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       Lilly King Does Not Qualify for 200M Breastroke Final

by Matt PEAK Channel 44 Web Producer

Lilly King has communicated to 44Sports in the past that the 200 meter Breaststroke is not a race she is familiar with, but that did not stop her from trying.

Ultimately however, sweeping the 100 and 200 breaststroke events was not meant to be.

Two days after winning gold in the 100 breaststroke, the Reitz alum and Indiana sophomore finished seventh in her heat, 12th overall, in tonight’s 200 Breaststroke semifinals with a time of 2:24.59, which kept her out of the “Top 8” overall spots to qualify for Thursday’s finals.

King will cap off her Olympics debut this weekend, participating in the 4×100 meter Medley Relay.

      West Side Nut Club Names Lilly King as its Grand Marshal

by BRITNEY TAYLOR

The West Side Nut Club will have Lilly King lead the Fall Festival Parade as its Grand Marshal.

King won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the Summer Olympics in Rio.

The community wants to show her some love when she comes back home to Evansville.

The Fall Festival Parade is Saturday, October 8th.

The west side native will swim again Wednesday night in hopes of making it to the 200 meter breaststroke finals.

Stay with 44News and Sports with her results coming up tonight on 44News at 9 and 10.


        Commission Aims At Addressing Mentally Ill Inmates

by LAUREN LESLIE

Housing the mentally ill, it is a problem that Sheriff Dave Wedding says is not going away any time soon. Several members of the Mental Health Commission made a trip to Chicago this week. They toured the Cook County Jail, trying to learn how officials there handle housing mentally ill inmates.

Wedding and several members of the commission are digging deeper trying to learn how to address what is a Nationwide concern on a local scale.

The Vanderburgh County Jail houses a significant number of mentally ill inmates and it simply is not equipped. Local officials are doing everything they can to address the situation but have learned the solution will require more funding.

      Tropicana Closes Popular Downtown Evansville Restaurant

by BRITNEY TAYLOR

A popular downtown Evansville restaurant has shut its doors.

Chido Mexican Bar and Grill opened last year, but Tropicana Evansville has confirmed that it closed this past weekend.

Chido took the place of another sports bar that was also closed by Tropicana.

Tropicana has not given any further details or comment about this latest closing.

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  1. Evansville and the whole USA is so very proud of this young lady ,she did it the right way without help from doping
    Great job Lilly

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