Category Archives: Local News

Owensboro House Shot At
Police are investigating after a home in Owensboro was hit multiple times by gunfire last Friday. It happened on July 2nd just after 11 PM. The house was located on the 500 block of Orchard Street. Lu...
Jul 06, 2021 Tony Webster / CC

Vintage Aircraft To Land In Evansville
World War II vintage aircraft are clear to land near the Evansville Wartime Museum this week. They're due to touch down on Wednesday. The B-17 Flying Fortress named Texas Raiders, along with two other...
Jul 06, 2021 Graphic: Evansville Wartime Museum

Police Seek Robbery Suspect
Evansville Police were called to a robbery at a south side gas station late Sunday night. It happened about 11:30 at the Chuckles on South Weinbach at Covert. Surveillance pictures show a suspect in a...
Jul 06, 2021 Photo: Evansville Police Department

More Trouble for Accused Former Youth Minister
More problems for a local youth minister arrested for sexual battery and statutory rape in Tennessee. Joshua Henley was fired from the Washington Avenue Church of Christ right after hose charges becam...
Jul 02, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Dubois Corrections Officer Accused of Sexual Liaison with Inmate
A Dubois County jail officer is on leave following allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a jail inmate. Officer Ryan Schmitt is formally charged with sexual misconduct with a detainee. De...
Jul 02, 2021 Ryan Schmitt (Dubois County Jai)l

Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking In Jail
A Posey County man is sentenced to a total of five years in prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking with an inmate plus a probation violation. Bryan Brakie of Mt. Vernon admitted to communica...
Jul 02, 2021 Bryan Brakie (Photo: Posey County Prosecutor's Office

Darmstadt Investigation File to Prosecutor's Office
The results of an investigation into allegations of misappropriation of town-owned materials in Darmstadt are headed for the prosecutor's office. Vanderburgh County sheriff Dave Wedding will let them ...
Jul 01, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Count The Gobblers
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is asking for help in taking inventory of the state's wild turkey population. The D-N-R wants to know the number of adult hens you're aware of... The number...
Jul 01, 2021 Laura Lee Dooley / CC

Hoosier "Yes" Law Takes Effect
It's a "modernization" of the former process, which had schools issue work permits. With the final pieces of SEA 409 going into effect, work permits are eliminated completely, and the responsibility o...
Jul 01, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Wednesday Afternoon Flooding
Rain-boots may have come in handy yesterday, as heavy rain and flooding blanketed the tri-state area. The majority of midtown Evansville experienced flooding issues according to Evansville Central Dis...
Jul 01, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Tara Zimmer


