Category Archives: Local News

Shots Fired in Henderson
Two people are in a jail after a shots fired incident in Henderson yesterday. Around 12:30, Henderson Police responded to the 400 block of S. Adams Street. The victim told officers that Dwuyne Michael...
May 06, 2021 James Case / CC

American Airlines Flights Resume
American Airlines is putting more flights on the runway, adding more service from Evansville Regional Airport to Chicago O'Hare. Those are the regional jet flights that were suspended as the pandemic ...
May 06, 2021 Patrick Feller / CC

Owensboro Man Pleads Guilty to Murder
The Owensboro man accused of tying up and beating a man who later died has pleaded guilty to murder. Daviess County Commonwealth Attorney Bruce Kuegel said Brian Scott Bailey will be sentenced to 35 y...
May 05, 2021 Clyde Robinson / CC

House Uninhabitable After Fire
Evansville firefighters ay a house fire plus efforts to put it out have rendered he home uninhabitable. The fire, in the 800 block of East Iowa Street spread quickly through the upstairs but was darke...
May 05, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Owensboro Commissioners Consider Budget Proposal
Owensboro Commissioners heard the initial reading, this week, of the most recent city budget proposal. Nate Pagan, Owensboro's City Manager, says that the $131 million dollar budget will contain cash ...
May 05, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC

Non-Profit Loses Much in Storage Fire
An area not-for-profit organization i trying to recover from last week's major fire at the Beehive Mini storage. The group known as Kolibri Forensics that moves across the country trying to find missi...
May 05, 2021 sboneham / CC

Henderson Woman Gets Keys to Habitat House
A local Henderson woman who has been battling COVID from the front lines was giver her keys Monday for her new habitat home. Kay Schindler works at Deaconess Henderson within the Environmental Service...
May 04, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Gibson Murder Trial to Re-Start
A murder trial set to get underway this(Monday) morning in Gibson County has ended in a mistrial. It happened before a jury was picked, and all potential jurors were dismissed. A new trial date for Ja...
May 04, 2021 Best Law

Water/Sewer Utility to Change Disinfectants
Beginning Monday, May 10, and continuing through Monday, June 28, 2021, Evansville Water and Sewer Utility will be using free chlorine rather than the regularly used disinfectant (chloramine). Twice a...
May 04, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmear

Many Pools Battle Chlorine Shortage
Pool businesses have seen a little bit of trouble now that there has been a nationwide shortage of chlorine. One of the biggest chlorine manufacturers' labs was wiped out last year by Hurricane Lauren...
May 04, 2021 Joe Shlabotnik / CC


