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Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's 2016 budget proposal contains a 1 percent pay increase for employees and includes major initiatives in blight removal and sewer system work.

Monday wasn't only the first day of class for the 2015-16 school year, but EVSC School Board members heard a 2016 budget presentation from Chief Financial Officer Carl Underwood. It was an information item, and won't officially be adopted until late September.

Air conditioning units for three Warrick County schools are on back order. But "have no fear" school officials say, because the rooms will still have cooled rooms.

Evansville Vanderburgh School Board members will hear a presentation for the 2016 budget from Chief Financial Officer Carl Underwood at their 5:30 p.m. meeting. It is an information item at Monday night's meeting, and won't officially be adopted until late September, after it has been published and a public hearing is held.

Evansville City Council will meet on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Winnecke's budget proposal for 2016 is not on the agenda. The parks department master plan is to be presented again during the meeting.

A Center City nonprofit housing developer plans to build three new homes in low-income areas using $500,000 in federal funds, officials announced Monday morning.

Court records released Monday give new details about how and why Evansville Police Department investigators believe Shane Breedlove was fatally shot on July 19. 

Tropicana Evansville saw a decline in visitors last month, but it also saw an increase in gambling revenue.

Standing by the curb on Monday morning, the Kince family patiently waited for their ride to school on the first day for the EVSC. But it wasn't the typical big, yellow bus that picked them up.

Evansville police officials announced Monday that the department has again received a $10,000 grant to help cover the costs of its longtime "Citizens Academy " community policing program.