Category Archives: Local News

Catalytic Converter Thefts Rise
There's a common theme among many recent tri-state thefts lately, Catalytic converters are becoming a hot item for thieves in the area, and police are trying to string together who's responsible. They...
Jun 08, 2021 Mr ATM / CC

Voting Under Way, Now, for New City Flag
Voting gets under way this week for a new Evansville city flag, which was coordinated from the Evansville Flag Project. Starting today, project officials say that people can vote between four differen...
Jun 08, 2021 One of Four New City Flag Finalists (City of Evansville)

E-F-D Battles Overnight Fire
Evansville Fire Department units did battle with a house fire overnight. Crews were dispatched to the 2400 block of Joan Place just east of Kentucky Avenue just after midnight. It took them about 45 m...
Jun 08, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Atkinson Pool Gathers Staff
Last year, Henderson's Atkinson Pool was closed by the COVID pandemic. This year, staffing problems threatened to do the same thing. But the news now is good. The main struggle has been to find enough...
Jun 08, 2021 Virginia State Parks / CC

Chase Suspect Caught
Charges were filed after a man led law enforcement on a chase just before midnight Sunday. Vanderburgh Sheriff's deputies were patrolling in the area of South Weinbach and I-69. They say an SUV crosse...
Jun 08, 2021 Jason Woolems (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Vote for New Evansville City Flag
Voting gets under way this week for a new Evansville city flag, which was coordinated from the Evansville Flag Project. Starting today, project officials say that people can vote between four differen...
Jun 07, 2021 One of four flag finalists -- (City of Evansville)

Zoo Admission Rises
New admission prices to Mesker Park Zoo will begin after the penguin exhibit opens in late summer or early fall. With the new exhibit, visitors will be able to get a close up look at the dozen or more...
Jun 07, 2021 Mesker Park Zoo (WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer)

Beware Telephone Scam
If you get a call from a Donald Gilmore purporting to be from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office, hang up, there's no such person. Prospective victims are told they need to pay up in amounts from...
Jun 07, 2021 Image courtesy of Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office

Six Year Old Run Over
Evansville police respond to a report of an accident with injuries in the 2000 block of East Virginia Friday evening. Arriving officers learned that 6 year old Brady McGill had been hit by a vehicle h...
Jun 07, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Kids Found Living in Storage Unit
A woman is faces neglect and drug charges after kids were found sleeping in a storage unit. Deputies say just after midnight Friday morning, they were doing a check at a storage facility on N. St. Jos...
Jun 07, 2021 Jordan Vaughn (Vanderburgh County Jail)


