Category Archives: Local News

Blake Shelton Chooses Local Hero
Blake Shelton's Friends and Heroes 2021 tour is coming to the Ford Center tomorrow (Fri) night. He has made it his goal to identify a special community member on each stop around the country. Shelton,...
Sep 09, 2021 Fort George G. Meade Public Affairs Office / CC

5th Annual Friday Knights Hunger Bowl to Raise money for St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank
The 5th Annual Friday KNIGHTS Hunger Bowl is scheduled for Friday, September 10th at Romain Stadium at Harrison High School. This project raises monies for the St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank. The Hunger...
Aaron Santini Sep 08, 2021

Accused Shooter In Court
The man accused of attempted murder in the shooting of an Evansville woman on Monday made his first court appearance yesterday. Bond was set at $500,000 cash for 31 year old Christopher Britton of Eva...
Sep 08, 2021 Christopher Britton (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Penguins of Patagonia Await Opening Date
The announcement of an opening date for a long-awaited Mesker Park Zoo is imminent. The Penguins of Patagonia exhibit was slated to open at the end of this summer. Director Eric Beck says nearly every...
Sep 08, 2021 Mesker Park Zoo (WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer)

Three Shots Fired Calls in Henderson
Henderson police responded to a shots fired call at Ringle and Kleymeyer about 5:30 Tuesday evening. While there, officers heard more shots being fired in he area of Fernwood Cemetery. One man believe...
Sep 08, 2021 Tony Webster / CC

LST 325 Comes Home
LST 325 returned home last night, cutting its annual river cruise short. Departing a week ago, she had planned on visiting Brandenburg and Ashland, Kentucky, as well as Charleston, West Virginia. A cr...
Sep 08, 2021 (WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer)

Greenville 9/11 Memorial
A new memorial to the lives lost on September 11, 2001 has been risen in Greenville. "Flags of Honor" is a memorial that has one American flag set up for each life taken on 9/11. The flags were placed...
Sep 07, 2021 Jackie / CC

Arrest in Woman's Shooting
Vanderburgh County deputies make an arrest in connection with a woman found shot on Diamond Avenue. An Evansville police officer found the woman on the side of the road between St. Joseph and Kratzvil...
Sep 07, 2021 Christopher Britton (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Man Killed in Owensboro Shooting Identified
Owensboro police investigated three early morning shootings over the holiday weekend, one of them fatal. That one happened just before 4am Sunday in the 2200 block of West Second Street. Officers foun...
Sep 07, 2021 Robert Nelson / CC

Shot Fired In The Air
Police were called Sunday night after a man threatened several people with a gun before firing it into the air. They arrived on scene shortly after at Fulton Square Apartments. The victims identified ...
Sep 07, 2021 Andrew Simms (Vanderburgh County Jail)


