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SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 6311 Kratzville Road, will have a cookie and candy walk extravaganza from 8:30 a.m. to noon today.

The developers of a planned southern Indiana coal gasification plant are trying to gain public support for the $2.2 billion project.

U.S. Department of Energy heard dozens of people speak for and against a proposed coal gasification plant, to be located in Spencer County, Ind.

A proposed coal gasification plant in southern Indiana would pump carbon dioxide to the Gulf of Mexico to help boost oil production there.

Indiana's environmental regulators bill the program as a public-private partnership to promote pollution prevention and environmental stewardship.

NEWS 25 has learned that Ryan L. Shelby, 32, of Rockport, IN appeared in court Friday morning for an initial hearing, where the formal charges against him were laid out.

A visitation was held Saturday for a 15-year-old southern Indiana girl. Alexis Oesterle was found dead earlier this week.

ERIN McCRACKEN / Courier & Press Alexis Oesterle's friends Mandie Roll, left, and Jordan Ficker comfort each other after seeing Ryan Lee Shelby.

WHAS11 News has learned that the Rockport, Indiana man accused of murdering his stepdaughter told police he committed the crime.

Indiana State Police pull a large piece of evidence from the home where deputies found a teenage girl dead.

Ryan Lee Shelby He reported Alexis Oesterle missing. ROCKPORT, Ind. - Ryan Shelby, the stepfather of Alexis Oesterle, admitted to killing the 15-year-old, according to a probable cause affidavit.

NEWS 25 was in Rockport, IN Thursday morning as the man suspected of killing his 15-year-old stepdaughter appeared in court.

NEWS 25 meets with the family of a Rockport man facing murder charges in the death of his step-daughter. As Indiana State Police continue their investigation into the death of 15-year-old Alexis Oesterle, the accused's family talks to NEWS 25, casting doubt police have the right person behind bars.

Investigators with Indiana State Police say they have "persons of interest" in the death of 15-year old girl, but stopped short of calling them suspects.

It's a crime that's torn apart a family and a small southern Indiana town. The man accused of killing his 15-year-old stepdaughter faced a judge Wednesday.

Indiana State Police have opened a criminal investigation into the death of a 15-year-old Spencer County girl whose body was found Monday night outside her home on Grissom Avenue in Rockport JASON CLARK / Courier & Press The body of Oesterle, 15, was discovered behind a shed in her backyard less than two hours after she was reported missing Monday ...

State police say 15-year-old Rockport resident Alexis Oesterle was found dead behind a shed in her family's back yard Monday night, almost 24 hours after she was last seen Sunday.

State police say a 15-year-old southern Indiana girl was found dead behind a shed near her home nearly 24 hours after she was last seen.

MOLLY BARTELS / Courier & Press ABOVE: A motorcyclist passes by one of the trees whose leaves are in full color along First Street in Evansville, on Thursday.

Property owners will need to pay the second installment of their property taxes by Nov.