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Indiana Firearms Licensing Is Now All-Digital

Indiana residents will now have to register their firearms strictly online, as the state has now completed a transition making the days of paper and mail obsolete.

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Mayor Winnecke’s Traveling City Hall Features Meth Presentation From EPD

Can you spot ingredients used to make methamphetamine? Do you know what to do if you suspect someone is making meth? Officials with the Evansville Police Department Meth Suppression Unit will conduct a presentation on identifying meth-making materials and reporting illegal meth production during the Traveling City Hall meeting Wednesday, March 27th, at Red Bank Branch Library, 120 S. Red Bank Road.

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Rapper Gucci Mane Can’t Even Get Arrested in Evansville

Some artists are big in Japan; some cannot even get arrested in their hometown. However, if you are “zero-time” Grammy award winner Gucci Mane, it is your inability to get arrested in Evansville that could be an indication that you may need to fill out an employment application at McDonald's upon pulling into the next town.

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Mayor Winnecke to Deliver Evansville’s State of the City Address

Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will deliver his second annual State of the City speech to members of the Evansville Noon Rotary Club on Tuesday, March 26th 11:30am at the Casino Aztar Conference Center, 450 N.W. Riverside Dr.

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Attend Tonight’s Leadership Evansville ‘VOICE’ Session

Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and Leadership Evansville Executive Director Lynn Miller Pease announce the next VOICE community visioning session will take place tonight, Thursday, March 21st at Memorial Baptist Church and is open to everyone.

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Learn About the Global Youth Service Day and the Homeless Connect Project on Wednesdays With Winnecke [Audio]

There are lots of important events coming up in Evansville, and we had the chance to shed some light on two of them this morning on Wednesdays With Winnecke. First we discussed the Global Youth Service Day with Clean Evansville. We then talked about the 5th annual Homeless Connect Project happening this Thursday.

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Illegal Cockfighting Ring Busted in Indiana

A couple of Indiana men may have gotten a little “cocky” in their attempt to maintain the anonymity of their illegal cockfighting operation. That’s because earlier this week, Indiana police say they arrested George Piker and Jeffery McMahan for allegedly operating an illegal cockfighting ring that consisted of two fight-houses and a substantial number of roosters.

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Evansville’s 5th Annual ‘Homeless Connect’ Project This Thursday

Project Homeless Connect is a one-day, one-stop event sponsored by community leaders and designed to provide various services and hospitality in a convenient one-stop model directly to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

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Dine Out and Give Back to Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana Wednesday at Gracie’s Chinese Cuisine

Youth Resources (YR) of Southwestern Indiana is great non-profit based here in Evansville whose mission has been to empower young people to take ownership of challenges they see in the community, devise action plans to address those issues, and implement service projects to improve life in the local community through their leadership. It's a mission they've been able to carry out for over 25 years thanks to fundraising efforts like the "Give Back" event coming up on Wednesday, March 20th.

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Teens Busted for Drinking in an Indiana Bar

Nearly 80 minors were busted over the weekend, some between the ages of 13 and 14, during an early morning raid at a bar in Indianapolis. Authorities say that while they were shocked to find so many underage drinkers, they are more confused as to how the bar owner and the parents could have allowed such a derelict scene to ever take place.

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