Category Archives: Local News

Deputies Seek Attempted Break-In Suspects
Daviess County sheriff's deputies respond to a 9-1-1 call from a residence on Rand Road in Owensboro Thursday night. The resident told the sheriff's office that four men in masks tried for some time t...
Sep 11, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

ISP: Foul Play Not Suspected in Baby Death
Indiana State Police say they're looking into the death of a 13-week old baby boy. They say a mother called Posey County 9-1-1 a little after noon yesterday (Thurs) and told them her baby wasn't breat...
Sep 11, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Solar Farm for Francisco
Capital Dynamics plans to build a 200 megawatt solar project in Gibson County. They'll do it through their Clean Energy Infrastructure business. They'll call the field the Elliott Solar Project. There...
Sep 11, 2020 Oregon Department of Transportation / CC

Attempted Murder Arrest
A 19 year old Evansville man is in custody charged with attempted murder. Devontae Jones was arrested in a different matter Monday night, but was charged in the shooting on Tuesday. Officers were sent...
Sep 10, 2020 Devontae Jones (Photo: Vanderburgh County Jail)

Woman Who Fled Trooper Arrested
An Evansville woman is accused of fleeing from an Indiana State Trooper. The officer tried to pull over a car driven by 19 year old Lauryn Connelly for speeding on August 25. But she drove away sparki...
Sep 10, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

One Arrested, One Wanted in Olney Murder
One woman has been arrested in connection with a Sunday morning murder in Olney Illinois. Officers arrested 33 year old Tara Haws as a suspect in the shooting death of 19 year old Kyle Johnson. Anothe...
Sep 10, 2020 Scott Davidson / CC

Prosecutors Ask Review of Meriweather Bond
A Vanderburgh County judge lets stand the bond of a 20 year old man charged with neglect of a dependent causing death. Anthony Meriweather was handling a gun in a north-side apartment when it went off...
Sep 10, 2020 Anthony Meriweather (Photo: Vanderburgh County Jail)_

West Side Nut Club Half-Pot announcement
This statement came today from the West Side Nut Club regarding the 2020 Half-Pot drawing: With unfortunate cancellation of the 99th Annual West Side Nut Club Fall Festival announces that the half pot...
Aaron Santini Sep 09, 2020 Image property of Midwest Communications

Former Mentor Convicted of Child Molestation
A former youth mentor in Dubois County has been convicted on two counts of child molesting. The jury took two-and-a-half hours to convict 28 year old Nathan Albrecht of Ferdinand. He was the subject o...
Sep 09, 2020 Nathan Albrecht (Photo: Dubois County Jail)

McCarty Woes Continue
Former University of Evansville basketball coach Walter McCarty has been ordered into court. That's because he failed to appear in connection with a suit filed against him by Old National Bank. That s...
Sep 09, 2020 Walter McCarty (WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe)


