City Announces End of Pool Season

City Announces End of Pool Season

The following Neighborhood Pools close for the season on…

MAINTENANCE MYTHS

MAINTENANCE MYTHS

Gavel Gamut By Jim Redwine Every now and then…

The Arts Council Announces Brown Bag Summer Schedule

The Arts Council Announces Brown Bag Summer Schedule

Evansville, IN: The Brown Bag Performance Series is a…

ST. MARY’S AND KOHL’S TO SPONSOR “CELEBRATE SAFETY WITH THE EVANSVILLE OTTERS”

ST. MARY’S AND KOHL’S TO SPONSOR “CELEBRATE SAFETY WITH THE EVANSVILLE OTTERS”

Kohl’s Department Stores to donate more than $97,000 to…

GUY RUNS AWAY WITH NATIONAL 10K TITLE

Sophomore Johnnie Guy crosses the finish line for his…

2014 UE Baseball Summer League Assignments

2014 UE Baseball Summer League Assignments

A total of 17 University of Evansville baseball players…

EAGLES WALK AWAY WITH NATIONAL TITLE!

EAGLES WALK AWAY WITH NATIONAL TITLE!

Dan McDonnell, USI Sports Information #6 Southern Indiana (49-13):…

National champion USI baseball team welcome home celebration is set for Monday at 2 p.m.

National champion USI baseball team welcome home celebration is set for Monday at 2 p.m.

The University of Southern Indiana will hold a celebration…

80′S POP SENSATION, TIFFANY RETURNS TO BOOGIE NIGHTS AT THE DISTRICT AT THE TROPICANA

80′S POP SENSATION, TIFFANY RETURNS TO BOOGIE NIGHTS AT THE DISTRICT AT THE TROPICANA

  Famous 80′s Pop Sensation, Tiffany returns to Boogie…

USI’s New Harmony Theatre puts a twist on “The Hound of the Baskervilles”

  The University of Southern Indiana’s New Harmony Theatre…

Jeff Musial, The Animal Guy is coming to the Old National Events Plaza’s Aiken Theatre

Jeff Musial, The Animal Guy is coming to the Old National Events Plaza’s Aiken Theatre

    Jeff Musial, The Animal Guy is coming…

Brantley Gilbert and Country Openers “Just Getting Started”

Brantley Gilbert and Country Openers “Just Getting Started”

A sold-out crowd packed the Ford Center on Friday…

The Lost Sounds of Summer

The Lost Sounds of Summer

Exclusive Excerpt from: “An Apple Core, a Toilet: Misadventures…

Russia and MH17

Russia and MH17

…

Inaccurate Political Rage is All the Rage

Inaccurate Political Rage is All the Rage

Do you have personal issues? Do you want to…

About The Little Sisters of the Poor

About The Little Sisters of the Poor

Boy, our political debate is getting crasser by the…

Pet Of The Week

Pet Of The Week

Gidget is a 2-year-old female! She and her tiny…

Pet Of The Week

Pet Of The Week

Yuki is a 2-year-old female American Staffordshire terrier mix!…

Pet of the Week

Pet of the Week

  Smokey is a 1-year-old male Rhodesian Ridgeback mix!…

Pet of the Week

Pet of the Week

Lady Bug is a 3-year-old female brown tabby! She…

State

Warrantless search based on smell does not violated 4th Amendment

Warrantless search based on smell does not violated 4th Amendment

Marilyn Odendahl for www.theindianalawyer.com   Despite the absence of danger to the public, the strong odor of raw marijuana provided the probable cause a police officer needed…

July 29, 2014No CommentRead More

Analysis: Attorney General is tied by law to defend state statutes

Analysis: Attorney General is tied by law to defend state statutes

By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has been in the news a lot lately with high profile cases involving marriage and health…

July 28, 2014No CommentRead More

Appeals court to stick with 3-judge panel for marriage, denies ‘en banc’ review

Appeals court to stick with 3-judge panel for marriage, denies ‘en banc’ review

Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals court has denied the state’s request that all 10 of its judges consider the constitutionality of…

July 28, 2014No CommentRead More

Commentary: The peace that so often eludes us

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, New York – Other than a light dappling of rain, the surface of the lake is as still as a…

July 28, 2014No CommentRead More

Appeals court to stick with 3-judge panel for marriage, denies ‘en banc’ review

Appeals court to stick with 3-judge panel for marriage, denies ‘en banc’ review

Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals court has denied the state’s request that all 10 of its judges consider the constitutionality of…

July 27, 2014No CommentRead More

Employee’s auto accident on way home from business meeting not company’s fault

Employee’s auto accident on way home from business meeting not company’s fault

Marilyn Odendahl for www.theindianalawyer.com     A company whose employee hit and killed another motorist after having dinner and drinks with a client is not liable because…

July 27, 2014No CommentRead More

Judge rules against residents in lawsuits over hog smell

Judge rules against residents in lawsuits over hog smell

www.theindianalawyer.com  A judge has ruled state law protects four large hog farms from lawsuits filed by residents of an eastern Indiana county who complained about waste and…

July 26, 2014No CommentRead More

Crash Involving Participants in Annual Governor’s Motorcycle Ride

Crash Involving Participants in Annual Governor’s Motorcycle Ride

Scott County – Today at approximately 4:00 pm, the Annual Governor’s Motorcycle Ride with approximately 500 riders was in enroute to its last stop in Madison, IN,…

July 26, 2014No CommentRead More

Commentary: Indiana education leaders make Congress look good

Commentary: Indiana education leaders make Congress look good

By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Maybe all the squabbling, infighting and backbiting among Indiana’s political leaders over the direction of education in the state is part…

July 25, 20143 CommentsRead More

Political

STATE REP WENDY MCNAMARA TO BE GUEST ON CCO TRI-STATE VOICES TV SHOW

STATE REP WENDY MCNAMARA TO BE GUEST ON CCO TRI-STATE VOICES TV SHOW

This weeks show special guest will be candidate for re-election to District 76 State Representative seat Wendy McNamara. The Tri-StateVoices show was created by the City County…

July 29, 20146 CommentsRead More

CITY OFFICIALS MAY HAVE BEEN IN VIOLATION OF STATE OPEN DOOR MEETING LAW

CITY OFFICIALS MAY HAVE BEEN IN VIOLATION OF STATE OPEN DOOR MEETING LAW

  It looks like the EVANSVILLE CITY CODE makes reference to the establishment of the Salary Administrative Committee and is subject to the requirements of the Indiana Open Door…

July 28, 201418 CommentsRead More

A History of Congressional Ineptitude

A History of Congressional Ineptitude

As the Congressional August recess rapidly approaches, signs are pointing to a Congress that is once again failing to solve major national issues. Sadly, this is not…

July 28, 20144 CommentsRead More

REP. RIECKEN TO HOST TOWN HALL MEETINGS AUG. 16

REP. RIECKEN TO HOST TOWN HALL MEETINGS AUG. 16

INDIANAPOLIS—State Rep. Gail Riecken (D-Evansville) announced she will host three Town Hall meetings throughout her district on Saturday, Aug. 16. “I wanted to make the Town Hall…

July 25, 2014No CommentRead More

New Amendments To Redevelopment Commissions And Authorities State Law Approved By Governor‏

New Amendments To Redevelopment Commissions And Authorities State Law Approved By Governor‏

Yesterday we posted an article about 6th Ward Evansville City Councilman Al Lindsey asking City Council Attorney Scott Danks to revisit a proposed ordinance and update it…

July 23, 201418 CommentsRead More

The Longing for Equality

The Longing for Equality

Ever since the founding of these great United States, there has been a constant struggle on behalf of various individuals in their desire for equal rights. One…

July 21, 201437 CommentsRead More

To Encourage Saving, Some States Turn to Prizes

To Encourage Saving, Some States Turn to Prizes

    Nearly a dozen states believe they’ve found a way to encourage people to save more money—and have fun doing it. And the idea costs not…

July 20, 2014No CommentRead More

In Whom, exactly, do we Trust?

In Whom, exactly, do we Trust?

  We The People have put too much faith in politics; and that misplaced faith is tearing us to bits. If you were to study Americans by…

July 19, 2014No CommentRead More

Lawyer registration fee increase to cover program shortfalls, aid pro bono districts

Lawyer registration fee increase to cover program shortfalls, aid pro bono districts

Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com  Attorney registration fees set to increase nearly 25 percent will cover shortfalls in the judiciary programs they fund and give a temporary emergency…

July 18, 2014No CommentRead More

Community

City Announces End of Pool Season

City Announces End of Pool Season

The following Neighborhood Pools close for the season on Sunday, August 3: Anthony Oates Garvin Helfrich Lorraine Mosby Rochelle-Landers Anthony Oates, Garvin, Helfrich and Lorraine pools will…

July 29, 2014No CommentRead More

MAINTENANCE MYTHS

MAINTENANCE MYTHS

Gavel Gamut By Jim Redwine Every now and then some enterprising American entrepreneur will come up with a scheme that changes our world for the better, or…

July 28, 2014No CommentRead More

The Arts Council Announces Brown Bag Summer Schedule

The Arts Council Announces Brown Bag Summer Schedule

Evansville, IN: The Brown Bag Performance Series is a free program offered to the community by the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana. The summer series are held…

July 28, 2014No CommentRead More

ST. MARY’S AND KOHL’S TO SPONSOR “CELEBRATE SAFETY WITH THE EVANSVILLE OTTERS”

ST. MARY’S AND KOHL’S TO SPONSOR “CELEBRATE SAFETY WITH THE EVANSVILLE OTTERS”

Kohl’s Department Stores to donate more than $97,000 to St. Mary’s Children’s Services 
for Helmet and Car Seat Safety As part of our ongoing commitment to keep…

July 27, 2014No CommentRead More

A play in one act by Michael Diton-Edwards

A play in one act by Michael Diton-Edwards

Join the Arts Council in welcoming STAGE, a new nonprofit theatre organization, to the Arts Council family. STAGE will be performing “On and In the Air” at…

July 25, 2014No CommentRead More

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden hosts Family Fun Day and Dash for Donna 5K this Saturday

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden hosts Family Fun Day and Dash for Donna 5K this Saturday

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden invites the community to participate in an action-packed Saturday at the zoo. Get started early with the annual Dash for Donna…

July 25, 2014No CommentRead More

The Lost Sounds of Summer

The Lost Sounds of Summer

Exclusive Excerpt from: “An Apple Core, a Toilet: Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood” by Tom Purcell
 I long for the sounds of summer I knew as a kid.…

July 24, 201419 CommentsRead More

COMMUNITY CALL FOR FABRIC

COMMUNITY CALL FOR FABRIC

Brazilian artist Artur Silva is inviting the Evansville community to participate in the Jacobsville Gateway public art project. The artist is inviting members of the community to…

July 23, 2014No CommentRead More

USI breaks ground on Griffin Center

USI breaks ground on Griffin Center

Center made possible through generous gift of the Robert E. Griffin family The University of Southern Indiana broke ground Monday, July 21, 2014, on a new $5.75…

July 22, 20141 CommentRead More

Local and County News

Tax Sale Listing Now Available Online

Tax Sale Listing Now Available Online

The Vanderburgh County’s tax sale listing is now available online at www.sri-taxsale.com.…

July 29, 2014No CommentRead More

JULY 26-LETTER TO THE EDITOR CONCERNING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

JULY 26-LETTER TO THE EDITOR CONCERNING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Dear CCO Editor; I wanted to offer CCO readers an update on what is going on with the FOIA requests that I filed with the Mayor’s Office,…

July 26, 201416 CommentsRead More

EPD and Shoe Carnival hosting Saturday cookout to help two great causes

EPD and Shoe Carnival hosting Saturday cookout to help two great causes

Several Evansville Police Officers will be grilling out to help two great causes on Saturday, July 26th. The cookout will be held at the Shoe Carnival store…

July 26, 2014No CommentRead More

Sheriff’s Explorers attend National Conference

Sheriff’s Explorers attend National Conference

Explorers from Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post #82 recently returned from a national conference in Bloomington, Indiana. This past June 14th through June 19th our Explorers…

July 25, 2014No CommentRead More

Registration Open for EPD Citizen’s Academy

Registration Open for EPD Citizen’s Academy

The Evansville Police Department will be presenting its Fall“Citizen’s Academy” Sept 9 through Nov 12, 2014. The Academy sessions will run from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. each…

July 25, 2014No CommentRead More

NEW RESTAURANT TARGETED FOR DOWNTOWN EVANSVILLE

NEW RESTAURANT TARGETED FOR DOWNTOWN EVANSVILLE

  Southwest Indiana Chamber Announces Launch of Restaurant Challenge to Attract New Downtown Eatery EVANSVILLE, Ind. (July 23, 2014) – The Southwest Indiana Chamber today announced the…

July 24, 2014No CommentRead More

Traffic Collision near USI results in Fatality

Traffic Collision near USI results in Fatality

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at approximately 12:05pm, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office responded to an accident with injuries on the Lloyd Expressway at the University Parkway.…

July 23, 2014No CommentRead More

Animal Cruelty Task-Force Formed in Vanderburgh County

Animal Cruelty Task-Force Formed in Vanderburgh County

An Animal Cruelty Task Force has been created in a joint coalition between the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office, Evansville Vanderburgh Animal Care and Control, Evansville Police Department…

July 23, 2014No CommentRead More

Health

Summer Safety Tips

Summer Safety Tips

Tammy Hargett, FNP-C, Deaconess Clinic Mt. Pleasant Family PractitionerIf you have kids, you’re likely dealing with some safety worries associated with summer activities. Tips to help your…

July 29, 2014No CommentRead More

West Nile Virus Activity Update

West Nile Virus Activity Update

Two sample pools of mosquitoes from a surveillance trap collected within the City of Evansville have tested positive for West Nile Virus. So far this summer there…

July 29, 2014No CommentRead More

Parents of Children With Autism Need Help, Too

Parents of Children With Autism Need Help, Too

Study found mothers who were taught stress-reduction skills had less depression, anxiety By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Most therapies for…

July 23, 2014No CommentRead More

Education

USI breaks ground on Griffin Center

USI breaks ground on Griffin Center

Center made possible through generous gift of the Robert E. Griffin family The University of Southern Indiana broke ground Monday, July 21, 2014, on a new $5.75…

July 22, 20141 CommentRead More

Public Hearings to Gather Information Planned for Lincoln, McGary

Public Hearings to Gather Information Planned for Lincoln, McGary

On July 17, representatives from the State Board of Education and the Indiana Department of Education will be conducting a public hearing at Lincoln K-8 school, and…

July 18, 2014No CommentRead More

State Board and IDOE to Gather Information at Public Hearings

State Board and IDOE to Gather Information at Public Hearings

Representatives from the State Board of Education and the Indiana Department of Education will conduct public hearings at Lincoln School and McGary Middle School – two schools…

July 15, 2014No CommentRead More

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