Category Archives: Local News

E-P-D Gets New Assistant Chief
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and Chief of Police Billy Bolin announced their selection to fill the upcoming vacancy for Evansville assistant chief of police. Officer Phil Smith will begin his tenure as assist...
Dec 09, 2020 Image courtesy of Evansville Police Department

Evans Road closed until 5pm today
Evans Avenue between Columbia Street & Virginia Street is closed now until approximately 5p.m. today for utility work. (12/8/2020)
Aaron Santini Dec 08, 2020 Nate Grigg / CC

Evansville City Council Approves Renters Fund
Help is at hand for those facing eviction amid the COVID pandemic. The Evansville City Council is putting aside more than $750-thousand to help hose needing assistance with their rents. Mayor Lloyd Wi...
Dec 08, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

EVSC Board Passes 2021/22 Schedule
The Board of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation agrees on an opening schedule for the 2021/22 school year. It will be a staggered start for in-person students. Those whose names begins with...
Dec 08, 2020 WIKY News File Photo by Jay Zimmer

Five Charged with Theft
Evansville Police have charged five people with making organized thefts from Wal Mart on Sunday. Officers responded to the East Sid store to deal with subjects who didn't present items in the checkout...
Dec 07, 2020 Photos: Vanderburgh County Jail

Hadi Shrine Half Pot Winner Comes Forward
The Hadi Shrine pulled the winning ticket from its half-pot last night. The winning ticket was number 20942. The half pot full amount was $114,642. That means the winner will take home $57,321. The wi...
Dec 07, 2020 bfishadow / CC

One Dead in Henderson County House Fire
One person was found dead in a burned-out home in Henderson County on Monday. Crews from several area fire departments responded to the blaze about 3:30am and found the home fully involved. A woman wh...
Dec 07, 2020 Dan Zen / CC

American Legion Shooter Sentenced
The man convicted of shooting several people outside an Evansville club last year was in court for sentencing on Monday. 38 year old Keymo Johnson was sentenced to 43 years for the shooting rampage ou...
Dec 07, 2020 Keymo Johnson (Photo: Evansville Police Department)

$8,000 taken from two One Life locations
Thieves target two locations of One Life Church, and make off with an estimated eight thousand dollars worth of property. Evansville Police say the burglaries happened Thursday. Nearly $4,000 of prope...
Rick Allen Dec 06, 2020 Image source: Midwest Communications

Rocks thrown through church windows
A worker discovers an act of vandalism at an Evansville church. A man who came to Arena of Faith Church on North Elliott Street Saturday evening to do some work noticed several windows had been broken...
Rick Allen Dec 06, 2020 Image source: Midwest Communications


