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USI comes up short on Senior Day

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24th-ranked University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball saw its second half rally come up short in falling to 15th-ranked University of Indianapolis, 88-76, Thursday evening in Louisville, Kentucky. USI goes to 21-7 overall and 13-7 in the GLVC, while UIndy finishes the regular season 23-5, 15-5 GLVC.

Despite the loss, USI starts post-season play this week in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s First Community Arena in Edwardsville, Illinois, March 5-9. The GLVC Tournament seedings and game times will announced later this evening on GLVCSports.com.

The Eagles did not have a sharp start to the game as the Greyhounds ran out to a 52-35 lead by the intermission. UIndy had control of the glass, 21-14, and held USI to 45.7 percent from the field (16-35).

The UIndy defense also was able to slow all of the Eagles except for junior forward Emmanuel Little during the opening 20 minutes. Little had 16 points on eight-of-12 from the field to start the contest.

In the second half, UIndy extended its lead to as many as 23 points with 9:11 to play when USI surged back into contention. USI junior guard/forward Clayton Hughes sparked a 12-0 run with a bucket to pull the Eagles back to with nine points, 73-62, 5:25 remaining on the clock. Hughes and senior guard Darnell Butler led way during the run with five points each as the Eagles were three-of-four from the field, two-of-two from the beyond the arc, and four-of-four from the line.

The Greyhounds regained command, re-extending the lead to double-digits and closed out their 88-76 victory of the Eagle.

Individually for USI, Little added 15 second half points and closed out the game with a career-high 31 points. The junior forward was 12-of-18 from the field, one-of-two from outside the arc, and six-of-six from the line.

Butler and Hughes followed Little in the scoring column to close out the double-figure scorers with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Gov. Holcomb Public Schedule for March 2

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Below find Gov. Eric J. Holcomb’s public schedule for March 2, 2020.

 

Monday, March 2: Celebrating Read Across America and National Reading Month

WHO:                          Gov. Holcomb

ISTA President Keith Gambill

ISTA Vice President Jennifer Smith-Margraf

ISTA Treasurer Doug Taylor

ISTA Executive Director Dan Holub

More than 100 students and their teachers from Loper Elementary

 

WHAT:                        The governor will read to four fourth-grade classes from Loper Elementary in Shelbyville Central Schools.

 

WHEN:                        9:45 a.m., Monday, March 2
WHERE:                      Indiana Statehouse

Governor’s Office – Room 206

200 W. Washington St.

Indianapolis, IN 46204

 

Croner hurls gem in Aces victory over Butler

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Senior strikes-out 10 in six innings to earn win

In its first game in Evansville this season, the University of Evansville baseball team secured an 8-3 victory over Butler at Bosse Field on Friday afternoon.

“Really proud of Nathan Croner’s start. He really competed,” said Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll. “Obviously, from an offensive standpoint, we were aggressive with the barrel today and got 16 hits and put ourselves in a good position in winning time to win the ball game. Its great to get our first win and to get a crooked number in the win column is always a good thing to build off of.”

Senior Nathan Croner’s impressive outing began fast in the top of the first inning, as Croner retired the side and struck-out a pair. In the Aces half of the first, senior Craig Shepherd opened the inning with a base hit to center field. Two batters later, junior Tanner Craig singled up the middle, scoring Shepherd to give Evansville a 1-0 lead.

Croner faced the minimum in the second inning, striking out two more to tame the Bulldogs. Evansville’s offense continued to roll, scoring two more runs as Shepherd and Wilkes each tallied an RBI single.

Evansville added two more runs with one in the fifth and one in the sixth as the Aces lead grew to 5-1 heading into the sixth.

The two sides each scored a run in the seventh as Evansville’s advantage sat at four runs through seven innings. After Butler got back within three runs with a run in the top of the eighth, it was again the Aces turn to answer.

The Aces got back-to-back hits to open the bottom of the eighth, but then saw two-straight batters go down via strike-out. With runners on the corners, Mason Brinkley earned a walk, loading the bases. Following Brinkley’s walk, Troy Beilsmith earned a walk, pushing a run across and giving Evansville an 8-3 lead.

Evansville ended the game in style in the top of ninth as David Ellis induced a fly out to open the inning. After walking a batter, Ellis forced a double play, earning Evansville’s first win of the season.

The Aces return to action with the middle game of a three-game set at Noon on Sunday at Bosse Field.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RECENT BOOKING RECORDS

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https://www.vanderburghsheriff.com/jail-recent-booking-records.aspx

CORONAVIRUS UPDATES FROM NON-DEBUNK SOCIAL MEDIA PUBLICATIONS

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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE FROM REUTERS AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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Even as health officials warn the spread of the virus is all but inevitable, developments suggest the U.S. is underprepared for the threat. Diagnostic kits sent to local health providers aren’t working, and the CDC’s testing criteria meant an infected patient in California wasn’t screened for the coronavirus for days. Most cases are mild, which is good and bad news: A full recovery is common, but because the symptoms aren’t severe, those infected may be unknowingly spreading the virus. REUTERS
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The stock market had one of its worst days since the financial crisis amid fears the economic fallout could be worse than previously expected. The S&P 500 index entered correction territory yesterday when it dropped 12% from a recent peak, and shares are projected to fall further when markets reopen this morning. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE FROM BUSINESS INSIDER

BY AYLIN WOODWARD OF BUSINESS INSIDER

  • A novel coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed at least 2,700 people and infected more than 80,000 others.
  • Coronaviruses are zoonotic diseases, meaning they jump from animals to humans.
  • The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan may have been the starting point of this outbreak. It was shuttered January 1.
  • At many wet markets, meat, poultry, and seafood are sold alongside live animals for consumption.
  • On February 24, China’s top legislature banned the buying, selling, and eating of wildlife.
     CORONAVIRUS  UPDATE FROM NEW YORK TIMES
    THE LATEST: The World Health Organization now says the coronavirus has “pandemic potential.” The first case in sub-Saharan Africa was reported in Nigeria, the continent’s most populous country. In Asia, Japan is taking the drastic step of closing all schools for a month even though that country is not seeing a spike in cases. The northern California case continues to puzzle officials; the patient was apparently not tested for the virus for four days because she didn’t meet the narrow CDC testing criteria, having not recently traveled abroad. The state is now working to retrace her steps and contacts. NY TIMES

    CORONAVIRUS INFORMATIONAL UPDATE FROM CNN
    Fears about the continued spread of the coronavirus have taken a devastating toll on global markets. In the US, a stock market sell-off erased more than $2 trillion in wealth in a matter of days and sent the Dow plummeting 1,191 points yesterday, marking the biggest one-day drop in the index’s history. Asia Pacific markets, like Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s Kospi, have also steadily fallen. Experts say the virus, which has infected more than 83,000 and killed at least 2,800 worldwide, is ushering in an economic pandemic. Meanwhile, the coronavirus has reached sub-Saharan Africa, with the first reported case in Lagos, Nigeria. Lithuania, Belarus and New Zealand have also reported their first cases. In the US, California announced it is monitoring some 8,400 people for the virus. President Trump is trying to temper fears of a major US outbreak. “It’s going to disappear,” he said during a White House news conference. “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

FOOTNOTE: The above informational articles wasn’t derived from any DEBUNK social media outlet.

Bill Would Create Committee To Review Child Abuse And Neglect Cases

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By Victoria Ratliff

TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS—The day infant Eli went home with his parents after being under the supervision of the Department of Child Services, no one from that office conducted a home visit.

The parents had a crib for Eli, which they assembled by putting up three sides and shoving the fourth side against the wall. That night, Eli slid between the crib and wall and suffocated to death.

Sen. Erin Houchin, R-Salem, has legislation that would create a committee to review child abuse and neglect cases handles by the Department of Child Services. Photo by Victoria Ratliff, TheStatehouseFile.com

“I have talked to the coroner; I have talked to a prosecutor in our county and they are very frustrated over little Eli’s case and his death because it was a preventable death,” Kristi Cundiff, CEO of Indiana Foster and Adoptive Parents told a House committee Tuesday.

Cundiff said Eli’s death was directly related to the fact that no one from DCS went to check the home and make sure it was safe before he spent the night.

That is one of many cases that Cundiff has seen as she works with families who deal with DCS on a daily basis. She was testifying before the House Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee about Senate Bill 345, authored by Sen. Erin Houchin, R-Salem, which would create a committee to review cases where a child suffers a serious injury or dies as a result of abuse or neglect.

Houchin said the original version of the bill included some judicial oversight that concerned some juvenile judges so she introduced an amendment, which was adopted Tuesday, that takes out judicial oversight.

The committee would also recommend policy changes to the department, legislative changes needed and studying any topics to improve child safety.

Currently, all child services issues go through a judiciary study committee. Houchin said there needs to be a dedicated committee for child safety issues that has members who are qualified to review the cases.

Houchin also said that there are local and statewide child fatality review teams, which review child deaths whether they are related to DCS or not. But, she said, there are only local child protection teams, and there is no team to conduct state-wide reviews.

Indiana DCS was under fire in 2017 when the former director resigned abruptly, saying that children were at risk because of budget cuts. In the aftermath of that resignation, Gov. Eric Holcomb named a new director, Terry Stigdon, and worked with the legislature to provide more money to the agency.

Houchin’s bill has the support of DCS, said Will Young, the agency’s legislative director, as he acknowledged the challenges they face as they work with the public to increase child safety.

“There’s more work to do and DCS will continue to set new goals that are ongoing to continuously improve,” Young said.

Houchin said the discussion about the bill as a good example of how DCS is working with others to try and vet out issues.

The bill was not voted on during the committee meeting Tuesday, but will be heard again Thursday morning.

FOOTNOTE: Victoria Ratliff is a reporter with TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

Officers Of The Month For January 2020 Are Officers Keil, Barnes and Detective Beitler. 

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 On January 20th, 2020 around 8:00 pm officers responded to a report of a burglary on SE Second St. near Haynie’s Corner. A woman had knocked on the front door of the homeowner’s residence and began asking random questions. The homeowner could see a male that was standing on the side of his porch. Sensing something didn’t seem right, the homeowner closed the door on the female and retreated to the rear of his home. When the homeowner walked to the rear of the home, he found another male had entered through a back door and was pointing a gun at another resident. The resident in the rear of the home was then able to hit a panic alarm and the suspects fled. 

  This attempted robbery matched up with another robbery, in the same area, from a couple of days prior. In the earlier robbery, a vehicle description was put out along with the description of the female suspect. 

  Officers Keil and Barnes recognized the suspect’s description from a previous traffic stop. In their traffic stop, they had documented who the other occupants of the vehicle were. That information was given to Detective Beitler. By documenting their traffic stop, detectives had valuable information on vehicles and people that could be used in the robbery investigations. 

  Detective Beitler, with assistance from Sergeant DeYoung, Detectives Kennedy, Smith and Campbell were able to develop and interview suspects and coordinate a multi-unit response to address what was developing into a cluster of similar robberies in the area. 

 A special thank you to Detectives with the VIPER Unit who assisted with surveillance, as well as locating and stopping vehicles possibly related to the investigation. 

 This was an immensely complicated case that was only solved through the coordination of multiple units within the entire department.   

 Congratulations on a job well done!!

Screening Hoosier Babies For life-Threatening Disease

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Screening Hoosier Babies For life-Threatening Disease

by Wendy McNamara

Early detection is critical to treating many diseases. Under legislation I supported, newborn babies would be screened for the rare genetic disease, Adrenoleukodystrophy.

Adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, is a deadly disease that causes irreversible damage to the brain and leads to behavioral and neurological issues. ALD affects approximately 1 in 17,000 people and without early testing, families often don’t learn their child has the disease until it has progressed too far.

By catching and treating ALD early, Hoosier babies will have a greater chance to live long and healthy lives.

Indiana’s newborn screening panel already tests for over 50 other conditions, such as sickle cell anemia and critical congenital heart disease.

If signed into law, Indiana’s newborn screening panel would include every test on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommended newborn screening panel.

OAKLAND CITY UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

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OAKLAND CITY UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

Oakland City has been ranked in GradReport’s top 25 colleges that offer a bachelor’s based on the median salaries of criminal justice majors one year after college. Ranking Oakland City University as 7th nationally recognizes our innovative and distinctive criminal justice offerings that include an associate degree in criminal justice, bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice and criminal justice: investigative forensics, and an online bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. 

Dr. Justin D. Murphy, Dean of Arts and Sciences, stated: “It would not have been possible for the criminal justice program to be rated so highly without the dedication and leadership of Dr. Paul Bowdre, who heads the program. In addition, the Forensics Investigation concentration is one of the more unique aspects of OCU’s Criminal Justice Program.” 

Dr. Ron D. Dempsey, president of Oakland City University, commented: “OCU has been known for its Criminal Justice programs, both on-campus and online.  Criminal Justice is one of our top majors because of its excellent curriculum, affordability, and quality professors.  I am proud of this program and am excited to see that it is receiving the recognition that it deserves.”

The 25 Best Colleges for Criminal Justice 2020 list can be found at   https://www.gradreports.com/best-colleges/criminal-justice

To be considered for GradReport’s Best Colleges program rankings, schools needed to have a reported median salary, an unsuppressed sample size for graduates for the degree program of the ranking list, and include in their degree offerings at least one criminal justice online degree program.

For more information about Oakland City University, visit www.oak.edu.

About Oakland City University:

OCU is a faith-based university which offers high quality, career-focused degree programs in a Christ-centered, campus secure environment.  The University is committed to the pursuit of knowledge and academic excellence but equally committed to providing students with a conducive environment for personal spiritual growth.  Our Christ-centered values and relationships create a supportive environment which encourages students to live a life of Christian service in their chosen careers.  Our talented faculty equip our students with the knowledge and expertise they need to lead healthy, productive lives and successful, fulfilling careers.  Founded by the General Association of General Baptists in 1885, U.S. News and World Report has recognized Oakland City University as one of the top universities in the Midwest. In addition, OCU has been voted as one of the safest colleges and universities in the state of Indiana. The school holds the distinction of being accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).

About Optimal’s GradReports:

Optimal’s GradReports is the only college ranking product to publish and synthesize the new US Department of Education data from College Scorecard. The report was made public in November 2019 and contains early-career earnings and median debt data that have been gathered nationwide since 2015, as part of an Obama-era initiative. Until now, college ranking services have not been able to give students the full financial cost of a school matched against the potential post-collegiate earnings for specific college majors.

Optimal helps prospective students make informed, data-driven decisions to improve their collegiate experience and their post-college careers. The company provides over 85,000 in-depth student reviews and college rankings for every major based on alumni salaries and manually researched tuitions. Optimal’s tools and services provide accessible and transparent financial data regarding cost and earning potential that give students educational paths that lead them to success, without burdening them with insurmountable debt.

Board Of School Trustees Of The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Will Hold Its First Town Hall Meeting

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The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will hold its first Town Hall meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2020, at North High School, 15331 Highway 41 N., Evansville, IN.

The purpose of these Town Hall meetings is for residents to speak directly with Board members and district administrators about issues involving our community’s schools.

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