Five years ago, Mental Health Matters set out to break the silence around mental health. Today, “The Village We’ve Become” reveals a community transformed—one where grief, recovery, youth voices, and shared courage converge to prove that healing does not happen alone.
Greg Dillard launched Faithfully Fit, a four-session health and wellness series intended to help participants gain the skills to improve their health and wellness. Memorial Baptist Church is the host and registration is required.
After overcoming his own health struggles, Isaiah Baker turned his personal wellness journey into a growing business focused on providing healthier drink options for the community. Through Baker’s Earth Juice, he hopes to encourage better eating habits, increase access to fresh products, and help shift the culture around health and wellness.
As Mental Health Awareness Month begins, new findings from the Greater Evansville Health Survey are shedding light on the growing mental and emotional health challenges facing residents across the region. In a conversation with Our Times, Welborn Baptist Foundation Chief Officer of Impact Andrea Hayes discusses how poverty, stress, housing, food access, and community connection continue shaping health outcomes — particularly for low-income and Black residents.
Residents are invited to participate in an upcoming community blood drive on Friday, April 11, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Memorial Baptist Church. The drive, organized in partnership with the American Red Cross, is designed to strengthen the local blood supply and ensure hospitals have the resources needed to treat patients facing a wide range of medical situations, including emergency trauma, surgeries, cancer treatment, organ transplants, and chronic illnesses such as sickle cell disease.
LaKeia Nard started Melanin Children Matter when her son King'Nazir died from a rare illness, transforming her grief into action.
Fuel to heat our homes can mean high bills. And heating increases the risks of fire, explosion and carbon monoxide poisoning. But a heating system that works efficiently can mean more warmth, more safety—and more money left for other things.
New Medicaid work requirements and funding caps under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may push more Evansville residents off coverage while forcing local hospitals and clinics to do more with less.
