Newburgh News

At Locust Hill Tuesday, the tombstone for John Loebs, who was born in 1835 and died in 1920, lay on the ground where it had fallen years ago.

NEWBURGH, Ind. - Gene Fithian, a sailor aboard the USS Farenholt, was among the men who took part in an unheralded air campaign during the Battle of Okinawa.

The bike's driver, 22-year-old Tyler R. Norrenbrock, told Evansville police that he and his passenger were thrown from the motorcycle after he struck a wooden pallet that fell out of the back of the truck and directly into Norrenbrock's path.

His great grandfather, Frank Folden, escaped from slavery in Kentucky at age 15 in 1863 by using a hollow log to cross the Ohio River to Newburgh.

The volunteers spent the day sprucing up Ruth's House, a faith-based transitional housing program and addiction recovery ministry for homeless women, at 321 Walnut St.

Scott Lee Shepherdson, 26, also faces counts of battery and strangulation for a reported attack on his mother-in-law. The new counts of molestation, strangulation and battery stem from two separate investigations by the Warrick County Sheriff's Department.

Jennifer Miller, 36, was arrested Tuesday morning. Miller is charged with attempted murder, criminal confinement and battery with a weapon resulting in injury.

When some 200 people gathered at the Edgewater Grille around 11 a.m., Mulesky, whose 2006 book "Thunder From a Clear Sky: Stovepipe Johnson's Confederate Raid in Newburgh," seemed at a loss for words.

So it was with Belle Boutique, a new trendy women's clothing store. It's located at 223 Second St.

Starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, the Indiana Department of Transportation will shut down Vann Road at Indiana 261 for reconstruction to accommodate additional traffic lanes.

Maybe it's because they're the first fruit of the season. Maybe it's because they're so much tastier than the ones we get the rest of the year.

Bolstered by huge financial and organizational advantages and unencumbered by the crippling liabilities that brought down Sen.

The Newburgh church holds the showcase each year as a way to highlight a different community issue while hosting musical talents from its congregation as well as some outside acts.

"Move away from home and get job as soon as possible," Kazee said. "Your parents love you, but enough is enough." Kazee also borrowed a line from Charles Wheelan's new book, "101/2 Things No Speaker Has Ever Said," when he advised students "it's all borrowed time." In other words, Kazee, said, "take nothing for granted." JASON CLARK / COURIER PRESS ... (more)

"We want to be part of the solution of probably one of the biggest problems in our community," said the Rev.

Publishers will provide more than 3.3 million free copies of dozens of special titles, ranging from Spider-Man, Mega Man and The Avengers to Donald Duck and Smurfs to stores across the country, in Canada and beyond.

On Wednesday morning, Brinks was slowly peddling his well-worn bike on Shelby Avenue with an equally tired-looking mower behind him.