Vanderburgh County News

The pictures of her great grandchildren were gone, as was the glass apple given to her by former Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel and the flowers she received after her son was killed in a motorcycle crash.

Wayne Parke, Vanderburgh County Republican Party chairman and retired businessman, is absolutely correct in advising the Evansville City Council not to interfere in the labor dispute between Allied Waste Company and its workers.

EVANSVILLE One of the oldest and largest Caterpillar dealerships is expanding and adding up to 50 jobs in Vanderburgh County.

The deadline to file as a candidate for the position expired at 10 a.m. Wednesday, leaving Hart and Brown as the two choices for Vanderburgh Democrats.

During a presentation to the Convention & Visitors Bureau board Wednesday morning, KEB President Cheryl Musgrave said she will start accepting bids from operators to mow U.S. 41 from Indiana 57 near the Evansville Regional Airport to the state line later this week.

According to an accident report provided by the Evansville Police Department, Donald Michael Story, 55, was struck by a 1993 Toyota Camry on May 12 while crossing Franklin Street.

A pro-consolidation group will host a question-and-answer session with Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams tonight at 7 p.m. at Oaklyn Branch Library, 3001 Oaklyn Drive.

City Councilwoman Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley has made a second contribution to the growing discussion in Evansville about its difficulties in achieving successful economic development.

Two of the most satisfying parts of summer are enjoying the fruits of your own garden and shopping at our local farmers' markets for the things you don't grow, make or raise.

Releasing the dogs caused the death of a Vanderburgh County Sheriff's deputy K-9 unit.

Rodney A. Cardwell, 45, is preliminarily charged with arson and is currently in the Vanderburgh County Jail.

The warmer weather has ticks out almost three months earlier than normal, said Larry Caplan, Extension Horticulture Educator for Vanderburgh County.

Photos by KEVIN SWANK / Courier Press As a color guard stands at right Monday, John Michael Burghardt, a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart 728, speaks during a Memorial Day service at James Bethel Gresham's grave at Locust Hill Cemetery in Evansville.

A man faces numerous criminal charges after a hit-and-run accident and a brief high-speed chase Sunday on North Burkhardt Avenue.

The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Building Authority tells 14 News that the window was broken around 5:30 a.m. Monday morning.

DENNY SIMMONS / Courier & Press Bobby Droege fills a customer's order for 10 bags of horse feed at 50-pounds per bag at Emma's Place feed store in Western Vanderburgh County Wednesday afternoon.

"We really need the ability to be a little more persuasive," said Environmental Health Supervisor Dwayne Caldwell about fining noncompliant pool operators.

Minor, who said he was eating what he called the typical "American diet," full of processed foods and frozen mass produced meals, became a "locavore" - someone who eats to the maximum extent locally grown, harvested and cooked foods.

The Owensboro Fire Department has confirmed that a man died as result of a fire Thursday night.

With five months to go before the question will be resolved on the November ballot, Citizens Opposed to Reorganization in Evansville attracted about 70 people to an informational meeting Thursday evening at North Park Library.