Category Archives: Local News

Boonville Games Canceled
A football player for the Boonville Pioneers has tested positive for COVID-19, leading the school to cancel its next two games. That'sincluding Friday's Homecoming against Princeton. A post on the tea...
Sep 30, 2020 Mitch Loeber / CC

Woman Guilty in Love Triangle Murder
A Dubois County woman is found guilty pf aggravated battery and assisting in a murder. Sarah Andry was the defendant in a bench trial concerning the 2017 death of Darin Atkins. Andry, Atkins and Jason...
Sep 30, 2020 Photo from WIKY news archives

Kentucky Modifies Virtual Schools Suggestion in "Red" Counties
Officials in Kentucky are modifying their recommendation that counties in the highest designation of COVID-19 infection stick to virtual learning only. Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack now ...
Sep 30, 2020 sergio santos / CC

Damon Busby Released
The man accused f causing the fiery crash that killed three family members at 41 and Covert has been released from the Vanderburgh County Jail. Damon Busby's bond was reduced from $10-thousand to $75-...
Sep 29, 2020 Damon Busby (Photo: Vanderburgh County Jail)

METS To Resume Limited Evening Service
Beginning Monday, October 12, METS will operate nine routes Monday through Saturday, from 6:15 a.m. to 12:15 a.m. Howell-Mary Stringtown-First Walnut-Lynch Lincoln Washington Covert Riverside East Con...
Sep 29, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Evansville City Council Discusses Moving Police Money
There was more discussion at last night's (Tues) Evansville City Council meeting about the proposal to move $250,000 from the police budget to the affordable housing fund. That money would be replaced...
Sep 29, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Man Accused of Threat Against County Clerk
A Birdseye man was arrested for a threat. Police there say a woman called the Perry County Clerk's office to about a traffic ticket she got, and she became upset. Investigators believe her boyfriend, ...
Sep 29, 2020 Celeste Lindell / CC

Warrant Recipient Faces Drug Charges
Gibson County officers tried to serve a parole violation warrant on a man, but Myron Cook wasn't having any. He refused to open the door when officers knocked. Authorities made an effort to gain entry...
Sep 29, 2020 Mike Cohen / CC

Henderson and Union Counties Pot Critical COVID Levels
Henderson and Union Counties are now listed in the "red" level on Kentucky's coronavirus dashboard. The "red" designation indicates a critical level of infection in that county. The Green River Distri...
Sep 29, 2020 sergio santos / CC

Vectren Repairs Power Outages
Vectren worked outages that left nearly 2-thousand people in the dark this morning. Apparently a power wire went down on Evansville's north side about 6am. It was repaired in about an hour. A larger o...
Sep 28, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe


