JEFF LYONS SELECED AS A 2024 CCO “ANNUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE” AWARD WINNER

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JEFF LYONS SELECTED AS A 2024 CCO “ANNUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE” AWARD WINNER

by Johnny Kincaid

September 16, 2024

The Annual City-County Observer “Annual Community Service  Awards” luncheon is held at Bally’s-Evansville on September 20, 2024 in the Walnut room. at noon.

We are pleased to announce that this event is a total sellout and we expect almost 300 people to attend this well-respected annual awards ceremony.

Jeff grew up in Evansville and is a 1982 graduate of FJ Reitz High School.   He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications from Indiana University in Bloomington.  His first job was at WTHI-TV in Terre Haute as a morning weathercaster.   He continued studying meteorology in Terre Haute at Indiana State University, completed certification as a meteorologist with the American Meteorology Society, and holds the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal. Jeff returned to Evansville in 1988 and began his career at WFIE as a reporter and meteorologist.

In his 35+ years with WFIE, Jeff has visited every county in the Tri-State and routinely speaks 40-50 times each year at schools, community groups and church organizations.   He has been an active board member at The Arc of Evansville since 2000, and co-wrote, produced and hosted The Really Big Show for 21 years.  The show was a major fundraiser for ARC and raised over 1.5 million dollars for the organization.  Jeff served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Southern Indiana for 17 years and taught broadcast performance in the school’s communications department.
Jeff has been married to his wife, Kate, for 35 years and has 3 children.  He and his wife are avid bicyclists and musicians.  Jeff currently plays the organ and his wife sings at St. Boniface parish.  Jeff was also involved with a restoration project of the pipe organ in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.  Jeff has deep roots in Evansville and is the sixth generation to live on the Westside.

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