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Wendy McNamara , R-District 76, of Mount Vernon, and Sen. Jim Tomes , R-49, of Wadesville.

The annual display, now in it's third year, has only a small fraction of the one of the largest plant families, but Paul Bouseman, Mesker's botanical curator, said it is large enough to show the diversity and beauty of the plant.

DENNY SIMMONS / Courier Press West Terrace Elementary School student Ali Shanks, 7, learns people who are blind can read using Braille during an Easter Seals disability awareness program at her school Friday afternoon.

Vanderburgh County Dispatch has confirmed the Lloyd Expressway completely shut down between I164 & St.

Here's one final cheer to Indianapolis for coming through on producing a tremendous Super Bowl week.

"One of our focuses is to have a global prospective and really getting that international piece into what we are doing with the education of our students," said Lisa Shanks, Oak Hill's principal.

Al Lindsey is expected to file an appeal Monday morning with the Evansville Fire Merit Commission seeking exonerate him of charges that could result in his termination, his attorney said Friday afternoon.

During college, He worked at the Boys and Girls Club of Evansville, serving for a time as the health and physical education director there.

Today's high temperature should be comfortably above the freezing mark in Evansville, but there are slight chances of light snow both this morning and tonight, according to the National Weather Service .

Starkey's mother says Hines and her daughter went out one night last October and she heard them come home.

Good fortune shined on Gibson County and the Evansville area on Wednesday with the announcement that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana will be adding 400 jobs late next year at its Princton, Ind.

Manopause: Millions of men are all dealing with this problem and, despite their unwillingness to talk about the issue, it is very treatable.

Financial aid professionals will be volunteering at Ivy Tech Community College on First Avenue in Evansville, and at 39 other Indiana sites to help college-bound students and their families open the door to financial aid during College Goal Sunday, set for 2:00 p.m., February 12th, 2012 .

According to a study released Thursday, if Evansville wants to keep young professionals in the city, it has to revitalize downtown.

After the guilty verdict was returned, Heironimus also pleaded guilty to being a habitual criminal offender which could add up to 12 more years in prison to his sentence.

Lisa R. Koenig, 40, whose address is listed as 8142 Lincoln Ave., was released from Vanderburgh County Jail after posting a $3,000 bond Wednesday.

Owen, 59, said his resignation has been long planned and is not in response to criticism from supporters of the party's unsuccessful 2011 mayoral candidate, Rick Davis, who felt Owen helped Republicans by working behind the scenes to sabotage Davis.

Virgle Brian Massie, 40, is in Vanderburgh County Jail without bond after police said a Wednesday-night altercation took a life-threatening turn.

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The play, based on the 1930 assassination of Ernest Tidrington, an African-American community leader in Evansville, will play in UE's Eykamp Auditorium.