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5 days ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
Announced May 5, the Evansville Fire Department will to take over responsibility of all ambulance services within city limits, effective July 1, 2026. American Medical Response, which currently responds to medical emergency calls in the city, employs approximately 106 paramedics emergency medical technicians. According to AMR’s website, the company takes an average of 33,000 ambulance transport calls and 8,000 wheelchair transport calls each year.
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1 week ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
It’s been a rocky rollout, but the deadline for Real ID is finally here. Roots of the Real ID Act date to 2005, when Congress passed a recommendation from the 9/11 Commission that the federal government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver’s licenses,” according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Fast forward to now.
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1 week ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
In a joint statement released April 29, city and county law enforcement agencies confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel had conducted Enforcement and Removal Operations in and around Evansville that day:“The Evansville Police Department and the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office have received numerous inquiries and calls from concerned citizens regarding US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities in the area.
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1 week ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
Planning a party, but don’t know where to start? This is where Doros and Ellada Hadjisavva step in. The Hadjisavva name is regionally known from the husband-and-wife team’s upscale Greek restaurant Acropolis, which operated on Evansville’s East Side from 2000 to 2021. As the couple’s catering business grew, they scaled down restaurant operations and, in June 2022, opened Venue 812, an event space in the former location of Western Ribeye steakhouse at 1401 N. Boeke Road.
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2 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
I got my first taste of the Cosmic Songwriter Festival in 2024, and realized right away that I’d have to endure another 361 sleeps before it made its return trip around the sun. The four-night festival’s third installation happens May 14-17 in Bloomington, Indiana.
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2 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
A glorious sight to behold, Roosevelt Drive becomes a street lined with color in the spring. Blooming, bright azaleas line the street as onlookers drive and walk by for a peek as if lining up for the annual Ritzy’s Fantasy of Lights tour in the winter. These flowering shrubs are part of what made Diane Horn fall in love with her home at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Roosevelt when her family purchased it about 30 years ago.
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2 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
1. The RiverOur place in the bend of the Ohio River gave life to what’s now Evansville. The city has built itself up from it, yet all roads (especially in Downtown, where they tip 45 degrees) seem to lead back to the water. Steamboat captains knew they had reached Evansville once they saw the twin steeples of Saint Boniface on Wabash Avenue. Now, riverboat cruise stops drop off travelers for a day of fun in the River City.
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3 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Maggie Valenti |Jodi Keen
For the first time in its eight-season history, the Evansville Thunderbolts are headed to the Southern Professional Hockey League’s President’s Cup championship series. After the Thunderbolts’ inaugural semifinals appearance last season, the minor league hockey team — which debuted in Evansville in the 2016-27 season, sat out the 2020-21 season, and is owned by arena management company VenuWorks, Inc.
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3 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
Name the Evansville paint company that originated the bull’s-eye logo now used by national retail chain Target. What does Lic’s stand for? What kids’ TV show aired on WEHT-TV — then on Channel 50 — from 1961 to 1986 and featured characters named Peggy, Clancy the Cop, and puppets like Buster Bear? Where did Evansville’s founder Hugh McGary build his cabin? Who is the namesake of Enlow Field? What television station used the slogan “First In Evansville” as its call letters?
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3 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |Evansville Business magazines
Chef Tori Chapman’s lifelong love of food inspired her to create Vegan Eats & Treats, a catering and custom order business. She shares her thoughts on the River City’s palate. Describe Evansville’s flavor profile. Comforting. Whether you are enjoying tacos, ramen, vegan soul food, pizza, burgers, or Thai food, there will be a comforting factor to those meals that will make you feel at home. How has the city’s food culture evolved?
