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A* Clarksville Providence to host event for veterans Our Lady of Providence Jr.-Sr. High School will recognize its alumni veterans during a special U.S. Veterans Appreciation program from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Nov.

After teaching for 17 years, Dee Kramer's job is completely changing in a way that's new to her.

Charlestown city leaders and Greater Clark school officials celebrated with students Tuesday as a much anticipated technology initiative powered by 800 laptop computers was launched at Charlestown High School.

CHEERS ... to Jeffersonville Mayor Tom Galligan and New Albany Mayor Doug England for again being good sports and joking it up to kick off a United Way fundraising campaign for employees of the two cities.

Gov. Mitch Daniels recently announced his intention to continue the Young Hoosiers Conservation Corps, a program that has used federal stimulus dollars to employ nearly 1,900 young adults to improve Indiana's parks, trails and natural habitats, in 2010.

Greater Clark County Schools will start vaccinating children against the H1N1, or swine flu, at two schools Thursday.

CHEERS ... to members of The Evening News staff. The newspaper was notified this week of its Hoosier State Press Association 2009 Better Newspaper Contest award winners.

I took a trip by time traveling last week and thought I would share some of my local Clark County travel photos from 20 years in the future.

The Charlestown High School quarterback charged with stabbing a man early Saturday morning will claim he was acting in self-defense, according to his attorney, Mickey Weber.

The Charlestown High School quarterback accused of stabbing a man early Saturday morning was charged Tuesday with class C felony battery with a deadly weapon, according to Clark County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jeremy Mull.

Utica Utica trick or treat times announced Trick or treat in the town of Utica and Utica Township will be 6 to 8 p.m. Oct.

Firefighters, police officers and military heroes serve their communities daily, and their work has not gone unnoticed.

As the one-to-one computer initiatives at Charlestown middle and high schools receive much attention, staff at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School are starting one as well.

The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service of Clark County is offering several programs: * "Where Does Your Money Go?" workshop, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the Charlestown Branch Library, 51 Clark Road.

It displays the names of more than 58,000 soldiers who died, disappeared or were imprisoned during the Vietnam War.

If you've never had the chance to take the trip to Washington, DC to see the granite Vietnam Memorial Wall, there's now an opportunity to pay your respects closer to home.

While their parents may have driven the classic Chevy Nova, students at Jeffersonville High School are using a different type of Nova to get ahead in class.

The ice planet Hoth, the desert planet Tatooine, the forest moon of Endor and ... Charlestown, Indiana? It will all make sense starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, when "Star Wars" day comes to town.

After nearly a year-and-a-half of planning and headaches, Utica residents have more than one way in and one way out of town: Waterline Road.