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It's a project that has been years in the making. Work to provide students with a safer walk to Newburgh Elementary School will begin in the late summer of next year. Town Manager Lori Buehlman says INDOT has given its blessing to the expenditure of a quarter million dollars in federal funds that's been held by the town for the work. Buehlman says the sidewalks are along Jennings and State Streets.

The Gibson County Coroner's office releases the name of the mother who was shot to death outside a resaurant after celebrating her son's graduation from middle school. She was Jessica Tice. An autopsy determined Tice was shot twice - once in the side of the head and once in an arm. 31-year old Jason Perry of Princeton is being held without bond facing a charge of murder. The shooting happened at about noon Wednesday. The couple's 13-year old son had just graduated from middle school, and was with his mom at the time.

Changes are coming to St. Mary's Medical Center and the restructuring will result in a reduction in employed and contracted associates across the system. President and CEO Tim Flesch announced the restructuring Thursday afternoon. He says it will begin July 1st. He did not say how many persons would be released. Flesch says changes in the healthcare industry have put providers across the country under increasing economic and competitive pressure. He cites decreasing reimbursement and the Affordable Care Act's mandated reduction in payments as challenges that hospitals are facing.

State Police arrest an Evansville man accused of possessing and sharing images of child pornography. Troopers and detectives from the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested 46-year-old Jonathan Henderson after executing a search warrant at his apartment in the 5000 block of East Sycamore. Henderson faces one count of Child Exploitation and five counts of Possession of Child Porn.