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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Check out what's new at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in 2025
SANTA CLAUS, Ind. (WEHT) — Another season of thrills and fun is just around the corner at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari. On Saturday, the park opens to season passholders. Holiday World staff are making the finishing touches in anticipation for opening. Next weekend, the park opens the general public, and there's plenty of time for the Tri-State and visitors across the country to make memories in Santa Claus. At all corners of the park, staff are, figuratively, dusting off the cobwebs and making everything pretty for the countless visitors who will pass the turnstiles this summer. Just feet away from the front gate, you may notice something new for the 2025 season. The park has updated the portals to different holidays, like Halloween and 4th of July. The previous signs had stood for the last 40 years. Speaking of 4th of July, walk down the windy paths and hills to find a new paint job at Eagles Flight. Look closely, and you'll find that two of the cars themed to one of the Holiday World mascots — George the Eagle. With a couple new things at the park this year, there's some that are staying just the same as years prior. That of course includes free parking, free pre-kindergarten passes, free sunscreen and the 25th anniversary of free, unlimited soft drinks. 'That's something that we've done for so many years. Family is our focus, and we're going to continue to make sure that family continues to be our focus, and we want to make sure that we make those visit the best that it possibly can be. We're never going to take those things away,' Holiday World President and CEO Matt Eckert says. Holiday World opens to the general public on May 10. Splashin' Safari opens on May 17. Check out what's new at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in 2025 Patoka Township firefighters show how they rescue people in grain bins Henderson County church continues to raise money for youth programs at Tri-Fest Evansville joins nationwide Celebrate Trails Day initiative Ascension St. Vincent Indy 500 Princess spreads positivity at the hospital Eyewitness News. Everywhere you are. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Yahoo
Evansville joins nationwide Celebrate Trails Day initiative
VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) — Evansville joins a nationwide initiative to celebrate America's 42,000 miles of trails. Several organizations and the Evansville Area Trails Coalition is taking part in Celebrate Trails Day at Burdette Park. It's a day of action to showcase the amenities which some say improve the quality of life for residents. The local organizations are featuring the USI-Burdette trail to keep everyone informed about the resource, especially if they live on the other side of town. 'What's wonderful about it is that we get to feature and bring to light some of our local amenities. Some of the people on the far east side may not know or have experienced this trail. We're highlighting this trail so that people can come with other trail blazers if you want to walk or bike or roll and just experience nature while they're out on a multi-use trail,' says Evansville Area Trails Coalition Executive Director Lorie Van Hook. Van Hook says there's upcoming urban hikes over the summer. That includes Walk & Bike to School Day coming up on May 7. Learn more at Henderson County church continues to raise money for youth programs at Tri-Fest Evansville joins nationwide Celebrate Trails Day initiative Ascension St. Vincent Indy 500 Princess spreads positivity at the hospital Tri-State grocers, farmers discuss fighting food insecurity More than 100 gather in Madisonville to protest Trump administration, Garcia deportation Eyewitness News. Everywhere you are. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Henderson County church continues to raise money for youth programs at Tri-Fest
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — Between 4,000 and 5,000 people are expected to visit downtown Henderson this weekend for Tri-Fest. For decades it's been an opportunity for everyone to support organizations making a difference, and, for its second day this year, Tri-Fest is full of smiles, rides and great food. The members from Niagara United Methodist Church from eastern Henderson County are no exceptions to that rule. It's been a Tri-Fest staple since the very beginning. 'My parents were actually mentors that started this. So I'm just kind of following in their footsteps at this point, and it's been really cool. We have a lot of fun when we come down here. We work together as a family,' says Niagara UMC member Emily Plummer. There are several of those helping hands, raising money to send area children and teens to camp to not only grow a relationship with God but to let them know they're loved and that they are never forgotten. 'We have a lot of kids that come to our church that maybe their parents don't, but the kids come for Wednesdays — we have a potluck almost every Wednesday. This money helps to keep all that going. We feed kids and anybody who comes in — they can eat. They don't have to pay for anything,' says church member Jay Cavanah. Campus are running between $350 and $400 for each child and that does not include the annual Winter Blitz conference which could go between $3,000 and $5,000 for each child. 'It's incredibly important. There have been times when Tri-Fest has supplemented many youth and in a way that we don't think we could they could have experienced what they experienced,' Plummer says. It's all thanks to the thousands of Tri-Fest-goers lining up for the ever popular porkburger, among other items at Niagara UMC. ''It's always been around, and it's real good,' says Isaiah Powell. 'It's my favorite thing down here,' adds Savanah Powell. There's still a chance for the Tri-State to give back to several of the organization. Tri-Fest continues through Sunday. Henderson County church continues to raise money for youth programs at Tri-Fest Evansville joins nationwide Celebrate Trails Day initiative Ascension St. Vincent Indy 500 Princess spreads positivity at the hospital Tri-State grocers, farmers discuss fighting food insecurity More than 100 gather in Madisonville to protest Trump administration, Garcia deportation Eyewitness News. Everywhere you are. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tri-State grocers, farmers discuss fighting food insecurity
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — Grocers and farmers come together at the CK Newsome Center to talk about grocery trends, rising grocery store prices, how to keep Evansville fed and increasing food security. Some ideas toward those goals range from storing food long term and giving people the sources to local foods. Those key people in keeping Evansville healthy are working toward the purpose of leaving no one hungry, reducing food waste and having all residents know where their next meal is coming from. Wednesday is about connecting the area's 80+ pantries with the city commission on food security. 'The relationship — making sure we alleviate food waste, making sure that we highlight our local farmers, making sure that we understand the trends because when prices of food go up, then that means more food insecurity goes up. And we as a commission need to know all these things,' says Lisa Vaughan who serves as executive director for Feed Evansville. Nutritionists, farmers and food preparers are offering solutions toward alleviating that food waste. 'We're talking about saving foods. We can always can them, long-term storage,' says Genevieve McGuire from First Fruits Cannery. Mary Winstead is one of those farmers here at the summit. She's with Local Source which connects producers with locally grown foods year round. It's also working to get more farmers into the business. 'There's no food without farms,' Winstead says. 'You can talk about food all day long, but if you don't have a farmer and a land space for that person to be growing, then this doesn't exist at all.' Some of those trends in grocery businesses relating to budgets are that items like cereal, flour and potatoes are beginning to be sold in bulk. Some grocery shoppers are likely to buy seeds and plant instead of buying fully grown produce. It's all ideas discussed which the commission hopes to implement in its strategic plan to Mayor Stephanie Terry and the city council. Ascension St. Vincent Indy 500 Princess spreads positivity at the hospital Tri-State grocers, farmers discuss fighting food insecurity More than 100 gather in Madisonville to protest Trump administration, Garcia deportation 'Pulls on your heartstrings': demolition starts on former Sauced building, Thayer Mansion '…the good Lord sent the Red Cross': volunteers across America work around-the-clock to aid flood victims Eyewitness News. Everywhere you are. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
