As snow continues to clear, Street Maintenance Department (SMD) crews will resume patching and repairing potholes on City streets.
Residents can report potholes by calling 812-435-6000 or using #evvpotholes on social media posts. Please include approximate street address or nearest intersection.
Throughout the year, SMD has a crew dedicated to patching and repairing potholes.
SMD is responsible for maintaining the safety and condition of all public roads within City limits of Evansville.
Evansville Teachers Federal Credit Union has received a significant accolade from a major financial publication. The credit union was named America’s Best Credit Union for Checking by Investopedia, a financial website based in New York City that attracts 17 million unique US viewers monthly. The acknowledgment comes as part of Investopedia’s newly released Best Credit Unions of 2021 list. In total, six credit unions nationwide are recognized in specific categories.
The publication cites Evansville Teachers Federal Credit Union’s free Vertical Checking as “one of the best high-yield options anywhere.†Vertical Checking offers a high interest rate of 3.30% APY, plus free ATMs worldwide.
The local credit union is attracting national attention at an increasing rate in recent months. ETFCU’s Vertical Checking has been listed in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance among its list of the nation’s Top Checking Accounts each month since July 2020. Among the four checking accounts listed, ETFCU’s Vertical Checking offers the largest potential earnings.
In 2020, Evansville Teachers Federal Credit Union returned $8,215,357 to members through checking accounts alone. This is an increase of 48% over the 2019 total.
ETFCU operates 24 branch offices in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, with four other locations under construction.
 Evansville, IN – Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Stephen Ray Sapp: Failure to register as a sex or violent offender (Level 5 Felony)
Brett Lee Salmon: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Leaving the scene of an accident with bodily injury (Class A misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person (Class A misdemeanor), Leaving the scene of an accident (Class B misdemeanor), Reckless driving (Class C misdemeanor)
Darrion Lamont Moody: Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 2 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 4 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony)
Robin L. Ackerman: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 5 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)
Gray pitched six innings, allowing one run, in win over #12 Georgia
After a stellar performance on Friday, University of Evansville baseball sophomore right-handed pitcher Shane Gray has been named Missouri Vally Conference Pitcher of the Week, it was announced in a release by the Conference office on Monday morning.
Leading Evansville to a season opening win over #12 Georgia, sophomore Shane Gray turned in an impressive performance on the mound Friday. Against the nationally-ranked Bulldogs, Gray pitched six innings, allowing just one earned run and four hits, while striking-out four. Â Friday’s season opening win for Evansville over #12 Georgia was the first of its kind in more than six seasons for the Aces. It marked the Aces first win over an SEC opponent since Feb. 26, 2014 when the Aces defeated Vanderbilt on the road, 8-3.
Gray’s pitcher of the week honor is the first an Aces pitcher since Nathan Croner and Adam Lukas went back-to-back winning the award on March 11 and 18, 2019.
Evansville makes its home debut this weekend when the Aces host NIU for a weekend series at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Bruan Stadium on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Kamar Cabell: Auto theft (Level 5 Felony)
Dustin James Robert Dunn: Domestic battery (Level 5 Felony)
Michael Shawn Robb: Theft (Level 6 Felony)
Zachary L. Turner: Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Byron T. Early: Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony)
Rodney Dirk Devers: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor)
Tracy Dwayne Smith Jr.: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Criminal confinement (Level 6 Felony)
Ryan Scott Horstketter: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Level 6 Felony), Driving while suspended (Class A misdemeanor), Reckless driving (Class B misdemeanor), Reckless driving (Class B misdemeanor)
Tyler Benjamin Poiles: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Attempt Obstruction of justice (Level 6 Felony), Driving while suspended (A infraction)
Mack Henry Jacobs: Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 3 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 4 Felony), Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor)
Candice N. Alvey: Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony)
Lasheka Denora Allen: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury (Level 6 Felony)
Thomas W. Burke: Domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury (Level 6 Felony)
Darnell Davell Jackson: Carrying a handgun without a license (Level 5 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class A misdemeanor), Operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license (Class C misdemeanor), Speeding (C infraction)
Adam Dwayne Wilson: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
Matthew Clarence Fisher: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor)
Chad Miller: Burglary (Level 5 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Theft (Class A misdemeanor), Criminal mischief (Class B misdemeanor), Burglary (Level 5 Felony)
Stacy Marie Miller: Burglary (Level 5 Felony), Theft (Class A misdemeanor), Criminal mischief (Class B misdemeanor), Operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license (Class C misdemeanor), Burglary (Level 5 Felony)
Evansville Civic Theatre is proud to announce the second half of its 2020-2021 Season: A diverse lineup mixing online and outdoor productions aimed to thrill and entertain Evansville audiences through the first half of 2021.
“Through our ongoing Save Civic Theatre campaign, people across Evansville have shown us how important theatre is to their lives,†said Managing Artistic Director Kevin Roach. “So starting with this weekend’s staged reading of Anna Ziegler’s BFF, and running through an outdoor production of Robert O’Hara’s Barbecue in June, Evansville Civic Theatre is keeping theatre alive through the pandemic in a manner that is both safe and exciting for our audience.â€
The half-season opens this Friday, with a staged reading of Anna Ziegler’s BFF, presented online and starring Emily Durchholz, Megan Leavitt, and Cory Burdette. Roach is directing the reading.
The full half-season slate includes:
Both the May and June productions are scheduled as outdoor productions, pending the state of the pandemic.
Tickets for all productions can be purchased online at evvcivic.org, or by calling 812-425-2800 between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Tuesday-Friday
University of Southern Indiana Softball senior outfielder Alicia Webb (Elberfeld, Indiana) was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Player of the Week in an announcement by the league office Monday afternoon.
Webb began the year with a .500 batting average, three runs scored, two doubles, a home run and five RBI during the No. 16 Screaming Eagles’ opening weekend.
She began the weekend with a 1-for-3 effort in USI’s 2-1, game-one loss to Wingate University before going 1-for-3 with two RBI in USI’s 8-7 win over the Bulldogs in game two.
Webb followed that performance by going 1-for-3 with a run scored and a two-run home run in USI’s 8-3 loss to No. 2 University of North Georgia. Her two-run home run, which came against UNG’s Kylie Smith, one of the top pitchers in the nation, gave the Eagles a 3-2 lead that they would take into the bottom of the sixth inning of their game-one loss to the Nighthawks.
After going 2-for-3 with an RBI in USI’s game-two loss to North Georgia, Webb ended the weekend with another strong effort in USI’s 6-4 loss to No. 5 Young Harris College. She went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored against the Mountain Lions.
In total against North Georgia and Young Harris, Webb went a combined 6-for-10 at the plate with a double, home run and three RBI.
Webb, who had a .813 slugging percentage on the weekend, has now hit safely in nine straight games dating back to the end of the 2020 season. This marks the first GLVC weekly award for Webb, who is the first USI Softball Player of the Week since Claire Johnson ’19 in 2019.
USI returns to action Saturday at noon when it takes on Midwest Region foe Cedarville University at the Blue Bridge Battle at the Kentucky Legend Fields in Owensboro, Kentucky. The Eagles also play Lake Erie College Saturday at 2 p.m. before finishing the weekend against Northwood University and Kentucky Wesleyan College Sunday at noon and 2 p.m., respectively.
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The sophomore helped lead the Eagles to a fifth-straight sweep of GLVC-foes
 University of Southern Indiana Volleyball Sophomore Leah Anderson (Bloomington, Illinois) posted monster numbers in the USI-hosted GLVC Triangular, beating No. 6 Rockhurst University and Lindenwood University on Saturday, February 20, thus earning GLVC Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week.
During the two-match weekend, Anderson cut through the Hawk and Lion defense at 5.67 kills per set (34 total), three service aces, and a hitting percentage of .446, amassing 38.5 points (6.42 points per set). The sophomore also flew around the defensive side, laying out for 3.00 digs per set (18 total) and thwarting opponent attacks with three blocks (0.5 per set).
The Illinois-native set a season-high in hitting percentage at .455 against Lindenwood after setting a season-high earlier in the day against Rockhurst at .438. Anderson tied her season high in kills with 17 in both games, also blasting 17 kills against Indianapolis (2/6/2021), and points with 21.0, also recorded 21.0 against No.2 Lewis (then No. 14).
This season, Anderson leads the Eagles in multiple categories while also ranking highly in the GLVCÂ overall in multiple statistical categories. She leads USI in kills (83), kills per set (4.15), services aces (14, 0.70 per set), digs (63, 3.15 per set) and points (101.0, 5.05 per set). In the conference, she leads in points per set at 5.05 while ranking second in service aces per set (0.70) and kills per set (4.15)
