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Boonville HighSchool Closed on Monday
Classes at Boonville High School are canceled Monday (5/12) due to storm damage.
Other schools in Boonville will be open as usual.
School personnel and volunteers spent the weekend cleaning the rooms after high winds on Friday damaged the roof, causing causing damage to 12 classrooms...
Boonville Declares a State of Emergency – Area Residents are Cleaning Up After Storms
The city of Boonville is under a state of emergency for the next 8 hours. Travel in Boonville should be limited to essential travel only. Officials are calling the damage in Boonville "massive" and many streets are unsafe to travel.
The storms that rolled through the tristate last night has left some homes still without power and others assessing damage this morning...
CJ’s Willow Bowling Center to Close
CJ's Willow Bowling Center is closing it's doors on May 18. The center has been run by the Rayburn family for 59 years.
NBA Bans Clippers Owner Donald Sterling for Life
Donald Sterling is out as owner of the LA Clippers. The National Basketball Association announced today that Sterling is banned from basketball for life and fined him $2.5 million.
The decision is the result of racist remarks he made in recordings posted online...
IU Decides to Locate School of Medicine Downtown
The IU Board of Regents unanimously voted to locate the IU School of Medicine in downtown Evansville.
Pat Shoulders made the motion to pass the proposal, calling the proposal "A win for Evansville."
The downtown site covers about 6 square blocks, with boudaries on Locust, Cherry, Southeast Fourth and Southeast Sixth streets...
EVSC Will Extend More School Days
Here come the extended schools round 2.
To make up for the last snow day of the winter, EVSC will add an hour to six more school days.
The six consecutive school days to be lengthened are March 31 through April 7.
EVSC officials say that timing will allow more prep time for ISTEP testing which starts shortly after the extended days...
The Effects of Winter Hit ISTEP
The latest thing to be affected by the winter weather is ISTEP.
Winter Storm Warning
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the tristate state effective from 6AM Sunday through 6AM Monday.
Freezing rain, sleet and snow are all expected tomorrow. Heaviest accumulations are expected along the I-64 corridor with up to six inches of snow possible...
Winter Keeps a Grip on the Evansville Area
The strange winter weather pattern will bring us more ice and snow this weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch the area beginning at midnight Saturday night and remaining in effect until Monday morning...
Indiana State Police Warn Parents about Candy Laced with THC
Indiana State Police have issued a warning to parents that troopers and area police are finding candy laced with Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Southwest Indiana. THC is the chemical compound in marijuana that makes the user high.
Most of the drug laced candy found by troopers are in the form of suckers, gummy worms and gummy bears...
Evansville’s Smoking Ban Overturned by Indiana Supreme Court
The Indiana State Supreme Court has overturned the Smokefree ordinance in Evansville. In a 3-2 decision, the court deemed that the ordinance violates the Indiana Constitution's Equal Privileges and Immunities Clause.
"Today we hold that this clause invalidates an Evansville ordinance expanding the city's smoking ban to bars and restaurants but exempting its only riverboat casino ("the C
Donate Left Over Halloween Candy to Chemo Patients
Perhaps with the weather this Halloween, you may have some candy left over. Why not donate it to chemo patients?
When the chemo drugs enter the system, many patients report having a metallic taste in their mouth. Candy is an easy solution to this problem...