Category Archives: Local News

USI Will Not Increase Tuition Or Fees For The Next Two Years
No increase in tuition and mandatory fees for the next two academic years at The University of Southern Indiana. The school is proposing to hold those fees flat. School officials say it's in response ...
Amy Adams Jun 04, 2025 Picture is from WIKY News archives.

Test Drive The Redesigned Stockwell Road Hybrid During Open House
The Lloyd4U project team is inviting members of the public to test drive the newly redesigned Stockwell Road hybrid. Harper Elementary School will hold the event today from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and...
Amy Adams Jun 04, 2025 Photo from The Lloyd4U Facebook page

Indiana Attorney Charged With Numerous Felony Warrants
An attorney from Seymour, Indiana, was arrested on multiple felony warrants. The investigation began last year when it was reported that 45-year-old Jason Smith had not filed personal or business tax ...
Amy Adams Jun 04, 2025 Jason Smith (ISP)

Firefighter Needs Medical Attention During House Fire
An Evansville firefighter required medical attention after a fire broke out at a home on Greenfield Road Tuesday night. The firefighter was treated for exhaustion after battling the blaze, which start...
Amy Adams Jun 04, 2025 Rob Swystun / CC

Daviess County Sheriff's Office Warns Of Latest Scam
Scammers are finding new and better ways to separate residents from their money. The Daviess County Sheriff's Office says scammers are using improved technology to "spoof" phone numbers. It looks like...
Amy Adams Jun 04, 2025 mauyom98@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com

USPS Refuses To Deliver Mail To Owensboro Neighborhood
An Owensboro neighborhood has not received mail for the last month. Residents living along Ebach Street, Nelson Avenue, and Texas Avenue say they were never given a notice. The United States Postal Se...
Amy Adams Jun 03, 2025 steve_byland / Depositphotos.com

Pilot Program Offers Free Bus Rides
It's called "My Summer Ride," and it offers free METS bus rides to people 18 and under during the summer months. The new pilot program was announced Monday by METS managers and Mayor Stephanie Terry. ...
Amy Adams Jun 03, 2025 Photo from WIKY news archives

Victims In Gibson County Triple Murder Are Named
The three people shot to death in Haubstadt last Thursday have been identified. 61-year-old Alma Waite, 81-year-old Gloria Tapia Garcia, and 39-year-old Fernando Tapia Ramirez were all shot in the hea...
Amy Adams Jun 03, 2025 Patrick Waite (GCSO)

Lilly King Announces Her Retirement
Lilly King has announced her retirement from competitive swimming. In a post on her Instagram page, the Evansville native says, "This will be my final season competing." She is set to compete in the T...
Amy Adams Jun 02, 2025 Picture taken from Wiky News archives

EFD Vehicle Catches Fire Inside Warehouse
Evansville Fire crews responded to a warehouse fire Sunday morning just after 8:00 on SE Eighth Street. This is the Evansville Fire Department Administration building. A fire department command vehicl...
Amy Adams Jun 02, 2025 Photo from EFD news release


