Category Archives: Local News
NCAA Championships Coming to Evansville
USI and the Evansville Sports Corporation will host the 2024 and 25 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Elite 8 at Ford Center. The NCAA also will bring the Swimming and Diving National Championships to...
Oct 15, 2020 Jay Denney / CC
U of E Faculty Votes No Confidence
A week ago, the University of Evansville faculty Senate passed a motion for a confidence vote aimed at the school's president. Wednesday, about 70 percent of the faculty voted no confidence in preside...
Oct 15, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer
Miner Killed in Hopkins County
A miner has been killed at the Warrior's Cardinal Mine in Hopkins County. Company officials confirm that a miner was struck by a piece of mobile equipment a little after 8:30pm Tuesday. Co-workers ren...
Oct 14, 2020 Giorgio Monteforti / CC
Guilty Plea in Kidnap Hoax
A Gibson County woman pleads guilty to her part in a kidnap hoax. Maria Hopper, Joshua Thomas and Hannah Pots reportedly cooked up a kidnap hoax plot involving having Potts go missing. Thomas and Hopp...
Oct 14, 2020 Maria Hopper (Photo: Gibson County Jail)
Henderson County Schools Go Virtual
Henderson County School officials say they're working around the clock to keep families informed of what's going on concerning the COVID 19 virus. The rise in case numbers prompted the school district...
Oct 14, 2020 Kevin Wong / CC
Census Operations Cease Early
The Trump Administration CAN end 2020 Census field operations early. That's according to a ruling from the U-S Supreme Court. Pundits see the ruling as a blow to making sure that minorities and hard-t...
Oct 14, 2020 Chad Kainz / CC
Red Cross Needs Help
The American Red Cross is looking for volunteers. More than a hundred volunteers from the Indiana region have been dispatched to disaster areas, particularly along the Gulf Coast because of a prolific...
Oct 14, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe
Donut Bank moving to Drive Thru only
10/13/2020. Here is the official statement from Donut Bank. Effective today, all of our locations are Drive-Thru only. There's no set date right now for re-opening our lobbies back up. Donut Bank felt...
Oct 13, 2020 erik forsberg / CC
Man Pulled From Ohio River Last Weekend Dies
The man rescuers pulled from the Ohio River near Angel Mounds Boat Ramp has died. The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office identifies him as 55 year old Tommy Lee. He reportedly fell into the river ove...
Oct 13, 2020 LouisvilleUSACE / CC
New COVID Cases in Evansville Catholic Schools
A total of 73 Evansville Diocese Catholic school students, and 18 staff members have tested positive for COVID. That's what adds up after two employees and three students tested positive. All of those...
Oct 13, 2020 Graphic: Evansville Catholic Diocese
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