Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)

Band Camp Students Tune Up for School Year [Corrected 09/03/09]

Summer is winding down, and in high school parking lots and football stadiums throughout the region, marching bands are getting down to business. The word "business" is appropriate on a couple of levels. Bands are working on shows for the upcoming competition season, while members and their parents also are raising the money required to make the program happen year after year.

Legislative Resolutions Add Up 29 Hours Spent On Such Measures

INDIANAPOLIS - Ripped apart for months, locked in a bitter and partisan debate over the state's next budget, the Indiana General Assembly could have quickly packed up and shuffled off after approving a compromise just in time to prevent a state government shutdown. Instead, it chose to stick around for just a few more minutes and come together to pass one more measure. State lawmakers' final act this year wasn't clearing a budget; it was passing a resolution memorializing Gary, Ind., native M...

Other Side of Health Reform Some Say It Could Limit Patient Care, Put Some Physicians Out of Work

Dr. Michael Hodges, an ophthalmologist with the Eye Group of Southern Indiana, recently did a procedure to improve the vision of a 94-year-old patient. "He is as sharp as a tack, and there is no reason that he shouldn't have the benefit of better eyesight," Hodges said.

Pit Bull Dead After Attack On Officer

An Evansville Police Department officer shot and killed a pit bull when it attacked him during a search for a man wanted on a warrant Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The dog's owners say it shouldn't have happened and that they will push for an internal affairs investigation into the matter.

Bennett's View On Teaching Credentials Is Welcome

When an editor is hired here, regardless of whether it's "the" editor or someone for one of other essentially mid-level management positions, those of us who produce the copy for the day's paper want that person to have some experience as a reporter. That way we know he should have an understanding of and, perhaps, some sympathy for the challenges of time, distance and uncooperative sources a reporter faces in attempting to gather information for a story.

Briefs

Evansville EVSC to unveil budget

Highways and Byways a Weekly Photographic Report Doggedly Loyal Best Friend Antique Store's Owner has a Pal in Boots

A pre-Depression era electric fan created a slight breeze as Jack McDowell of Patoka, Ind., prepared a dresser to sell at auction. For the retired supermarket manager turned antique dealer and his wife, Eleanor, business at River Bluff Antiques has picked up a bit recently.

Motorist Pulls Over Off-Duty Trooper Ensuing Pursuit Yields Charges

An allegedly intoxicated motorist landed in jail Saturday night after he rolled up beside a car, flashed his wallet and told the other driver to pull over, according to police documents. The only problem: The motorist, 43-year-old Cary W. Melton, is not a police officer and the other driver was.

Tough Week for State Finance Tax Collections Dip Below Forecast

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana got more grim financial news last week as state tax collections continued a trend of dipping below expectations. Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels' fiscal officials said Thursday that revenue for July was $76.5 million below what a forecast issued in May predicted.

Briefs

NORRIS CITY, Ill. Man drowns

Sen. Lugar in Town This Week for Events

Indiana's senior U.S. senator, Richard Lugar, will make several appearances in Evansville on Tuesday and Wednesday. At 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Lugar will address the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.'s back to school event at The Centre.

Obituaries

local Stephen Wesley Davis

Wind Farm Opponents Urge Caution

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana has seen more wind farms and proposals to build turbines since the state got its first wind farm last year, but opponents say wind energy has downsides, including negative health effects and inconveniences. Eric Rosenbloom, who heads the nonprofit group National Wind Watch, which fights wind farm projects across the U.S., told The Indianapolis Star that rancor often develops in communities when wind farms arrive. "We are still fighting a denial that there is any downsid...

Lawmakers Look to Curb Ky. Prison Spending

Meth-Related Charges Filed After Traffic Stop Police Say the Drug, Precursors Discovered in Vehicle

Two people were being held in the Vanderburgh County Jail on Sunday after authorities found materials to make methamphetamine inside their car during a traffic stop the night before, according to police documents. Terry W. Dimmett, 40, is facing preliminary charges of manufacturing meth and possession of meth. Stephanie M. Kloc is facing a preliminary charge of possession of meth. Evansville Police Department officers stopped Kloc's 1995 Chevrolet Camaro about 7:15 p.m. near Wedeking Avenue a...

Police Say Man Pointed Handgun at Partygoers Ten Felony Charges Filed, Including Criminal Recklessness

A Mount Vernon, Ind., man is facing 10 preliminary felony charges for allegedly pointing a gun and threatening a group of partygoers that included his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. Benjamin L. Bredemeier, 21, was arrested early Saturday on three counts of criminal recklessness, three counts of intimidation with a weapon, three counts of pointing a loaded firearm and one count of resisting law enforcement, all felonies.

Public Transportation Panel to Study Needs of Warrick Co. Committee Member Says Current Services Are Underused

A panel working to improve the public transportation system in Warrick County, Ind., soon will conduct a survey to determine what services are most in demand. "We're trying to get the word out that we have some programs in place," said Patty Oser of Boonville, Ind., one of 15 people on the Transportation Advisory Committee. "We need to find out how we can improve, and if that means providing more services into Vanderburgh County, say for doctors' appointments, we're in the process of doing le...

Woman Accused of Throwing Large Ashtray, Injuring One Alleged Incident On Porch Began Over Missing Cell Phone

An 18-year-old Evansville woman is accused of throwing a large ashtray through a window at a group of women who were knocking on her front door, according to an Evansville Police Department probable cause affidavit. Shelby Wilson is facing a preliminary charge of criminal recklessness, a class D felony.