Tim Jagielo

There are 77 Bitcoin Depot machines like this one in Evansville. The company has shut their machines down remotely after the emergency declaration went into affect on Tuesday, March 10. Such machines are outlawed in Indiana due to being used to defraud vulnerable individuals.

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Emergency Declaration law ends Cryptocurrency ATM use in Indiana — sidelining about 800 units

Tim Jagielo

Police: Crypto ATM Fraud reports have doubled each year for the last four years, with a local total over $400,000 in losses; individual loss is an average of $11,000.

Jeremy Goebel of Goebel Farms in Armstrong Township Indiana, collects a Turkish Fir tree for a customer, Thursday, Dec. 18. They'll sell about 1,000 trees overall each season. Artificial trees could 30-percent more with tariffs on Chinese imports. In 2025, Goebel Farms is not reporting an increase in natural trees, in response.

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Natural Christmas tree sales reach 25 million annually — tariffs on artificial trees not a boon

Tim Jagielo

Christmas Tree Farms have declined over previous 20 years; those remaining farms are experiencing steady sales in 2025.

USI students from left, are Francine Selman, Nautica Whatley and Jasmine Roland look at the True Black History Museum display at the University of Southern Indiana (USI) Tuesday, Feb. 11. This event was by the former Multicultural Center to educate visitors on black history — starting with slavery.

Education

USI Multicultural Center folded into new Student Life department in new 'realignment'

Tim Jagielo

The University of Southern Indiana folded the offices of Student Affairs and the Center for Campus Life and Multicultural Center into one department named "Student Life." The Multicultural Center hosted events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr and educating visitors on Black History. There's no word on whether priorities of the Multicultural Center will live on in the Student Life department.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun answers questions delivered via moderator at the 2025 Lunch with the Governor Event at the Old national Events Plaza in Evansville, Tuesday Nov. 4. His moderated comments centered largely on economic topics.

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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun: redistricting Indiana would mean 'fair representation in DC'

Tim Jagielo

At event by the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership, Braun called Evansville region an 'oasis of prosperity,' and suggested to media that states won't step to cover SNAP benefits.

The Van Doran Family waves good-bye to the the departing LST-325, Thursday Sept. 4, in Evansville. The ship will go on to make stops in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.

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North America's only seaworthy WWII- configured LST is on a fundraising cruise

Tim Jagielo

On D-Day, Evansville's Landing Ship Tank (LST) 325 was delivering troops and tanks to Omaha Beach; annual cruise funds museum, ship operations, immerses thousands in WW2 history.

An Evansville Bargetown Market employee holds a package of Tylenol, sold behind the counter.

Health

Science doesn't actually know how Tylenol works — new IU study sheds some light

Tim Jagielo

The pain reliever acetaminophen is used 25 billion times annually, but there are only hypothesis on the mechanism that relieves pain; IU experiment points to neurotransmitters being affected in a surprising way.

Baily's Beads as seen during the 2017 total eclipse. The new app named "Sunsketcher" records this moment in totality, using only a small part of the cell phone camera sensor.

Local News

New phone app deputizes bystanders into citizen scientists for NASA solar research

Tim Jagielo

Students and faculty at Western Kentucky University have created a smartphone app that can help to discern the exact shape of the sun with the equipment they have in their pocket.

On August 30, Exiled Tibetan Monks from Tashi Kyil monastery in India complete a ritual in which they pour sand into the Ohio River. The sand had been used to create a sand mandala, an artform to promote world peace that took four days to create.

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Exiled Tibetan Monks from India Visit Evansville, On Tour for First Time Since Pandemic

Tim Jagielo

Tashi Kyil Monks are in US for five months to share their culture, spread their message of peace and raise funds for their monastery

Hunger Skateparks workers Logan Trenum (right) and Robert Zimmerman, pound stakes on Wednesday afternoon. A small crew is currently building the foundation of the different park features using dirt and wooden forms. In a couple weeks, shotcrete will be used to sculpt the park surface itself.

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Evansville’s 23,000 Square-Foot Sunset Skatepark Back Under Construction After Delays

Tim Jagielo

Phase II, the main construction phase of the Sunset Skatepark is now underway; after about a three-month delay due to being overbooked, Bloomington-based Hunger Skateparks are on site

IPBS Executive Director Mark Newman kicks off the 2023 IPBS Conference. WNIN is part of the nine-member Indiana Public Broadcasting network.

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‘I think public media is here to stay’ — IPBS Leader Talks Public Media’s Fairness and Future

Tim Jagielo

Your local NPR station is part of a statewide network of other NPR and PBS stations called the Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations, or IPBS; they met this week to listen, learn and collaborate.