Tim Jagielo

Warrick County resident Brandon Baxter flies his Gadsden Flag at the No Kings protest event in Evansville, Saturday, Oct. 18. He prefers to interpret the flag for its original intent — to protest the overreach of a king. "It's a symbol of us together as a country fighting against tyranny," he said. "So the flag represents that. It represents the Constitution, the the Declaration of Independence."

Local ‘No Kings’ rally organizers estimate 4,000 attended, topping June event

Tim Jagielo

Overall No Kings organization reports 2,700 separate rallies inside the US with 7 million participating

Indiana State Rep. Alex Burton D-Evansville, shared a statement on the redistricting meeting which occurred Friday, Oct. 10. "Hoosiers are not asking for Congressional maps to be redrawn," he said, in part.

Members of State House are weighing in on idea of redistricting Indiana to favor GOP

Tim Jagielo

The GOP push to redistrict states with a narrow lead over democrats started in Texas and has spread to Missouri — late last week Vice President JD Vance returned to the Indiana to discuss redistricting with republican leadership

Evansville Diocese Bishop Joseph Siegel says in 2025, people are looking for signs of hope — and he said building a new Habitat home for someone in need is one such sign. Here, he blesses the future worksite of a Habitat home for Mi'Kyla Sheriff (green shirt) and her young daughter, Thursday, Oct. 9. The Evansville Diocese and parishes donated the $100,000 needed for construction.

Evansville Catholic Diocese 'breaking ground' in how they celebrate their Jubilee

Tim Jagielo

Global Catholic Church celebrates Jubilee every 25 years — including 2025; local diocese celebrating by doing something new: building a home

A rendering of the completed Franklin Lofts located in Evansville at N Morton and Franklin streets. This is the historic Hercules Plow factory. Construction and renovation should be complete in 2027.

Evansville's lower 4th Ward getting first new market-rate housing 'in decades'

Tim Jagielo

Another mixed-use building with apartments is coming to Evansville, slated to open in 2027 — this time located at Franklin and N Morton Streets, rehabbing former Hercules Plow factory

Vanderburgh County Commission President Justin Elpers address the the Evansville Rotary Club crowd, in this case, to talk about a new blight ordinance, which didn't exist int he county until this past year — whether trash or tall grass. "Now we can move forward, and the commissioners can address those issues," he said. Adding that most of the time in the city ordinance, property owners voluntarily handle issues brought forth without further action needed.

‘We work collaboratively’ — Vanderburgh County Commission holds their first State of the County since election

Tim Jagielo

As usual, it covered progress over the previous year including the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, new ordinances, construction and event space management

The Martin family from Henderson, Kentucky are trying out the new Volkswagen ID Buzz at the EVs 4 EVVeryone event at Wesselman Woods in Evansville, Saturday, Oct. 4. Standing is Kenny Martin. From back, are Isla, 6, Eleanor, 4 and Atticus 9. Kenny was impressed with the newest EV offering from Volkswagen.

Organizers say Evansville’s electric vehicle car show needs ‘new blood’ to continue

Tim Jagielo

The fourth annual electric vehicle event EVs 4 EVV was held this past weekend; future shows are in question because organizers are aging and say they need others to step in

A family pauses Saturday afternoon, Sept. 27 near the start of the Wild Summer Lights display to take photos of the cactus section. More than 6,000 have attended these past weekends.

Facing tight 2026 budget, Mesker Zoo supported by events like ‘Wild Summer Lights’

Tim Jagielo

Zoo has enjoyed success with their new interactive evening event, which have attracted more than 6,000 each weekend; funds support the Evansville Zoological Society

Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry leads a press conference with other city administrators Wednesday afternoon at the 1300 block of Florence Street before a recently razed, blighted house. The city plans to raze 150 in 2025, three times the amount projected for 2024.

Evansville announces 50th blighted home demolished in 'Fight Blight' program

Tim Jagielo

The city has allocated $500,000 this year to support demolitions; has plans for rehabilitations also

Bedford Collab an inspection away from opening

Tim Jagielo

The long-awaited kitchen co-working space in the Tepe Park Neighborhood of Evansville celebrated a ribbon cutting ceremony this weekend; this project has been in the works since 2020

As part of the design schematic phase of the Ohio River Vision project, soil borings have been gathered by survey firm Morley throughout downtown near the river, including near the Pagoda, a city parks property.

Ohio River Vision Project exploring soil near the river as part of the schematic design stage

Tim Jagielo

Schematic design due next April, for massive plan to revamp 50 miles of the Ohio Riverfront, Mount Vernon to Newburgh, with drastic changes to Evansville’s downtown