Category Archives: Local News

Man Pleads to Murders
A Madisonville man accused of murdering two men in Hopkins county has pleaded guilty. 36-year-old Jeremy Wicks allegedly killed Joseph and Elvis Gipson in a Hodge Street home in April of last year. A ...
Sep 16, 2021 Jeremy wicks (Hopkins County Jail)

Kentucky Wesleyan Student May Be Hate Crime Victim
A Kentucky Wesleyan student was a victim earlier this month to what college officials say may have been a hate crime. Reports say it happened on September 3 when senior Armand Childs accidentally cut ...
Sep 16, 2021 Daniel / CC

Guilty Plea in Murders
A Madisonville man accused of murdering two men in Hopkins county has pleaded guilty. 36-year-old Jeremy Wicks allegedly killed Joseph and Elvis Gipson in a Hodge Street home in April of last year. A ...
Sep 16, 2021 David Stanley / CC

Madisonville Boil Advisory
The entire city of Madisonville is under a boil advisory. Water testing produced a positive sample for coliform and E-coli in the Homewood subdivision Two other negative samples were taken in the same...
Sep 16, 2021 Paul Hudson / CC

Fire Heavily Damages West Side Salvage Yard
Units from several fire departments responded to a three-alarm blaze at Glisson Salvage about 4pm Wednesday. A worker at the business said he was working in the center of several long, narrow building...
Sep 16, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Tara Zimmer

Suicide Prevention
This month is Suicide Prevention Month, and to show support, Deaconess Health and the Evansville Police Department unveiled their new suicide-prevention themed police car. It's intended to serve as a ...
Sep 15, 2021 Dafne Cholet / CC

women Sue Jail
Two women have filed a civil rights lawsuit against a former Webster County Deputy. The lawsuit filed Monday claims the women were inmates in the jail and were abused by Arthur Dale Collins in 2020. C...
Sep 15, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC

Call To Action Against COVID
The Vanderburgh County Health Department board calls on government leaders, business executives and the public to act immediately to protect those at risk from COVID-19. Board vice-chair Sandee Strade...
Sep 14, 2021 Lihoman... / CC

Crews Respond to Henderson House Fire
Henderson fire crews responded to a house fire in the 300 block of Alvasia Street about 9 last night. There were flames shooting from the house when they arrived. It took several hours to darken down ...
Sep 14, 2021 Dan Zen / CC

Husband Charged in Wife's Murder
Police in Daviess County have arrested a husband nearly three weeks after his wife Was shot to death. Kentucky State Police were called to the 4400 block of West 5th Street Road August 26. There they ...
Sep 14, 2021 Joshua Fuller (Daviess County Detention Center)


