Category Archives: Local News

Teen Shot
An Evansville teenager is still in the hospital after being shot Saturday night. Evansville police were dispatched to a shots-fired call in the Cedar Trace Apartments parking lot about 6:30pm . They f...
Feb 08, 2021 Tac6 Media / CC

New School COVID Guidelines in IN Take Effect
New guidelines introduced last week by Indiana health officials take effect today... ...these are guidelines concerning contact tracing and quarantining in schools. Indiana state health commissioner D...
Feb 08, 2021 Jack Sem / CC

Drug Bust from Traffic Stop
Officers make a Sunday morning traffic stop and find more than they bargained for. Police were on patrol about 2am yesterday (Sun) morning on at Elmandorf Avenue near Pollack when they see a car turn ...
Feb 08, 2021 Elsa Olofsson / CC

Over $21,000 raised for Special Olympics by "Plungers" on Saturday
The annual Polar Plunge to benefit Indiana Special Olympics raised over $21,000 on Saturday at Scales Lake Park in Boonville. WIKY Morning Host Dennis Jon Bailey served as co-MC with Channel 14's Byro...
Aaron Santini Feb 07, 2021

*UPDATE She has been found safe* Henderson P.D. searching for missing woman
UPDATE This person has been found safe. Henderson Police have taken a missing persons report for Amber Codynah age 19. Codynah is 5'3, 130lbs, brown eyes and blonde hair. She was last seen in the area...
Aaron Santini Feb 05, 2021 Image provided by Henderson Police Department

Upper Mt Vernon Rd Closure today
Upper Mount Vernon Road will be closed between Meadowview and Diefenbach for road work today, Friday February 5, 2021. This road will be closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles from 9:30 am to...
Aaron Santini Feb 05, 2021 Alan Levine

EVPL Foundation hosting Spring Book Sale
The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Foundation will hold an alternative Spring Book Sale on Saturday, March 6 at EVPL Central. A bag of ten books for $5 or a bag of ten DVDs for $10 will be avai...
Aaron Santini Feb 05, 2021 Stewart Butterfield / CC

Temporary Jail Solution Mulled
Vanderburgh County sheriff Dave Wedding has an idea for a temporary jail expansion that will cost a fraction of the $89 million price tag fo a new jail extension. He told 14 news that his idea calls f...
Feb 05, 2021 Image courtesy of Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office

No Arrests Yet in Double Shooting
No arrests yet in a double shooting ealier this week. E-P-D units were dispatched to the 1400 block of Garvin Street Wednesday afternoon and found one person shot and numerous shell casings. Another v...
Feb 05, 2021 Tony Webster / CC

Traffic Ticket Scam
E-P-D says they've received word of a scam involving phony traffic citation. The victim receives an email featuring a fictitious citation and demanding payment within 72 hours via Easy Pay as one alte...
Feb 05, 2021 David Kynaston


