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Youth Build Evansville is a second chance program for high school dropouts. Youth Build's Lea Sconiers and Andy Hartman join David James to share success stories as these young people literally rebuild their lives by finishing their education, learning a construction skill and receiving a paycheck as they go back to school.

Evansville's first radio station, WGBF 1280 AM, is now silent after more than a century of broadcasting. With the radio now off the air, two local radio veterans join David James on Two Main Street to share their audio memories.

There's a new non-profit to help local military veterans in crisis. We learn about the mission of Veterans Overwatch as board members Savannah Whicker and John Noback join David James on Two Main Street.

Hard times and hard ankle characters fill the pages of "Turn a Blind Eye' the debut novel of Henderson native Billy Parks Burton, Burton and award-winning journalist Chuck Stinnett join David James on Two Main Street to revisit the gambling culture in No Man's Land and the crusade to clean up corruption and vice.

Could a local priest be on the path to sainthood? Two Main Street shares the legacy of the late Father Jerry Ziliak who spent 50 years serving the poorest of the poor in India. His niece, Mary Ellen Ziliak, has begun the petition process to consider the priest as a future saint. Her new book is "Touching the Untouchables."

David talks with Author Chris Underwood. They discuss his recent trip on the LST 325 as a volunteer crew member. And the latest book in his Grid Down Series, Cold Winter. In it, the LST is back in action with a new enemy.

David talks with the author of Lost Treasure of Indiana, Joseph S. Pete.

State and federal funding cuts have forced WNIN to eliminate 5 positions and drop TV programs

Shelley Kirk is one week into her retirement. After more than 35 years on the air at WEHT Channel 25, Kirk delivered her final newscast behind the anchor desk last week. On Thursday she stopped by the WNIN studio and sat down with Kenton McDonald to talk about her career in journalism and her very close ties to the tri-state.

Tom Langhorne of the Evansville Courier and Press joins to discuss the uncertain future of the old YMCA gymnasium; we’ll listen back to Tim Jagielo’s work from the week; WNIN’s Kenton McDonald speaks with WEHT’s Shelley Kirk about her years covering local news – and her retirement; Jevin Redman will be along for the Sports Chat; and we’ll run down the Weekend Notebook.