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Did you miss your big chance at stardom when you weren't an "extra" in "A League of Their Own?" Or would you like to add to your film credits? Opportunity is again knocking. Filmmakers are casting paid Extras for Michael Rosenbaum's cinema "OLD DAYS" which will be filmed in Newburgh and Evansville in February and March.

An Evansville man is arrested on five counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. Police say that 30-year old Ray Payne at first denied, then admitted to the incidents with a 15-year-old girl. Detectives say Payne had lived with the girl's family, and he was aware that the girl had the mental capability of a 7- or 8-year-old. The girl told investigators at Holly’s House that Payne paid no attention to her requests to stop, or became angry with her, and also kept a knife under her bed.

A murder charge is filed against a young Tell City man in the death of 23-month-old toddler. 18-year-old Michael Arnold faces the charge following an autopsy on the body of Gavin Aiden Sacks.

A Beaver Dam, Kentucky man is arrested when the body of his twin brother is found buried in the backyard of the home they shared. Police say 36-year-old William Hatchett faces a preliminary charge of tampering with physical evidence. Police say Hatchett confessed to burying his twin brother, 36-year-old Robert Hatchett, and more charges are possible.

Plenty of marital bliss in Warrick County. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the county has the second highest percentage of married couples in Indiana. About 65 percent of Warrick County residents are married. The statewide average is just 51 percent. Both figures are down from the 2000 Census.

Several Kentucky lawmakers are considering bills that would require a doctor's prescription for cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine. The compound is a key ingredient in the illicit manufacturing of methamphetamine. Officials say "one-pot'' labs in which meth is cooked in a two-liter plastic bottle have increased the problem.

Much of Governor Daniels State of the State address focused on improving education. But the proposed new budget he rolled-out Thursday calls for cutting funding for higher education by another three percent. And at the other end of the education spectrum, the state is doing even less. The Indianapolis Star reports that Indiana is one of just eight states that spend no state dollars on preschools. It also reports that two-thirds of the states require children to start school earlier than Indiana's standard age of 7.

Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard focuses on steps taken to cope with the foreclosure crisis, improvements to trial court technology and criminal sentencing issues and improving the effectiveness of protective orders. Click HERE to see the complete State of the Judiciary speech that the Evansville native delivered to lawmakers.

Alcoa turns it around. The company, with a big smelter in Warrick County says fourth-quarter revenue rose 4 percent compared to the same time a year ago. Earnings surged on higher sales of aluminum products, as manufacturing increased for automakers and those turning out consumer products. Alcoa reported net income of $258 million, or 24 cents a share, for the quarter. That compares with a net loss of $277 million during the same quarter last year.

An Evansville woman pleads guilty to neglect, after she was accused of not stopping her husband from sexually molesting a female relative. 34-year old Kristina L. Phillips was sentenced to 2 1/2 years behind bars by Superior Court Judge Robert Tornatta. Phillips was accused of twice witnessing her husband having sex with an underage female relative. Her husband Jacob is charged with allegedly molesting the girl over an eight-year period, while the couple lived in Warrick, Vanderburgh and Posey counties.