Local News Headlines

Hundreds turn-out for Streets Alive event

Submitted by John Gibson on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 10:02am
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Hundreds were biking, rollerblading, and dancing on Fulton Avenue Sunday. The stretch of Fulton between Columbia and Diamond was closed to cars and trucks for Evansville Streets Alive. Gloria Schwartz of the Healthier Evansville Committee says the goal was to get kids and adults out of the house and to exercise. Vendors lined the street to promote healthy foods and choices. Organizers hope to put-on a third Streets Alive event next year.
 

Twin Bridges getting rusty

Submitted by John Gibson on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 10:00am
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It looks like the Twin Bridges will need another coat of paint soon. Keith Todd of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the paint that was applied in 2007 is already deteriorating, especially on the northbound bridge. Todd says the paint manufacturer altered the paint recipe, so it didn't adhere to the bridge as well as it should. He says that manufacturer has been removed from the supplier list. The last painting cost $21 million.

 

Purdue researches how autism develops in young children

Submitted by Serena Jones on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:08am
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Purdue is studying how autism develops in young children.  Researchers are seeking infants between 6 and 18 months who have an older sibling with autism.  Purdue will observe the children until they are 2 and a half years old, assessing language development, physiological development, and several other developmental areas.  For more information or to enroll a child in the study, call 765-494-6610 or email AJLab@purdue.edu

 

Indy Motor Speedway expects "high" class entertainment

Submitted by Serena Jones on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:06am
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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Friday that six World War II-era planes will fly over the world‘s most famous racecourse prior to the start of the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500. The pre-race flyover will feature a North American B-25 Mitchell, nicknamed "Axis Nightmare," and five North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft. The planes will fly over the speedway at the conclusion of the National Anthem.

 

Area code "overlay" favored over "geographic split"

Submitted by Randy Wheeler on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:59pm
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We may be punching-in more numbers in the future. The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor is recommending the all-services overlay option for implementing a new telephone area code. It would overlay the 812 area code, because the 812 exchange will run-out out of numbers by 2015. We'd be required to include 812 or the new overlay number in all local calls. The new code would be used for new phones and services beginning in late 2014 or 2015. Calls that are local before a new area code is added would remain local afterward.

 

GOP trying end run on Keystone XL Pipeline project

Submitted by Randy Wheeler on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:56pm
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Republican Congressman Larry Buschon of Newburgh is supporting legislation that would make an end-run around President Obama on the Keystone XL Pipeline project. He testified at a committee hearing on the bill. Buschon says President Obama has been studying the Keystone Pipeline longer than World War II lasted - and it's time to move the project forward.

 

Former ECA treasurer at Castle HS accused of embezzling funds

Submitted by Randy Wheeler on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:41pm
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A preliminary State Board of Accounts audit concludes a retired treasurer at Castle High School embezzled nearly $140,000 from the school. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has frozen the accounts of 55-year old Rebecca McKee. Those accounts include her house, car, and any bank and retirement accounts that she may have. The audit by the State Board of Accounts says McKee failed to deposit about $82,000 in cash collections she received. It also says says she took 24 unauthorized reimbursements totaling about $15,000.

 

Minimized preschool education coming to Indiana

Submitted by Randy Wheeler on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 5:20pm
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For the first time, Indiana will earmark some state funding for preschool next school year -- but not as much as advocates had hoped for. Indiana will offer four-million dollars over the next two years to preschools to give more pupils an early start. House Republicans had proposed $14 million for a pilot program in five counties to give scholarships directly to low-income students to pay for preschool.

 

John Whinrey wins coveted Rotary Civic Award

Submitted by Randy Wheeler on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 4:42pm
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The latest in a long succession of Rotary Civic Award winners is named by the Rotary Club of Evansville. Civic Award Committee Chairman Tom Austerman noted John Whinrey's leadership of the Yucatan Project, which is sending needed medical supplies to the Tizamen District - one of the poorest areas on the continent. One spin-off of Whinrey's work was the City of Evansville and Tizamen signing a sister-city relationship that includes cultural exchanges as well as support for the region in the Yucatan.

 

Beer sales battle hits courts

Submitted by Randy Wheeler on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 4:21pm
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Indiana convenience stores are suing the state for the right to sell cold beer. Under current law, only carryout stores can sell beer cold. A complaint in the US District Court filed by the Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, a statewide trade association, challenges that law. Indiana is the only state in the country that regulates beer sales based on temperature. A 2012 proposal to allow grocery and convenience stores to sell cold beer as long as that beer is made in Indiana died in the legislature.