Felony Charges: July 15th, 2020
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Matthew Dale Mattingly: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Grace Ellen Kunze: Theft (Level 6 Felony)
Joseph Daniel Nelson: Theft (Level 6 Felony)
Renaldo D. Pendleton Jr.: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony), Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony), Criminal mischief (Class B misdemeanor), Criminal mischief (Class B misdemeanor)
Alex Jefferey Peterson: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor)
Men’s Cross Country 7/30/2020 10:00:00 AM Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications Eagles add Nicholson to 2020-21 roster
University of Southern Indiana Cross Country/Track & Field Coach Mike Hillyard announced that Braden Nicholson (Claremont, Illinois) is transferring to compete for the Screaming Eagles’ men’s program in 2020-21.
Nicholson spent his freshman season at NCAA Division III power North Central College, where he was the top-ranked Division III freshman in the country in the indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meters.
On the cross country course, Nicholson competed in four meets, posting a 28th-place finish at the Wheaton College Invitational.
A graduate of Richland County High School in Olney, Illinois, Nicholson finished fourth in the 3,200 meters at the IHSA Class 2A Outdoor Championships as a senior in 2019.
“Braden is coming off an indoor track season that saw him emerge as the No. 1 freshman in the country at the 3k and 5k distances in NCAA Division III,” Hillyard said. “His lifetime accrued aerobic base is still very low, so he has much, much bigger performances in his future. He’s a confident young mand with a very high ceiling.”
Nicholson joins NCAA Division I transfer Noah Hufnagel (Santa Claus, Indiana) and incoming freshman Silas Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) on USI’s list of announced newcomers. USI has won 15 consecutive Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s cross country titles and a league-record 27 overall.
USI, along with the Evansville Sports Corporation, is currently scheduled to host the NCAA II Midwest Region and NCAA II National Championships in November at Angel Mounds.
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EPA Finalizes Revisions to the Coal Ash Closure Regulations, Increases Public Access to Information
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized several changes to the regulations for coal combustion residuals, known as CCR or coal ash, to implement the court’s vacatur of certain closure requirements as well as adding provisions that enhance the public’s access to information about the management of coal ash at electric utilities.
“Today’s action makes changes to the closure regulations for coal ash storage that enhance protections for public health while giving electric utilities enough time to retrofit or replace unlined impoundment ponds,â€Â said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “The public will also be better informed as EPA makes facility groundwater monitoring data more accessible and understandable.â€
In response to court rulings, this final rule specifies that all unlined surface impoundments are required to retrofit or close, not just those that have detected groundwater contamination above regulatory levels. The rule also changes the classification of compacted-soil lined or “clay-lined†surface impoundments from “lined†to “unlined,†which means that formerly defined clay-lined surface impoundments are no longer considered lined surface impoundments and need to be retrofitted or closed.
Additionally, the rule establishes a revised date, April 11, 2021, by which unlined surface impoundments and units that failed the aquifer location restriction must cease receiving waste and initiate closure or retrofit. EPA determined this new feasible date after a thorough review of the construction timeline information submitted during the public comment period.
Even though EPA is making several regulatory changes with this final rule, the regulations in place since 2015 to detect, assess, and remediate impacts on groundwater from CCR in surface impoundments and landfills are in place and implementation remains on schedule. The 2015 requirements for facility inspection, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements are also unchanged except for two enhancements to public access to information. EPA’s updates with this final rule keep the major protections and requirements of the 2015 rule in place while making changes to address litigation and apply lessons learned to ensure smoother implementation of the rule.
EPA is also finalizing revisions to the alternative closure provisions that would grant certain facilities additional time to develop alternative capacity to manage their waste streams (including additional waste – primarily non-CCR wastewater – generated at the facility) before they must stop receiving waste and initiate closure of their surface impoundments.
Lastly, EPA is finalizing amendments to make data more accessible and understandable to the public by:
- Revising the annual groundwater monitoring and corrective action report requirements to make the data easier for the public to understand and evaluate, including a requirement to summarize the results in an executive summary.
- Revising the CCR website requirements to ensure that relevant facility information required by the regulations is immediately available to the public.
Zoo Advisory Board Meeting
MESKER PARK ZOO & BOTANIC GARDEN ADVISORY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS, ROOM 301
CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
 Tuesday, August 4, 2020
12:00 PM
- CALL TO ORDER
- ELECTION OF OFFICERS
- MEETING MEMORANDUM March 3, 2020
- REPORT BY DIRECTOR
- NEW BUSINESS
a. One Day Camp Proposal
6. OTHER BUSINESS
a. Penguin Project update
7. ADJOURN
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
 Evansville, IN – Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Levi Bryant Williams: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Frank Wesley Hurst: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony)
Scott Jason Simmons: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Kevin Michael Dale Kendall: Rape (Level 3 Felony), Rape (Level 3 Felony)
Matthew Steven Condon: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Reckless driving (Class C misdemeanor)
Colt Russell Kissell: Unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon (Level 4 Felony), Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony), Disregarding stop sign (C infraction)
Derrick M. Traynham: Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony)
Madison Adair Sanford: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
Matthew Franklin Rickard: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony)
AG Curtis Hill: IOT permitted to license horse-racing app to other states
Attorney General Curtis Hill said in an advisory opinion this week that Indiana law permits the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) to license its internally created horse-racing application to other states.
IOT’s Application Development Team was recently commissioned to create an app for the Indiana Horse Racing Commission. The app, which is used by both the public and commission staff, has streamlined the commission’s regulatory processes and brought additional transparency to Indiana horse racing. Other states have expressed interest in licensing the app from IOT, and IOT has reciprocated that interest.
Attorney General Hill issued the advisory opinion in response to an inquiry from IOT, which asked if Indiana Code permitted the office to license this app to other states.
“IOT has developed a solid horse-racing application that is grabbing the attention of other states. Legally, IOT is welcome to pursue any opportunities to license this app to states that see the app as a tool that can improve their horse-racing practices,†Attorney General Hill said.
AG Curtis Hill supports high school football coach’s right to individual religious expression
Attorney General Curtis Hill today joined a coalition of 20 other state attorneys general in supporting a Washington high school football coach’s constitutional right to express his individual religious beliefs.
Joseph Kennedy was a football coach at Bremerton High School until 2015. In appreciation for that coaching job, Kennedy would quietly pray on the field after each football game ended. Kennedy would also lead team prayers before games, and sometimes included religious themes in his postgame speeches to players.
Bremerton School District, after learning of Kennedy’s practices, told Kennedy that praying with students could expose the district to liability under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. In response, Kennedy immediately stopped praying with students.
Kennedy did, however, continue his solo prayers. The school district then told Kennedy he could not pray alone after football games, either. Kennedy was placed on leave after continuing to do so, and the district did not re-hire him for the following season.
He later sued the school district, claiming it violated his First Amendment rights. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington sided with the school district.
“With its decision, the district court has trampled Joseph Kennedy’s First Amendment right to express his individual religious beliefs,†Attorney General Hill said. “The court’s overly broad application of the Establishment Clause is detrimental not only to Kennedy, but to the individual religious expressions of students and other government employees. Government employers can operate within the boundaries of the Establishment Clause while also allowing employees to exercise their own beliefs.â€
The district court’s interpretation of the Establishment Clause also threatens to push valuable individuals out of the public sector by targeting their constitutional right to religious expression. Efforts to recruit government employees would be severely undermined if applicants faced oppressive restrictions aimed at their right to express their convictions.
In an amicus brief, the coalition urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse the district court’s decision and render judgment in favor of Kennedy.