In its first contest of 2019, the University of Evansville women’s basketball team opens Missouri Valley Conference play on the road at Southern Illinois at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening in Carbondale, Ill..
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Evansville at Southern Illinois
Jan. 4, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
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At 2:45pm on January 3rd, Evansville Police were called to the 1700 block of E. Division for a reported armed robbery. Officers arrived and spoke to the victim, ANDREW KAMPLAIN. Kamplain told officers he had been removed from his car and taken into 1702 E. Division and robbed. Kamplain said a black male suspect implied he had a gun and then robbed him.Â
Numerous officers responded to the scene and surrounded the house. Due to the possibility of an armed suspect being in the house, the EPD tactical vehicle was brought to the scene to provide protective cover for the officers. Assisting officers closed Division St to all traffic for safety reasons.
Officers were able to get all of the occupants out of the house without incident. Several people who were removed from the home were taken to EPD headquarters to be interviewed.
As the investigation was progressing, Kamplain told investigators that he was no longer interested in pursuing the matter. Kamplain signed a NO PROSECUTION form, ending police involvement in the incident.Â
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Todays“Readers Poll†question is: How many new members do you think will be elected to the 2019 City Council?
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The City-County Observer Encourages The Candidacy of Ben Trockman for Evansville City CouncilÂ
The City of Evansville is in an election year and rumors of candidacies are filling the air. One of the whisper candidates that is getting much attention is a possible candidacy announcement by Ben Trockman.
During the last several days we posted comments in our “IS IT TRUE” section that Ben Trockman is considering running for the First Ward seat on the Evansville City Council.  We received several off the record comments concerning the possibility of him running for City Council. The consensus of those comments was in support of Ben’s candidacy. A couple of people suggested that he might not be up to the task because he is physically challenged.
Ben Trockman’s unfortunate accident in 2006 that robbed him of his mobility at a young age is well known. He was as an enthusiastic competitor in athletics while at Harrison High School. Since his accident, he has channeled that competitive spirit into activities that have helped many people who face similar challenges to his own. Rather than settle in and live a silent life, Ben Trockman moved through his rehabilitation and went on to complete a bachelor’s degree from Evansville’s University of Southern Indiana.
Even though he has held several responsible positions in his working career he still found time to work tirelessly for charities like the Easter Seals campaign and serves as an advocate for those with disabilities. Ben even organized a job fair for people with disabilities and surprisingly landed a spot at Evansville’s Old National Bank that feeds his passion.
Ben Trockman has proven to be an effective communicator with a national platform. If he should choose to run for the Evansville City Council and win, we predict that he will immediately become the most qualified ambassador of the physically challenged that our community has ever known.
An accident that would have defeated many has made Ben Trockman a better person with a passion for his community and the physically challenged. Evansville would be lucky to have such a person to serve on the Evansville Cty Council. He is wise beyond his years and carries with him the kind of wisdom that only can be gained in trial by fire situations.
Ben Trockman is well spoken, intelligent and respected?
The City-County Observer encourages the candidacy of Ben Trockman for Evansville City Council. Â Win or lose Ben Trockman will have a chance to prove that “E Is For Everyone.”
JANUARY 3RD, 2019 
PAUL WILCOXEN INDIANA, WARRICK COUNTY
The City of Boonville is one step closer to breaking ground on a new solar field in hopes of helping energy customers save some money.
“Green energy, you know, we hear about it, we talk about it, well we did it,†said Mayor Charlie Wyatt.
Thursday’s board of works meeting in Boonville lasted all of five minutes – and in that time – mayor Charlie Wyatt announced plans on the city’s commitment to clean, renewable energy.
“It’s an opportunity for us to be able to put this solar project in and right now, in today’s dollars, it’s equal to about 17,000 dollars a month in electrical savings,†said Wyatt.
Bidding for the project started in November with five coming back before the deadline.
“The low bidder is local to the area, they’re based out of Tell City, Casey Electric, and we deemed them to be qualified,†said City Engineer Clint Roos.
Casey Electric’s bid was nearly 883,000 dollars.
The project is phase 1 of the project with the solar field set to break ground south of the Boonville sewer works off Millersburg road – projected to cost nearly 1.7 million dollars when it’s all said and done.
“It’s tax money, that’s what it is,†said Wyatt. “There’s no raise or anything like that. It’s a bond anticipation note that we have taken. It’s kind of like buying a house. You put everything up front and then you know what you can spend, and that’s what we were able to do.â€
The idea was unveiled 2 1/2 years ago as part of a long-term goal for the city of Boonville.
“We’re also looking, hopefully, in the future about being able to do solar energy at our wells over in Spencer County where we produce the energy, and then it goes to the bulk plant,†Wyatt added.
City officials say construction of the solar field will begin late February or early March in hopes of having it up and running sometime in the summer.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball used late runs to win a hard-fought battle with Maryville University, 80-75, to restart 2018-19 Great Lakes Valley Conference schedule Thursday evening in St. Louis, Missouri. The Screaming Eagles go to 9-3 overall and 1-1 in the GLVC, while the Saints are 5-7, 0-3 GLVC.
The opening half featured a series of runs by the Eagles and the Saints as USI went into the locker room with a 35-30 lead. USI led by as many as five points five times during the first half and was led by junior guard/forward Kobe Caldwell (Bowling Green, Kentucky), who had a team-best 15 first-half points and six rebounds.
Caldwell combined with sophomore forward Emmanuel Little (Indianapolis, Indiana) for an 8-0 run to put the Eagles in front during the final two minutes before halftime, 30-26. Little followed Caldwell in the scoring column with nine points during the first 20 minutes.
USI and Maryville continued to attack and counter-attack during the second half as the teams traded the lead nine times and saw the scored tied seven times. After the Saints built a four-point advantage, 59-55, with 6:53 left in the game, USI rallied with a 10-1 run to take a 65-60 advantage and the lead for good with 5:14 to play.
The Eagles took command for the final three minutes with an 11-6 run that was ignited by a sophomore forward Josh Price (Indianapolis, Indiana), who had five of the 11 points during the run. The surge enabled USI to reach its largest leads of the game, seven points, twice (76-69 and 77-70).
Maryville made a late run at USI, cutting the margin to three points, 78-75, before the Eagles closed out the 80-75 win on a pair of free throws by senior guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) with three seconds left.
The Eagles finished the game by hitting 47.4 percent from the field (27-57), 44.4 percent from downtown (8-18), and 72.0 percent from the line (18-25). USI also won the battle on the glass, 37-27. The game also featured a total of 16 lead changes and 12 ties.
Individually, Caldwell led USI with 22 points on eight-of-16 from the field, three-of-four from beyond the arc, and three-of-three from the line. He also tied a season-high with eight rebounds.
Stein followed Caldwell in the scoring column with 15 points, all of them in the second half. Price and Little rounded out the double-digit scorers with 13 points and 12 points, respectively.
USI sophomore guard Mateo Rivera (Indianapolis, Indiana) narrowly missed a triple-double in the game, finishing with nine points, nine rebounds, and a career-high 11 assists.
The Eagles conclude their two-game GLVC road swing Saturday when they visit the University of Missouri-St. Louis for a 3 p.m. contest. UMSL saw its record go to 10-3 overall, 1-2 GLVC, after losing to top-ranked Bellarmine University, 66-53, at home this evening.
USI leads the all-time series 37-11 versus UMSL, 31-2 in GLVC action. The Eagles, who are 15-7 versus the Triton all-time on the road, won their 15th-straight over UMSL in the only meeting in overtime last year, 84-73. Stein led USI with 23 points, while senior guard Nate Hansen (Evansville, Indiana) followed with 21 points in the victory. Forward DayJar Dickson also had a double-double with 15 points and 21 rebounds.
Game coverage information for USI Men’s Basketball can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
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