Category Archives: Local News

Evansville carjacking suspect shot by deputies in Vermillion Co.
Detectives from the Indiana State Police say a Wisconsin man accused of a carjacking in Evansville was shot by law enforcement officers at approximately 4:30 a.m., following a high-speed chase north o...
Rick Allen Sep 27, 2020 Image source: Indiana State Police

Man and Woman Shot after firing at Deputy
From the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's office: On Friday, September 25, 2020 at 8:45AM a Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office deputy responded to a report of two vehicles stuck on railroad tracks near t...
Aaron Santini Sep 26, 2020 Old Dogtown Tavern (WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer)

Frontier Baseball League Partners with MLB
The Frontier league, a professional baseball operation that includes the Evansville Otters among its 14 teams, has announced a partnership with Major League Baseball. The partnership is a first for th...
Sep 25, 2020 Zigger_Dog / CC

Crash Idles Google
Some Google services such as G-mail, Google Docs, and YouTube were unavailable for about an hour last night for many users. The outage peaked around 8:00 Evansville time. The company said the Google C...
Sep 25, 2020 Dan Century / CC

Flu Season Looms
October arrives next week, bringing along the official start of flu season. With so much information floating around on line, Officials want to stress that flu vaccine reduces your body's ability to f...
Sep 25, 2020 KOMUnews / CC

WSNC Half Pot Off to Great Start
Even without the Fall Festival to back it up, the West Side Nut Club Half Pot is already showing higher numbers than last year. In 2019, it's debut year, Nut Club members say there were about $18-thou...
Sep 25, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Man Accused of Reckless Homicide Appears in Court
The man accused of causing the death of three people in a crash on Highway 41 made his first court appearance yesterday (Thurs). 42-year-old Damon Busby of Henderson is facing charges of reckless homi...
Sep 25, 2020 Damon Busby (Photo: Vanderburgh County Jail)

Nut Club Half Pot Opens
Ticket sales for the second annual Nut Club Half Pot got under way today (Thursday) at four West Side locations. There are distinctive orange booths set up for the sale of half-pot tickets. They are o...
Sep 24, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Account set up at 5th 3rd to benefit crash victims family
There is an account set up at 5th 3rd Bank for donations to help the victims family cover funeral expenses for Crystal Lawrence and her 2 children that were killed in that tragic traffic accident on U...
Aaron Santini Sep 24, 2020 Bill Rice / CC

Henderson Library Closes
The Henderson County Public Library will be closed until Sunday, after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. That employee has not worked since last week. The library will be deep cleaned and othe...
Sep 24, 2020 twechy / CC


