Category Archives: Local News

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)

Foul Play Suspected in Inmate Death
Indiana State Police say foul play is suspected in he death of an Evansville man in the Miami Corrections Facility. 42 year old Matthew Koch was found unresponsive in his cell about 1:30 Sunday mornin...
Sep 07, 2021 Matthew Koch (Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office)

Boonville Teen Comatose
COVID-19 puts a Booneville teen in a medically-induced coma. 17-year-old Kendra James was put on a ventilator at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Her sister Paige Jutzi says that the illness hit he...
Sep 03, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC

Wrongful Death Suit Filed
The next of kin of a Pennsylvania man who died while being arrested in Evansville has sued the city of Evansville and three police officers. It happened in September 2019. 55 year old Edward Snukis re...
Sep 03, 2021 Clyde Robinson / CC

Owensboro Police Seek Bank Robber
Owensboro Police are trying to identify a suspect in an armed robbery. The PNC Bank on Frederica Street was robbed by a man with a gun Thursday morning. He had left the scene before police arrived. No...
Sep 03, 2021 Bank Robbery Suspect (Owensboro Police Department)

1 Hurt in Early Morning Shooting
Evansville police are looking for a suspect from a shots-fired call. It happened shortly after three o'clock this morning at the Sportsman's bar in the 2300 block on West Franklin. Early reports say o...
Sep 03, 2021 Daniel / CC


