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This fall, Evansville-area high schools can apply for an opportunity to implement a Project Lead the Way class through a new grant funded by the Toyota USA Foundation.

A Louisiana woman was seriously injured Saturday when she fell from a rock formation in Southern Illinois' Garden of the Gods.

Surrounded by the traveling monuments to our country’s soldiers killed in war, Jocelyn Hunt and her children quietly made their way across the West Branch Library lawn to the display’s Honor Wall.

The University of Evansville's 2015-2016 Coffee Hour Lecture series begins Sept. 16 with guest lecturer Richard Newman, author of poetry collections "All the Wasted Beauty of the World," "Domestic Fugues" and "Borrowed Towns."

At first blush, the question of which accounting method Evansville city government should use doesn't look like a very compelling campaign issue. But Democratic mayoral candidate Gail Riecken is using it to illustrate her contention that Republican Mayor Lloyd Winnecke has brought the city to "the brink of financial peril."

It’s a strange feeling, not being able to move.

Fifteen years ago this month details began emerging about a crime that hardly seemed possible in sleepy Evansville, where life had slowed to the languid pace of late summer.

Tony Bohannon said attending Camporama is a boy's dream.

With marijuana becoming legal in some states, the Warrick County Communities That Care Coalition and Youth First, Inc. officials said data shows more children are starting to perceive marijuana as less risky.

In its 17th year, Evansville's Family Day in the Park is looking to go from one day of family fun for the community to a cultural celebration with different events throughout the year.