August/September 2024

Mayor Stephanie Terry has had a busy first six months in office, from preparing her inaugural budget proposal, to getting accustomed to her position as the city’s most visible leader. She’s far from the only one, though. Terry has surrounded

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Mayor Stephanie Terry Hometown: Evansville Age: 47 Family: Husband Marques; sons Denereo, 31, and Myles, 18; stepson Marques, 30 Education: Benjamin Bosse High School; Bachelor of

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Lindsay Locasto, Deputy Mayor Hometown: Newburgh, Indiana Age: 38 Family: Engaged Education: Castle High School, Newburgh, Indiana; attended Western Kentucky University Deputy Mayor Salary: $96,391 Lindsay

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Danielle Crook, Executive Director, Parks & Recreation Hometown: Rockford, Illinois Age: 43 Education: Bachelor of Science in mass communications and psychology, University of Evansville; Master of

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Philip Smith, Chief, Evansville Police Department Hometown: Clarksville, Tennessee Age: 40 Family: Wife Jackie; children Jasmyn, 15, and Bryson, 13 Education: Bachelor of Science in Radio/TV

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Tony Knight, Chief, Evansville Fire Department Hometown: St. Philip, Indiana Age: 48 Family: Wife Kerri; children Chase, 24, and Shelby, 22, and stepchildren Kaedin, 21, Gavin,

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Vic Kelson, Executive Director, Evansville Water & Sewer Utility Hometown: Aurora, Colorado Age: Did not provide Family: Two grown children Education: Bachelor of Science in chemical

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Kolbi Jackson, Executive Director, Department of Metropolitan Development Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana Age: 39 Family: Husband Theodore; children Kabryen, 20, Khye, 11, and Khaori, 7 Education: bachelor’s

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Mary Allen, At-Large Member of Evansville City Council Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Age: 49 Family: Husband Greg; children Gabrielle, Christina, and Gabriella Education: Occupational Therapy Training Program

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Paul Green, At-Large Member of Evansville City Council Hometown: Somerville, Indiana Age: 68 Family: children David, 49,  John, 48, and Jason, 48 Education: NECA/IBEW Electrical JATC

Read more profiles of city leaders in the August/September 2024 Evansville Business feature. Meet Courtney Johnson, At-Large Member of Evansville City Council Hometown: Evansville Age: 35 Education: Benjamin Bosse High School; bachelor’s degree in individualized studies, University of Southern Indiana

NEW HIRES/PROMOTIONS Ariah Leary has joined Mayor Stephanie Terry’s administration as its community affairs and special projects director. The Evansville native is a public health graduate from Indiana State University and most recently served as director of 21st Century programs at

Toyota Trinity Stormwater Park is awaiting next steps. Bordered by Court, Vine, and Northwest Third streets, the site of the former Holy Trinity Catholic Church is to be used for stormwater infrastructure as well as park features. Now that the

Since my last publisher's letter, I have had the opportunity to proudly watch my son Jackson graduate from the University of Louisville on May 11. Two days later, we were flying over the Atlantic Ocean along with my wife, Kristen,

When Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library’s McCollough location reopened June 5 after a 10-month, $4 million renovation, it represented the start of an ambitious 20-year process that seeks to transform all eight of EVPL’s locations. Conversations started as early as 2019,

Jacobsville has become a center for revitalization near Downtown Evansville, with the latest project being another housing development. On May 21, Mayor Stephanie Terry and other city officials cut the ribbon on Baker Flats. Brought to life by Indianapolis-based real

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in biology, University of Chicago, Illinois; master’s degree in hospital administration, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; master’s degree in health law, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey RESUME: Administrative resident, Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida; associate

What does Evansville do well? What could it do better? We polled a few residents who aren’t native to the River City but now call it home. GREG BLAIR Greg is a Canadian native and art professor at the University

Although the number of visitors to Southwestern Indiana for the April 8 total solar eclipse was smaller than expected, umbraphiles in Posey, Gibson, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties generated millions of dollars in tax revenue and regional wages April 5-9, according

In 2020, as COVID-19 unleashed a world of change, Natalie O’Daniel’s 20-year career in health care abruptly ended. Still reeling, she answered an ad for a parole/probation officer in the Kentucky Department of Corrections and was hired, which led to

“Twenty-one! Blackjack!” Whoops of congratulations and joy erupt from a blackjack table, where a player has beaten the odds to win their hand – and some dough. Amid the revelry, Carla Gardner maintains a steady presence. Gardner, a Bally’s Evansville

Unflappable and unassuming, Matthew Brookman knows the power he yields when he walks into a courtroom. He says he uses the depth of his experience to render the fairest and most just rulings he can. “I approach it as a

Some high-profile events kept Evansville’s tourism industry on solid footing in the first six months of 2024 and helped the city combat negative national trends, Explore Evansville President and CEO Alexis Berggren says. Hotel occupancy for the year through June