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Starting Tomorrow At 5:00 This Is The Mask Order Taking Affect In Kentucky
From 14 WIFE Gov. Beshear signed an executive order that implements a mask mandate throughout Kentucky. He says the order will go into effect on Friday at 5 p.m. So what does that mean? Kentuckians wi...
Jul 09, 2020 Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker / CC
Council To Vote on Mask Ordinance
The Evansville City Council may vote next week to require masks in public. A proposed ordinance authored by council members Jonathan Weaver, Kaitlin Moore and Zac Heronemus would require anyone six-ye...
Jul 09, 2020 Olgierd Rudak / CC
Roof Worker Struck by Lightning
One person was injured after being struck by lightning on Wednesday afternoon. A roofing company was doing repairs at Berry Plastics on Kentucky Avenue when one of its workers was stuck. Officials say...
Jul 09, 2020 John Fowler / CC
Softball Teams In Town for Tournament
32 teams are in town for a softball tournament beginning today (Friday) at Deaconess Sports Park. Teams are coming from Indiana and surrounding states to play in the All-American Showcase tournament, ...
Jul 09, 2020 mark6mauno / CC
Police trying to identify robbery suspects
Evansville Police are asking for your help. The people pictured here are believed to have been involved in a robbery on June 14 around 2:45 p.m., in the 1700 block of Jeanette Avenue. A woman o...
Jul 08, 2020 These people are suspected of taking part in a robbery June 14. If you know who they are, call Evansville Police at (812) 436-4026 or (812) 436-7979. Photo furnished by Evansville Police Dept.
West Side Nut Club Fall Festival 2020 is cancelled
A source tells us that the annual Festival on Franklin Street has been cancelled for 2020, however the Half-Pot raffle will still be happening. There will be no West Side Nut Club Fall Festival in 202...
Jul 08, 2020 Alachua County / CC
CMOE Re-Opened
The Children's Museum of Evansville is once again open to the public. Executive Director Stephanie Terry says the move comes as a support for parents and schools and as a recognition of play as a lear...
Jul 08, 2020 WIKY News Photo by Jordan Rowe
Van Pulled from Ohio River
Rescuers retrieve a van which slipped into the Ohio River art Angel Mounds. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office says the driver was trying to load a Jet Ski when the van got stuck in a patch of mo...
Jul 08, 2020 Bill Morrow / CC
Workouts Resume
It's been four months since Indiana high school athletic teams have been able to work out together. But they did start again on Monday with shortened practice sessions. Practices -- and games -- were ...
Jul 08, 2020 Jill Carlson (jillcarlson.org) / CC
Water Features now open in Henderson
The water features at both East End Park and downtown riverfront have now opened. The East End Park Sprayground opened a few days ago under Gov. Andy Beshear's guidance in his "Gatherings of Up to 50 ...
Jul 07, 2020 Virginia State Parks / CC
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