Assistant Chief of Police, Phil Smith, has just filed an exploratory committee petition to run for the Mayor of Evansville.
It has been reported by reliable sources that businessman Jimmy Lefler will be Chairman of his campaign and banker Jared McIntosh shall be the campaign Treasurer.
This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day.
WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Evansville Otters could not find enough offense Tuesday night, dropping the series opener 10-5 against the Washington Wild Things, 10-5.
The Wild Things grabbed an early lead, scoring a pair of runs in the first on an error and RBI double from Andrew Czech.
Evansville struck back in the second, grabbing their first run on a Miles Gordon RBI triple.
Washington wasted no time regaining a two-run lead as a sacrifice fly RBI from Tyler Wilbur advanced the lead to 3-1.
The Wild Things opened up their lead with another RBI double from Czech, this one for two runs. Later in the inning, Hector Roa grabbed an RBI of his own with an RBI single, expanding the lead to 6-1.
From there, the two sides exchanged strong defensive innings until Washington struck again in the sixth.
Following a pair of singles and a walk, a grand slam from Tristan Peterson put the game away for good.
The 10-1 lead held into the eighth when Evansville’s comeback attempt made one final push.
After a pair of base hits opened the inning, Elijah MacNamee drove in the Otters’ second run of the day with an RBI single. Zach Biermann backed up the single with another RBI, his on a fielder’s choice.
Later in the inning, Evansville grabbed two more runs on back-to-back RBI singles from Dakota Phillips and Jeffrey Baez.
The comeback try ended short, Evansville dropping the series opener 10-5. The win gave Washington the West Division Championships, forcing the Otters to now focus on the 2nd place positioning.
Evansville’s loss was their first series-opening loss since August 16 against Windy City.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer freshman midfielder Peyton Murphy (Bargersville, Indiana) has been named the Ohio Valley Conference’s Offensive Player of the Week. The OVC’s weekly accolades are voted upon by the league’s communications directors.
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In earning the honor, Murphy collected three goals, one assist, seven points, and four shots on goal in the Screaming Eagles’ two matches last week against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Northern Illinois.
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All three of Murphy’s goals came in USI’s home opener against Rose-Hulman, her first career hat trick. She has four goals in 2022, which is good for first in the OVC.
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Murphy’s assist, her first of the season, led to USI’s goal at Northern Illinois which was scored by senior forward Taylor Hall (Grayson, Kentucky). The assist pushed Murphy’s season points total to nine, first in the OVC.
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In the two matches last week, Murphy placed four of five shots on goal. She has now put a shot on target in three straight contests, the team’s second-best active streak. Her shooting numbers are top five in the OVC.
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Murphy and Southern Indiana (2-1-1) will next travel south to take on the North Alabama Lions Thursday for a 7 p.m. match before hosting IUPUI next Monday for a 1 p.m. start on Labor Day from Strassweg Field. Thursday’s road match will be available for live video coverage with an ESPN+ subscriptionÂ
NORMAL, Ill. – Vincennes University sophomore Paxton Schwomeyer (Oakland City, Ind.) came away with a top-10 finish Monday afternoon as the Trailblazers began their Fall 2022 Golf season at the Heartland Invitational at Weibring Golf Course in Normal, Ill.
Schwomeyer ended his day with a first round 78 and a final round 74 in the one-day 36-hole tournament, which left him in a tie for ninth place on the leaderboard.
Sophomore Luke VanDeventer (Columbus, Ind.) was the next lowest VU scorer, shooting a first round 79 and a final round 80 for a tie for 23rd.
Freshman Nate Olsen (Greenwood, Ind.) had the largest improvement on the day for the Blazers, beginning his collegiate career with a first round 83 before ending his day with a final round 78 to jump up five spots on the leaderboard to finish in a tie for 29th.
Freshman Preston Broce (Indianapolis, Ind.) and sophomore Sam Stewart (Floyds Knobs, Ind.) finished even on the leaderboard, with Broce shooting 84 in the first round and an 82 in the second and Stewart finishing with an 81 opening round and an 85 to close the day.
Freshman Aaron Brink (Nashville, Ill.) rounded out the VU golfers Monday shooting an 85 in the first round of the day, before following up with an 83.
VU as a team did improve on their first round score, but still dropped on the leaderboard, with the Trailblazers posting a first round 327 and a final round 323, good for sixth place.
“One positive from the tournament was Paxton finishing in the top ten,†VU Hall of Fame Golf Coach Dennis Chattin said. “He battled and improved four shots from the first to the second round.â€
“The field improved from the first to the second round in my opinion, not only from seeing the course and getting more comfortable on it, but also the wind died down considerably for the second round,†Chattin added. “Paxton shot a two under 33 on the back side in the second round, which is great.â€
“However, as a team, I was pretty disappointed in our play,†Chattin said. “This was the worst round we had as a team since school started in the fall. We may have had some freshman jitters with three of the top five being freshmen, but that’s not much of an excuse. These guys have played a lot of tournament golf by the time they get here, so it shouldn’t have been that much different. I just know we are a much better team than we displayed.â€
The Trailblazers will look to improve their next time out when VU travels to Rend Lake Golf Course Tuesday, Sept. 6 to take part in the Rend Lake Fall Preview in Ina, Ill.
INDIANAPOLIS—There are reasons former President Donald Trump keeps getting into trouble.
No, it isn’t just that the “deep state†or establishment Republicans or Democrats are out to get him.
To be sure, there are a lot of people who don’t like Trump, but that’s been true of every president—and every political leader in American history, in fact.
I’ve never been quite sure what the “deep state†is, other than a handy kind of ideological grout or glue to paste over the holes or gaps conspiracy theorists have in their half-baked notions of how the world works. The logical inconsistency of their thought never seems to strike them. They think of the federal government as the most inept, inefficient force on the face of the earth, yet it can summon tremendous reserves of skill, discipline and efficiency just to thwart them and their hero.
It’s as if Mr. Magoo suddenly turns into Bruce Lee when they need a scapegoat to blame for their own screwups, failures or misfortunes.
It is possible that establishment Republicans would love to put Trump behind bars. Unfortunately, establishment Republicans now are almost as rare as brontosauruses. Part of the reason they’re almost extinct is that, like that earlier dying species, they rarely did well in combat with the meat-eaters they encountered. That’s why the Trump crowd found them to be easy prey.
And Democrats?
Why would they want to get rid of Donald Trump? He’s the best friend they have, the guy who rallies their squabbling constituencies in a way that none of their own leaders can.
A few months ago, when there was relatively little news coming from the Trump world, Democrats were looking at a Chornobyl-level disaster in the fall elections—GOP sweeps across the board.
Now that Trump dominates the news again, most polls and projections have Democrats gaining solid control of the U.S. Senate and they even have a slim, slim chance of holding onto the U.S. House of Representatives.
Much of this change in their political fortunes Democrats can attribute to the former president. With enemies like Trump, Democrats find themselves with no shortage of friends—and they also find it much easier to paper over differences that otherwise might tear their party apart.
So, if the usual suspects at whom Trump and his acolytes like to point their fingers aren’t to blame, then who is?
Well, the man himself.
The redacted affidavit seeking the warrant that led to the search of Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, demonstrates that.
When the FBI raided Trump’s home in early August, he and—at his frantic urging—his Republican allies shrieked that they wanted the search warrant and then affidavit released to the public.
How they thought this would help Trump is beyond understanding.
Now that many of the court proceedings have been made available to the public, it’s clear that the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the National Archives went to great lengths to try to work with Trump and his representatives to try to resolve the problem of his departure from the White House with a massive number of classified and top-secret files that don’t belong to him.
In response, Trump and his advisors were sometimes obstructionist, other times hostile and often outright dishonest in their representations. They left the authorities with little choice but to seek the warrant and search his property.
But that’s the way Trump operates.
He never has grasped that his narrow election as president in 2016 made him the nation’s employee, not its owner.
In his tweets following the search and the release of the affidavit, Trump says he and his people gave the government many of the files. What he doesn’t seem to grasp—or doesn’t want to grasp—is that they never were his to “give.â€
Period.
That’s one problem.
Another is that he never seems to grasp the nature of the trouble he’s in. Trump has genuine legal exposure now, the kind that requires the counsel and advocacy of top-flight lawyers.
Instead of securing good attorneys, though, he surrounds himself with hacks, cranks and oddballs of all sorts. They encourage him to pursue political solutions—rallying the Trump troops—to legal problems.
That’s like bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Donald Trump may be in genuine trouble.
And no one put him there.
No one but him, that is.
Monday, Aug. 29, 2022
Gov. Holcomb signs Executive Order to Minimize Disruption of Fuel Supply Following Fire
INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb today signed Executive Order 22-13, suspending certain regulations in order to minimize the disruption of adequate fuel supply to Hoosiers and motorists in surrounding states after an electrical fire at the BP Whiting refinery on Aug. 24, which caused it to shut down production.
The order temporarily waives regulations regarding vapor pressure requirements on fuel standards and lifts restrictions on hours of service relating to motor carriers and drivers transporting fuels. The temporary suspensions are meant to expedite the refining and transporting of fuel through Indiana. The refinery provided up to 25 percent of the refined fuel used in Indiana before the fire temporarily shuttered it.
Click HERE to view the executive order.
EVSC Foundation Accepting Nominations For The Class Of 2022 EVSC
August 31, 2022
The EVSC Foundation is now accepting nominations for the Class of 2022 EVSC Hall of Fame. The biennially-awarded Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s (EVSC) Hall of Fame honors distinguished individuals who exemplify outstanding achievement in their life’s work and who have made a positive impact on public education in the greater community. It also emphasizes the importance of service to the community and inspires EVSC students to seek excellence in their own education and careers.
Do you know any EVSC alumni, a retired educator, or someone who not only has impacted and made a difference in your life but also in the lives of many others in our community and in public education? If so, nominate them for the EVSC Hall of Fame Class of 2022 online https://district.evscschools.com/about_us/e_v_s_c_hall_of_fame!
We will accept nominations starting September 1st through October 15th.Â
Nominations will not be accepted after 4pm October 15th. Â
Please email info@evscfoundation.org for more information.Â
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (0-3, 0-0 OVC) could not stop the dominant University of Evansville (2-2, 0-0 MVC) attackers as the Screaming Eagles fall 3-0 (23-25, 18-25, 16-25) Tuesday night at Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
Despite going on a valiant 7-0 run, USI watched frame one slip away, falling 25-23. The Eagles started the set down 4-0 before turning around and going on a 7-0 surge to give themselves the 14-12 advantage. However, the Aces proved to be too powerful, throwing down 19 kills and tabbing a .371 attacking percentage to notch the opening set win. Sophomore outside hitter Abby Weber (Fishers, Indiana) tallied five of USI’s 11 kills.
Similar woes continued for the Eagles in set two, allowing the Aces to take the 25-18 second set victory and a 2-0 match lead. USI led 3-2 before Evansville went on an 8-2 run to eventually gain a 13-7 advantage. Kills from freshman middle blocker Bianca Anderson (Chicago Heights, Illinois) and junior outside hitter Leah Anderson (Bloomington, Illinois) cut the deficit but it was not enough to catch up to the high-flying Aces, who finished the set with 14 kills and a .348.
The Eagles could not get things put together in the third frame to fall 25-16 and lose its third straight match of the season. Evansville put together a dominant frame, tabbing 18 kills along with a .486 attacking percentage. Sophomore outside/right side hitter Evie Duncan (Evansville, Indiana) was able to produce a pair of kills for the Eagles.
Weber led the attack and defense for USI by accumulating 10 kills and seven digs. Junior outside/right side hitter/setter Katherine Koch (Belleville, Illinois) finished the match with a team-high 16 assists and two blocks. Anderson and outside/right side hitter Abby Bednar (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) shared the service ace title with one apiece.
Offensively, USI finished with 28 kills and just 11 attack errors along with a .236 attacking percentage. The Eagles also dished out 26 assists and recorded 23 digs. Evansville’s attackers threw down 51 kills with a .409. The Aces tallied 48 assists and seven service aces.
NEXT UP FOR THE EAGLES:
The Eagles travel to Kent, Ohio for the Kent State Invitational where USI will face off against Oakland University and Kent State University Friday, September 2 before battling Cornell University Saturday, September 3.
