Boonville News

Mark Twain once said everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

The Chronic Disease Program of the Vanderburgh County Health Department will offer blood pressure screenings at Sandleben Pharmacy, 1000 Harriet St., 12:30 to 2 p.m. today; Rural King, 2300 E. Morgan Ave., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday; WorkOne, 700 E. Walnut St., 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday; and Merry-Go-Round Restaurant, 2101 Fares Ave., 8:30 ...

The Red Cross is opening a building at 404 E. Walnut St. in Boonville, Ind. The agency was previously renting about 2,000 square feet of space at the Old National Bank building on Main Street in Boonville.

The Boonville Fire Deresponded at 6:22 a.m. to a report of a fire in Room 14 of the Motel Manor and informed Warrick County Sheriff's Office deputies that two occupants of the room had fled in a white Ford Ranger pickup.

A former Indiana State Trooper convicted of killing his wife and two kids, will get a new trial.

The CVS/pharmacy store at the southeast corner of Washington and Kentucky avenues is a reminder for Evansville businessman Gene Warren of milestones in his and his family's lives.

The Warrick County Commissioners recognized four people who were instrumental in helping during the ice storm that paralyzed the Tri-State in January.

Rupert's Catholic Church in Yankeetown, Ind., has an original pressed tin ceiling.

For three days, David Erdy tried to play it cool. When the moment arrived Thursday morning, however, the 19-year-old Indiana University amateur from Boonville, Ind., called his tee shot on the first hole of the U.S. Open the scariest shot of his life.

ERIN McCRACKEN / Courier & Press From back to front, Kirsti Auten, 16, Nicole Raubach, 15, Emily York, 17, and Shea Lanaghan, 16, paint a display case in the War and Peace room of the Warrick County Museum on Wednesday in Boonville, Ind.

MOLLY BARTELS / Courier Press Karyssa Morgan, 11, feeds dog treats to Elvis after entertaining, from left, her stepfather, Brian Collins, mother, Michelle Collins, and sister, Alyssa Morgan, 11, with dog tricks at the family's home in Boonville, Ind., on Thursday.

A relocation project is set to start next spring on state road 62 in Warrick County.

The project, estimated at $12 million, will widen Indiana 62 from the existing two lanes to five lines, which would include a center turn lane.

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BOB GWALTNEY / Courier Press In the traditional "Passing of the Shields" ceremony, Castle Junior High School eighth-grade graduate Evan Stieler passes the first of two shields, one to each of the incoming eighth-grade classes of the newly formed Castle North and Castle South middle schools on Tuesday morning.

Former Iowa State golfer Chris Baker shot a final-round 61 to capture the Hooters Classic at Quail Crossing last weekend in Boonville, Ind.

A 42-year-old Evansville man has died from an apparent spider bite, officials said Tuesday.

Thomas Thorbecke, 35, of New Harmony, Ind., died shortly after 8:50 p.m., said Warrick County Deputy Coroner Eddie Goff.

BOONVILLE, Ind. - Police in Boonville say a man fatally shot himself when officers stopped his pickup truck following a brief chase.

The police pursuit of a suspected intoxicated driver Saturday night at Boonville, Ind., ended when the unidentified driver reportedly committed suicide.