Category Archives: Local News

Holiday World Guest Dies
At Holiday World on Friday, a roller coaster returned to its station with a female passenger found to be unresponsive. She was given first aid by Holiday World EMTs before being taken to Jasper Memori...
Jun 07, 2021 WIKY News File Photo by Jordan Rowe

Issues with Meat Packers after Cyber Attack
The meatpacking company JBS confirms it still has some issues after a cyberattack this week. The world's largest meat supplier had to suspend production for a few days, causing worries to local meat s...
Jun 04, 2021 Leonid Mamchenkov / CC

METS Driver Assaulted
An Evansville man is accused of assaulting a METS bus driver Wednesday afternoon. Officers responded to the METS transfer station on NW Sixth Street for an assault in progress around 4 p.m. When they ...
Jun 04, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Child Molester Sentenced
A Mount Vernon man gets 20 years in prison for child molesting. 35-year-old Curtis Mosby of Mount Vernon admitted to performing sex acts on a child under the age of 14. Indiana State Police began thei...
Jun 04, 2021 Brian Turner / CC

LST To Re-Enact D-Day -- It was THERE
Evansville's own LST-325 was one of hundreds of similar ships that landed on the beaches of Normandy 77 years ago this Sunday. Many of those ships, though ironically NOT the 325, were built in the so-...
Jun 04, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Newburgh Fire
Warrick County Dispatch says firefighting crews responded to a house fire Thursday night. It happened in the 8-thousand block of West Chestnut Drive in Newburgh, a little before 7:30pm. Early reports ...
Jun 04, 2021 liz west / CC

Vaccination News is Good
Good news on getting on track to normalcy in the tri-state! As of now, 48% of Vanderburgh County is fully vaccinated. In total, that amount comes to 74,000 residents. A few more thousand have received...
Jun 03, 2021 Daniel Paquet / CC

Derby Winner's Fail of Drug Test Confirmed
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit's positive, post-victory drug test was confirmed by a second sample. Trainer Bob Baffert's attorney said there is other testing the trainer hopes will confirm the B...
Jun 03, 2021 Bill Brine / CC

Work Trucks Vandalized
Several work trucks belonging to a Vincennes firm were damaged overnight according to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office. The Halter Company, a tree and debris removal firm, reported shattered wi...
Jun 03, 2021 Image courtesy of Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office

Vanderburgh County to Fill Jobs
Vanderburgh County usually has a few jobs to fill every month as people resigns, retire or leave for other reasons -- but having fifteen positions to fill is unprecedented. That was the situation the ...
Jun 03, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer


