A JUDGE IN A DELAWARE BANKRUPTCY COURT WILL HEAR TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT'S REQUEST TO SELL EVANSVILLE'S CASINO AZTAR TO ELDORADO RESORTS ON FRIDAY. THE DELAY WAS REQUESTED BY A GROUP OWED MONEY BY TROPICANA, WHICH CLAIMS ELDORADO'S OFFER DOES NOT REFLECT THE TRUE VALUE OF THE CASINO.

REPUBLICAN VANDERBURGH COUNTY COMMISSIONER JEFF KORB WANTS THE NOVEMBER FOURTH ELECTION INVALIDATED BECAUSE THE MAN WHO BEAT HIM WORKS FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS. KORB SAYS DEMOCRAT STEPHEN MELCHER WAS INELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM OF EVANSVILLE.

AT&T WILL REPLACE COPPER CABLE WITH FIBER OPTIC, CREATING THE STATE'S LARGEST FIBER NETWORK. IT'S A DEAL THEY'VE STRUCK WITH EVANSVILLE AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION AND CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CIVIC CENTER AND OUTLYING GOVERNMENT OFFICES, SUCH AS FIRE HOUSES AND THE JAIL.

21-YEAR-OLD THOMAS MONTGOMERY FACES AT LEAST SEVEN COUNTS OF THEFT, AS WELL AS A CHARGE OF RESISTING ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SERIES OF VEHICLE BREAK-INS. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES BELLIEVE HE CARRIED OUT ABOUT 20 BURGLARIES IN ALL, MOSTLY ON THE NORTH WEST SIDE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR VICTIMS TO CALL THEM TO CLAIM RECOVERED PROPERTY.

A BIG HOUSE FIRE JUST BEFORE 2:00 THIS MORNING ON THE 700 BLOCK OF SOUTHEAST FIRST. THREE PEOPLE GOT OUT O.K., BUT TWO FIREFIGHTERS WERE BURNED. CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE FOR SEVERAL HOURS BATTLING THE STUBBORN AND SMOKY BLAZE.