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🌱 Patch AM: How one Fall Festival booth is backing Evansville kids and cops

Also check out Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness on the Evansville Patch calendar

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Hello again Evansville! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How one Fall Festival booth is backing Evansville kids and cops
  • Why one Evansville Fall Festival taco booth is smashing sales records
  • Why people drive from Florida just to eat in Evansville

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 56 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Some rain in the afternoon, temps: high: 74, low: 61.
  • Sunday: Some rain, with a high of 70 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Fall Festival booth raises money for Evansville police charitable fund (14news.com) — Evansville's West Franklin Street Fall Festival is powering a major fundraiser for the local Fraternal Order of Police, with booth 5 helping support underprivileged children and officers facing serious medical bills. Organizers say the festival is one of the FOP's biggest fundraisers and also a chance for Evansville and Vanderburgh County officers, K-9s, and special units to connect with residents throughout the week.
   

2. Fall Festival booth sees record sales (tristatehomepage.com) — At the Evansville Fall Festival, Booth 98 from All Saints Catholic Parish is reporting record sales as the week continues. Their chicken and pork street tacos have become a major draw, with revenue running about $7,000 ahead of last year. Volunteers say better weather and growing word-of-mouth are helping them build on steady growth since joining the festival in 2021.
   

3. The history of Evansville's brain sandwich (tristatehomepage.com) — Evansville's famed fried brain sandwich, once made with cow brains and now typically with pig brains, has been a working-class staple here for more than a century. Local organizers say families return year after year, with some visitors driving from faraway states just to sample this uniquely Evansville tradition that many compare in taste to a tenderloin.
   

4. Protesters gather in Evansville following Cornell sexual assault allegations (tristatehomepage.com) — Evansville residents gathered for a "rage by the river" protest responding to high-profile sexual assault allegations involving former Cornell students, while calling for more action against sexual violence. Organizers highlighted existing local resources in Evansville but stressed the need for more funding, education, and safe options for people in dangerous situations. Additional related protests are planned in the area this weekend.
   

5. Hearing from the coaches of our week 8 Game of the Week (14news.com) — From Evansville, sports reporters are spotlighting Friday's Week 8 showdown between undefeated North Posey and traditionally tough Heritage Hills. Coaches say they expect a physical, hard-fought matchup, especially after lopsided Heritage Hills wins in the last two meetings. With standout offensive players and a charged atmosphere in "the Jungle," this one has big implications for local high school football fans.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Just one thing you are most grateful for in your life?
    Could be a good influence, or place .. anything that makes you think "damn I'm really blessed' (Nextdoor Aaron)
  • I wanted to post to let neighbors know that I've seen four coyotes in the last 24 hours.
    Two in Anthony Oates Park as I was walking my dog last night around 9pm. Two this morning as I was going to pick my daughter up from work about 6:40… (Nextdoor E Riverside-Lodge)
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  • Olive Garden posted a job opening for Busser in Evansville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Evansville here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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