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High School Football Game of the Week Preview Part Two – Mater Dei Versus North

The Wildcats look to continue their undefeated streak while the Huskies hope to continue their strong start to the season with a fourth win and keep themselves in the thick of the city and SIAC title race.

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High School Football Game of the Week Preview – Reitz Versus Harrison

The Harrison Warriors look to put their first win of the season in the books while the Reitz Panthers aim to bring their three game losing streak to an end.

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Music Festivals, Car Shows and More Things to Do This Weekend In the Tri-State

There is a lot going on this weekend here in the tri-state – If you plan to get your weekend started early, nearly every bar in town has karaoke and pool, and if they don’t, they have booze and food – you can’t miss

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American Red Cross to Host the Labor of Love Blood Drive on Monday

The end of summer traditionally means a decline in blood donations. The American Red Cross will be hosting the 'Labor of Love' blood drive this Monday, September 17th from 10am-6pm at the Red Cross facility on Stockwell Road at the Lloyd Expressway.

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EVSC Launches Advertising Campaign to Compete With Indiana Voucher Program

A top-of-mind awareness advertising campaign costing thousands of dollars just to promote new student admissions within the Evansville Vanderburgh School district might seem like an enormous waste of time and money to many area residents

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How David Letterman Helped Me Return to Normal on Air After the 9/11 Attacks

Today is the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York City back in 2001, perhaps the darkest day in our history. Leslie and I were reflecting this morning on where we were when the attacks happened and what we were doing. I was on the air on WKDQ when I heard a sound bite on the ABC newscast I was recording about a small plane hitting one of the World Trade Center towers. I was just coming out of a break, made the announcement about what I had heard and said we would have an update after the song, not having any clue of what had just occurred.

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WKDQ And Henderson Chevrolet To Deliver Pizza To Local Heroes On 9-11

99.5 WKDQ and our sister stations here at Townsquare Media have teamed up once again with Henderson Chevrolet Buick GMC to tell our local police and firefighters how much we appreciate them.  We are keeping the tradition of delivering pizzas to them at lunchtime on the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

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High School Football Game of the Week Preview – Reitz Versus Central

Based solely on their two match-ups last year, this game as the potential to be an epic battle between the two city, SIAC, and Class 4A rivals.

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Indiana Man May Have Died as the Result of ‘Brain Eating Amoeba’

Indiana residents may want think twice about taking a dip in any of the area lakes, as a recent autopsy indicates that a parasite commonly referred to as the “brain eating amoeba” has claimed the life of an Indiana man

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Evansville Otters Player of the Week: #18 Tyree Hayes, P

Position: P
Date of Birth: 08/08/1988
Height: 6′ 0″   Weight: 190 lbs
Pro Experience: Bakersfield Blaze
Bats: R
Resides: Tomball, TX

Biography:
Tyree signed with the Evansville Otters and is beginning his first professional season in Independent baseball.

Hayes is no rookie to professional baseball though as he was drafted in the 8th round by the then Tampa Bay Devil Rays and pitched

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Indiana Residents Could Win Cash to Quit Smoking

Anyone who has ever tried to quit smoking knows just how hard it can be to put down that nasty habit for a month, much less forever.

However, in October, a month is all you will need to possibly win $2,500

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Leslie’s Daily To-Do’s – Make a Dog Gone Photo Album, Again!

To me, EVERY day is a reason to celebrate!!! Every morning on the show, I break the celebrating down for you by telling you 'Today is...' Here is how I plan on celebrating TODAY!!!

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