Category Archives: Local News

Owensboro Halloween Is On
Owensboro's director of public events says trick-or-treating will go on, but the The Trail of Treats will not be held this year. Because of the pandemic, new guidelines will be in place. Trick-or-trea...
Sep 22, 2020 Lisa Zins / CC

Woman Unhurt in Carjacking
Evansville police respond to an armed robbery in progress call at he Marathon Station in the 700 block of SE 8th Street. It happened about 2:30 this morning. The victim told officers a man came up to ...
Sep 22, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Truck Driver in Multi-Fatal Crash Identified
The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office says a mother and two children are dead in a fiery collision at 41 and Covert Monday afternoon. Evansville police say their SUV was stopped or slowing down when...
Sep 22, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jay Zimmer

Warrick Virtual Students Get Meals
The Warrick County School Corporation will provide free breakfast and lunch for students attending class virtually. The meals can be picked up Tuesday from 4:00 and 5:30. Students qualify if they are ...
Sep 22, 2020 Mike Licht / CC

Man On Trial in Death of Baby
Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man accused in the death of his baby. 29-year-old Jacob Bengert of Evansville is charged with murder. Police say his three-month-old died of multiple blunt...
Sep 22, 2020 j / CC

Fatal accident shuts down US 41
Update 5:08pm. 9/21/2020. SB 41 from Washington Ave to E. Riverside Drive is now open. NB 41 is still closed. E.P.D. confirms multiple fatalities. The intersection of 41 and covert all the way to 41 a...
Aaron Santini Sep 21, 2020 Ken Hawkins / CC

Crouch Visits Evansville Nursing Facility
Evansville resident Suzanne Crouch serves as Indiana's Lieutenant Governor. And while she spends the week in Indianapolis and other parts of the state, she comes home on the weekends. This morning, Cr...
Sep 21, 2020 Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch (Photo: Office of the Lieutenant Governor)

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


