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Is the Turkey Done Yet?

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Cooking Safely

The turkey is golden brown, the kitchen smells amazing, and your guests may be telling you it’s ready to eat. But looks can be deceiving when it comes to cooking poultry. The only way to know if your turkey is both done AND safe is to use a food thermometer. Undercooked poultry can cause foodborne illness, and the thermometer takes out the guesswork.

Follow these steps for a safe and delicious holiday meal.

Step 1: Prepare Your Thermometer

  • Have your food thermometer ready and know how to use it before the turkey comes out of the oven.
  • Follow steps for calibrating your thermometer if needed.

Step 2: Cook Your Turkey

  • Pick a turkey cooking method that you’ll be able to safely execute.
  • If roasting in the oven, set your oven temperature no lower than 325 degrees F.
  • If using a different cooking method, like frying or grilling, follow safe steps found here.

Step 3: Check Three Key Spots

  • Use a food thermometer to confirm your turkey has reached 165 degrees F in all three of these places:
    • Thickest part of the breast
    • Innermost part of the thigh
    • Innermost part of the wing
  • Avoid touching bone, fat, or gristle.

Step 4: Rest and Serve

  • After confirming your turkey reached 165 degrees F, let the turkey rest for 20 minutes before carving to help juices set.
  • Serve immediately or keep cooked turkey hot above 140 degrees F until ready to serve.

Quick Takeaway

No matter what your Uncle Joe says, you cannot tell if a turkey is done just by looking. A food thermometer is the only reliable way to make sure your holiday meal is safe. Don’t have one? Add it to your shopping list today.

Get More Help

Use USDA’s turkey cooking calculator to find approximate cooking times for your turkey and bookmark Your Safe Thanksgiving Guide for more guidance on preparing, serving, and storing a safe holiday meal.

For food safety questions, contact the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) or email MPHotline@usda.gov from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. The Meat and Poultry Hotline is also open on Thanksgiving Day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time.

Preston Arts Center to host Closing Shift: USI Capstone Artists exhibition

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The Preston Arts Center, in Henderson, Kentucky, is hosting the group exhibition Closing Shift: USI Capstone Artists now through Friday, December 12. This exhibition features the creative work of six University of Southern Indiana artists majoring in studio art, photography, illustrations, graphic design, interactive media and art education.

The Senior Seminar courses in art and design at USI are capstone courses for art and art education majors, combining discussion of contemporary issues in the visual arts with practical knowledge in career or graduate school preparation, as well as evaluating students’ artistic growth and potential. This group exhibit is the last activity in these seminar courses and functions as a peak experience for the art majors at USI.

Brett Anderson, Associate Professor of Art, organized and curated this year’s exhibition. Artists participating in the show include Clementine Blair, Iain Girten, Nancy Grant, Caleb Johnson, Jean Raines and Gwendolyn Stuckey. All six artists will be graduating from USI in December.

A reception for the exhibition will be held at the Preston Art Center on Friday, December 5, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. All six artists will be in attendance and ready for feedback from the public during the event.

The Preston Arts Center is located on the campus of Henderson Community College campus, at 2660 South Green St. Henderson, Kentucky, 42420. The Art Center is open weekly, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

DEATH LIST REPORT

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WEEKLY DEATH REPORT OCT 13 TO OCT 19, 2025

Red Cross offers steps to help you avoid a cooking fire on Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving is a peak day for home cooking fires in the U.S.

INDIANA, November 24, 2025 — Thanksgiving and the day before are the top two days in this country for the chance of a cooking fire to happen in someone’s home. Cooking causes an average of 158,400 home fires per year, which is 44% of all home fires in the United States. The Indiana Region of the American Red Cross offers safety steps everyone can follow if they will be preparing their family’s Thanksgiving feast.

Cooking is the leading cause of home fires, home fire injuries and the second leading cause of home fire deaths. Most happen because people leave cooking food unattended. We want everyone to have a safe, enjoyable holiday, so don’t leave the kitchen while you’re cooking.

COOKING SAFETY TIPS Follow these safety tips and visit redcross.org/fire for more information, including a fire escape plan to practice with your family.

  • Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling or broiling food. If you must leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
  • Use a timer to remind yourself that the stove or oven is on.
  • Avoid wearing loose clothing or dangling sleeves while cooking.
  • Keep kids and pets at least three feet away from cooking areas.
  • Keep anything that can catch on fire — potholders, oven mitts, wooden utensils, paper or plastic bags, food packaging, and towels or curtains — away from your stove top and oven or any other appliance that generates heat.
  • Clean cooking surfaces on a regular basis to prevent grease buildup.
  • Consider purchasing a fire extinguisher to keep in your kitchen.
  • Always check the kitchen before going to bed or leaving home to make sure all stoves, ovens and small appliances are turned off.

Smoke alarms save lives. Install a smoke alarm near your kitchen, on each level of your home, near sleeping areas, and inside and outside bedrooms if you sleep with doors closed. Use the test button to check it each month. Replace all batteries at least once a year. If you cannot afford to purchase smoke alarms or are physically unable to install one, the Red Cross may be able to help. Visitredcross.org/inhomefire for more information.

 

HOME FIRE CAMPAIGN SAVES LIVES Since October 2014, the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign, working with community partners, has saved at least 2,519 lives by educating families about fire safety, helping them create escape plans and installing free smoke alarms in high-risk areas across the country. To learn more about the campaign and how you can get involved, visit redcross.org/homefires.

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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Booked Last 24 Hours-Public

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.

Officer Injured in Hit-and-Run Crash

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Officer Injured in Hit-and-Run Crash

On 11/24/2025 officers were dispatched to the 2600 block of Lodge Ave in reference to a famil dispute. While on scene, a vehicle stopped behind a marked police vehicle parked on the street. Both the officer’s vehicle and the one stopped were facing south. As the officer was instructing the driver to go around the parked vehicle, he was struck by a separate vehicle traveling northbound on Lodge Ave. The officer immediately alerted responding officers that he had been struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.

Officers responding to the area located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop in the 2300 block of Lodge Ave. During the car stop the driver attempted to drive around the officers. When the vehicle was successfully stopped, officers attempted to remove the driver David E. Ventura (21). Ventura physically resisted being removed from the vehicle. David was removed from the vehicle and detained. Officers then observed multiple beer cans inside the vehicle.

While officers were attempting to gain control of Ventura, the front seat passenger, Saulo P. Ventura (22) fled the vehicle on foot. Saulo was located and taken into custody. Saulo was charged with Resisting Law Enforcement.

David showed signs of impairment and submitted to sobriety testing. David was charged with multiple counts of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated, Leaving the Scene of an Injury Crash, Operating

Without Ever Receiving a License, Resisting Law Enforcement, Battery on a Public Safety Official and Operating with an Open Container.

Vanderburgh County Arrest Warrants

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Vanderburgh County Arrest Warrants

Old Courthouse Bell to Ring Again Following Restoration Efforts

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Evansville, Indiana – November 24, 2025 – The iconic bell of the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse will soon return to service following months of restoration work. On Tuesday, November 25, the Director of the Center for Applied Research at the University of Southern Indiana (USI), along with several USI students who have been involved in the project, will install a newly manufactured drop hammer in the historic bell tower.

In May, during a routine inspection, County maintenance staff discovered that the bell’s drop hammer had snapped off its base after an estimated 7 million strikes over its 134-year lifespan. A replacement hammer was commissioned from McShane Bell Foundry, the same manufacturer that originally cast the Old Courthouse bell in 1890.

The installation is expected to be completed Tuesday afternoon, with plans for the bell to ring again by 5:00 p.m. This milestone marks the restoration of one of the Old Courthouse’s most cherished historic features and highlights the ongoing partnership between Vanderburgh County and USI to preserve the landmark’s architectural and mechanical history.

Indiana State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla Leads National Call to Confront America’s Debt Crisis

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STATEHOUSE – Indiana State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla, chair of the National Debt Crisis Task Force of state financial officers, is one of 90 state elected officials from across the country who recently sent a formal letter to President Donald J. Trump and Members of Congress urging immediate action on the national debt.

“We are building a movement from the states to support federal leaders in tackling the massive problem of deficit spending and $38 trillion of debt,” said Comptroller Nieshalla. “Our letter was sent with a great sense of urgency from back home in the states.”

Building on early momentum, 37 financial officers sent an initial letter to President Trump and Congress a year ago that captured the attention of leaders eager to get involved. As a result, the first National Debt Crisis Forum was held at the Capitol this fall, bringing together key leaders including Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) and Congressman Josh Brecheen (R-OK). 

This latest letter provides an additional opportunity for elected officials from the states to sound the alarm in unison on the severity of the debt problem.
 

Indiana Governor Mike Braun and numerous states’ legislators have joined the financial officers in signing this most recent letter on the national debt crisis, underscoring the growing strength of the movement and welcoming more officials to join. The leaders warn that without decisive action, the nation faces not just a painful day of reckoning, but a prolonged age of reckoning that would undermine America’s fiscal stability and global leadership.
 
“It is extremely important for the federal government to chart a new course to address the national debt head on after over two decades of overspending,” said Comptroller Nieshalla. “We’ve seen President Trump willing to take on big issues, and we urge Congress and the White House to come together to avert this crisis for the sake of our children and grandchildren. It is time to establish a concrete plan to balance the budget, reduce the debt and empower a future of economic prosperity, financial security and affordability.”

The letter emphasizes:

  • The national debt has surpassed $38 trillion — equal to $112,000 per person
  • Annual interest payment now exceeds the budgets of the U.S. Military and Medicare
  • Impending insolvency of Social Security trust funds by 2033, likely resulting in more than a 20% reduction that equates to a $16,500 decrease of benefits on average per couple
  • The reality of saddling younger Americans with an unsustainable fiscal future, while leaving our oldest and most vulnerable citizens in need of assurances
State Leaders’ Call to Action

The coalition of state leaders urges the President and Congress to take the following actions:

  • Implement a concrete plan to put the federal government on a path to a balanced budget as soon as possible.
  • Unleash economic prosperity by cutting red tape and tapping into our nation’s vast natural resources with a timeline for reducing the debt that is empowered by a growing economy.
  • Evaluate how to maximize taxpayer savings by rolling back the costly and burdensome requirements that accompany federal funds sent to states. In return, states are empowered to increase efficiency, innovation and positive outcomes in the use of these dollars.

Legislatures across the country also have the opportunity to further build this movement by passing a resolution on the seriousness of the national debt, modeled after U.S. Senate Resolution 600 and Indiana Senate Resolution 51 that both passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.

The letter sets a target date of July 4, 2026 — America’s 250th Anniversary — for approving a long-term debt reduction plan to restore our country’s financial strength and independence.

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