Newburgh News

In this April 7, 2006 file photo, large rolls of aluminum are cooled before they get cut to order size at the Alcoa Warrick Operations in Newburgh, Ind.

With just over a month until classes start back up again, one Newburgh school is desperately searching for a new home.

Because of today's weather many area firework displays have been rescheduled. Newburgh and Owensboro fireworks displays have been rescheduled for Sunday at 9 p.m. Henderson's festivities will start at 6 p.m. with fireworks at 9 p.m. Muhlenberg is rescheduled for Sunday at 8 p.m. Mt Vernon fireworks is rescheduled for next Saturday July, 11.

Two teenagers were killed in a crash that happened around 9:30 Thursday night at Diamond Avenue and Saint Joseph Road near the Vanderburgh-Posey County line.

Indiana's attorney general said Thursday that he would appeal a federal judge's order throwing out the guilty verdicts and death sentence of a southern Indiana man convicted of the fatal ambush of three people along a rural Warrick County road.

To celebrate the Fourth of July, Historic Newburgh Inc. will host the Newburgh Fireworks at the Old Lock & Dam Park, beginning at 9 p.m. The fireworks will be set to music, and there will be a $5 per person VIP seating charge for those who wish to sit in the best seats.

William Craig from Castle High School is the program's new attorney general. He was sponsored by Legion Post 44 in Newburgh.

Deputies say a teenage girl was struck by a truck Thursday night. It happened around 11:00 p.m. in Newburgh.

Terry Johnston has been hired as the city of Guttenberg's chief of police. The hiring was approved at Monday's meeting of the Guttenberg City Council.

This column was prepared by Courier & Press correspondent John Gottcent from the archives of Evansville newspapers.

YORKTOWN - Robert Edward Sanders, 81, of Yorktown, IN, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at The Waters of Yorktown.

Banterra Bank is preparing to show off its newest full-service banking center, located on the corner of Cross Pointe Boulevard and East Indiana Street in Cross Pointe Commerce Center.

ARK OF SAFETY MINISTRIES will offer a new teaching series on "Healing Body, Soul and Spirit" at 7 p.m. today at The Ark of Safety barn, 97 N. Monty Road, Vincennes, Ind.

A graveside memorial will be held at a later date at Wanderers Rest Cemetery, Gillett for Leonard B. Reinhold, 87, of Newburgh, Ind.

The Southwestern Indiana Builders Association on Tuesday night revealed winners in the 2009 Parade of Homes in Southwestern Indiana, an annual event which the association sponsors.

The Newburgh Town Council voted unanimously for an 8.9 percent increase in the sewer rates, effective on the residents' November bills MOLLY BARTELS / Courier & Press Pat Stocks asks a question about the sewer rate increases during a public hearing at Newburgh Town Hall on Wednesday.

Rachel and Gary Baker of Loogootee and Terry Westfall of Newburgh announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Grace Westfall, to Jon Daniel Swartzentruber of Loogootee.

Wright's Berry Farm at 5233 Anderson Road in Newburgh is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 7 days a week.

A historic Warrick County bridge has a new home. Newburgh town manager Cynthia Burger says the one-hundred foot bridge has been moved to the greenway area near yorkshire and state road 662.

A $100 raffle ticket will put you in the running for a new home. Work is underway on the Saint Jude's dream home.