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A motorcycle rider and his passenger were critically injured Saturday night in a head-on crash in Saline County, Ill.

As a Boy Scout, Larry Bornefeld didn't enjoy learning how to tie different knots.

Five men were arrested Sunday morning in connection with a shooting on the South Side.

Kentucky State Police say three children were killed when the sports utility vehicle they were riding in ran off a highway in Daviess County and into a field.

President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse — just in time for a daunting fall.

The Children's Center for Dance Education will be hosting company auditions from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 29 at its studio at 5900 Vogel Road Ste. A. Former New York City Ballet dancer Patrick Hinson will host the auditions, giving the students a taste of auditioning for a professional company and a chance to work with a work renowned dancer.

A man who authorities say rammed a police cruiser during a chase was being treated for injuries after "at least one" officer opened fire on his truck Saturday night in a parking lot on South Green River Road near the Interstate 69 interchange.

Neither side in the dispute over paying for a war on housing blight in Evansville will relent, meaning the initiative could die in 2016 budget negotiations.

After the previous version of Evansville's convention hotel project collapsed late last year, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's administration was determined to redesign it and get it back on track quickly, city government emails show.

At a regular meeting Thursday night, a majority vote of the New Harmony Town Council approved extending a deadline by six months for the Working Men's Institute to make a decision on the proposed option agreement for the former school building and property.