Tim Jagielo
Multimedia Journalist-
Sodden fields stopped Ohio River Crossing project in Evansville as water level peaked on Sunday; work to re-start this week to eventually connect Indiana and Kentucky via new I-69 bridge -
Evansville Rescue Mission's Susan H. Snyder Center for Women and Children will open March 13; will be a long-term facility with wrap-around services to help residents succeed after their stay -
Kentucky has a grant program to assist communities in improving local roadways while also supporting the environment — grant applications are open for road projects that use asphalt with rubber from finely-ground waste tires -
Binding Interest Arbitration is next step after contract offer from the US Postal Service was rejected by vote in late January and follow-up negotiations between union and the USPS have failed -
About 100 marched locally in the National Day of Protest against President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE); demonstrators allege Trump behaving like oligarch -
Traveling True Black History Museum includes sights, sounds and artifacts from recent history and times of slavery featuring actual iron plantation shackles; museum is touring US in mixed racial education landscape -
This annual Winter scavenger hunt educates on a themed topic — this year it’s invasive plants; ‘perch’ refers to the 10 plastic owls perched in trees throughout the park along easily accessible paths -
Current Assistant City Manager under William ‘Buzzy’ Newman will take over in March; leading daily city operations, projects and staffing -
The Evansville City Council has approved the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area Ordinance (DORA) which paves the way for adults 21 and up to consume alcoholic outside, in certain areas of downtown; state approval and signage still needed -
The University of Evansville has hired Project Safespace Director who will implement the new program to reduce cases of dating violence and sexual assault on campus; funded by Department of Justice