Category Archives: Local News

Two Shot at Gas Station
Evansville police are looking for a Jeep Gladiator belonging to one of two shooting victims. The incident happened Tuesday late afternoon beginning as a shots-fired call at the R and K Food Store on J...
Jay Zimmer Dec 02, 2020 Tony Webster / CC

Tropicana Sale Closer to Happening
The sale of Tropicana Casino is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Evansville Redevelopment Commission has approved an amendment to its agreement with the casino. Caesars Entertainment announc...
Jay Zimmer Dec 02, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

South Burkhardt closed Wednesday
The Evansville Sewer Department will have S Burkhardt Rd between Newburgh Rd & Lincoln Ave closed for sewer repairs starting Wednesday, December 2nd at 8:00 am. The road should be open later that ...
Aaron Santini Dec 01, 2020 Myrtle Beach TheDigitel / CC

Hadi Shrine Half Pot Update
The current pot Amount is $59,537. This coming weekend will be the last weekend to purchase ticket. Locations will be opened this Saturday and Sunday from 12noon-5pm. Cash only ticket locations are as...
Aaron Santini Dec 01, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC

"Pete" Does It Again
Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center hears from a good friend whose real name they have never known. "Pete" called the center Monday to tell them where to find his annual gift, and workers found it on t...
Jay Zimmer Dec 01, 2020 Photo Provided by Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center

Man Shows Up at Hospital with Gunshot Wound
Evansville police respond to a shots-fired call on Clayton Avenue Monday afternoon. Officers found shell casings at that location. Meanwhile, a man showed up at St. Vincent Hospital with a gunshot wou...
Jay Zimmer Dec 01, 2020 Mika Järvinen / CC

Alcoa Sells Part of Warrick Operation
Alcoa has agreed to sell its rolling mill operation. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation will acquire the business for $650 million, with the deal expected to close during the first quarter of 2021 after regu...
Jay Zimmer Dec 01, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Christmas Tree Sales Boom
This is the 65th year that Boy Scout Troop 399 has sole Christmas Trees at their west-side home, Sacred Heart Church. Lot chairman Ed Kuhn says he orders the trees in July and they are slated to arriv...
Jay Zimmer Dec 01, 2020 WIKY News Photos by Sunni Zimmer

Woman Arrested in Domestic Battery
E-P-D responded to the 3400 block of Pollack Avenue to a physical disturbance call. They were told that a woman had possibly tried to run over a man with a car. They were also told that the woman spra...
Jay Zimmer Nov 30, 2020 YShara Moss (Photo: Vanderburgh County Jail)

North Gibson Middle/High School Students Return
Students and faculty at Princeton Community Middle School and Princeton Community High School will return to in person learning starting today. A Facebook post says officials of the North Gibson Schoo...
Jay Zimmer Nov 30, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer


