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Precautionary Boil Advisory for the Stringtown Rd. area
A Precautionary Boil Advisory has been issued for the Stringtown Rd. area from Petersburg Rd. to south of Buena Vista Rd. The advisory is due to a water main break. The Evansville Water Utility is advising customers in the affected area to bring all cooking and drinking water to a complete boil for five (5) minutes before using. Please continue to boil all cooking and drinking water until the advisory is lifted. Visit our live interactive Boil Advisory Map for updates. https://bit.ly/2y9oGk
BREAKING NEWS: Join Us For A ReOpening Stage 2 Town Hall For Retail & Restaurant/Bar Industries.
Join Us For A ReOpening Stage 2 Town Hall For Retail & Restaurant/Bar Industries.
Current guidelines on how to reopen and maintain your business during these transitions will be discussed along with the next steps. A medical advisor from the ReOpen Evansville Task Force will be in attendance to give specifics about health and keeping your environment safe for employees and customers. You may attend either town halls. Please submit any questions ahead of time through the registration page.
REGISTER NOW FOR THE RETAILÂ TOWN HALL – WED. MAY 6, 8:45 AM:
https://members.swinchamber.com/events/details/reopening-stage-2-town-hall-retail-4816
REGISTER NOW FOR THE RESTAURANT/BARÂ TOWN HALLÂ – WED. MAY 6, 4 PM:
https://members.swinchamber.com/events/details/reopening-stage-2-town-hall-restaurant-bar-4817
A-Zoom link will be sent out to all registrants.Â
For more information about ReOpening, go to https://swinchamber.com/re-opening-back-in-business/
HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 541 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 21,033 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
While the number of cases has increased, intensive care unit and ventilator capacities remain steady. As of Tuesday, about 44 percent of ICU beds and 80 percent of ventilators were available at hospitals throughout the state.
A total of 1,213 Hoosiers have been confirmed to have died of COVID-19, an increase of 62 over the previous day. Another 113 probable deaths have been reported. Probable deaths are those for which a physician listed COVID-19 as a contributing cause based on X-rays, scans and other clinical symptoms but for which no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 115,834 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 113,297 on Monday.
Marion County had the most new cases, at 97. Other counties with more than 10 new cases were Allen (32), Bartholomew (30), Cass (36), Delaware (11), Elkhart (22), Hamilton (15), Jackson (16), Johnson (15), Lake (64), LaPorte (12), Noble (37), St. Joseph (19) and Steuben (10). The Lake County totals include results from East Chicago and Gary, which have their own health departments.
Visit the ISDH COVID-19 dashboard at coronavirus.in.gov for additional information on cases. The dashboard will be updated at noon daily. All cases are listed by county of residence.
Gov. Holcomb to Provide Updates in the Fight Against COVID-19
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, the Indiana State Department of Health and other state leaders will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana.
WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gov. Holcomb
ISDH Chief Medical Officer Lindsay Weaver, M.D., FACEP
WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, May 5
Media RSVP
Please register HERE by 1 p.m. ET Tuesday, May 5. Late requests will not be accepted. One confirmation will be sent per media outlet. If you are confirmed to attend the event, you will receive additional logistics in a separate email.
Logistical questions can be directed to agray@gov.in.gov.
Commentary: The News Is Goodbye, Goodbye Is The News
Commentary: The News Is Goodbye, Goodbye Is The News
By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS – The news wasn’t a surprise, but it was sad, nonetheless.
Nuvo, an alternative newspaper in Indianapolis, plans to cease publication at the end of May. The word came in a note from Kevin McKinney, who was first Nuvo’s publisher and then it’s foundation director when the publication tried to reinvent itself as a non-profit.
In its day, Nuvo was a sassy voice in the Indiana media chorus, often provocative, sometimes crude, occasionally completely off-base.
But it was lively and never failed to deliver on its essential promise – to provide a different and alternative perspective in a media world that too often moves in lockstep.
It will be missed.
For much of its 30-year history, Nuvo was a free print publication, one that survived courtesy of advertising revenues. But, as businesses have found more and more ways to connect with customers that don’t involve traditional media, advertising dwindled.
Last year, Nuvo ended its print publication run. McKinney and a stripped-down team made a valiant effort to reposition the paper as a not-for-profit digital presence, one that championed transparency and the importance of community conversations.
Such efforts, though, rarely succeed without major-gift philanthropic support. Nuvo stayed true to its grass-roots principles.
Right to the end.
Nuvo’s struggles are mirrored by much of the rest of the newspaper industry. Surveys show that newsrooms now employ less than half the number of people they did 20 years ago. And nearly one out of every five newspapers in the country – some with long and distinguished pedigrees – has gone under in the past 15 years.
Here in Indiana, the news that Nuvo would be closing its doors was accompanied by reports of large numbers of layoffs in the news business. Veteran journalists, many of them award winners, found themselves without work – and a paycheck.
Skeptics might argue that there is nothing unusual about this.
Industries rise and fall all the time. Not that long ago, for example, a lot of people made good living selling and servicing fax machines. Now, not so much.
The skeptics have a point – sort of.
In most other instances, an industry disappears because something better has come along to replace it. The fax machine departed because email and cell phones provided the same sort of service, but better, faster, and more efficiently.
That hasn’t been the case with newspapers – particularly local newspapers. As they go, they leave a void, one that nothing else has been able to fill yet.
Many studies now show that the decline of newspapers has produced a corresponding decline in civic participation and a basic understanding of our communities, states, and country. We simply know less about the world around us than we did when newspapers were a thriving concern.
Worse, those studies show that, even as we know and understand less, we have become more strident and rigid regarding our beliefs and affiliations. In other words, as newspapers die, we have become more and more confident in our ignorance.
Thus, we end up spending much of our time shouting at each other across a widening chasm.
At one time, there was hope that social media might replace traditional news media, but that hasn’t been the case.
For one thing, most social media platforms still rely on traditional media for content.
For another – and this is perhaps more important – the algorithms that determine so much of what we see on social media are set to confirm, rather than confront, our biases. We get a lot of reinforcement of preconceived notions in this new media world – and not nearly enough encouragement to think again or consider events from a different point of view.
Nuvo’s demise and the large numbers of layoffs in the newspaper world tell us things are going to get worse still.
And that’s sad.
Because, when we say goodbye to a newspaper such as Nuvo, we aren’t just saying goodbye to it.
No, we Americans, we Hoosiers, we neighbors, and fellow citizens, also are saying goodbye to each other.
FOOTNOTE: John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY COUNCIL MAY 6, 2020 10:00 A.M.
AGENDAÂ Of VANDERBURGH COUNTY COUNCIL
MAY 6, 2020 10:00 A.M.
Locust Meeting Room BC
Old National Events Plaza
- 1) Â OPENING OF MEETING
- 2) Â ATTENDANCE ROLL CALL
- 3) Â PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- 4) Â INVOCATION
- 5) Â APPROVAL OF MINUTES
(A) County Council April 22, 2020 - 6) Â PERSONNEL REQUESTS: (A) Sheriff
- Request to fill vacancy for Deputy Sheriff 10001050-105080
- Request to fill vacancy for Executive Secretary/Office Manager 10001050-105158
(B) Coroner
1. Request to increase hourly pay for Assistant Coroners 10001070-107121
(C) Prosecutor
1. Request to fill vacancy for Deputy Prosecutor 10001080-108103
(D) Health Department
1. Request to fill vacancy for Bookkeeper/Insurance/Payroll 11590000-115951
(E) Superior Court INDOC Grant
1. Request to fill vacancy for Extra Help 93040000-199000
- 7) Â APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE: (A) Local Drug Free Community (B) Local Roads & Streets
(C) Prosecutor Pretrial Diversion (D) COIT/Sheriff - 8) Â REPEAL: None
- 9) Â TRANSFERS: (A) Clerk(B) Auditor (C) Sheriff (D) Assessor (E) Jail
10) OLD BUSINESS: None
- 11) Â NEW BUSINESS: None
- 12) Â AMENDMENTS TO SALARY ORDINANCE:
(F) Superior Court
(G) Health Department (H) LIT – Jail
(I) Sheriff Misdemeanor
(A) Clerk
(B) Auditor (C) Sheriff
(D) Coroner (E) Prosecutor (F) Assessor
13) PUBLIC COMMENT
(G) Jail
(H) Superior Court
(I) Health Department
(J) Superior Court INDOC Grant
14) REMINDER NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME:
(A) Personnel and Finance next meeting May 27, 2020 @ TBD
(B) County Council next meeting June 3, 2020 @ 3:30 p.m.
15) ADJOURNMENT
Red denotes Personnel and Finance meeting
Blue denotes County Council meeting
Indiana Won’t Decide Whether To Reopen Schools Until July At The Earliest, Holcomb Say
Indiana Won’t Decide Whether To Reopen Schools Until July At The Earliest, Holcomb Say
by Emma  Kate
CHALKBEAT INDIANA
Indiana will wait until the last step of its reopening plan to decide whether K-12 schools can resume in-person instruction, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Friday.
The decision is expected to be made around July 4 at the earliest, Holcomb said — about a month before many Indiana districts typically return.
To get there, Holcomb said the state will have to continue to see the number of hospital admissions decline on a biweekly basis and maintain hospital bed and ventilator availability. If there’s a new spike of COVID-19 cases, some counties or areas may take longer to advance through his plan.
“As life starts to slowly return to that new normal, making progress toward being fully back on track will require constant vigilance from all of us,†he said.
Holcomb announced Friday a five-step plan to lift coronavirus restrictions and re-open Indiana’s economy over the next two months, following a wave of governors who have loosened stay-at-home orders and expanded the list of businesses considered essential. According to the Washington Post, more than half of the nation’s governors relaxed restrictions this week.
Indiana school buildings will remain closed through the end of the academic year, which the state defines as June 30. State Superintendent Jennifer McCormick has advised schools to plan on summer school programs continuing online. She also has warned that school likely won’t immediately go back to business as usual in the fall, even if buildings are given the green light to reopen. It’s more likely students will experience a hybrid approach, where they are brought back in waves or shifts while some continue online learning.
Schools nationwide largely remain closed, but governors are under pressure to start reopening schools after President Donald Trump on Monday encouraged them to “seriously consider†it as part of his push to jumpstart the economy. The White House is finalizing guidelines that suggest schools consider spacing student desks six feet apart, asking staff to wear face masks, and limiting how much student groups mix.
Most of the state is expected to move to the next stage of Holcomb’s plan on Monday, which loosens some restrictions by allowing social gatherings of up to 25 people and reopening restaurants at 50% capacity. Marion County, as one of the most populous counties, remains under a stay-at-home order until May 15 and will take longer to move forward, Holcomb said.
Holcomb reiterated Friday that plans remain subject to change as state officials monitor the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and available hospital beds. By Friday, the number of coronavirus cases in Indiana rose to more than 18,000, according to the State Department of Health. More than 1,000 Hoosiers have died of the disease.
Gov. Beshear Details Expanded Reopening of Health Care, Businesses
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