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"Tarheel Hal" is Now Indiana State Airplane
The Evansville-built P-47 that landed at the airport in October is now the official Indiana State aircraft. That's according to a bill signed Monday by Governor Eric Holcomb. The plane formerly known ...
Apr 28, 2021 Photo Courtesy the P-47 Thunderbolt Foundation
Vanderburgh County Electronics Recycling Days
The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District will sponsor Electronics Recycling Days on April 29 & 30, and May 1 at C&I Electronics located at 1700 N. Lafayette. The program will run from 10:00...
Apr 27, 2021 animantis / CC
New Evansville Skate Park on the horizon
The Skatepark Project (Formerly The Tony Hawk Foundation https://skatepark.org/) has awarded Evansville's Sunset Skatepark Project $10,000 to go towards the completion of a free, accessible public con...
Apr 27, 2021 Image provided by Evansville Skate Park Project
Vaccine Supply Outstrips Demand
After five months since the roll out of COVID vaccines, health officials are saying they are seeing a decline of new appointments. It is starting to get to the point where the supply might outweigh th...
Apr 27, 2021 Alachua County
Fire Threatening 50 Year Old Car May Have Been Set
A fire destroyed a storage unit earlier yesterday evening (Monday), leaving the Evansville Fire Department very busy extinguishing flames at Bee Hive Mini Storage. Evansville's Robert Bauer rushed to ...
Apr 27, 2021 Arseni Mourzenko
Suspended Priest Re-Instated
Fr. Joseph Edward Bradley, a priest of the Diocese of Owensboro, has been reinstated by the Vatican. In March 2019, Fr. Bradley was suspended by Bishop William F. Medley following an allegation of the...
Apr 27, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe
E-P-D Officer To Remain Suspended
An Evansville police officer will stay on administrative suspension until the conclusion of a criminal case against him. Jamarius Ward was arrested in February and charged with felony violence. The ch...
Apr 27, 2021 Jamarius Ward (Photo: Evansville Police Department)
Police Look for School Bus/Zone Violations
Vanderburgh sheriffs deputies and E-P-D units will be patrolling more intensely along school bus routes starting today. They'll be following the buses from to time looking for dangerous driving around...
Apr 26, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer
Weekend Power Outage
Some homes in northern Vanderburgh County were left without power Saturday afternoon after an outage affected dozens. Vanderbugh County police say that the power outage was caused by a vehicle that hi...
Apr 26, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe
Train Fire in Gibson County
A train passing through Evansville and into Gibson county was discovered to be on fire Sunday night. The fire forced officials to stop the train at Williams Street Crossing om Fort Branch. Firefighter...
Apr 26, 2021 Trevor Hurlbut / CC
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