<a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Loudon-Hit-and-Run-Crash-136046013.html"><a href='http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Loudon-Hit-and-Run-Crash-136046013.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Loudon-Hit-and-Run-Crash-136046013.html</a> </a><br/><b>The crash happened <span style="background-color:#ffff99;">in the evening of Dec. 13</span> near the intersection of S. Cottage Road and S. Fox Road in Sterling.</b><br/><br/>Why would it be correct to say <span style="background-color:#ffff99;">in the evening of Dec. 13</span> instead of "<span style="color:#ff0000;">on</span> the evening of Dec. 13"?