Category Archives: Local News

Man Pleads to Arson
An Evansville man pleaded guilty to arson Friday afternoon, in an incident that happened in May. Ryan Jameson entered the plea concerning a fire in the 600 block of Jefferson. Reports say the homeowne...
Sep 13, 2021 David Stanley / CC

FMR Officials Arrested
Two former Spencer County officials have been arrested after an Indiana State Police investigation. The probe began in January of 2020 and resulted in arrest warrants being issued for former Spencer C...
Sep 13, 2021 826 PARANORMAL / CC

Apartment Complex Fire Probed
Evansville fire investigators are still looking into a blaze that damaged the office of the Carousel Apartments Friday afternoon. The incident was originally dispatched around 4:30pm as a dumpster fir...
Sep 13, 2021 WIKY News Photo By Jay Zimmer

Couple Arrested for Moonshining/Pot Cultivation
A couple in Webster County was arrested after deputies discovered they were manufacturing moonshine and cultivating marijuana. The couple, Dale and Julie Bourdeaux, turned themselves in to the police....
Sep 10, 2021 Adam Barhan / CC

More Charges Against Alleged Shooter
The man charged with shooting Katie Clark several times, was back in court Thursday afternoon. 31-year-old Christopher Britton was already facing an attempted murder charge and held on a half a millio...
Sep 10, 2021 Christopher Britton (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Man Arrested for Threatening Mayor Winnecke
62-year-old David Hippensteel of Princeton was arrested Wednesday after police say he made several threats to Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke. The affidavit claims he mailed several handwritten letter...
Sep 10, 2021 David Hippensteel (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Lots of Weekend Road Closures
City Church will be hosting the 'CITY CHURCH MOVIE NIGHT' beginning Saturday, September 11th, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Closing Market Street between Court Street & Ingle Street. Central H...
Aaron Santini Sep 09, 2021 Alan Levine

No Arrests in 3 Owensboro Shootings
Owensboro Police have made no arrests in three separate and unrelated shootings that happened early Sunday morning. To shootings happened on Scherm Road. The third happened in a parking lot. 21 year o...
Sep 09, 2021 James Case / CC

KY Special Session Continues
Kentucky lawmakers return to the capitol in Frankfort this morning as the General Assembly's special session continues. One education bill passed a Senate committee yesterday. The bill does away with ...
Sep 09, 2021 Lee Burchfield / CC

Local Crops Thrive
It rained a lot early in the farming season... and extreme heat came late in the season. Despite that, farmers have done well this growing season as evidenced by the thriving corn plants in fields nea...
Sep 09, 2021 K-State Research and Extension / CC


