Good morning, Evansville.

K-9 Boomer, who served the Indiana State Police from 2014 to 2022, died over the weekend after four years of retirement with his family in Evansville; anyone wishing to honor him can donate to Oliver's Heroes to help retired police K-9s.

Mayse Farm Market (off North St. Joseph Avenue) is in its final week of fall activities and will offer wagon rides, a pumpkin patch, a kiddie zip line, and market goods from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with extended kids activities Wednesday when EVSC students are out of school and the season wraps up Sunday.

The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library is collecting community recipes for The Library Table: A Community Cookbook, accepting submissions at all eight EVPL locations or online through June 30, 2027, and plans to add the finished cookbook to its collection and offer it for purchase in October 2027.

The Salvation Army is asking volunteers for its Thanksgiving Festival, which will take place on Wednesday, Nov.

25; roles range from single tasks to multi-shift help (sign up online).

An Evansville family thanked fire crews after a 2-month-old stopped breathing earlier this month but began breathing again before crews arrived; the parents brought snacks and a thank-you card to Station 4 to show their gratitude.

Ohio Township Park opened Friday in Newburgh after a $12.5 million build that created an 18-acre park with a playground, splash pad, fitness stations, pickleball and basketball courts, trails, pavilion and event lawn, and the project received $3 million from Indiana’s READI program.

Holiday World in Santa Claus crowned the top of the 90 foot lift hill for its new Cannonball water roller coaster last Friday.

Cannonball will open next May with a 75 foot drop that will be the tallest on a water roller coaster in North America (and the first water roller coaster in the Midwest).

Seven local high school marching bands will perform at the ISSMA state finals on Saturday, Nov.

7 at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis (Eastern times): Jasper 11:30 a.m., North 11:45 a.m., Vincennes Lincoln 1:35 p.m., Washington 3:35 p.m., Mater Dei 6:10 p.m., South Spencer 6:55 p.m., Castle 9:45 p.m.

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville will host an open house to showcase its accredited Clinical Pastoral Education program and expanded local training for spiritual caregivers (noon to 1 p.m. Friday) at the hospital, and the spring program will use a hybrid model with local clinical hours and online didactic sessions.

After a 7-win season last year, coach David Ragland will enter Year 5 as the Purple Aces try to rebound and open the 2026-27 season at Evansville with hopes of moving the program forward.