Category Archives: Local News

Several Cars Hit With Bullets On Sweetser Avenue
Evansville police were dispatched on a shots-fired call on Saturday. It happened a little after 7 o'clock in the 300 block of Sweetser Avenue. The 9-1-1 caller reported hearing several shots being fir...
Amy Adams Aug 11, 2025 Photo from EPD

Pregnant Woman Seriously Injured In Crash
A woman was seriously injured in a crash after being struck by a drunk driver. The accident happened Tuesday evening on Zion Road in Henderson. Kaleb Cherry told officers that he ran out of gas and wa...
Amy Adams Aug 08, 2025 Jennifer Gibson (Henderson County Detention Center)

Two People Charged With Break-Ins In Melody Hills Neighborhood
Two people have been arrested and charged with theft. Thursday morning, deputies were called to the Melody Hills Subdivision for a welfare check. One juvenile and an adult were located but fled from l...
Amy Adams Aug 08, 2025 Helkena Langinbelik (VCSO)

HPD Looking For Suspect Accused Of Throwing Kittens Out Of Car Window
The Henderson Police Department is investigating an animal cruelty incident. On Wednesday morning, officers were dispatched to the area of Highway 60 and Pebble Creek Drive. A witness said they saw so...
Amy Adams Aug 08, 2025 Image courtesy of Henderson Police Department

Mother Sentenced In Death Of Daughter
An Evansville mother was sentenced in the death of her 4-year-old yesterday. 24-year-old Destiny Rhoades entered a plea of guilty on a count of neglect of a dependent resulting in death. Back in June ...
Amy Adams Aug 08, 2025 Octavia Aquino photo from WIKY News archives

Daviess County Woman Accused Of Attacking Victim With Gun
An Owensboro woman was arrested in Webster County, accused of attacking another woman with a gun. When deputies arrived at the home, the suspect, 28-year-old Khila Bradfield, had already left. The vic...
Amy Adams Aug 07, 2025 Khila Bradfield (Webster County Jail)

Three Dogs Die In Mobile Home Fire
The cause of a mobile home fire in Henderson is under investigation. Crews were called just before 10:00 Wednesday morning to the 10000 block of Highway 416 West in Robards. Three dogs perished in the...
Amy Adams Aug 07, 2025 D4E / CC

Man Charged With Public Indecency After Exposing Himself Near School
Police say a man is spending time in jail after exposing himself near a school. It was around 7:45 Wednesday morning when Evansville Police got several calls about a man walking half-naked near Memori...
Amy Adams Aug 07, 2025 Jalenn Whitlock (VCSO)

Nearly A Dozen Drug Trafficking Arrests Made In Evansville
A total of eleven people have now been charged in a months-long investigation into drug trafficking. This updates some arrests we told you about back in June, in which several pounds of drugs were sei...
Amy Adams Aug 07, 2025 kmiragaya / Depositphotos.com

Gun Recovered From Juvenile Following Chase With Officers
A heavy police presence marked the area of Lincoln and Kerth following a chase involving two people on Tuesday. Two people were stopped in the vicinity of Lincoln and Kentucky Avenues, but they ran aw...
Amy Adams Aug 06, 2025 Photo from EPD


