Evansville Living

3 days ago | evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen

Call them overachievers: The Screaming Eagles are officially Division I athletes, one year early. The University of Southern Indiana announced June 24 that its appeal to shorten the school’s transition period to the NCAA’s top tier of athletes was approved by the Division I board of directors the day prior. The NCAA’s decision shaves the final year off a four-year reclassification process and makes all USI athletic programs eligible to qualify for and compete in Division I championships.

1 week ago | evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen

Aaron Tanner’s return to his roots wasn’t planned, but he’s embracing the change. His publishing label, Melodic Virtue, was a record label-turned-graphic design business that, in 2004, Tanner spun into a company independent publishing limited-run coffee table books about pop culture subjects like Lil BUB, the late internet-famous cat from Bloomington, Indiana, and rock bands like The Pixies and Butthole Surfers.

2 weeks ago | evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen |Hadley Mitchell

Tabitha Taylor is busy pushing a brush laden with acrylic paint across a storefront window at Give A Dog A Bone when a customer walks out of the shop and over to her. Intrigued by the 23-year-old’s holiday-inspired art, the woman inquires if Taylor would consider painting a window for her. Taylor hands her a business card, then turns to the Evansville Living writer tagging along for the day. “See? Stuff like this happens all the time,” she laughs.

2 weeks ago | evansvilleliving.com | Jodi Keen

For just $10, give a full year of Evansville Living and Evansville Business — with promo code DAD25! Both magazines are packed with features that local dads love. “Evansville Living has made people know this is a great place to live,” says retired caterer Frank Patton Jr. Longtime reader Randy Wheeler adds, “The Best of Evansville issue always opens my eyes.” From hidden treasures to community leaders, it’s a gift Dad will appreciate all year long.

2 weeks ago | evansvilleliving.com | Maggie Valenti

A historic Antebellum home at 16 S. Water St. in Henderson, Kentucky, was scheduled for demolition in 2009. In its place, Jule McClellan envisioned an opportunity to pursue a long-held dream for the city: to create a park dedicated to women who have made an impact on their community. Sixteen years later, the Women’s Honor Court is celebrating its second monument.