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 VANDERBURGH COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE  ANNOUNCES RICKY ALLEN KIPER, JR. SENTENCED TO 75 YEARS FOR MURDER 

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Evansville, IN – Prosecutor Diana Moers announces that, on February 23rd, 2023, Magistrate Judge Celia M. Pauli of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court sentenced 34-year-old Ricky Allen Kiper, Jr. on a single count of Murder to 60 years in prison and an additional 15 years for a habitual offender enhancement. “I am very proud of the efforts of my office and EPD on this matter and am pleased to report to the citizens of Vanderburgh County that the Defendant, someone who took it upon himself to take a life, received 75 years with his sentences running concurrently and will be residing in the Department of Correction and off of the streets of Vanderburgh County. 

Kiper pleaded guilty on January 30th, 2023 after the prosecution presented evidence that Mr. Kiper shot a male victim and ran from the scene, discarding and hiding various items of clothing before being apprehended nearby. During an interview with the lead detective, Matt Elrod, from the Vanderburgh County Sherriff’s Office, Kiper admitted to shooting the victim and stated that he had no remorse for doing so. The Evansville Police Department also participated in the investigation. 

Prosecutor Moers thanked her Deputies Ian Blair and Josh Hutcheson, her staff Morgan Richardville and Rob Pylant, Detective Elrod, and other law enforcement partners for their diligent efforts. 

Virtual Author Talk: Sadequa Johnson Tuesday – February 28th @ 3PM

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Willard Public Library invites community to a Virtual Author Talk featuring Sadeqa Johnson, Tuesday, February 28th.

“We look forward to seeing you for an invigorating conversation with highly acclaimed author Sadeqa Johnson as she talks about her brand new novel, The House of Eve!

Fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising her daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed onto her like a birthright.

Eleanor Quarles arrived in Washington DC with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from one of DC’s elite wealthy Black families, and his parents don’t just let anyone into their fold. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William’s family and grant her the life she’s been searching for. But having a baby—and fitting in—is easier said than done.

The lives of these two women collide in the most unexpected way as they both face life altering decisions. The House of Eve is a fast-paced, harrowing story that hinges on what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal.”

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University of Southern Indiana Communication And Media Faculty Members Produce WNIN Documentary

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Two University of Southern Indiana faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts produced a documentary, Art for Science’s Sake: Stalking John James Audubon, that will air at 7 p.m. Sunday, February 26 on WNIN. Produced by Dr. Leigh Anne Howard, Communication and Media Department Chair and Professor of Communication Studies, and Dr. David Black, Associate Professor of Radio and Television, the one-hour documentary explores the art and science of 19th century naturalist John James Audubon.

Over the last 10 years, Howard and Black traced Audubon’s footsteps and interviewed a variety of Audubon biographers and experts about the naturalist’s contributions to the study of birds through his art. Howard teaches courses in intercultural communication, performance and cultural studies and credits her and Black’s Kentucky roots for their interest in the project.

“We learned about Audubon in grade school and high school, but until we started the project, we did not know how complex and fascinating he really was,” Howard says. “The more we learned and talked to people who shared their own fascination and insights about who he was and what he accomplished, the project took its shape, and we are glad to pass on what we learned.”

Audubon is best known for his mammoth book, The Birds of America, a four-volume work of 435 color plates presenting one of the greatest documentations of birds ever produced. His work initiated a new standard of realism in ornithological depictions. Unlike the naturalists of his time, Audubon painted and published life-size drawings of birds, depicting them in their natural habitats while they engaged in natural behaviors: eating, hunting, feeding their young, flying and socializing. He set out to draw in detail as many North American birds as possible and to record information about their behaviors and physiology in his journals, later published as the Ornithological Biographies.

“It’s been close to 200 years since Audubon was actively creating The Birds of America, and his work still resonates,” adds Black. “He lived and worked in this area and continues, to this day, to be seen as both a remarkable and controversial figure in American history”

Born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), Audubon grew up in France before coming to the United States in 1803 to avoid conscription in Napoleon’s army. After working on his father’s farm located near Philadelphia, Audubon moved to Kentucky and started a mercantile business.  For a time, he lived and worked in Cincinnati, Louisville and Henderson. He was a controversial figure in his time and remains a dilemma for contemporary society. Some of his works have been questioned for their authenticity, and his ownership of slaves has made his place in history troubling even as his art continues to impress and his contributions to ornithology are appreciated.

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University of Southern Indiana Online Sport Management Graduate Program Lands Top 10 Ranking

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The University of Southern Indiana’s online Sport Management graduate degree program has been ranked 10th nationally as part of the Top 49 Online Sports Management Programs by Intelligent, an independent organization that ranks colleges and programs across the country using aggregated publicly available data without advertising or affiliate relationships with schools. The program also received the award for Best Intercollegiate Athletic Focus.

Intelligent evaluates programs on the basis of flexibility, faculty, reputation, affordability and strength. Each program received an Intelligent Score on a scale of 0 to 100 with USI’s program receiving a score of 92.37.

According to Intelligent, the global sports industry is worth $489 billion and is expected to continue to grow over the next decade. It also estimates an increasing demand for many sports management jobs with the top 10% earning around $82,000 annually. Increasing participation in high school and college athletic programs is also expected to drive the need for more athletics scouts over the next few years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts more than 45,000 new jobs in this field, an increase of 26% by 2030.

USI’s Master of Science in Sport Management holds specialized accreditation through the Commission of Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA). The program is currently accepting applications for March, May, June and August starts with 2022-23 tuition of just $419.06 per credit hour.

FOOTNOTE: Learn more about USI’s graduate Sport Management program online, by emailing graduate.studies@usi.edu or by calling 812-465-7015.

IU Executes in Saturday Morning Session

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IU Executes in Saturday Morning Session

 ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Indiana is in prime position for the final night of finals at the 2023 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.

Of the 13 Hoosier swimmers eligible for final swims on Saturday (Feb. 25), 11 made championship finals with two more filling in consolation and C finals. IU posted the top qualifier in three of the four swimming prelims during the morning session at Canham Natatorium.

Then, five divers qualified for evening finals with four coming in the A final. Sophomore Quinn Henninger (431.15) gave IU its fourth top qualifier in the platform diving event, with fellow sophomore Carson Tyler (393.85) and redshirt senior Andrew Capobianco (391.10) taking the No. 3 and No. 4 spots and freshman Maxwell Weinrich (356.10) grabbing the No. 7 seed. Another freshman, William Jansen, earned the No. 15 spot with a career-best 278.85 to guarantee points from the consolation final.

Indiana put four out of four swimmers into the 200-yard breaststroke A final, including three of the top four qualifiers. Junior Jassen Yep (1:53.12) and senior Maxwell Reich (1:53.23) took the top two spots, with Josh Matheny (1:53.85) coming in fourth. Luke Barr (1:55.18) grabbed the No. 7 seed in a career-best time.

Senior Brendan Burns will look to defend his titles in the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard butterfly Saturday night. Burns will be the No. 2 seed in the 200 back, going 1:41.17 this morning, and the top qualifier in the 200 fly with a 1:42.22. Last year, Burns became the first man to win the 200 back, 200 fly double at a Big Ten Championships.

IU placed the top two seeds in the 200 fly, as junior Tomer Frankel went 1:42.73 to capture the No. 2 spot. Frankel finished eighth in last year’s event with a 1:43.06. Sophomore Kai Van Westering finished behind Burns as an additional A finalist in the 200 back as a career-best 1:42.54 placed him seventh.

Indiana added five finalists in the 100-yard freestyle, three in the A final. Senior Van Mathias, already a gold medalist in the 50 free and silver medalist in the 100 breast this week, earned the top qualifier spot with a pool record 41.74 that missed an NCAA A cut by a hundredth of a second. Sophomore Rafael Miroslaw (42.68) and Gavin Wight (42.75) finished fourth and sixth in the morning to add to the A final, while Finn Brooks (43.11) and Jack Franzman (43.82) hopped into the B and C finals, respectively.

In addition to those five events, the 1,650-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay will be contested on Saturday night. Indiana has two swimmers, senior Mikey Calvillo and junior Warren Briggs, in the final heat of the 1,650 free which will kick off the final session at 5 p.m. ET. IU also has the top-seeded relay, owning a 2:49.51 set at midseason

.TEAM SCORES
Indiana – 1,030.5

Ohio State – 924.5

Michigan – 806

Wisconsin – 665.5

Minnesota – 516

Purdue – 483

Penn State – 407.5

Northwestern – 392

RESULTS
200 BACKSTROKE

  1. Brendan Burns – 1:41.11 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
  2. Kai Van Westering – 1:42.54 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)

X – Alejandro Kincaid – 1:44.94 (Career Best)

X – Lucas Piunti – 1:46.11 (Career Best

X – Joseph Radde – 1:46.61 (Career Best)

100 FREESTYLE

  1. Van Mathias – 41.74 (Championship Final Top Qualifier, Pool Record, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  2. Rafael Miroslaw – 42.68 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
  3. Gavin Wight – 42.75 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  4. Finn Brooks – 43.11 (Consolation Final, NCAA B Cut)
  5. Jack Franzman – 43.82 (C Final)

X – Jacob Destrampe – 44.66

200 BREASTSTROKE

  1. Jassen Yep – 1:53.12 (Championship Final Top Qualifier, NCAA B Cut, Career Best)
  2. Maxwell Reich – 1:53.23 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
  3. Josh Matheny – 1:53.85 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)
  4. Luke Barr – 1:55.18 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

200 BUTTERFLY

  1. Brendan Burns – 1:42.22 (Championship Final Top Qualifier, NCAA B Cut)
  2. Tomer Frankel – 1:42.73 (Championship Final, NCAA B Cut)

X – Alejandro Kincaid – 1:47.38 (Career Best)

X – Drew Reiter – 1:48.59 (Career Best)

PLATFORM DIVE

  1. Quinn Henninger – 431.15 (Championship Final Top Qualifier, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
  2. Carson Tyler – 393.85 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
  3. Andrew Capobianco – 391.10 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
  4. Maxwell Weinrich – 356.10 (Championship Final, NCAA Zone Qualifier)
  5. William Jansen – 278.85 (Consolation Final, Career Best)
  6. Dash Glasberg – 259.15 (Career Best) 

UP NEXT
Indiana will get to convert finalists into points Saturday night as it looks to shut the door on another Big Ten Championship. Finals begin at 5 p.m. ET, starting with the final heat of the 1,650 freestyle.

Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation

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 The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet for the regularly scheduled Board meeting Monday, February 27, 2023 at 5:30 PM in the Board Room of the EVSC Administration Building located at 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN. Board meetings can also be observed by tuning to EVSC’s radio station, 90.7 WPSR or live streamed online at https://www.wpsrhd.com/. 

Prior to the regularly scheduled Board meeting, three members of the Board, along with district administrators, will hold a Town Hall beginning at 5:00 PM. This Town Hall is for Vanderburgh County residents to speak directly with Board members in attendance about issues involving EVSC schools. The Town Hall will be held in the Technology and Innovation Center located at 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN. Members of the public who would like to attend the Town Hall should register by completing the Town Hall Registration Form located on our website at district.evscschools.com 

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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Last Second Goal Costs Evansville Loss at Peoria

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Peoria, Ill.:  The Thunderbolts held in very well against the Rivermen in the unfriendly Peoria Civic Center on Friday night, rallying yet again to tie the game in the third period, before falling victim to a last-second goal off a faceoff, as the Rivermen beat the buzzer to defeat Evansville in regulation, 2-1.  The Thunderbolts’ next home game will be on Saturday, February 25th  against the Peoria Rivermen at 7:00pm CT.  For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), go to EvansvilleThunderbolts.com, or visit the Ford Center Ticket Office.

After a scoreless first period which featured a fight between Matthew Hobbs and Peoria’s Alexandre Carrier only 5 seconds in, Zach Wilkie gave the Rivermen a 1-0 lead immediately after a Peoria power play at 1:56 of the second period.  Evansville rallied back as they have done so often in recent weeks, as James Isaacs tied the game back up at 7:34 of the third period, assisted by Matthew Hobbs and Kyle Thacker.  However, it was a literal last-second goal from Jordan Ernst that sunk the Thunderbolts in regulation, denying the minimum point that would have come out of overtime.  It was a tough pill to swallow, but will provide great motivation to bounce back tomorrow and going forward, as these two teams meet again on Saturday night back in Evansville, in the second of four games in a row that these teams will battle one-another.

Isaacs scored the lone Evansville goal, while Trevor Gorsuch finished with 32 saves on 34 shots faced.  The Thunderbolts and Rivermen meet once again on Saturday, February 25th at Ford Center.

Newman pitches one-hit shutout in USI’s 1-0 win

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sophomore pitcher Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) pitched her first shutout of the season on Friday as University of Southern Indiana Softball opened the Samford Bulldog Classic with a 1-0 win against Samford University.
 
Newman threw a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts across seven innings. She earned her second win of the 2023 season. The shutout performance on Friday follows six shutouts a season ago during Newman’s freshman campaign.
 
Southern Indiana (3-1) got on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning. After senior infielder Jordan Rager (Fishers, Indiana) reached on a fielder’s choice, a single by senior designated player Allie Goodin (Evansville, Indiana) and a defensive error by Samford allowed Rager to advance to third.
 
With runners on the corner and one out, senior infielder Rachel Martinez (Chicago, Illinois) sent one to right field for the RBI knock to bring Rager home and give USI the 1-0 lead.
 
After that point, Newman had all the run support she needed, as nine of her 10 strikeouts came after the first inning. In fact, Newman struck out the side in order in the third inning. She remained in control for the rest of the game.
 
Samford (2-8) only had two baserunners reach second base in the game. The Bulldogs had only four total baserunners.
 
Samford’s freshman pitcher Sara Bond was dealt the loss, allowing the unearned run and two hits in 1.1 innings. Sophomore pitcher MacKenzie Newcomb entered the game afterward and nearly matched USI’s Newman. Newcomb went 5.2 innings of relief with nine strikeouts and gave up just one hit.
 
The Screaming Eagles return to action at the Bulldog Classic Saturday at 1:30 p.m. to face an old Division II foe in the University of North Alabama. Later Saturday evening, USI will take on Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) at 6:30 p.m.
 

USI loses home opener to Bellarmine

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball lost the home opener to Bellarmine University, 4-2, Friday afternoon at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles watch their record go to 3-3, while Bellarmine goes to 4-0.
 
USI took the initial lead in the first frame when senior centerfielder Ren Tachioka (Japan) scored on a RBI-single to right center by junior first baseman Tucker Ebest  (Austin, Texas). Tachioka had moved into scoring position after reaching on an error and stealing second.
 
The 1-0 lead would last until the top of the third when Bellarmine grabbed a 2-1 lead on a two-run home run. The Knights extended lead to 4-1 with another two runs in the sixth.
 
USI cut into the deficit in the eighth with a tally to make the score 4-2. Junior rightfielder Drew Taylor (Jefferson, Indiana) entered the game as a pinch runner in the eighth and scored a sacrifice fly by Tachioka before USI left the bases jammed.
 
In the ninth, Bellarmine set USI down in order in the ninth to notch its fourth win of the year. The Eagles were limited to just three hits in the game.
 
On the mound, sophomore right-hander Tyler Hutson (Villa Hills, Kentucky) took the loss for the Eagles. Hutson (1-1) allowed four runs, three earned, on five hits and two walks, while striking out six in five-plus innings of work.
 

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