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The Vanderburgh County Health department announced Tuesday that one person has died from West Nile virus in the county.

A portion of the Lloyd Expressway near Vann Avenue will be closed for 30 minutes around 9 p.m. Wednesday night for the setting of a new pedestrian bridge, the city announced Tuesday.

Students in the University of Evansville's fall 2016 class will be guaranteed to graduate in four years, or the fifth year is on the university.

The Evansville Vanderburgh School Board adopted the district's 2016 budget, about $238.6 million, which includes a 2-percent raise for all EVSC employees and teachers.

Evansville government will be unable to pay several vendors in a timely fashion because of the City Council's failure to transfer up to $8 million from other accounts to meet cash flow needs, according to officials in Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's administration.

EVSC School Board meets at 5:30 p.m. The 2016 budget is expected to be adopted. There's possibility of an update on the Teamsters situation. Follow our education beat reporter Megan Erbacher on ScribbleLIve as she sends updates from the meeting.

The Warrick County Solid Waste Management District board of directors made some clarifications the past few weeks to the county curbside program.

A group of women was accused of attacking a pregnant woman and her sister on Sunday night in Evansville.

All of Southwestern Indiana, including Vanderburgh County, saw unemployment rates fall last month.

MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — Two brothers are facing multiple felony charges for allegedly stabbing their father in a weekend fight over their drinking.