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A vendor stocking shelves at the West Side Schnucks found drug paraphernalia in a bag behind bags of chips on Monday morning, according to Evansville police.

It's official: Southwestern Indiana will be competing with six other groups who all hope to earn funding through Indiana's Regional Cities program.

Gibson County, Indiana authorities arrested two Illinois residents Monday night after they reportedly tried to flee a traffic stop, according to the sheriff's office.

He's shod horses for 28 years, but don't call him a farrier, John Wells says, "because farrier sounds funny."

A temporary ferry to assist farmers with bypassing work zone lane restrictions on the Kentucky 56/Illinois 13 Ohio River Bridge at Shawneetown will be in operation on Labor Day. Due to the start of corn harvest and movement of large spray equipment for soybeans in recent weeks, farmers have expressed a need to move equipment on the Monday holiday.

A program that allows hunters to give deer meat to the public will continue again this fall.

The local Environmental Protection Agency office has issued an ozone alert for today and Wednesday, as the outdoor ozone levels are expected to reach the levels labeled as "unhealthy for sensitive groups."

Eighth District Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Newburgh) will host office hours in Evansville on Thursday, Sept. 3.

The annual Swift Company reunion will take place Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. at Golden Corral Restaurant, 130 Cross Pointe Blvd. in Evansville.

Zion United Church of Christ in Newburgh at 10 W. First St., will host its seventh annual Car Show and Cruise-in on Saturday, Sept. 12.