Category Archives: Local News

Proof of Work Search Required for Unemployment Benefits
Indiana is reinstating the requirement that people receiving unemployment benefits will have to show they are actively searching for work. That policy was discontinued soon after the COVID-19 pandemic...
May 12, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Wilson Trial Finally Under Way
The trial for Jacob Wilson in Gibson County abruptly stopped with a mistrial last week even before a jury was seated. It was rescheduled for Monday but was delayed again until yesterday when it finall...
May 12, 2021 Dave Hogg / CC

Hoosier Gas Price Hikes Not Connected to Pipeline Hack
Hoosier drivers my have noticed gas prices creeping upward even before word of the Colonial Pipeline hacking. That's because the pipeline doesn't serve Indiana; it provides about 45 percent of fuel fo...
May 12, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC

MO. Man Arrested in Owensboro Rape
A Missouri man is facing a rape charge in Owensboro. Police began investigating after being called to the hospital because a young girl had been sexually assaulted. The child was contacted on social m...
May 12, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Oakland City Lions Club Benefit Motorcycle Ride SATURDAY for 4 year old
Photo Courtesy of Oakland City Lions Club Get out on your bike this weekend for a great cause! #olliestrong Ride this Saturday, May 15th on a 100 Mile Benefit Motorcycle Ride to benefit the family of ...
Debra Miller May 11, 2021

Chase Suspect Jailed
A woman is arrested after leading police on a chase yesterday (Monday) afternoon. Officers say they tried to pull over Becky Edwards on Negley Avenue near Stringtown Road. Instead of stopping, she rep...
May 11, 2021 Becky Edwards (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Mobile Vaccination Clinic
Evansville's mobile vaccine clinic will be available today. A METS bus will be at Lawndale 8:30-10:30, then at Potter's Wheel from 11:0 to 1:00. Finally, the clinic will be at Simpson's from 1:30 to 3...
May 11, 2021 WI KY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Carjacking Suspect Sought
Police in Evansville are working to find a suspect in a Monday morning carjacking. It happened in he 500 block of East Iowa St. Investigators say the suspect got into a vehicle and drove off. But his ...
May 11, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

N. Burkhardt Rd. Closure Tuesday
Blakenberger Brothers Inc. will be closing N. Burkhardt Road between Lynch Road & Hirsch Road beginning tomorrow, May 11th, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. and continuing until Thursday, May 13th, 2021 at 5:00 ...
Aaron Santini May 10, 2021 Hamner_Fotos / CC

Kentucky Mobile Vaccination Sites and Dates
Tuesday 5/11/21 First Baptist Church 145 S Main St, Greenville, KY 42345 Perdue Farms 5025 US-231, Beaver Dam, KY 42320 Wednesday 5/12/21 John F Kennedy Center 515 S Alvasia St, Henderson, KY 42420 Du...
Aaron Santini May 10, 2021


