Category Archives: Local News

E-P-D Probes Armed Robberies
A couple of armed robberies are brought to the attention of Evansville police. The first happened about 8 o'clock Thursday night at the Kwik Stop on Pollack Avenue. A masked man came into the store, b...
Jay Zimmer Aug 14, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Baseball League Headquarters in Huntingburg
Huntingburg's League Stadium is the new home for the Liberation Professional Baseball League. The league was supposed to play this summer in California, but COVID restrictions idled the organization's...
Jay Zimmer Aug 14, 2020 Sterling G / CC

Unordered Packages Show Up in Mail
First it was seeds, and now packages of face masks are showing up in people's mailboxes. They come from China. Recipients say they didn't order anything, and the package caught them off guard. One rec...
Jay Zimmer Aug 14, 2020 Mark Ittleman / CC

29 Warrick Students Quarantined
Warrick schools confirm that 29 students are beginning quarantine after two positive cases of COVID 19 were reported among the student population on Thursday. The quarantined students were determined ...
Jay Zimmer Aug 14, 2020 sergio santos / CC

Rent Assistance Available as Eviction Moratorium Expires
While the moratorium on evictions and utility shut-offs ends today, all is not lost. Tomorrow -- Saturday -- there'll be an open house for assistance at the CK Newsome Center from ten o'clock until no...
Jay Zimmer Aug 14, 2020 Christopher Paquette / CC

Intoxicated Job Applicant Arrested
A woman who showed up apparently impaired at a job interview was arrested driving away with her young daughter in the vehicle. Officers went to HR Connects on Main Street in Evansville about 1:30 Wedn...
Jay Zimmer Aug 13, 2020 Brandy Brass (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Police Seek Suspect in Shooting
Evansville police were called to Deaconess Midtown Hospital about 5 o'clock Wednesday morning concerning a person who had arrived there with a gunshot wound to his leg just above the knee. The victim ...
Jay Zimmer Aug 13, 2020 Robert Nelson / CC

Catholic Students Get False Positives
The Evansville Diocese gets some good news concerning two students whose COVID tests or originally positive. A statement from the diocese office says those tests were actually negative. The two studen...
Jay Zimmer Aug 13, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC

Gov. Holcomb Wants Student Count Delayed
Indiana governor Eric Holcomb is asking for a special meeting of the State Board of Education. He is asking that body to put off the fall count of Hoosier student enrollment until December. It's now s...
Jay Zimmer Aug 13, 2020 Photo: Office of Governor Holcomb

U of E Moves to Re-Opening Phase 4
Phase Four of the University of Evansville's re-opening plan is in effect. It prepares for the return of students to the campus. New students can move in August 20. This phase also re-opens and re-sta...
Jay Zimmer Aug 13, 2020 WIKY News Photo by ay Zimmer


