ESCALADE SPORTS SAYS IT'S ENDING PRODUCTION AT IT'S EVANSVILLE PLANT SEPTEMBER 5TH. OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE MOVING TABLE TENNIS MANUFACTURING TO MEXICO. JUST THIS SPRING, 28 JOBS WERE CUT WHEN ARCHERY EQUIPMENT PRODUCTION WAS MOVED TO CHINA. EMPLOYEES GOT THE WORD FROM THE COMPANY YESTERDAY.

EVANSVILLE'S STADIUM ADVISORY BOARD IS BACK, MEETING IN LOCUST ROOMS A AND B AT THE CENTRE TONIGHT, FROM 5:30 TILL 7:30. THEY'LL MEET TO DISCUSS THE BIG ISSUE OF WHETHER THE STADIUM CAN BE BUILT WITHOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES. THE CITY IS HIRING THREE CONSULTING FIRMS AT A COST OF NEARLY $300,000 TO STUDY FUNDING AND ARCHITECTURAL ASPECTS.

A STATEMENT FROM MAYOR JONATHAN WEINZAPFEL'S OFFICE SAYS CITY CONTROLLER LISA ACOBERT WILL LEAVE OCTOBER 1ST TO PURSUE OTHER PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. WEINZAPFEL PRAISES ACOBERT WITH OVERSEEING FIVE BALANCED BUDGETS FOR THE CITY, ALONG WITH HER WORK ON ANNEXATION AND THE BOND BANK. THE MAYOR HIRED ACOBERT WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE IN 2004.

STATE POLICE SAY 51-YEAR-OLD EARL EVANS IS KILLED MONDAY AFTERNOON WHEN A JEEP DRIVEN BY FRANCIS POWELL OF HENDERSON TURNS INTO HIS PATH ON STATE ROAD 56 IN BEECH GROVE, CAUSING EVANS TO STRIKE THE JEEP. K.S.P. SAY THEY DON'T BELIEVE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.

THE E.V.S.C. SAYS FOLKS WANTING TO PAY FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S BOOKS AT OLD NATIONAL BRANCHES SHOULD CUT THE CHECK TO THE E.V.S.C. THEY SAY SAY THERE'S BEEN SOME MISUNDERSTANDING, AND THAT YOU CAN STILL PAY IN YOUR SCHOOL'S OFFICE. YOU SHOULD MAKE THE CHECK OUT TO THE SCHOOL IN THAT CASE.