LOCAL RESIDENTS HEARD FROM TWO HALL OF FAME BASEBALLERS AT SATURDAY'S "STRIKING OUT PROSTATE CANCER" EVENT. HALL OF FAMER FRANK ROBINSON TOLD THE AUDIENCE THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE AFRAID TO BE SCREENED, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT PAYS OFF IN THE LONG RUN. OZZIE SMITH, A ST. LOUIS CARDINALS STAR AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S SPOKESMAN FOR PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS, WAS ALSO ON HAND TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION, NOTING AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN ARE AT GREATER RISK AND SHOULD BEGIN REGULAR SCREENINGS AT AGE 40 (A DECADE EARLIER THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS.) http://www.evansvillecancercenter.com/
YOUR LATEST CHANCE TO ATTEND EVANSVILLE MAYOR JONATHAN WEINZAPFEL'S TRAVELLING CITY HALL SERIES IS MONDAY EVENING. THE CITY HALL MEETING IS BEING HELD AT HARPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON ALVORD BOULEVARD, FROM 5:30-7:30. ALL EVANSVILLE RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
TWO LANES ON THE SOUTHBOUND OHIO RIVER BRIDGE ARE NOW OPEN AGAIN. KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS FINAL GUARDRAIL AND OTHER FINISHING WORK WILL OCCUR ON THE NORTHBOUND BRIDGE THIS WEEK AND THE EXTRA LANE ON THAT BRIDGE WILL BE MAINTAINED THIS WEEK SO THAT WORK CAN BE DONE. THAT BRIDGE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY BACK TO TWO LANES BY NEXT MONDAY.
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY A WOMAN JUMPED OFF THE SIDE OF THE NORTHBOUND OHIO RIVER BRIDGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE INCIDENT OCCURED ABOUT 2:15 PM. THE WOMAN FELL ABOUT 60 FEET, LANDING IN A FIELD ON THE KENTUCKY SIDE OF THE RIVER. SHE WAS FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO SAINT MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER WITH CRITICAL INJURIES.
EVANSVILLE'S FREEDOM FESTIVAL BOARD IS GIVING UP IT'S OVERSIGHT OF THE BIG EVENT, LEAVING SOME BIG QUESTION MARKS. ONE IS WHETHER THUNDER ON THE OHIO WILL SURVIVE. THE FESTIVAL REPORTEDLY STILL OWES $90,000 TO THE BOAT ASSOCIATION FOR THIS YEAR'S RACE. THE FESTIVAL REPORTEDLY TOOK A $70,000 LOSS IN 2008.
EVANSVILLE FIRE AND POLICE INVESTIGATORS REPORT THREE MORE CAR ARSONS OVER THE WEEKEND. IT HAPPENED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING NORTH OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA ON NORTH MAIN STREET, EAST FLORIDA, AND EAST LOUISIANA. NO SUSPECTS YET.