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In what Signature School Executive Director and Principal Jean Hitchcock called a "win-win for both," the public charter high school's students are partnering with the Downtown YMCA to offer free tutoring to local students.

The Evansville Commission on the Social Status of African American Males will host a third informational meeting on Oct. 10 about the Indiana Second Chance Law.

Local financial institutions and retailers have chips and dips on their mind -- but these aren't party snacks.

Movie Night: D'Alto Studio of Performing Arts will host its Scarytale Theatre from 6 p.m. to midnight on Oct. 3 at the studio.

Evansville police said an 18-year-old man was killed in an accidental shooting early Saturday morning.

Summaries of Vanderburgh County Health Department’s inspections are made public after restaurants and food stores have had 10 days to respond. Reinspections are at the inspector’s discretion.

For seven weeks every year, the actors who work The Olde Courthouse Catacombs and The House of Lecter haunted attractions in Downtown Evansville become their characters. They take it seriously. From their eyes to the way they move, they focus a lot of their time and energy on getting it just right.

The fate of two popular attractions — one dormant and shuttered and the other needing replacement in a few years — would hinge on appointed task forces if Gail Riecken is elected Evansville mayor on Nov. 3.

If elected to a second term, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke said Roberts Park will remain part of his vision for Evansville's future, along with Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden improvements and a still unspecified outcome for Mesker Amphitheater.

A police detective testified Friday that Christopher Compton admitted to lighting the sleeve of a jacket in the hallway of an apartment as he walked away from what would become a fatal fire.