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Fatality Accident at Lloyd/Main St.

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 On February 12th, at 1:28 a.m., Dispatch received a call in reference to a wrong-way driver who was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes on the Lloyd Expressway. Dispatch notified EPD Officers about the wrong-way driver. Shortly after the notification, Dispatch received another call at 1:30 a.m., that there was an accident on Lloyd Expressway involving the wrong-way driver and another vehicle. 

Officers located the accident at Lloyd Expressway over Main St. in the westbound lanes. It appeared that the wrong-way driver ran head-on into another vehicle that was traveling westbound. Both vehicles had heavy damage and both drivers were trapped inside their vehicles with severe injuries. Both drivers were transported to the hospital. EPD Detectives and an EPD Accident Reconstructionist were called to the scene. 

Officers spoke with witnesses who stated that prior to the crash, they saw the vehicle going the wrong way and swerving between all three lanes of Lloyd Expressway. They stated several cars avoided the on-coming vehicle until it finally collided with the other vehicle. 

The driver that was traveling the wrong way passed away at the hospital. That driver was identified by the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office as 30-year-old Jimmy Royalty. The other driver was an adult female but there is no update on her condition at this time. 

Lloyd Expressway Accident

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On 02-12-2023 the Evansville Police Department responded to a reported wrong way driver on the Lloyd Expressway near Main St. one of the drivers was taken to Deaconess Hospital where he later died.
Jimmy Lee Royalty
Age 30
Of Evansville
He died at Deaconess Hospital on 02-12-2023 at 02:26 .

The Evansville Police Department can provide updates on the investigation when they become available.

Steven W. Lockyear
Vanderburgh County Coroner

Lloyd Expressway Accident

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On 02-12-2023 the Evansville Police Department responded to a reported wrong way driver on the Lloyd Expressway near Main St. one of the drivers was taken to Deaconess Hospital where he later died.
Jimmy Lee Royalty
Age 30
Of Evansville
He died at Deaconess Hospital on 02-12-2023 at 02:26 .

The Evansville Police Department can provide updates on the investigation when they become available.

Steven W. Lockyear
Vanderburgh County Coroner

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Eagles Fall in Double Header with Hoosiers

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis fell to Indiana University on Sunday in a double header, 7-0 and 4-0. The Screaming Eagles drop to 2-4 on the season while the Hoosiers improve to 8-1.

Doubles
The Hoosiers took both doubles matches in the first match, taking both the number two and number three doubles. The number one doubles was unfinished.

The two teams did not play doubles in the second match.

Singles
USI couldn’t bounce back in singles in the first match as Indiana was able to take all but one set. Freshman Omar ElSamahy (Cairo, Egypt) took the second set in the number two singles but fell in the third set tiebreaker.

Indiana continued to stay hot in the second match of the day taking the first four singles matches to win the overall match. The Hoosiers were able to take the number four, three, six, and one singles to sweep the day.

New study shows public sector employees struggle to pay bills

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  • By Ashlyn Myers, TheStatehouseFile.com
  • Photo by Nao Triponez, Pexels.

Close to one-fifth of all public employees have reported skipping health care because they couldn’t afford it.

This statistic comes from a study by MissionSquare Research Institute, an organization that analyzes data from public sector retention and retirement. Its latest study looked at public sector employees, also known as those working in government, and their difficulties in affording health care and saving for retirement.

The study was created “as state and local governments face challenges in attracting and retaining public service employees, and against the backdrop of continued economic uncertainty and related strains on family budgets,” according to a news release. 

The research was created by Christian E. Weller, a professor at the University of Massachusetts. 

“Financial insecurity is a growing problem for most Americans, and the problem can be acute for public service workers,” Weller said. “This report is a clear indication that public sector benefits play a major role in financial wellness for the public worker. Public employers are wise to continue offering strong benefits packages that not only shore up financial and retirement security but also serve as magnets for public service workers.”

In addition to discovering the issues public sector employees have financially, the study found that oftentimes, employers have the ability to combat this if they would offer different benefit opportunities for their employees. 

Key research findings

From 2017 to 2019, 14% of public sector households—as well as 11.3% in public education—indicated they could not pay all their bills.

Almost one in three employees said they would struggle to find $400 in case of an emergency, showing that they are unable to build savings. 

In addition, around 80% of public employees worried they do not have enough money to last them throughout their retirement. 

Within Indiana, retention of public sector employees has proven a recent issue. Gov. Eric Holcomb arranged for new policies in 2022 to help keep state employees. 

To read the rest of the research, go here. 

Ashlyn Myers is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

UE puts up another strong performance against MSU

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Aces fall by six points

 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Antoine Smith Jr. tied his season scoring mark with 16 points on Sunday with the University of Evansville men’s basketball team falling to Missouri State by a 66-60 final at the Ford Center.

Trailing by 10 in the second half, the Purple Aces rallied to take the lead in the final minutes before the Bears hit three consecutive triples to seal the win.  Smith was 5-for-10 from the field and recorded a team-high six rebounds.  Marvin Coleman II tallied 14 points and Kenny Strawbridge Jr. scored 10.  Alston Mason led the Bears with 18 points with Donovan Clay posting 17.  Jonathan Mogbo led all players with 10 boards.

“It was a hard-fought game and I am proud of our guys.  We were hesitant early in the game and once we started adjusting to them (Missouri State), they adjusted to us,” UE head coach David Ragland said.  “Over the last 11-12 minutes, we adjusted to their presence in the paint and made them beat us in a different way.”

Antoine Smith Jr. converted his first field goal of the afternoon to open the scoring while MSU got on the board with a triple.  Kenny Strawbridge Jr. put UE back in front at 4-3 but it was the Bears who slowly stretched the lead.  The teams combined to hit two of their first 12 field goal tries before Missouri State turned a 12-10 lead into a 21-10 advantage inside of the 8-minute mark.

Hitting four shots in a row, MSU forced an Evansville time out with their lead standing in double figures.  After starting the game 1-for-7 from the field, the Bears hit 8 of their next 12 attempts.  Evansville regrouped and took control on both sides of the floor over the remainder of the half.  Antoine Smith Jr. and Yacine Toumi knocked down consecutive triples to cut into the deficit.

Strawbridge would later add his first triple of the game to continue what would be a 16-7 rally that turned the 21-10 deficit into a 28-27 game in the final minute.  The Bears hit the final shot of the half but the Aces went to the break down by just three at 30-27.  Defensively, UE forced 10 turnovers in the first half.

Smith hit the first basket of the second half to make it a 1-point game once again.  Missouri State countered immediately and would push the lead back into double figures when a free throw with 12:36 remaining made it a 45-35 game.

Gage Bobe provided the response with his second triple of the game before the Bears retook the 10-point lead just past the midway point of the final half.  Trailing 50-40, Evansville clamped down once again on both sides of the floor.  Free throws by Coleman and Preston Phillips got things started while Smith followed with his fourth make of the day to force a time out by MSU with under eight minutes showing on the clock.

Coleman knocked down two more free throws before Strawbridge finished off a 3-point play to tie the game at 51-51 with 6:29 remaining.  Two minutes later, it was Gage Bobe who put UE back in front with a jumper.  Over the final minutes, it was the outside shooting of Chance Moore that gave the Bears a chance as he connected on three consecutive triples.  His efforts were the difference in the 66-60 win.  MSU shot 42.6% while holding the Aces to 39.1%.  The Bears also completed the game with a 37-25 advantage on the boards.

On Wednesday, Evansville travels to Belmont for a 6:30 p.m. game.

Oulgout Posts Fastest Indoor Mile At UE Since 1983 At Hoosier Hills Invite

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – University of Evansville sophomore Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn./Central) posted the fastest indoor mile time at UE since 1983 on Friday night, as he helped pace a pack of Purple Aces at the Hoosier Hills Invitational at Indiana University’s Gladstein Fieldhouse in Bloomington.

Oulgout clocked in with a time of 4:21.49 to post the fastest indoor mile time since UE Hall of Famer David Denny set the school record with a time of 4:14.9 in 1983.  Oulgout’s time moved past UE Hall of Famer Nick Waninger’s best time at Evansville (4:21.85) to rank as the second-fastest indoor mile time on record at UE.  Overall, Oulgout placed 12th in the men’s mile competition, but he was less than a second and a half from seventh place.

Senior thrower Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind./Princeton Community) posted UE’s best individual finish of the day with a seventh-place finish in the men’s weight throw.  Dove broke the 17-meter mark for the fifth-straight meet with a toss of 17.26 meters (56′ 7.5″) to place seventh overall. He is the only UE male to break the 17-meter mark in the men’s weight toss in school history.

Dove also posted a personal-best throw in the men’s shot put with a toss of 14.76 meters (48′ 5.25″) to finish 12th overall.  Fellow senior Jaden Hayes also turned in a personal-best throw of 14.31 meters (46′ 11.5″) in the shot put to finish four spots behind Dove.

On the women’s side, graduate student Melanie Helder (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) finished 12th overall in the women’s indoor mile with a time of 5:20.50.

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