Category Archives: Local News

Private Schools Support Voucher Bill
Private schools in the Evansville area are voicing heir support for House Bill 1005. The bill, if passed, would provide $100 million in grants to families to help pay for private school tuition. E-V-S...
Feb 24, 2021 WIKY News File Photo by Jay Zimmer

Evansville Macy's Survives Closing List
Evansvilles's Macy's location in Eastland mall is not on the retailer's current list of stores it intends to close. Macy's plans to close 125 stores by 2023 with an eye toward getting out of under-per...
Feb 24, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC

Overnight Shooting UPDATE
Evansville police say the person shot on South Bedford about 2:00am was only 15 years old. According to reports, officers found the teen shot in the midsection and the leg when they arrived. He was co...
Feb 24, 2021 Image source: Midwest Communications

Small Fire at Central High School
All Central High School students will be on virtual learning today (Wednesday). A small fire broke out last night on some drapery in the stage area of the auditorium, and cleanup crews will be working...
Feb 24, 2021 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

More Hoosiers Eligible for COVID Vaccine
Almost a half-million more Hoosiers are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Department of Health lowered the cutoff age to 60 this morning (Tuesday). Appointments can be scheduled on lin...
Feb 23, 2021 Blake Patterson / CC

Man Shot in Knee Cap
Evansville police say they got a call from a shooting victim at the Thorntons at Bellemeade and Green River Road. Officers found a person with a bullet wound in the knee cap that he told officers had ...
Feb 23, 2021 James Case / CC

Substitute Teacher Fired
Warrick County has dismissed a substitute teacher who was seen on a TikTok video mocking special education. A statement from school officials calls the comments "disgusting" and "unprofessional." The ...
Feb 23, 2021 jdog90 / CC

Similar Incidents Could Be Related
Two TriState police departments are comparing notes to see if recent incidents in their jurisdictions could be related. Sunday night, Madisonville police answered an ATM alarm at Hancock Bank on North...
Feb 23, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC

One Dead in Madisonville Fire
A man has died in a house fire in Madisonville. 67-year-old John Porter was found unresponsive in the home on East McLaughlin Street after crews got the blaze under control. The cause of the fire has ...
Feb 23, 2021 Robert Couse-Baker / CC

Fire-Damaged Boats Sink at Patoka Lake
Officials say it may be a while before a cause is established for last Friday's fire at Hoosier Hills Marina on Partoka Lake. Eleven boats were destroyed, and eleven more were damaged. Seven of the de...
Feb 23, 2021 sboneham / CC


