Some IU students are being suspended for attending large gatherings following IU football games in violation of IU’s public health policy and student code during the COVID-19 pandmeic.
Students rushed onto Kirkwood Avenue and the Memorial Stadium parking lots after each of the two historic football victories over Penn State and Michigan.
IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said “there was disciplinary action from violations†following the celebrations after the win over Penn State on Oct. 24. Carney did not have an exact number of how many students were suspended.
He said there have not been specific suspensions handed down for celebrations following the Michigan win on Nov. 7, but that remains a possibility.
Following IU’s win over Penn State, IUPD deputy chief Shannon Bunger said students were being investigated for violating health protocols and student agreements signed before the beginning of the year. Bunger responded to the Memorial Stadium celebrations after the win over Penn State and said very few students were wearing masks.
The same remained true that same night on Kirkwood and at both locations after the Michigan win.
Students were suspended for violating gathering restrictions at the beginning of the school year and during the week before classes began when multiple large parties were held. The football celebrations and Halloween parties are the first major gatherings IU has seen since the start of the school year. In the weeks since the win over Penn State, IU has reported increases in COVID-19 positivity rates.
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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball announced that 5-foot-9 freshman guard Vanessa Shafford (Linton, Indiana) and 5-foot-5 freshman point guard Aubrey Burgess (Linton, Indiana) have signed national letters of intent to compete for Head Coach Rick Stein‘s Screaming Eagles in 2021-22.
Shafford and Burgess stared in Linton-Stockton High School’s 2020 IHSAA Class 2A championship team last February and have been a staple in the Lady Miners’ backcourt throughout their careers.
The duo combined for 45 points, 12 assists and 16 rebounds in LSHS’s 70-28 state championship win over Frankton High School and have both eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau heading into their final year of prep basketball.
Playing for former USI Men’s Basketball player Jared Rehmel, Shafford is a three-time All-Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference performer, an Indiana Junior All-Star and was named Underclass Supreme 15.
Shafford has racked up 1,304 career points, 318 assists, 202 steals and 548 rebounds during her first three seasons at LSHS. She has made 519 career field goals, 101 three-pointers, and is connecting on 37 percent of her shots from behind the arc as well as 75 percent of her free throw attempts.
Also a three-time SWIAC honoree, Burgess is a Small School First-Team All-State award winner who heads into her last year at LSHS with 1,009 career points, 224 assists, 187 steals and 206 rebounds.
Burgess has made 126 career three-pointers, connecting on 37 percent of her opportunities from downtown, and has made 339 career field goals. She also is a 74 percent free throw shooter.
“We are extremely excited to have Vanessa and Aubrey join our Screaming Eagles’ family here at USI,” Stein said. “Both of them can impact the game on both ends of the court and their career stats certainly show that. They are proven winners and know what it takes to win a championship.”
USI begins the 2020-21 campaign November 27 when it hosts Great Lakes Valley Conference opponent Rockhurst University at Screaming Eagles Arena.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 5,708 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 236,565 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 4,613 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 50 from the previous day. Another 250 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by the state and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 1,893,070 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,876,317 on Thursday. A total of 3,414,373 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
INDIANAPOLIS— Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett is imposing tougher restrictions on businesses and social gatherings effective midnight Sunday and closing schools by the end of the month as the number of new cases of COVID-19 continues to spiral out of control.
Hogsett, joined by Dr. Virginia Caine, director of the Marion County Department of Health, announced the new restrictions Thursday in a virtual press conference and said that with the positivity rate soaring above 10% the actions are needed to prevent the pandemic from worsening.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced tougher restrictions and a closing of schools because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases. TheStatehouseFile.com
“I take no joy in making these changes,†Hogsett said. “It’s heartbreaking for me as someone who loves this city and desperately wants to see a speedy recovery from the effects of this pandemic, but my heart also breaks every time I receive a report on the deaths of our neighbors who fall victim to this virus.â€
Hogsett’s announcement follows Gov. Eric Holcomb’s news conference Wednesday when he issued new tougher restrictions because of the exponential rise in new cases of COVID-19. Much of the state is coded orange or red, which indicate high levels of virus spread.
The new restrictions for Indiana’s largest city come as the state has reached another peak in the number of cases of the highly contagious novel coronavirus. The Indiana Department of Health reported that 6,654 Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, exceeding Wednesday’s record-setting number by more than 1,000 cases, for a total of 230,965.  In addition, 51 people have died from the disease for a total of 4,563.
Hogsett’s order for Marion County requires that bars return to 25% indoor capacity and will remain at 100% outdoor capacity while restaurants will also remain at 50% capacity.
Tables will only be allowed to seat parties of six or fewer instead of the current 10-person limit. All outdoor tents are required to only be two-sided to ensure that there are not gatherings within enclosed spaces. Live entertainment and music venues must be cleared out of all patrons or customers by midnight.
All gyms and fitness centers will return to 25% capacity. Funeral homes are required to return back to 50% capacity as well. All social gatherings are limited to 25 people.
Hogsett’s order also includes a new requirement—that people who want to visit an assisted living center indoors must have had a negative test for COVID-19 within the previous 72 hours.
In addition, all K-12 schools in the county will be required to revert to virtual instruction no later than Nov. 30. Schools do have the option to go virtual prior to the date given if they so choose. After that date, all extra-curricular activities and sporting events can only include participants, parents or legal guardians, and other support personnel. The order will remain in effect until Jan. 15.
Dr. Virginia Caine, director of the Marion County Health Department, provided an update on the rise in COVID-19 cases Thursday. TheStatehouseFile.com
“We did a fantastic job, from mid-August up to this point, but these last two weeks we’ve seen a substantial increase,†Caine said.
Hogsett and Holcomb have both stated that many of the new cases that have developed have been found to be directly related to smaller in-home gatherings in which people feel more comfortable and let their guard down. They have urged people to “scale down†Thanksgiving.
“There is no responsible way to pretend that this Thanksgiving and the ensuing holiday season that follows will in any way be normal,†Hogsett said. “I urge you to scale back Thanksgiving gatherings.â€
He added, “Deciding to do this could truly be a life or death decision for those you love.â€
Hogsett made an appeal to Congress to act to provide relief as was done earlier in the pandemic to provide assistance to businesses and communities that are suffering because of the pandemic.
FOOTNOTE: Thomas Samuel is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
 Around 7:00 p.m. on November 12, the Evansville Police Department was dispatched to a shooting in the 1600 block of S. Bedford Ave. The victim stated that he was taking out the trash and was struck by gunfire in the leg.Â
 When officers arrived, they were able to apply a tourniquet to the victim’s leg to stop the severe bleeding until an ambulance could arrive to transport him to the hospital.Â
 The shots appear to have originated from the backyard or alley close to the victim’s residence.
 The victim is expected to survive his injuries due to the quick action taken by the first responding officers.Â
 No arrests have been made in connection with this incident.Â
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 Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact the Evansville Police Department’s Detective Office at 812-436-7979, or the We Tip Line at 1-800-78-CRIME.
