Operations are returning to normal at Bally’s after a strange incident this morning.
In the midst of the normal morning routine at Bally’s Casino, the sense of normal disappeared in one frightening moment when a car came crashing through the roof of the conference center. That car came from the top floor of the attached parking garage.
At the time of the crash, Koorsen Fire and Safety was hosting a conference for building inspectors and firefighters at the site. Koorsen is the fire protection company for Bally’s, and they aided in getting the building’s systems turned off. Firefighters and others attending the conference rendered aid at the scene.
The vehicle hit a concrete barrier, causing it to drop through the roof of the conference center, followed by the Ford SUV. The driver of the vehicle was the only injury.
A crane was brought in during the afternoon to lift the SUV and the concrete barrier out of the conference center.
The unanswered question is, “Why?” Police are putting together all of the information, looking at video footage, and planning to talk to the driver to determine what happened.
Bally’s was able to continue with normal casino operations through the day today and the parking garage will remain close until further notice.
Bally’s released the following statement: “We are currently investigating an incident involving a vehicle that drove off the seventh floor of our parking garage and will provide updates as necessary. Upon initial review, the incident appears to be the result of driver error. There are no signage or structural issues with the parking garage. The safety of our guests and staff remains our top priority.”
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Evansville Otters (24-44) dropped the middle game of the series against the Lake Erie Crushers (39-27) on Wednesday night, 3-0.
Evansville sent out Joan Gonzalez for his fifth start of the season. After surrendering a two-out single to give Lake Erie a 1-0 lead, he wired through the fifth keeping the Crushers off the scoreboard.
The Otters had some opportunities offensively early in the game to answer. They got at least one runner on in each of the first five innings. Evansville loaded the bases in the second but couldn’t score. They strung a couple of hits together in the fourth, including the first professional hit from Jared Campbell, but couldn’t score there either.
Gonzalez entered the sixth, but was pulled after three straight runners reached, one of which scored to give Lake Erie a 2-0 lead. Nolan Thebiay entered to finish the sixth. He allowed one inherited runner to score, but limited the damage.
Evansville had two pitchers debut from Ole Miss. The first was Gunnar Dennis in the seventh. He looked impressive, facing the minimum and earning his first two professional strikeouts. Alex Canney entered the eighth, stranding two runners and also picking up his first pro strikeout. He pitched into the ninth, leaving with two on and two out. Nick McAuliffe entered to finish the ninth, stranding both runners he inherited.
The Otters got a two-out hit from Mason White, but couldn’t push across any runs, falling 3-0 after being shut out for the fourth time this season.
Evansville’s pitching staff did a great job working through traffic to keep the Otters hopes alive, stranding 16 runners on the night.
The Otters are back in action tomorrow night with a Working Distributors Thirsty Thursday scheduled for a 6:35 p.m CT first pitch. Evansville will then travel to Florence to take on the Y’alls for a weekend series.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released a proposal to scrap the 15-year-old regulation that empowers the agency to curb greenhouse gas emissions — a move EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin billed as the “largest deregulatory action” in the nation’s history.
“Many, many, many mental leaps” went into the 2009 determination that high concentrations of six key greenhouse gases — emitted by vehicles — endanger public health, Zeldin said.
“We do not have that power on our own to decide, as an agency, that we are going to combat global climate change because we give ourselves that power,” he continued, speaking at an Indianapolis truck dealership.
If finalized, his proposal would strip the EPA’s authority to set standards for greenhouse gas emission regulations on motor vehicles and engines.
It would save more than $54 billion annually, according to a news release.
“The practical application is going to be lower-cost vehicles, lower-cost consumer products, lower energy bills, and all the things Americans instinctually want,” U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.
“I believe today will go down as a momentous day for freedom and liberty in our country, brought to you by President (Donald) Trump,” Wright added, to applause from rows of suit-clad attendees.
He and other officials celebrated the proposed recision from behind a logo-emblazoned lectern, as a glossy red truck towered in the background and industrial fans stirred the muggy air overhead.
People attend a federal environmental deregulation announcement at an Indianapolis trucking facility on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
They insisted that neither air nor water quality would suffer.
“Do not listen to those haters. The sky will not fall,” Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said. “We have the cleanest air, the cleanest water.”
Others disagree.
“I truly, honestly do not understand how they can say that the air and water and land will be just as clean under their policy view,” Indiana University Visiting Professor Janet McCabe told the Capital Chronicle. McCabe served in the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation during former President Barack Obama’s administration and was EPA deputy administrator under former President Joe Biden.
Several officials described the Obama-era endangerment finding as illegitimate and “creative.”
“It happened because they couldn’t do it through the House and the Senate and the presidency, the normal lawmaking process,” Wright said. “They found a backdoor way to take away your freedom and to make your life more expensive and shrink your life opportunities.”
McCabe rejected such arguments.
“There’s just no foundation for that at all. We were very thorough, very careful,” she said, noting that the endangerment finding was challenged in court and upheld.
McCabe said the criticism is “perhaps a way to deflect from the fact that this particular finding that they’re proposing to make now is going to be very hard to justify legally.”
Hoosiers protest environmental deregulation plans outside an Indianapolis trucking facility on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Zeldin signed the proposed rule Tuesday. The agency will accept public comments on the proposal until Sept. 21.
Its possible impacts are unclear, but broad.
Asked about concerns the electric vehicle battery plants planned for Indiana would go elsewhere, Gov. Mike Braun called it a “great example of where government got ahead of common sense and even the marketplace.”
Health and economic impact
Despite the Trump EPA’s assertion that the move would save money for Americans, climate groups said the opposite was true, and that the finding would hurt access to alternative energy sources.
“The reason (Trump) is doing this is not scientific,” former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said in an interview with States Newsroom. “It’s just his slavish devotion to his billionaire friends in the oil and gas industry that he wants to help, and destroy the ability of Americans to get clean and cheap — I want to emphasize cheap — electricity. This is not just a health issue. It’s a financial health issue, basically denying Americans the ability to get the most reasonably priced electricity in America.”
Inslee, a Democrat who sought his party’s presidential nomination in 2020 on a platform that emphasized climate issues, is a national spokesperson and executive with the advocacy group Climate Power.
“It’s a reckless move that will make Americans less safe and hurt our economy by slowing the growth of affordable clean energy and fueling the heat waves, storms, floods, and wildfires that threaten people’s homes and communities,” U.S. House Natural Resources ranking Democrat Jared Huffman, of California, said in a statement.
Democrats and environmental groups also argued the scientific evidence clearly showed greenhouse gas emissions were harmful.
“You can’t with a straight face argue that pollution is not endangering human health,” Inslee said. “Look at the deaths that are piling up. Flash floods and heat domes, asthma and cardiovascular events. This stuff is bad for human health. I don’t know how you can make the argument otherwise.”
Lawsuits ahead
Legal challenges from Democratic attorney generals are almost certainly imminent, Inslee said Tuesday afternoon.
“If a lawsuit hasn’t been filed yet, I’ll have to call (Washington Attorney General) Nick Brown and tell him to hurry up,” he said. “It’s been a couple hours now.”
In a statement, Brown said he would “consider all options if EPA continues down this cynical path. We won’t stand by as our children’s future is sacrificed to appease fossil fuel interests.”
AG Rokita attends Indianapolis announcement featuring friend and former colleague EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Energy Secretary Chris Wright
By undoing a 2009 Obama-era policy, which imposed stringent restrictions on tailpipe emissions and set unrealistic fuel economy standards, the Trump administration is helping boost the performance of America’s economy, Attorney General Todd Rokita said.
“Finally, we have a president again who puts America First — and today’s announcement is yet another illustration of this fact,” said Attorney General Rokita. “It will be part of the proud legacy of President Trump that he undid damage caused to the American economy by 12 years of disastrous Democratic rule — both during four years of Biden and, as we witness here today, going back to the eight years of Obama.”
Attorney General Rokita attended an announcement of the policy rollback Tuesday in Indianapolis featuring Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
On Tuesday, Attorney General Rokita thanked the federal officials “for coming here to Indiana — where the automotive and transportation industries are so deeply embedded in our culture and economy — to make this important announcement.”
Also attending the policy announcement were Gov. Mike Braun and U.S. Rep. Jim Baird.
“Over the last four years, conservative state attorneys general were the last line of defense in fighting back against the Biden administration’s federal overreach and green new scam agenda,” Attorney General Rokita said. “However, thanks to President Trump and patriots like Administrator Zeldin and Secretary Wright, we are now on the front lines helping to unleash American energy.”
Attorney General Rokita’s previous actions include:
Suing the federal government along with 20 other states to challenge a rule that would have required state agencies to set declining carbon emissions standards for highways. (Kentucky v. Federal Highway Administration)
Challenged a federal rule announced under Biden requiring an increasing share of heavy-duty vehicles to be electric.
Challenged the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rule for heavy-duty vehicles announced under Biden, which would regulate the average fuel consumption of a manufacturer’s fleet.
“I’m grateful for the confidence we can have in the Trump administration to do the right things like putting forth commonsense policies that put us back on the path to prosperity,” Attorney General Rokita said.
The Henderson Police Department has been requested by the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a deputy-involved shooting that occurred on July 10th, at 11:47pm.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a HCSO Deputy located a vehicle that had just fled from a traffic stop conducted by the Henderson Police Department. The HCSO Deputy attempted to stop the driver in the 2900 block of US Hwy 60 east near the Greenleaf Market.
The driver failed to stop and the HCSO Deputy pursued the driver east on US Hwy 60. The suspect driver and the HCSO Deputy entered the roundabouts and both drivers failed to maintain control of their vehicles. The two vehicles collided and came to a stop. The deputy exited his vehicle and attempted to arrest the suspect driver. The suspect driver accelerated in the direction of the HCSO Deputy as he attempted to continue fleeing. The HCSO Deputy discharged his agency issued pistol in the direction of the suspect vehicle. The suspect driver continued eastbound on US Hwy 60, but no units continued the pursuit. HPD and HCSO began an investigation to determine the owner and who may have been driving at the time of the incident.
On July 11th around 11:00am, a female sought medical attention for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound at a local hospital. The female was contacted by police and stated she was the passenger in a car that had been involved in a police chase the night before and that she was shot during the incident.
The investigation is ongoing. To protect the integrity of the investigation, HPD will not release additional details until vital witnesses have been interviewed.
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Foam Party in the Park – Summer Reading Grand Finale!
We’re ending the summer with a splash! Join us Saturday, August 2 at 2 PM for our Summer Reading Grand Finale: Foam Party in the Park!
Get ready to dance, play, and celebrate with music, bubbles, and mountains of foam! It’s the ultimate way to wrap up our Color Our World Summer Reading series, this will also be when we draw names for the Grand Prizes. Don’t forget to bring a towel—you’re going to need it!
Newburgh, IN — Warrick Humane Society is excited to announce the return of its Junior Volunteer Program, a hands-on opportunity for youth to learn, serve, and grow through animal rescue. Open to students ages 13–15, this educational program runs in two separate sessions this fall:
Session One: August 20 – October 8
Session Two: October 22 – December 17
Both sessions meet Wednesday evenings from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM at the WHS shelter in Newburgh.
The program is designed for teens who are passionate about animals and looking to make a difference in their community through humane education and volunteerism. Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at shelter operations, assist with daily animal care, and gain hands-on experience in enrichment, feeding, cleaning, and cat/dog socialization.
The cost to participate is $35 and includes a Junior Volunteer t-shirt. Space is limited and registration is required.
To register, email: volunteerwarrick@gmail.com.
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CEO, adjunct professor and educational leader, Dr. Belinda Reyes, was honored at the 2025 commencement ceremony.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 29, 2025 (Newswire.com) – American College of Education® (ACE) selected Dr. Belinda Reyes – CEO, author, adjunct professor and educational leader – as its 2025 Alumni Achievement Award recipient. A first-generation college graduate and second language learner, Dr. Reyes’ career of nearly 30 years has included transformational initiatives for dual language and VPK-12 education.
In a speech delivered at ACE’s 2025 annual commencement ceremony, Dr. Reyes shared, “It’s with deep humility and immense gratitude that I stand before you, not just as a doctoral graduate, but as living proof that the vision of American College of Education to serve, lead and achieve is not only noble, it’s transformative … I’m part of a new generation of scholar-practitioners because ACE met me where life demanded I be – present as a mother, wife and leader.”
In her previous role as assistant superintendent, Dr. Reyes made history as the first former second language learner from her hometown school district to return and serve in a Cabinet-level position on the Superintendent Leadership Team.
Among many outstanding contributions throughout her career, Dr. Reyes notably led her district’s response to the displacement of nearly 3,000 non-English speakers following Hurricane Maria in 2018, securing support and implementing targeted strategies that resulted in a 93% graduation rate for affected students. Her doctoral research at ACE examined the impact of dual language education in closing achievement gaps between English Language Learners and their monolingual peers. It was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of English Learner Education and recognized at numerous conferences.
“We’re incredibly proud of Dr. Reyes and her influential career,” ACE President and CEO Geordie Hyland said. “The annual Alumni Achievement Award is an opportunity to recognize and highlight an ACE graduate who has not only accomplished earning a degree but has elevated what they’ve learned into meaningful contributions and positive change in society.”
