Back in the early 2000’s, Evansville had proposed building a Downtown stadium for a minor league baseball team. Several factors tanked the proposal, but the topic piqued Jon Webb’s interest. He stopped by the studio to talk about his story, “Downtown’s dead dream,” a look back on Evansville’s failed baseball stadium. The story will be … Continue reading Evansville’s Minor League Baseball Fantasy/Jon Webb

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Evansville’s Minor League Baseball Fantasy/Jon Webb

Continuing with Canvass’s Behind the Byline coverage, Mike Hartz stopped by the studio to talk about his various different roles at the Courier & Press. More importantly, he plugs his local beer column, Tri-State Pints. Extras: http://www.courierpress.com/blog/pints/

Mike Hartz/Tri-State Pints

On this installment of Canvass’s Behind the Byline, Abbey Doyle talks about her parenting blog, A Parently Obvious. She also discusses her transition from reporter to features editor and journey through life. Extras: A Parently Obvious – http://www.courierpress.com/blog/abbeydoyle/ Project Reveal – http://projectreveal.org/

A Parently Obvious/Abbey Doyle

Courier & Press court reporter Mark Wilson stopped by the studio to share new data released regarding the Vanderburgh County Treatment Court, a program for nonviolent offenders with felony-level drug charges. As a veteran journalist, he also discussed his experiences in the industry.

Vanderburgh County Drug Treatment Court/Mark Wilson

Courier & Press reporter Shannon Hall talks about her new DUI tracking project, Point Zero Eight. She also discusses her involvement with Women’s Equality Day. Extras: http://courierpressblogs.com/dui/ https://www.facebook.com/WomensEqualityEvansville/ https://www.facebook.com/steppinguptoequality/

Shannon Hall/Point Zero Eight

A plan for Vanderburgh County roads, yard waste and shopping carts were jotted down in this week’s notebook.

Notebook: A road map for roads

A dying vehicle, preparing for the winter and a stolen leaf blower were jotted down in this week’s notebook. MORE: http://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2017/04/08/canvass-notebook-coroner-has-autopsy-report-dud-vehicle/100097444/

Notebook: Coroner has autopsy report on dud vehicle

A man once consumed by meth and other drugs is now on the front line fighting against the area’s next emerging drug crisis. Nate Boyett stopped by the studio to talk about the stigma associated with addiction, his own personal struggles with drugs and the Evansville facility he opened in an effort help others with … Continue reading “Fighting the stigma” of addiction with Nate Boyett

“Fighting the stigma” of addiction with Nate Boyett

It’s years away, but the Board of Public Works approved preliminary work on a major road project in Evansville last week.

Notebook – Putting roads on a diet

Lawn mowing contracts and tightening up security at the city-county building were jotted down in this week’s Canvass Notebook. http://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2017/03/26/canvass-notebook-beefing-up-security-civic-center/99538556/

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