Category Archives: Local News

Fire Damages west Tenn,. St. Home
E-F-D firefighters make short work of darkening down a house fire at West Tennessee Street near its intersection with North Main. It apparently started in the bedroom which is in the center of the hom...
Aug 17, 2020 Photo: Evansville Fire Department

Several rescued from Knox Co. Capsized Boat
Authorities in Knox County mounted a water rescue Saturday afternoon after a capsized boat was found adrift in the Wabash River. First responders rescued three children -- all wearing life jackets -- ...
Aug 17, 2020 Eric Fischer / CC

One Dead in Owensboro Shooting
Owensboro police responded Saturday night to the 1500 Block of West 5th Street on a shots-fired call. Arriving officers found a 15 year old male who had evidently been riding a moped, with a single gu...
Aug 17, 2020 David / CC

E-P-D Probes Armed Robberies
A couple of armed robberies are brought to the attention of Evansville police. The first happened about 8 o'clock Thursday night at the Kwik Stop on Pollack Avenue. A masked man came into the store, b...
Aug 14, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe

Baseball League Headquarters in Huntingburg
Huntingburg's League Stadium is the new home for the Liberation Professional Baseball League. The league was supposed to play this summer in California, but COVID restrictions idled the organization's...
Aug 14, 2020 Sterling G / CC

Unordered Packages Show Up in Mail
First it was seeds, and now packages of face masks are showing up in people's mailboxes. They come from China. Recipients say they didn't order anything, and the package caught them off guard. One rec...
Aug 14, 2020 Mark Ittleman / CC

29 Warrick Students Quarantined
Warrick schools confirm that 29 students are beginning quarantine after two positive cases of COVID 19 were reported among the student population on Thursday. The quarantined students were determined ...
Aug 14, 2020 sergio santos / CC

Rent Assistance Available as Eviction Moratorium Expires
While the moratorium on evictions and utility shut-offs ends today, all is not lost. Tomorrow -- Saturday -- there'll be an open house for assistance at the CK Newsome Center from ten o'clock until no...
Aug 14, 2020 Christopher Paquette / CC

Intoxicated Job Applicant Arrested
A woman who showed up apparently impaired at a job interview was arrested driving away with her young daughter in the vehicle. Officers went to HR Connects on Main Street in Evansville about 1:30 Wedn...
Aug 13, 2020 Brandy Brass (Vanderburgh County Jail)

Police Seek Suspect in Shooting
Evansville police were called to Deaconess Midtown Hospital about 5 o'clock Wednesday morning concerning a person who had arrived there with a gunshot wound to his leg just above the knee. The victim ...
Aug 13, 2020 Robert Nelson / CC


