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An Evansville-area man purposely lit papers to set his mobile home on fire early Sunday morning.

I feel pretty certain that my neighbor's account of how they make their migration is totally wrong.

The Providence tourism Committee is sponsoring the Uptown Fall Festival on Main Street in Providence, Kentucky.

Cynthiana High School will have a reunion Oct. 10 at noon at Wolf's Bar-B-Q.

Concordia Lutheran Church will have a basement and bake sale from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Several events are planned at Trunnell's Farm Market in Utica, Kentucky. For more information, call 270-733-2222 or visit Trunnellsfarmmarket.com.

Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) will be available to meet with local constituents in Hamilton County on Oct. 5. The congressman will be holding one-on-one meetings from 3:30-5 p.m. in the McLeansboro City Hall, 102 W. Main Street, McLeansboro, Illinois.

Local children's charities received a total of $30,000 from employees of the Valero Renewables-Mount Vernon, Indiana, ethanol plant, who helped raise the funds through sponsorship of the 2015 Valero Texas Open and Benefit for Children in San Antonio.

The Owensboro Convention Center will host its OCCtoberfest Saturday from 4 p.m. to midnight in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Scattered throughout the city are hundreds of unkept, blighted properties with one thing in common: they are owned by the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners.