BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Southern Indiana Softball nearly concluded its trip to the University of Alabama Birmingham Green and Gold Classic with a comeback victory on Saturday, but the Screaming Eagles narrowly fell 4-3 against UAB after a 12-0 setback earlier in the day against Purdue University.
USI (1-8) started the day facing its first-ever Big Ten Conference opponent Purdue (7-5). Like Friday’s games at the Green and Gold Classic, the first inning was a thorn in the side of the Screaming Eagles. The Boilermakers quickly grabbed a 1-0 lead after a triple and single to start the contest. Purdue scored twice more in the top of the first inning to go up 3-0.
After scoreless second and third innings, Purdue tacked on a pair of runs in the fourth and another pair in the fifth inning to increase its advantage to 7-0. Then the Boilermakers struck for five runs in the sixth to seal the game.
Senior outfielder Kennedy Nalley had one of USI’s two hits that went for a double. Senior pitcher Josie Newman (1-4) struck out three in five innings, giving up seven runs – five earned – in the start.
Purdue totaled 13 hits toward its 12 runs. Sophomore pitcher Julia Gossett (2-4) struck out five in the two-hit shutout.
In the midday matchup against UAB, Southern Indiana flipped the tournament tides and struck first in the first inning. Following a leadoff single and stolen base by junior outfielder Caroline Stapleton, sophomore infielder Sydney Long singled down the right-field line to score Stapleton and give USI the quick 1-0 lead. However, UAB answered with three runs – two unearned – in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-1 advantage.
The Blazers increased their lead to 4-1 in the home half of the third thanks to three singles in the frame.
The Eagles came right back in the top of the fifth. Two singles brought Nalley up to the plate with a chance to deliver an RBI knock. Nalley came through with a two-RBI double to deep centerfield that brought USI back within one, 4-3.
Meanwhile, freshman starting pitcher Kylie Witthaus continued to get stronger into the late innings. The left-hander posted zeroes in innings four through six to give USI a chance going into the top of the seventh inning.
After two sharp outs to begin the seventh, USI targeted a two-out rally. Nalley singled to the left side to reach base as the potential game-tying run and extending the game to bring the potential go-ahead run to the plate. However, the Blazers were able to induce a final groundout to close out the contest.
Southern Indiana finished with three runs on seven hits. The top three in the batting order for USI – Stapleton, Nalley and Long – each registered two-hit games. Stapleton had two runs, Nalley collected two RBIs with the double, and Long also had an RBI. Freshman first baseman Lilly Brown added a hit and a run to the USI line score.
Witthaus (0-3) tossed her first career complete game, striking out one and giving up four runs – two earned – in six innings pitched.
UAB notched four runs on eight hits. Sophomore pitcher Caroline McLendon (4-0) remained undefeated for the Blazers after striking out four and allowing three runs in a complete seven innings pitched.
Eagles challenge Blazers, drop Saturday contests in Birmingham
VU Track and Field close out 2025 Indoor regular season at John Gartland Invitational TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Vincennes Universi
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams put the finishing touches on the 2025 Indoor regular season Saturday at the 2025 John Gartland Invitational hosted by Indiana State University in Terre Haute.
The VU Men’s Track team was highlighted by sophomore Malik Ferdinand (Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) who finished second overall in the 400 meter dash against another stacked field against NCAA Division I runners, with a time of 50.63 seconds.
Sophomore Zion Pruitt (Avon, Ind.) joined Ferdinand in the top five in the 400 meters with a final time of 51.42 seconds.
Sophomore Maliek Bush (Jeffersonville, Ind.) had another busy day, competing in multiple events, including placing fourth in the 60 meter sprint with a time of 7.11 seconds.
Bush also took part in a couple of field events, taking fifth overall in the long jump at 6.75 meters and 20th overall in the shot put with a best throw of 11.72 meters.
Freshman ArTezz Butler-Sanders (Indianapolis, Ind.) joined Bush in the 60 meter sprints, placing 25th on the day with a time of 7.44 seconds.
Butler-Sanders then came back and placed 14th overall in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.79 seconds.
Freshman Karmiel Williams (Jasper, Ind.) placed 11th in the 200 meters at 23.50 seconds, fellow freshmen Devin Wilson (Indianapolis, Ind.) took 20th at 24.97 seconds and Aaden Mapp (Indianapolis, Ind.) took 21st at 25.30 seconds.
Mapp returned to the track to compete in the 4×400 relay with teammates freshmen Hayden Kler (Hillsboro, Ind.), Marshawn Bradley (Dyer, Ind.) and sophomore Nathan Whitehead (Vincennes, Ind.) who took home sixth place overall with a time of 4:01.31.
The Trailblazers relay team of freshmen Isaiah Ervin (French Lick, Ind.), Kelvin Kipsang (Kapsabet, Kenya), Dakoda Greci (Danville, Ind.) and Anis Abdaoui (Kairouan, Tunisia) had a great race to place third overall with a final time of 3:33.22.
Anis Abdaoui took home another third place finish on the day when he ran in the 1000 meter race with a time of 2:28.52, while Whitehead and Kler took part in the mile race with Whitehead placing 13th at 4:47.11 and Kler taking 14th overall at 5:02.72.
Sophomore Tanner Spence (Carmi, Ill.) paced the Trailblazers in the 800 meters with a time of 2:01.95 to take ninth overall, just ahead of teammates Kelvin Kipsang at 2:02.72 and Dakoda Greci at 2:08.84 for 12th and 16th place respectively.
The VU Track results Saturday were rounded out by sophomore Caden Hostetler (LaGrange, Ind.), Cody Noel (Hebron, Ind.) and freshmen Lane Connaway (Carmi, Ill.) and Jeremy Mendez (Velpen, Ind.) in the 3000 meters.
Hostetler placed 12th on the day with a time of 9:01.34, just ahead of Noel at 9:01.84 in 13th. Connaway took 20th overall at 9:25.64 and Mendez placed 21st overall at 9:26.08.
The Vincennes Men’s Field event results were led by freshman Chase Guthrie (Indianapolis, Ind.) who placed third in the long jump at 6.80 meters.
Freshman Tremayne Brown (Anderson, Ind.) placed fourth overall in the high jump at 1.99 meters and freshman Cayden Gasser (Delphi, Ind.) placed 22nd overall in the shot put with a throw of 11.41 meters.
The Trailblazer men’s team placed fourth on the day as a team, only trailing the three NCAA Division I teams in the field, Indiana State University, St. Louis University and the University of Evansville.
“Chase was one of the highlights in the field events,” VU Interim Track and Field Head Coach Tyler Steigenga said. “He had his best jump of the year, just short of his PR. Maliek also had a solid outing, just off his season best. Maliek had a PR by over two feet in the shot put, which will help him a lot going into the Heptathlon at Nationals.”
“In the running events, Anis had the first National qualifying mark of the meet in the 1000,” Steigenga added. “He finished just behind the school record set last year. In the 400, Malik ran the distance for the first time indoors. Zion finished right behind him with a new indoor PR by almost a second.”
“In the men’s 800 Tanner ran his best race of the season and got the men qualified in the 4×800 for Nationals,” Steigenga said. “In the 3000 meters, Caden and Cody ran new PRs of 9:01. Cody won his heat with a quick last 200 meters.”
The VU Women’s track results Saturday were led by freshman Alexis Hale (Evansville, Ind.) who placed fifth on the day in the 3000 meter race with a time of 11:21.24.
Freshman Allie Black (Lynn, Ind.) joined Hale in the 3000 meters and took home 11th overall with a time of 13:06.46.
Freshman Sara Belgacem (Tunis, Tunisia) placed fourth in the 800 meter dash with a time of 2:20.50, just ahead of sophomore Jasmyn Self (Casey, Ill.) who took ninth at 2:30.21.
Sophomore Adi Fuller (Evansville, Ind.) took eighth in the mile run at 5:26.32, while freshman Milaja Vaughn placed 13th in the 60 meter sprint at 8.20 seconds.
Freshman Zoe Allen (Anderson, Ind.) placed 14th overall in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.83 seconds, before joining Belgacem, Fuller and Self in the 4×400 relay to take third overall with a final time of 4:21.62.
The VU Women’s field results were once again led by sophomore and two-time defending NJCAA National Champion Sophia Salvi (Sao Paulo, Brazil) who placed third in the pole vault after clearing a height of 3.83 meters.
The Vincennes results on the day were rounded out by freshmen Tamia Taylor (Vincennes, Ind.) and Braylee McKinnon (Linton, Ind.) in the shot put.
Taylor placed 21st overall with a best throw of 8.38 meters and McKinnon checked in a 24th overall with a throw of 7.52 meters.
The Vincennes Women’s Track team placed seventh overall as a team on the day, just ahead of NCAA Division I team University of Evansville.
“In the women’s shot put, Tamia threw three throws further than her previous best,” Steigenga said. “In the running events, Adi got things started with a two second PR. Her time of 5:26.32 moved her up to eighth in school history.”
“The 800 started off strong with Sara running her first individual NJCAA National meet qualifier with a 2:20.50, which also ranks her third overall in school history. Jasmyn followed Sara’s run wih a PR of her own by almost one second.”
The Vincennes University Track and Field teams will now look to fine tune their skills, rest and recover to make sure the Trailblazers are 100 percent when VU heads to the 2025 NJCAA Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field National Championships.
The two-day Championship event will take place Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 at The Sports Performance Center on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Tex.
“Today was a good day,” Steigenga said. “We added three new qualifiers and are right where we want to be heading into Nationals in two weeks.”
VINCENNES RESULTS
MEN’S RESULTS
VINCENNES – 4th, 47 points
60m
Maliek Bush – 4, 7.11
ArTezz Butler-Sanders – 25, 7.44
200m
Karmiel Williams – 11, 23.50
ArTezz Butler-Sanders – 14, 23.79
Devin Wilson – 20, 24.97
Aaden Mapp – 21, 25.30
400m
Malik Ferdinand – 2, 50.63
Zion Pruitt – 4, 51.42
800m
Tanner Spence – 9, 2:01.95
Kelvin Kipsang – 12, 2:02.72
Dakoda Greci – 16, 2:08.84
1000m
Anis Abdaoui – 3, 2:28.52
Mile
Nathan Whitehead – 13, 4:47.11
Hayden Kler – 14, 5:02.72
3000m
Caden Hostetler – 12, 9:01.34
Cody Noel – 13, 9:01.84
Lane Connaway – 20, 9:25.64
Jeremy Mendez – 21, 9:26.08
4×400 Relay
Ervin, Kipsang, Greci, Abdaoui – 3, 3:33.22
Mapp, Kler, Whitehead, Bradley – 6, 4:01.31
High Jump
Tremayne Brown – 4, 1.99m
Long Jump
Chase Guthrie – 3, 6.80m
Maliek Bush – 5, 6.75m
Shot Put
Maliek Bush – 20, 11.72m
Cayden Gasser – 22, 11.41m
WOMEN’S RESULTS
VINCENNES – 7th, 26 points
60m
Milaja Vaughn – 13, 8.20
800m
Sara Belgacem – 4, 2:20.50
Jasmyn Self – 9, 2:30.21
Mile
Adi Fuller – 8, 5:26.32
3000m
Alexis Hale – 5, 11:21.24
Allie Black – 11, 13:06.46
60m Hurdles
Zoe Allen – 14, 9.83
4×400 Relay
Belgacem, Fuller, Self, Allen – 3, 4:21.62
Pole Vault
Sophia Salvi – 3, 3.83m
Shot Put
Tamia Taylor – 21, 8.38m
Braylee McKinnon – 24, 7.52m
USI wins on Senior Night, 82-68
Screaming Eagles had five in double-digits
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball snapped its losing streak with an 82-68 Senior Night win over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Saturday evening at Liberty Arena. The Screaming Eagles are 10-18 overall and 5-13 in OVC action, while the Cougars go to 19-10, 12-6 OVC.
USI started Senior Night off on the right foot with a quick 7-2 lead before two minutes were gone. The Eagles would hang onto the lead for 10 more minutes when the Cougars grabbed a brief 26-25 advantage before USI jumped back in front 28-26 on a three by junior guard Braxton Jones with 7:36 left in the half.
The USI lead would grow back to five points, 33-28, with just under seven minutes to play on an old-fashioned three-point play by sophomore forward Stephen Olowoniyi. The lead expanded to double-digits, 42-31, on back-to-back buckets in the paint by junior center Alex Horiuk and a three-pointer by junior guard Ryan Hall that forced an SIUE timeout.
USI junior guard Jack Campion sent the Eagles into the locker with the first-half’s largest of 13-point lead, 46-33. Hall had a team-high and season-high 11 points during the first 20 minutes.
In the second half, USI briefly took the lead to 15 points, 50-35, before SIUE used a 7-2 surge to close the gap to nine points, 52-43, with 14:40 remaining in the game. Junior forward Jadyn Shider took the lead back to 11 points with a bucket, while junior guard Jayland Randall pushed the lead back to 12 points, 59-47, on a three-pointer from the right corner.
SIUE closed the gap to seven points, 59-52, with 9:37 to play in the contest and to five points, 60-55, with 8:34 remaining. USI took back the momentum with an 8-2 run, pushing the lead back to double-digits, 68-57, with 6:00 on the clock.
After the Eagles and the Cougars traded buckets for two minutes, graduate forward Jack Mielke hit a big three-pointer with 3:04 remaining to keep the Eagles in front by 11 points, 73-62. The three-pointer ignited a 7-0 run for a 77-63 advantage and put the Eagles back in command for good. USI finished out the game on a 12-6 run for an 82-68 victory.
On the scoreboard, USI had five players in double-digits and was led by the 20-point performance by Randall. He was five-of-11 from the field, including a three-pointer, and nine-of-10 from the line.
Mielke and Jones followed with 12 points each, while Hall and Campion rounded out the double-figure scorers with 11 points and 10 points, respectively. The 11 points was a season high for Hall.
In addition to his 12 points, Mielke also grabbed a team-high and career-high 13 rebounds. The double-double was the second of Mielke’s career at USI.
With a Senior Night pre-game ceremony, USI honored its three seniors – graduate guard Sam Mervis, graduate forward Nick Hittle, and Mielke – and their families.
Indiana Captures Eight Titles, 18 Medals at Big Ten Championships
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Indiana swimming and diving medaled in every event Saturday (Feb. 22), the final day of the 2025 Big Ten Women’s Swimming Championships, inside the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of the Ohio State University.
IU finished second in the meet but dominated the medal podium, leading the league with eight Big Ten titles and 18 medals. The next-best program, Michigan, had five titles and 12 total medals. Indiana’s medal count was one more than its total from last year’s first-place team performance.
Indiana has finished in the top three in 19 consecutive seasons, with 14 championship or runner-up finishes during that span.
Including relays, 10 Hoosiers medaled and seven won Big Ten titles. Senior Anna Peplowski and sophomore Miranda Grana led IU with six medals apiece as both medaled in all three of their individual events.
Peplowski broke two Big Ten records during the week. Leading off Wednesday’s 800 freestyle relay, Peplowski tied the conference’s 200 free standard with a 1:40.69 split. The next day, she won the 500-yard freestyle in record time with a 4:33.86. Peplowski took bronze in the individual 200 free and 100 free events and was a member of the gold medal 400 medley relay as well as the silver medal 200 and 400 freestyle relays. At the end of the season, Peplowski will complete her collegiate career an eight-time Big Ten Champion and 21-time medalist.
Sophomore transfer Miranda Grana introduced herself to the Big Ten with two titles and four silver medals. Grana won her first individual Big Ten title Friday in the 100-yard butterfly, becoming the second Hoosier, and first since Gia Dalesandro in 2017, to win the event. She also captured gold in the 400 medley relay and silver in four events: the 100 back, 200 back, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay.
For the second consecutive season, senior Skyler Liu won both the 3-meter and platform diving events. Liu was dominant Saturday night, winning the tower event by 32.90 points with a 366.90 total – a score that would have won an NCAA title last season. Liu scored at least 69 points on every dive and highlighted her list with an 81-point reverse 2 ½ somersaults pike in the third round. Liu was again named the Big Ten Diver of the Championships as the highest-scoring athlete on the boards this week.
Senior Ching Hwee Gan set the tone Saturday, winning her second consecutive conference championship in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Gan took the lead after 200 yards and did not look back, posting consistent splits between 28.50 and 28.90 over the first 1,200 yards. Gan’s 15:46.22 was a personal best and ranks No. 3 this season as she eyes a third-straight medal at the NCAA Championships.
Senior Brearna Crawford kept an IU breaststroke tradition alive Saturday, capturing Indiana’s fifth straight 200-yard breaststroke gold and ninth in 10 seasons. Crawford shared co-champion honors with USC graduate student Kaitlyn Dobler, both finishing in 2:07.22. Freshman Mary Cespedes was fifth in 2:08.46, as she dropped over three seconds from her career best coming into the meet (2:11.57).
Sophomore Ava Whitaker impressed with a silver medal in Saturday’s 200-yard butterfly final, dropping a personal best 1:55.17, after placing ninth as a freshman. In the consolation final beforehand, junior Katie Forrester (1:56.82) and sophomore Avery Spade (1:57.14) finished one-two to each earn top 10 performances in the event.
IU punctuated the meet with a silver medal in the 400-yard freestyle relay, recording the program’s second-best time ever in 3:10.77. Peplowski led off in 47.82, gave way to junior Mya DeWitt’s 48.40 and Grana’s 47.64 before junior Kristina Paegle unleashed a 46.80 in the anchor.
TEAM SCORES
1. Ohio State – 1,313.5
- Indiana – 1,255.5
- Michigan – 1,149.5
- Wisconsin – 849
- USC – 835
- Minnesota – 592
- UCLA – 544
- Purdue – 529
- Northwestern – 409
- Nebraska – 344
- Rutgers – 310
- Penn State – 260
- Illinois – 211
14 Iowa – 158.5
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS
Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships: Phoebe Bacon, Wisconsin
Big Ten Diver of the Championships: Skyler Liu, Indiana
First-Team All-Big Ten
Brearna Crawford, Indiana
Ching Hwee Gan, Indiana
Miranda Grana, Indiana
Skyler Liu, Indiana
Kacey McKenna, Indiana
Kristina Paegle, Indiana
Anna Peplowski, Indiana
Malia Amuan, Michigan
Stephanie Balduccini, Michigan
Hannah Bellard, Michigan
Casey Chung, Michigan
Lindsay Flynn, Michigan
Brady Kendall, Michigan
Christey Liang, Michigan
Claire Newman, Michigan
Letitia Sim, Michigan
Sienna Angove, Ohio State
Lena Hentschel, Ohio State
Kaitlyn Dobler, USC
Phoebe Bacon, Wisconsin
Second-Team All-Big Ten
Mya Dewitt, Indiana
Ava Whitaker, Indiana
Vivi Del Angel, Minnesota
Rachel Bockrath, Ohio State
Erin Little, Ohio State
Mila Nikanorov, Ohio State
Paola Pineda, Ohio State
Mia Rankin, Ohio State
Avery Worobel, Purdue
Minna Abraham, USC
Claire Tuggle, USC
Hazal Ozkan, Wisconsin
Abigail Wanezek, Wisconsin
Margaret Wanezek, Wisconsin
Big Ten All-Freshman Team
Mary Cespedes, Indiana
Rebecca Diaconescu, Michigan
Leila Fack, Michigan
Olivia Wanner, Minnesota
Grey Davis, Northwestern
Zoe Nordmann, Northwestern
Sienna Angove, Ohio State
Rachel Bockrath, Ohio State
Erin Little, Ohio State
Delia Lloyd, Ohio State
Mila Nikanorov, Ohio State
Maria Ramos, Ohio State
Campbell Scofield, Purdue
Avery Worobel, Purdue
Bailee Sturgill, Rutgers
Karolina Piechowicz, UCLA
Claudia Yovanovich, UCLA
Kate Miller, USC
Stella Chapman, Wisconsin
Bridget McGann, Wisconsin
Margaret Wanezek, Wisconsin
RESULTS
1,650 FREESTYLE
- Ching Hwee Gan – 15:46.22 (Big Ten Champion, Career Best, NCAA A Cut)
- Mariah Denigan – 16:06.46 (NCAA B Cut)
- Elyse Heiser – 16:27.23 (NCAA B Cut)
- Katie Carson – 16:14.12 (Career Best, NCAA B Cut)
200 BACKSTROKE
2. Miranda Grana – 1:50.51 (Big Ten Silver, NCAA B Cut)
- Mya DeWitt – 1:54.48 (NCAA B Cut)
- Kacey McKenna – 1:55.86 (NCAA B Cut)
- Anna Freed – 1:54.44 (NCAA B Cut)
100 FREESTYLE
3. Anna Peplowski – 47.37 (Big Ten Bronze, NCAA B Cut)
- Kristina Paegle – 47.85 (NCAA B Cut)
200 BREASTSTROKE
T1. Brearna Crawford – 2:07.22 (Big Ten Co-Champion, NCAA B Cut)
- Mary Cespedes – 2:08.46 (Career Best, NCAA B Cut)
- Reese Tiltmann – 2:11.58 (Career Best, NCAA B Cut)
200 BUTTERFLY
- Ava Whitaker – 1:55.17 (Big Ten Silver, Career Best, NCAA B Cut)
- Katie Forrester – 1:56.82 (Career Best, NCAA B Cut)
- Avery Spade – 1:57.14 (Career Best, NCAA B Cut)
- Anna Freed – 2:00.80
PLATFORM
- Skyler Liu – 366.90 (Big Ten Champion, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
- Ella Roselli – 266.70 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)
- Mary Kate Cavanaugh – 233.95 (NCAA Zone Qualifier)
- Lily Witte – 209.80
400 FREESTYLE RELAY
- Anna Peplowski, Mya DeWitt, Miranda Grana, Kristina Paegle – 3:10.77 (Big Ten Silver, NCAA A Cut)
THUNDERBOLTS DEFEAT ICE FLYERS IN SHOOTOUT, PUSH WIN STREAK TO FOUR GAMES
Tim O’Brien Bill Gives Evansville More Funds for Professional Sports Now Goes To State Senate
Bill Gives Evansville More Funds for Professional Sports is Now Goes To State Senate
STATEHOUSE (Feb. 21, 2025) – House Bill 1451, the bill that would increase the amount of money captured from the Evansville Professional Sports and Convention Development Area, supporting local sports tourism has now been folded into the state budget bill.
Based on Evansville’s population, the annual capture limit under current law is $1.17 million. The bill creates a 15-year plan for the PSCDA. It would increase the limit to $5 million for the first five years, then $6 million for the following five years, and up to $7 million for the last five years. It has the potential of keeping $90 million in revenue in the Evansville area.
The author of the bill, Tim O’Brien, explained that this does not create a new tax but rather draws on existing funds that would otherwise go to the state in revenue form. He also said that these funds allow Evansville to pave the way for future opportunities in Southwest Indiana.
He added this legislation would support future growth in Evansville and Southwest Indiana, including plans for Great Bend Park, a place for everyday enjoyment and extraordinary events.
House Bill 1001 passed the Ways and Means Committee before passing the full House of Representatives. It now moves to the Senate for further consideration.
For more information on HB 1001 and to track legislation, and watch committee hearings and session proceedings, visit iga.in.gov.
Jerome Stewart “The Word in 120”
We live in a world where people become angry because God’s word is true. A great example can be found in the book of Acts chapter 7 where Stephen the first deacon named within the church addressed the Sanhedrin Council comprised of 70 elders and the High Priest.
They believed God was confined to a tabernacle or physical building made by the hands of man. Stephen would explain as best he could about the Tabernacle of God as being spiritual. The Sanhedrin Council did not like what they heard. When Stephen got to the apex of his address he said to them vss. 48 thru 51; “the Highest does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: ‘Heaven is My throne, And the earth is My footstool.
What the house will you build for Me? says the LORD, Or what is the place of My rest? Has My hand not made all these things?’ “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.” The Sanhedrin Council was about to reach a boiling point! Verse. 52 and 53 Stephen says; “Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, (meaning Jesus) of whom you now have become betrayers and murderers, who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
The Sanhedrin Council was irate! Vss. 54 thru 57 says; “When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus stood at the right hand of God, and said “Look I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord. Vss. 59 and 60 says; “And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he knelt andcried out with a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.” Jesus was standing up; watching over Stephen!
Maureen Braun Supports Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s First Lady Maureen Braun is spearheading an initiative to keep Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Indiana. First Lady Braun will work with philanthropic partners and in consultation with state leadership to identify funding opportunities for the book distribution program.
“I am honored to lead this work to help ensure our youngest Hoosiers have as much exposure as possible to books and learning,” said First Lady Maureen Braun. “Indiana has many strong community partners and I am confident we will collaborate on a solution that grows children’s love of reading.”
“I deeply appreciate Governor Braun’s commitment to early childhood literacy and the leadership of First Lady Maureen Braun in championing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The Imagination Library brings the joy of reading to over 125,000 Hoosier children each month in all 92 counties across the state, and we are encouraged by Governor and First Lady Braun’s support to ensure its future in Indiana. We look forward to working with the Governor and First Lady, state leaders, and Local Program Partners to keep books in the hands of Indiana’s youngest learners and strengthen this foundation for a lifetime of success,” stated Jeff Conyers, President of The Dollywood Foundation.
Bobby Knight’s Famous Chair Toss – Hoosier History Highlights
February 23 – March 1
This Week in Indiana History
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February 23, 1985 Bobby Knight, coaching the IU basketball team vs. Purdue, picks up a chair from the IU bench and tosses it across the playing floor. The incident ignites widespread national comment.
February 25, 1779 George Rogers Clark captured Fort Sackville at Vincennes, marking the beginning of the end of British influence in America’s western frontier.
February 27, 1987 The West Baden Springs Hotel in French Lick was named a National Historic Landmark. Built in 1901, the structure has a free-spanning dome that at one time was the largest in the world.
March 1, 1888 The Ball Brothers began glass production in Muncie. The company became famous for their glass canning jars and grew to become the largest producer of recyclable beverage cans in the world.
Where in Indiana
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Indiana Quick Quiz
1. What are some of the previous names for U. S. Highway 40?
2. How old was Abraham Lincoln when he moved to Indiana?
3. Where did Stephanie White play high school basketball?
4. Where is the only freestanding high school basketball museum in the country?
Answers Below
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Answers
1.The Great Western Road, The old Pike, The Government Road, The Cumberland Road, and The National Road
2. Seven
3. Seeger High School in West Lebanon
4. New Castle
UE women’s soccer alum Sophie Lindner joins TSG Hoffenheim
