Category Archives: Local News

Affordable Housing Community Coming To Downtown Evansville
A brand new affordable housing community is ready to open its doors. Market Street Apartments, located in the heart of Downtown Evansville, will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, March 28. Mar...
Amy Adams Mar 18, 2025 tang90246 / Depositphotos.com

Kentucky Man Killed During Shoot Out With Deputies
Kentucky State Police troopers out of the Madisonville post are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Crofton. Christian County sheriff's deputies were called to a domestic violence complaint ...
Amy Adams Mar 17, 2025 Image source: Midwest Communications

House Fire Likely Started by Lightening
Lightening likely caused a house to catch on fire in Newburgh overnight Saturday. The Ohio Township Fire Department responded to the 1800 block of Sandal Way around 4:00 a.m. The first arriving unit f...
Amy Adams Mar 17, 2025 Indiana Ivy Nature Photographer / CC

FLOCK Cameras Lead Police To Attempted Murder Suspect
An Evansville man is facing attempted murder charges following a drive-by shooting. Sunday morning, deputies responded to a call from a home on Wyoming Avenue. A woman reported hearing a car horn foll...
Amy Adams Mar 17, 2025 Jacob Hille (VCSO)

Young Woman's Body Found In Howell Wetlands
Police were dispatched to a possible medical emergency at Howell Wetlands Sunday morning. Arriving officers sent for crime scene investigators after a dead woman in her early 20s was found in a wooded...
Amy Adams Mar 17, 2025 Photo from WIKY News archives

Crash Near Ellis Park Sends Driver To Hospital With Serious Injuries
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office is investigating an accident that happened near Ellis Park. First responders were called to Highway 41 and Waterworks Road at 6:30 Thursday morning. The first c...
Amy Adams Mar 14, 2025 Photo courtesy of VCSO

Man On House Arrest Caught With Drugs And Firearms
Following multiple anonymous tips to law enforcement, an Evansville man is facing drug dealing charges. The complaints alleged that Jonathan Driskell was selling narcotics from his North Fourth Avenue...
Amy Adams Mar 14, 2025 Jonathan Driskell (VCSO)

Intoxicated Semi Driver Found Sitting On Wrong Side Of Interstate
Wednesday afternoon, Gibson County Dispatch received a report about a semi facing the wrong way on I-64. A Gibson County sheriff's Deputy responded along with the Haubstadt Fire Department. The driver...
Amy Adams Mar 14, 2025 Shawn Kemble (GCSO)

Not All Weather Alert Sirens In Gibson County Are Working
Three outdoor weather alert sirens in Princeton are not working properly. With strong storms predicted for tonight, residents need to stay alert. The sirens are located on the south, east, and west si...
Amy Adams Mar 14, 2025 Benjamen Benson / CC

Girlfriend Charged In Boyfriend's Death
A Henderson woman is facing manslaughter charges. On Monday morning, deputies were dispatched to the 4000 block of Rudy Road in response to a man who had died due to unknown circumstances. 40 year old...
Amy Adams Mar 13, 2025 LAUREN JARVIS (Henderson County Jail)


