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1 week ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |Evansville Business magazines
Brycen Moore, General Manager of the Evansville Otters, grew up in Newburgh. He shares his favorite ways to get out and explore. You work at Bosse Field, so you see the city’s love of sports up close. What do you think sports mean to Evansville residents? Sports are such a big aspect of the community. We are approached by fans who have come to not only Otters’ games, but Braves’, Triplets’, and other teams that have played at historic Bosse Field.
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2 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |Evansville Business magazines
Cities the world over have complicated and conflicting relationships with the bodies of water on which they were built — at once drawing life and commerce from them, while battling their floods, pollution, and the ghosts of industries and peoples past. Evansville is no different. While the great flood of 1937 is almost 90 years behind us, it lives on in legend, lore, and the shared history and memory of our community.
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2 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
The University of Southern Indiana’s presidential search has returned home. Ten months after naming Steven Bridges interim president, and after vetting nearly 100 candidates, the Board of Trustees voted 9-0 to hire Bridges permanently. He is the first USI graduate to serve as president, and his ascent to the office started 36 years ago when he joined the university as a staff accountant.
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3 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |John Martin
IN the same way Evansville is a hub for health care, retail shopping, dining, and entertainment, it also is a regional capital for automotive sales. It’s not just about the city’s centralized spot on the map: More than 100 lots offer the latest models, a wide range of makes, used cars, and luxury rides. Many bolstering body shops and repair services.
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3 weeks ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen
Depending on the time of year, you may find Mike Skvara broadcasting a football game for Reitz Memorial High School. He could be crunching numbers as a statistician for the same program. Or, maybe he is herding coaches to press conferences and post-game ceremonies as a media coordinator for the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Skvara’s sports-beating servant’s heart is no secret. In November, IHSAA honored him with the Distinguished Media Service Award for District 3.
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1 month ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |Evansville Business magazines
Area homeowners still cleaning up debris from January’s ice storm are making an unpleasant discovery: tree damage. As questions mount — can the tree be saved? Does it need pruning? Is it still safe? — the Evansville Department of Urban Forestry can step in. “Any time there is a storm that affects a homeowner’s tree, it is advisable to contact an arborist … to see if anything is needed to keep the tree in good condition,” says City Arborist Shawn Dickerson.
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1 month ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |Evansville Business magazines
Today’s Evansville Living prioritizes the same local-centric content it did 25 years ago. But the process behind putting together a print magazine? “Change” doesn’t even begin to describe what’s occurred. Shooting photos on film, for example, went the way of the dinosaur – it’s all digital now. Drones allow photographers to shoot from above, without frightful climbs up rickety ladders. Electronic communication has eliminated all sorts of steps required 25 years ago.
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1 month ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | John Martin |Jodi Keen
Two bartenders walked into a bar and decided to give patrons a buzzworthy experience. Ally Speicher and fiancée Zane Skeels have channeled their fun-loving spirit into Industry Bar, which opened in October 2024 in the former Myriad Brewing Company spot Downtown. The pet-friendly watering hole offers a rotating cocktail menu, bottled beer, and standard brands on tap, plus billiards and darts.
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1 month ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |Evansville Business magazines
151 is the number of covers Evansville Living has produced in 25 years, including this issue. Designing the best cover for each issue takes a lot of work and often takes us to some interesting places. One example is our second cover, which posed Harrison High School graduates and pro basketball teammates Calbert Cheaney and Walter McCarty on the revered hardwood at the now-called TD Garden, where the pair then played for the Celtics.
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1 month ago | 
evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |Evansville Business magazines
Where has the time gone? On Evansville Living’s silver anniversary, look back at how the magazine covered Evansville’s culture, character, personalities, and quirks.
