Tips on Trick or Treating in Evansville From Mayor’s Office & EPD
There are no set hours for trick or treating in Evansville. Be safe and have fun.
Halloween Safety Tips:
Walk Safely
- Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks.
- Look left, right, and left again when crossing, and keep looking as you cross.
- Put electronic devices down and keep heads up and walk, don’t run, across the street.
- Teach children to make eye contact with drivers before crossing in front of them.
- Always walk on sidewalks or paths. If there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible. Children should walk on direct routes with the fewest street crossings.
- Watch for cars that are turning or backing up. Teach children to never dart out into the street or cross between parked cars.
Trick or Treat With an Adult
Children under the age of 12 should not be alone at night without adult supervision. If kids are mature enough to be out without supervision, they should stick to familiar areas that are well lit and trick-or-treat in groups.
Keep Costumes Both Creative and Safe
- Decorate costumes and bags with reflective tape or stickers and, if possible, choose light colors.
- Choose face paint and makeup whenever possible instead of masks, which can obstruct a child’s vision.
- Have kids carry glow sticks or flashlights to help them see and be seen by drivers.
- When selecting a costume, make sure it is the right size to prevent trips and falls.
Drive Extra Safely on Halloween
- Slow down and be especially alert in residential neighborhoods. Children are excited on Halloween and may move in unpredictable ways.
- Take extra time to look for kids at intersections, on medians, and on curbs.
- Enter and exit driveways and alleys slowly and carefully.
- Eliminate any distractions inside your car, so you can concentrate on the road and your surroundings.
- Drive slowly, anticipate heavy pedestrian traffic, and turn your headlights on earlier in the day to spot children from greater distances.
- Popular trick-or-treating hours are 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. so be especially alert for kids during those hours.
Felony Charges For Vanderburgh County
Linda M. Lewis
| Count 1 – (Attempt) Obstruction of Justice : 6F : Pending | |||
|  | Count 2 – Residential Entry : 6F : Pending | ||
|  | Count 3 – Invasion of Privacy : AM : Pending |
Reko Deprea Levels Jr.
| Count 1 – Carrying a Handgun Without a License : 5F : Pending | |||
|  | Count 2 – Possession of Altered Firearm : 5F : Pending | ||
Keith A. Huffman
| Count 1 – Possession of Methamphetamine : 6F : Pending |
| Count 1 – Domestic Battery : 6F : Pending | |||
|  | Count 2 – Intimidation : 6F : Pending | ||
|  | Count 3 – Intimidation : 6F : Pending |
Christopher E. Sims
| Count 1 – Carrying a Handgun Without a License : 5F : Pending | ||||
|  | Count 2 – Carrying a Handgun Without a License : 5F : Pending | |||
|  | Count 3 – Carrying a Handgun Without a License : 5F : Pending | ||
|  | Count 4 – Criminal Trespass : AM : Pending |
Amber N. Reynolds
|  | Count 1 – (Attempt) Residential Entry : 6F : Pending |
Lisa Gail Hoff
| Count 1 – HC – Intimidation : 6F : Pending | ||||
|  | Count 2 – HC – Intimidation : 6F : Pending | |||
|  | Count 3 – HC – Battery Against a Public Safety Official : 6F : Pending | ||
|  | Count 4 – Public Intoxication : BM : Pending |
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UE volleyball set for crucial weekend matches
Aces host three home matches in four days
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – One of the biggest weekends in the history of the University of Evansville volleyball program is on tap as the Purple Aces prepare for three matches in four nights. The stretch begins on Friday against Valparaiso before UE welcomes Loyola on Saturday and Southern Illinois on Monday.
Last Time Out
– Back home for a single match against Indiana State, Evansville rolled to another 3-0 home victory on Saturday
– Giulia Cardona accumulated 17 kills and a career-best 7 service aces…she became the first UE player to record 7 aces since Anne Teegardin had 7 versus the Sycamores in 2006
– Melanie Feliciano added 14 kills while Taya Haffner picked up 38 assists in the win
Inside the Streak
– With the win over Indiana State, the Aces pushed their current MVC win streak to six games, extending the longest streak since joining the league in 1994
– Prior to this season, the longest conference win streak was four matches in 1998
– By winning six of its first nine MVC matches, the Aces match their best league start, which has been achieved twice before – 1998 and 2000…UE has never started 7-3 in the MVC
– Overall, the Aces are 16-4, which matches the 2010 squad for the second-best start in the history of the program…the top streak to open a season belongs to the 1981 squad, who opened the year at 22-1 before finishing the year with a 39-10 mark
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Home Sweet Home
– It would be hard to think of a better start to the home slate for UE – through six matches, the Aces are a perfect 6-0 and have won each contest by a 3-0 final
– The 6-0 record is tied for the second-best home start for the program, which also won its first six matches inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse in 2019
– Evansville’s longest undefeated home stretch to begin a season was 8-0 in 1981
Aces Aces
– Ten more aces were added to Evansville’s season tally on Saturday against Indiana State, improving the season average to 2.07 per set, which is 6th in the country
– Seven of those came off the arm of freshman Giulia Cardona, marking her career high…she was the first MVC player to have 7 aces in a match since 2019 and the first since 2009 to do so against a league foe and it was the first instance of 7 aces in 3 sets versus an MVC squad since 2007
– Cardona paces the MVC with 0.50 aces per frame and sits 16th in the nation and second among freshmen in that category
3-for-3
– Giulia Cardona made it a perfect 3-for-3 on Monday, earning her third consecutive MVC Freshman of the Week award
– The last MVC player to win three freshman awards in a row was Illinois State’s Stef Jankiewicz in 2017
– On October 18, Cardona was named both the MVC Player and Freshman of the Week becoming the first player to earn both honors in the same week since Abbie Lehman of Wichita State in 2014
– Cardona has taken her performance to a new level over the recent 6-match win streak, averaging 4.90 kills, 0.71 aces and a hit tally of .347
– Her latest MVC accolade comes after a 17-kill, 7-ace contest against Indiana State…she accumulated 24.0 points in 3 sets
Top 10
– With a total of 1,216 kills in her career, Alondra Vazquez has moved into the Aces career top 10 list…she passed Laura Seib’s total of 1,215 to move into the 10th spot
– She also jumped into the top ten in career digs at UE as her total of 1,140 moved her onto the list, passing Erica Haukap’s tally of 1,137
No. 5/11 IUSD Set for Double Dual Challenge at Ohio State
 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Undefeated No. 5/11 Indiana swimming and diving is due for another challenging competition as it travels to Columbus, Ohio, for a two-day double dual meet inside the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
Both teams will take on No. 11/10 Ohio State and No. 12/18 Virginia Tech, and the men will also face No. 25 Penn Stare.
MEET INFO
Friday (Oct. 29) – Saturday (Oct. 30)
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion • Columbus, Ohio
Opponents: (M) No. 11 Ohio State, No. 12 Virginia Tech, No. 25 Penn State; (W) No. 10 Ohio State, No. 18 Virginia Tech
Live Results: https://bit.ly/3BqDCFA
Friday Live Stream: https://bit.ly/3BigOrG
Saturday Live Stream: https://bit.ly/3boWn1y
SCHEDULED EVENTS
Friday (5 p.m. ET): 200 Free Relay, 200 IM, 500 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Fly, 3-Meter dive, 400 Medley Relay
Saturday (10 a.m. ET): 200 Medley Relay, 400 IM, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Breast, 100 Back, 50 Free, 1000 Free, 1-Meter dive, 400 Free Relay
OF NOTE…
HOOSIERS COMPETE FOR U.S. NATIONAL TEAM
The IU swimming and diving program sent 13 current, former, and Indiana Swim Club trainees, and two coaches to the Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo. The athletes returned with 11 medals. Three Hoosier Olympians, Michael Brinegar, Andrew Capobianco and Tomer Frankel, are on the roster for the 2021-22 campaign. Capobianco earned silver in the 3M Synchro Springboard.
Six swimmers with Indiana ties have been named to the 2021-22 U.S. National Team roster: Zach Apple, Blake Pieroni, Lilly King, Annie Lazor and current Hoosiers Michael Brinegar and Mariah Denigan.
USA Diving announced that IU freshman divers Carson Tyler and Quinn Henninger will represent Team USA at the upcoming 2021 Junior Pan American Championships, November 25-December 5 in Cali, Colombia. Tyler will compete in the Platform dive, while Henninger is set for the 3-Meter dive.
LAST TIME OUT: HOOSIERS EARN PAIR OF ROAD WINS
Indiana swimming and diving earned two ranked wins as both the No. 5 men and No. 11 women went on the road and defeated No. 24/16 Northwestern in Norris Aquatics Center on October 16.
Two Indiana men’s swimmers set pool records; Brendan Burns in the 200 Fly (1:43.18) and Gabriel Fantoni in the 100 Fly (46.09). In his first-career dual meet, Freshman Carson Tyler set a pool record in the 3-Meter Dive with a 408.00, beating out the 396.85 standard that Purdue’s Joey Cifelli established on January 30, 2016.
Indiana swimmers totaled nine NCAA B cut times. Brendan Burns, Brearna Crawford and Gabriel Fantoni each recorded two qualifying times. IU divers combined for 15 NCAA Zone Qualifying scores.
Indiana divers finished top two in all four events. On the women’s side, Tarrin Gilliland and Anne Fowler finished No. 1 & No. 2, respectively, in the 3-meter, then switched positions in the 1-meter. An IU diver has won the top spot in seven of eight events so far this season.
Child Death Investigation Conference Today
A Press Conference will be held today at EPD Headquarters inside the Chief’s Conference room at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the details of the death investigation involving a child. The incident occurred on October 27th. This will be a joint press conference with the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office and the Evansville Police Department. Please meet outside of EPD Headquarters by 1:50 p.m. so that we can promptly start the press conference at 2:00 p.m.
 Child Death Investigation
CenterPoint Energy Receives Approval For 400 Megawatts Of Renewable Energy Serving Southwestern Indiana Â
CenterPoint Energy Receives Approval For 400 Megawatts Of Renewable Energy Serving Southwestern IndianaÂ
Evansville, Ind. – Oct. 27, 2021 – CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced yesterday its Indiana-based electric and natural gas business, CenterPoint Energy Indiana South, received approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to acquire a 300-megawatt (MW) solar array, as well as enter into a power purchase agreement (PPA) for an additional 100 MWs of solar energy as part of the company’s long-term electric generation transition plan.
CenterPoint Energy entered into an agreement with Arevon Energy Management, the company that will build the utility-owned project in Posey County, Ind. The agreement required approval by the Commission. Arevon Energy Management and energy company Tenaska are co-developing the project. CenterPoint Energy will also purchase additional solar power from Clēnera, which is developing a solar project in Warrick County, Ind., under a 25-year contract.
Together, the approval of these renewable energy projects solidifies the next component of CenterPoint Energy’s long-term electric generation transition plan, meeting stakeholder sustainability goals, and implementing the most economic path forward as outlined in the company’s Integrated Resource Plan. The continued build out of renewable resources is reflective of CenterPoint Energy’s commitment to renewable resources and its net-zero carbon by 2035 emissions goals. More information on the company’s net-zero goals can be found at www.sustainability.centerpointenergy.com.
“We’re pleased to receive regulatory approval to move forward with these significant renewable resources, which will serve our local electric customers, providing a cost-effective, stable energy option,†said Steve Greenley, Senior Vice President, Indiana Electric Operations for CenterPoint Energy. “We look forward to the continued work with these companies to bring the Posey County solar array to fruition and provide additional clean energy to our customers through the Warrick County PPA.â€
Construction of the solar project with Arevon Energy Management is scheduled to be in service by 2023. The initial construction phase will require establishing a sub-station to interconnect with CenterPoint Energy’s power grid. The solar array is anticipated to generate enough power to meet the needs of more than 50,000 households per year, while also helping large customers achieve their individual sustainability goals.
Clēnera projects its solar array will be in service by 2023. CenterPoint Energy’s PPA entitles it to 100 MW of the array, which will generate enough power to meet the needs of more than 18,500 homes per year.
CenterPoint Energy Receives Approval For 400 Megawatts Of Renewable Energy Serving Programs and services are operated under the brand CenterPoint Energy by Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Indiana South.
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 About CenterPoint Energy
As the only investor-owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation, and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. As of June 30, 2021, the company owned approximately $36 billion in assets and also owned 53.7 percent of the common units representing limited partner interests in Enable Midstream Partners, LP, a publicly-traded master limited partnership that owns, operates and develops strategically located natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets. With approximately 9,500 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.