Category Archives: Local News

Man Stabs O-P-D Officer
An Owensboro man is charged with attempted murder after he stabs a police officer in the face. Owensboro Police say officers were trying to arrest 31-year-old Harold Sanders Jr. on an outstanding warr...
Sep 21, 2020 Scott Davidson / CC

Fall Festival Half-Pot Proceeds
Booths are up for the Fall Festival half-pot, which will be held even though the festival itself will not. The fund-raiser was introduced last year. It was a rousing success, paying out 612-thousand d...
Sep 21, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer.

EVSC Teacher Struck By Plaza Park School
A teacher has been hit by a vehicle in front of Plaza Park school. Evansville Police sergeant Nick Winsett says a pickup truck moving at a slow rate of speed hit the teacher causing minor injuries. Th...
Sep 21, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Memorial H.S. Dismisses, Reverts To Virtual
Memorial High School will be dismissing today at 12:30, and will transition to virtual learning for the rest of the week. A letter sent to parents says that five students and one coach have tested pos...
Sep 21, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Four Freedoms Veterans Parade cancelled this year, returns 2021
The Four Freedoms Veterans Parade, normally the second Saturday of November, has been cancelled this year. The parade was previously scheduled to be along West Franklin Street in Evansville on Novembe...
Debra Miller Sep 18, 2020 Gunther Hagleitner / CC

Safety on the road: Watch for harvest vehicles
Bruce Kettler, Indiana State Department of Agriculture director, wants to remind motorists and farmers to slow down and share the road this fall. Be patient. Farmers are going to and from work, just a...
Rick Allen Sep 18, 2020 Image source: Indiana Department of Agriculture

U of E Grant Targets Low-Income Students
The University of Evansville is making a new college grant available to low-income Indiana students. "Aces Grants" will be available starting in the fall of 2021. Financial Aid Director Kenton Hargis ...
Sep 18, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Block Grants Benefit Local Organizations
The Evansville Board of Public Works approves contracts for annual grant block funding to help urban areas improve housing, and expand economic opportunities. The city council approved the fund alloca...
Sep 18, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Catholic Athletes Test Positive
The Evansville Catholic Education office says 28 student athletes and four coaches from one varsity athletic team are in quarantine after two student athletes tested positive for COVID 19. Games invol...
Sep 18, 2020 Graphic: Diocese of Evansville

Hopkins Co. Businesses Cited for COVID Violations
Eight businesses in Hopkins County have received citations for violations of the Corona Virus safety protocols. They could face fines. According to the mask mandate issued by Governor Andy Beshear, a ...
Sep 18, 2020 Lihoman... / CC


