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Sometimes a classmate may be sad for unknown reasons, said West Terrace Elementary School fifth grader Isaac Higgs.

One death has been confirmed after emergency crews were sent to the scene of a car fire in the Ohio River bottoms of rural Vanderburgh County on Tuesday afternoon.

Evansville police arrested a man they accused of fleeing a traffic stop and then crashing his vehicle into the Esquire Inn building on North Fares Avenue early Wednesday morning.

The Evansville North Green Brigade Marching Band will host its annual Invitational Marching Competition Saturday at Bundrant Stadium on the campus of North High School.

A rummage sale is scheduled for Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at Trinity United Methodist Church.

Harvest Festival and Hayrides will be 2-8 p.m. Oct. 3 at Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve.

The Evansville African-American Museum is hosting Jazzy Nights at the Museum Friday from 6-7 p.m.

The Vanderburgh County Extension Homemakers is sponsoring its annual fine arts and crafts show this weekend at the Vanderburgh 4-H Center.

Mt. Pleasant Church will show its last outdoor movie for the season.

The Evansville Museum will open its doors free of charge with a Museum Day Live ticket on Saturday as part of Smithsonian magazine's 11th annual Museum Day Live.