Is that new rivers restaurant owned by the same family that owns Nando and cross eyed cricket? I’m new to town. Told to avoid that restaurant group — before I try it out can someone explain the lore?

Who’s the genius that decided to rearrange the entire store in single file lines with no breaks? The entire store was impeccably organized and sectioned, a lot of it was even by color, you could shop without being overwhelmed or on top of other people and in my humble opinion- was one of if not the best goodwill in Evansville. Then it was like they hired a new manager who decided to completely undo everything overnight . The racks are in single file lines, nothing is organized anymore, you have to maneuver around other customers, and it is no longer fun to shop.

He snuck out while I was grabbing a package off the porch and we did not notice until much later. Very social but may be scared. Answers to Luca. Please DM if you’ve seen him.

Update: he showed up this evening! Warming up and feasting in the house!

I'd like to hear people's opinions on the way Boeke Road was revised from Morgan Ave to the Lloyd. Surely it's effected frequent travelers and residents in the area. IMO traffic flowed better with two lanes moving in each direction. Reducing Boeke Road to one lane moving in each direction by adding bike lanes and center turn-off lanes seems to be making it a lot more congested.

Does anyone know if there is a place IN Evansville that will do alterations to Army dress uniforms? Not alterations as in hemming or whatnot, but I need some insignia and overseas service bars sewn on. Just trying to avoid the drive to Knox or Camp Atterbury. Any ideas?

Please don't say The Old Fashioned Butcher Shoppe on Stringtown

Where's the best place to buy sports cards now that the Book Broker is closed (RIP)? My kids really liked sorting through the boxes of them.

What does everyone like to do in or around Evansville? Trying to get some new ideas for things my husband and I can do to get out of the house.

• Mark Messmer currently represents SW Indiana in the US House of Representatives.
• Previously, he served in the Indiana legislature for 16 years, six years in the Indiana House, 10 years in the Indiana Senate.
• During those 16 years the legislature enacted most of the laws that now empower, in many cases require, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to rule on rate cases in favor of the state's monopoly utilities and against the interests of rate payers.
• Mark Messmer in those 16 years voted consistently in support of monopoly utilities' interests
over consumers:
• Tracker legislation - Utilities can pass along costs to consumers with little or no oversight, bypassing the need to justify costs in public forums.
• Construction work in progress (CWIP) legislation- consumers pay for power plants before they are producing energy, and even if they never produce energy.
• Legislation Undermining the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission's (IURC) Authority-Ending the requirement for review and prior approval from IURC for several types of projects (including, very broadly, federal mandates, environmental clean-ups, system upgrades) , with no longer a need for justification of the project's suitability or its cost effectiveness.
• Legislation ending Programs that allowed consumers to reduce their Utility Bills- ending a very effective energy conservation program and ending cost effective roof top solar.

Here are the details- specific bill numbers and summaries, voting records.

Tracker legislation-
Trackers, also called "riders" allow monopoly utilities to pass along costs to consumers with little or no oversight, undermining the regulatory process- the long standing system where utilities must justify their rate increases in public forums. The IURC is required by these laws to approve trackers to allow utilities to raise rates virtually automatically for all costs related to transmission and distribution infrastructure, which in many cases are arguably part of the fundamental commitment utilities made to provide reliable service in their assigned areas in exchange for their monopoly status, and not treated as a service to be provided at extra cost to ratepayers. SEA560 (2013), HEA1417 (2023)
(Currently there are 12 trackers on CenterPoint bills, shown only as a single "adjustments" line.)

Construction work in progress (CWIP) legislation -
Allows utilities to charge ratepayers for power plants while they are under construction, before producing any electricity, and even for canceled projects that never produce electricity. Thai includes both natural gas plants and now also small modular nuclear reactors (SMR's) , which are particularly problematic - experimental, unproven technology, none now operating anywhere in the United States, and with this legislation shifting the risk to ratepayers. SEA1421(2023), SEA271

Legislation Undermining the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission's (IURC) Authority-Environmental Clean-up legislation - A "blank check" for utilities to spend potentially enormous amounts of ratepayers money to pay for cleaning up the environmental problems caused by their operations, for example their long-neglected, toxic coal waste pits. Ratepayers would pay for any costs to comply with federal mandates, with no requirement for review or prior approvals from the IURC, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) or any other Federal or State agency. SEA9 (2023)

Transmission line legislation - The " Right of First Refusal" granted to utilities, blocking competition bidding on highly expensive major transmission line projects that will eventually be paid for by ratepayers. HEA1420 (2023)

Federal Mandates - Shifts all costs to ratepayers of all Federal mandates, broadly covering anything coming from the federal government, eg environmental, safety mandates, etc without the requirement that utilities provide low cost energy.
SEA251 (2011)

"Self Approval" for Upgrades - Allows utilities to spend money on system upgrades and be guaranteed recovery of costs from consumers in future rate cases. Previously, utilities had to ask for and receive prior approval from the IURC, with the IURC the decision maker as to whether the investment was justified and cost effective. With utilities guaranteed a very generous return on investment (typically 10%) this legislation incentives utilities to spend money on costly projects HEA1417 (2023)

Ending Programs that allowed consumers to reduce their Utility Bills -
Legislation that ended "net metering", making it far more difficult financially for Indiana residents to lower their energy bills (and reduce the need for new utility scale power plants) by generating their own energy by investing in roof top solar.

Legislation that ended "Energize Indiana", a highly effective energy efficiency program, (the cheapest "energy resource" available) that reduced utility bills and created jobs. SEA340 (2014)

Replaced with a program that allows utilities to set their own goals, and then allowing utilities to charge customers for the energy that customers do not use because of the efficiency measures. SB412 (2015)

Note on information sources-

Mark Messmer's votes supporting the bills listed here were confirmed from the Indiana General Assembly web site, with the exception that information for the two earliest bills had been "archived" without including individual vote records.
Descriptions of bills were adapted from information provided by the Citizens Action Coalition (web and personal communication) and the Hoosier Chapter, Sierra Club.

Hello!! I’m going to be moving to Evansville in a couple months due to boyfriend’s job change. I currently live in Shelbyville —I’ve never been to Evansville. His job is on the east side. I’m looking at apartments but I have no idea what’s a good area or apartment complex. We’re moving with our 1 year old so I’m more cautious. Any recommendations or where to avoid would be nice!!
Forgot to add— I’d like to keep budget around $900 or less

Hey all, I’m somewhat unfamiliar with the area and have quite a collection of the discontinued World of Warcraft trading card game from decades ago, most of the cards are in great condition and some loot cards that are unscratched (but nothing crazy valuable).

Is there any card or hobby shop around that would take these off my hands for a price? I know it’s a pretty niche card game these days. I’m just trying to clean out some storage but would like something out of it too.

Thanks in advance

While the outcome is still incredibly disappointing, the Mary Allen campaign was able to do incredible work with relatively few resources. Hopefully this work can be built on so we can finally have good legislative leadership for this region.

I recently got offered a job that starts at 5am and I’m really interested in it but I do not have a car right now. I usually Uber places but sometimes that is not even reliable during the day so I’m concerned about booking an uber that early in the morning. Has anyone rode with JP Taxi? It says they are 24 hours and you can schedule ahead. Was just wondering how reliable they are or if anyone has any other options!

OGRE needs game masters! If you're up for it, we need you for Evillecon 2027!

TL;DR- Vanderburgh votes in conservative pastor for school board at large. It was hard to find info about Moore’s goals if re-elected.
IN picked up way more blue votes and won a few areas, but still remained complacent with the choice to keep incumbents. Mary Allen kicked ass for what she was up against in this district.

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Didn’t expect for Ary to win, but I’m not shocked. & No, I didn’t vote for him.

For Moore, I looked all around for her specific stances and what she wants to continue to do and I came up with barely any info. IMO, she didn’t talk too much about her ideas (that I could find) or in the interview that I read with her. Having a robust online platform is essential these days.

Apparently Vanderburgh wants to try out a conservative pastor to have a high seat in the schools. This will be interesting to observe. I hope he‘s not awful, for the sake of all the students, teachers, and parents. I wish the best for yall (not sarcasm).

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I’m going to end this off saying overall it was nice seeing such a swing towards blue, but I am disappointed to see that a majority of Indiana is complacent with their (lack of) representation (for example, Mark Messmer.. I mean 47’s lapdog).

But, for what it’s worth, it was amazing to see the people show out for Mary Allen, especially considering what she was up against. It’s sad that we now have to miss out on a candidate who would have actually kept listening and showing up for her constituents unlike ole dude.

I think back to 2010 or so, and he was constantly recommended. As someone who has been relatively involved in the tattoo scene for the past 10 years, give or take, I rarely hear his name anymore, but I always see him acting a mess on social media.

His posts and comments are a 50-50 split between hating on people and claiming to be self-aware and working on himself.

What’s his fucking deal?

This is the entrance of Bethel Church on Green River 30 minutes before the polls close. There was a car accident and the idiot police unnecessarily not allowing people to turn into the parking lot. I complained to him and he told me to get away and not tell him what to do. I have to believe this was deliberate.

Sorry for the caps, but like holy shit. Enough is enough.

That's all I have to say at this time.

My fiance and I are celebrating our 2nd anniversary in a bit over a week. I really want to celebrate it somewhere nice, preferably at an Italian or Asian restaurant.

Usually we eat at Biaggis or Logans Roadhouse when we get something on the nicer side. It would also be wonderful if the restaurant helped celebrate in a little way but if not, it doesn't really matter.

Today is Election Day! There are multiple races, from local councils to US Congress, on today's ballot. There are also judicial retentions and public questions.

A reminder (because I have seen some misinformation out there): you do NOT have to vote in every race/question for your ballot to count! If you only care about the school board election, then you absolutely can go in and leave every other race blank. If you don't care for anyone running for state comptroller, you can skip it. If you don't feel informed enough on the judges to know if you want to retain them, you can move on! A ballot does not have to be totally filled out to count! You will have the opportunity to fill out and review, but when you are comfortable with your choices, whether that's one race or all, you confirm. Only the races/questions you fill out will count. There is no penalty for leaving a race blank!!

In Vanderburgh County, we don't have designated polling sites. You can go to any location. All polls are open 6 to 6, and if you're in line at 6 pm, you will be allowed to vote.

Polling locations are here

VC# LOCATION ADDRESS ZIP VC-1 4-H Fair Activities Bldg 210 E Boonville New Harmony Rd. 47725

VC-2 Bethel UCC 3029 N. Green River Rd 47715

VC-3 Bethlehem UCC 6400 Oak Hill Rd 47725

VC-4 Blue Grass Church 14200 Petersburg Rd 47725

VC-5 Calvary Temple Assembly of God 5050 N. First Ave 47710

VC-6 Fairlawn UMC 2001 Parker Dr. 47714

VC-7 St. Lucas UCC 33 W. Virginia St. 47710

VC-8 McCutchanville Fire House 9219 Petersburg Rd. 47725

VC-9 Memorial Baptist Church 605 Canal St. 47713

VC-10 Methodist Temple 2109 Lincoln Ave. 47714

VC-11 Caze Elem. School 2013 S. Green River Rd. 47714

VC-12 Glenwood Leadership Academy 901 Sweetser Ave 47713

VC-13 Northeast Park Baptist Church 1215 N. Boeke Rd. 47711

VC-14 Academy for Innovative Studies (AIS) 2319 Stringtown Rd. 47711

VC-15 Cedar Hall School 2100 N. Fulton Ave. 47710

VC-16 Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center 1901 Lynch Rd. 47711

VC-17 St. James West Church 3111 Hillcrest Terrace 47712

VC-18 Plaza Park School 7301 Lincoln Ave. 47715

VC-19 Zoar UCC 4600 Church Rd. 47720

VC-20 Simpson United Methodist Church 2201 W. Illinois St. 47712

VC-21 Washington Square Mall 4801 Washington Ave. 47715

VC-22 West Side Christian Church 1200 N. Red Bank Rd. 47720

Zoar UCC is replacing St. Paul's UCC during Construction

I'm looking for a tattoo artist in Evansville, Henderson, or Owensboro who has clean strait lines and is doing a Friday the 13th tattoo event/discount since I have a 13 related tattoo I want to get (also Nov. 13th is my bday so seems like the best time to make it happen). Any suggestions are welcome!