pm to the scene in the Gardenside and West 9th St. area where they found a man wi...
Sep 30, 2021 Mika Järvinen / CC

Fall Festival Shuttle
The City of Evansville will offer Fall Festival shuttles for lunch hours and the evening. The shuttle will pick up and drop off at the Temporary Bus Stop corner of W. Franklin St. and Wabash Avenue on...
Sep 30, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

COVID Vaccine
Covid-19 deaths in Indiana have passed the 15,000 mark. That has local leaders pushing towards unvaccinated people to get the vaccine. If you're looking to receive the shot, you can go to the CK Newso...
Sep 29, 2021 Alachua County


