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Senator Young Explains Kavanaugh Vote

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Senator Young Explains Kavanaugh Vote

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INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, said Friday he believes Dr. Christine Blasey Ford suffered “some trauma” and was the victim of misconduct.

But, Young added, “that misconduct was something Judge (Brett) Kavanaugh was in no way responsible for.”

Young spoke to reporters by conference call Friday morning. He reaffirmed that he will vote to move Kavanaugh’s nomination forward and will vote to confirm the judge to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Young said he supported Kavanaugh’s nomination because the judge is a constitutional originalist. The senator cited the 300 opinions Kavanaugh issued from the bench and said the legal reasoning in a dozen of them had been adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Young said he was glad the Federal Bureau of Investigation did a supplementary investigation into Ford’s allegation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they both were teenagers.

“Those are very serious allegations and they needed to be investigated,” Young said.

But he said the FBI’s investigation didn’t provide corroboration of Ford’s charges. Democrats and other critics have charged that the investigation, which was limited to interviewing nine people and didn’t include either Ford or Kavanaugh, was not thorough.

“It was thorough enough for me,” Young said of the FBI report.

The senator also bemoaned the partisan nature of the confirmation battle.

“I’m not proud of what has occurred in the United States Senate,” Young said.

“The search for truth became a search-and-destroy mission.”

Less than hour after the telephone press conference, the Senate voted, 51-49, on partisan lines to close debate on Kavanaugh nomination. The vote for confirmation could come as early as Saturday.

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Autopsy Scheduled Wednesday For Body Found In Evansville

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Autopsy Scheduled Wednesday For Body Found In Evansville

OCTOBER 9TH, 2018 AMANDA PORTER INDIANA

A gruesome discovery is causing concern for people in one Evansville neighborhood.

A tip led Evansville police to the backyard of a home on South New York avenue.

When police arrived they discovered a body lying in the backyard.

“We sent our officers and our detective over to try to verify that information, and we did find what we believe to be a body,” says Evansville police captain Stephanie Cox.

After getting a search warrant for the property EPD detectives made their way inside to search for answers as previously reported.

“There was no one in the home,” says Capt. Cox.

“They are going to be going through that with a fine tooth comb to process anything we think might possibly be there.”

Neighbors say the house has been empty for years.

Right now, police say they aren’t able to confirm the gender, age or race of the person they found.

So there are a lots of questions surrounding the circumstances of how the body got there in the first place.

And often times neighbors can help fill in some of the gaps in these investigations.

“We want to talk to that person as well as everyone in the neighborhood too see if they seen anything, that could lead us to who this person might be and what happened to them,” says Cox.

Neighbors like Bill Moss say they are concerned.

“It’s horrifying to that you live so close to so much chaos going on right now.”

Detectives are starting to go over evidence recovered from the house.

Police are also working to compare any recent missing persons reports to see if today’s discovery could be linked to any of those cases.

Vanderburgh county coroner Steve Lockyear is investigating the discovery.

An autopsy is scheduled Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Vectren and CenterPoint Energy Merger Nearing Completion

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Vectren and CenterPoint Energy Merger Nearing Completion

OCTOBER 9TH, 2018 MITCH ANGLE EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

The $6,000,000,000 merger between Vectren and CenterPoint Energy is one more step closer to completion.

The Federal Energy Regulation Commission approved the deal which is expected to close in the first quarter if 2019.

The companies announced plans for the merger in April and shareholders approved the merger in August.

Informational meetings with regulators in Indiana and Ohio have also started even though neither state has approval authority over the merger.

 

 

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With An 8 to 1 Vote, Evansville’s 2019 City Budget Passes

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With An 8 to 1 Vote, Evansville’s 2019 City Budget Passes

OCTOBER 9TH, 2018AMANDA PORTER INDIANA

Evansville’s City Council had a big task on their hands Monday night.

In front of a packed house at the Civic Center, Council was debating whether to cut money from several non-profits in an effort to cut down on the 2019 budget.

Many local residents showed up in support of those non-profits, arguing against cutting anything from their budgets.

Affordable housing, the Metropolitan Evansville Transit System, and road projects were big topics of discussion.

An amendment to cut METS by $100,000 was mentioned as well as decreasing the affordable housing fund from $500,000 to $100,000, which was not approved.

Council did pass a 2% raise for city workers, but Mayor Lloyd Winnecke along with Justin Elpers and Jonathan Weaver opted to not accept that raise.

After several hours of public comment, Council voted 8 to 1, passing the $395 million budget. Councilman Jonathan Weaver was the only member to vote against the budget, saying the current 2018 budget is already $13 million over budget.

COA: Deputy’s Hearsay Wouldn’t Change Resisting Conviction

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Katie Stancombe for www.theindianalawyer.com

A habitual offender convicted of resisting law enforcement could not convince the Indiana Court of Appeals on Tuesday that a trial court’s error in admitting hearsay evidence in his case made a fair trial impossible.

When signaled to stop driving by a Hancock County deputy in May 2017, James Baker instead accelerated and drove off at high speed. Not long after the deputy ceased pursuit of Baker’s vehicle for safety reasons, Baker erratically drove through an intersection, crashed into a median, and fled the scene on foot. Witnesses pointed officers in the direction Baker was headed.

Once found by Officer Keven Stickford and his K-9, Baker was placed in handcuffs and taken into custody. Stickford, over objection, later testified that he saw and heard another officer ask Baker “why he ran.” Stickford further testified that Baker responded, “because he was scared.”

Baker was subsequently convicted by a jury of Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement and Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended. He waived his right a jury trial for his habitual offender enhancement, and the court determined he was a habitual offender.

On appeal, Baker argued the Hancock Superior Court erred when it allowed Stickford to testify about the unnamed officer’s question, contending Stickford’s description was inadmissible hearsay.

The appellate court found that the unnamed officer’s question was offered for “the truth of the matter asserted” and should not have been admitted into evidence under Powell v. State, 714 N.E.2d 624, 627 (Ind. 1999).

“In this case, Officer Stickford testified that he observed and heard an unidentified officer ask Baker, ‘why he ran.’ That question, like the ‘classic example’ discussed in the Powell case, contains a factual utterance that is capable of being proven true or false, specifically that Baker ran away,” Senior Judge Carr Darden wrote.

Although considered hearsay, the appellate court noted that the admission of the description was ultimately a harmless error that did not contribute to the jury’s verdict. It found witness testimony confirmed that there was sufficient independent evidence to prove Baker was guilty.

Additionally, the appellate court denied Baker’s argument that the admission violated his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses because the unnamed officer was not brought to court to testify.

“Even if Baker had not waived his Sixth Amendment claim, and even if admission of the question violated Baker’s right to confront witnesses, such violations ‘do not require reversal if the State can show beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the verdict,’” Darden continued.

In his final argument, Baker contended that the trial court erred in allowing Stickford to testify about Baker’s response to the question of why he ran.

The appellate court found the trial court erred in admitting Baker’s answer to the question before he was read his Miranda rights, but extensive eyewitness testimony clearly established his guilt regardless.

“We cannot conclude herein that admission of Baker’s answer to the officer’s question, although in error, was so egregious as to render a fair trial impossible,” Darden concluded, affirming Baker’s convictions in James Wade Baker, Jr. v. State of Indiana, 30A01-1710-CR-2511.

Marriage Licenses Issued For Vanderburgh County

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Marriage Licenses Issued

Eagles come home for post-season race

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The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team returns to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field for a four-match homestand and a push for a spot in the Great Lakes Valley Conference post season this week. The four-match homestand begins Friday at 5 p.m. with Maryville University and Sunday at noon versus the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Coverage for the Eagles in GLVC action can be found at GoUSIEagles.com.

During Sunday’s women’s and men’s soccer doubleheader with UMSL, the USI soccer teams will be selling “Hancock Strong” t-shirts to honor USI senior forward Ryley Hancock’s brother, Camden, who lost a battle with cancer last week. Proceeds to help the Hancock family with medical costs.

Week 7 Eagle Notes: 

Eagles go 2-1-0 last week: The Screaming Eagles (6-5-2, 4-3-1 GLVC) were 2-1-0 last week after posting an 8-0 win over Oakland City University; a 2-1 overtime match at Quincy University; and a thrilling 3-2 overtime win at the University of Indianapolis. USI sophomore forward Maggie Winter tied a USI single-match record with three goals versus OCU.

In the GLVC: The Eagles enter this week’s GLVC play in a tie for seventh in the conference, a half-game out of a tie for fifth with Truman State University and Rockhurst University and a half-match lead over ninth-place William Jewell College.

Winter and Gray take the lead in scoring: Sophomore forward Maggie Winter took over the Eagles’ lead in scoring with 10 points on four goals and two assists. Junior forward Emilie Blomenkamp, who is tied with Winter for the team lead with four goals, and sophomore midfielder Rachel Gray who had three goals and two assists, are tied for second with eight points each.

Schoenstein in his third year: USI Head Coach Eric Schoenstein is in his third season as the head coach of the Eagles, producing a 23-19-8 mark and back-to-back GLVC Tournament appearances.

USI vs. Maryville: The USI-Maryville all-time series is tied, 4-4-1, dating back to 2009 when the Saints joined the Eagles in the GLVC. USI lost last year’s match-up, 2-1, in double overtime and Maryville has the advantage in the last five match-ups, 3-1-1.

Saints in 2018: The Saints are 6-2-3 overall and 5-2-1 in the GLVC after winning, 3-0, over UMSL Sunday.

USI vs. UMSL: UMSL leads the all-time series with USI, 12-11-0, dating back to the beginning of the Eagles soccer program in 1996. USI has had the upper hand the last five meetings, winning three of the five.

Tritons in 2018: UMSL, which is 3-8-0 overall and 2-6-0 in the GLVC, has enters this week’s action having lost five of its last six matches. The Tritons split last weekend after defeating Missouri University of Science & Technology, 2-1, and falling to Maryville, 2-0.

Indiana Swimming & Diving Hosts Quad Meet on Wednesday

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The Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will open the 2018-19 season on Wednesday, Oct. 10 when the teams host a quad meet at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington.

 

The meet featuring the Hoosiers, Notre Dame, Kentucky and Missouri will start at 10:00 a.m. ET at the CBAC in Bloomington, Ind. Live results for the match can be found at IUHoosiers.com. Admission to the meet is free.

 

Schedule of Events
Wednesday’s quad meet with feature 32 events – 14 swimming events and two diving events for both the men’s and women’s teams.

The order of events for swimming will be 200 medley relay, 1,000 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 500 freestyle 100 butterfly, 200 IM and 400 freestyle relay.

Diving will run during the meet and during the swimming breaks.

 

Seven IU Swimmers, Three Coaches Named to U.S. National Team

Current IU swimmers Zach Apple, Michael Brinegar and Lilly King were named to the team, as well as Hoosier postgrad swimmers Margo Geer, Zane Grothe, Cody Miller and Blake Pieroni. Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze, associate head coach Mike Westphal and associate head sprint coach Coley Stickels were named coaches for the team.

 

Hoosiers Excel at Pan Pacific Championships

At the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships this past August in Tokyo, current and postgraduate Hoosiers won a total of 10 medals over the course of four days of competition – four gold, four silver and two bronze.

 

For current Hoosiers, Lilly King won gold in the 100m breaststroke, silver in the 200m breaststroke and silver in the 4x100m women’s medley relay. Zach Apple, along with postgrad Blake Pieroni, won gold in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. IU’s Ray Looze served as head men’s coach for Team USA at the event, while associate head coach Coley Stickels was head coach for Columbia.

 

Three IU Freshman Swim at Junior Pan Pacific Championships

Indiana freshmen Mikey Calvillo, Van Mathias and Christin Rockway all competed for Team USA in the Junior Pan Pacific Championships this past August in Fiji. Featuring the top junior swimmers from the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan, the Junior Pan Pacific Championships have consistently proven to be a springboard for international success.

 

Five Current Hoosiers Qualify for Pan Pacific Championships

Qualifying for Team USA at the Pan Pacific Championships were current IU swimmers Lilly King, Zach Apple and incoming freshman Michael Brinegar. Also qualifying were current IU swimmers Vini Lanza (Brazil) and Gabriel Fantoni (Brazil).

 

King Wins Two National Championships

IU’s Lilly King won the national titles in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke this past July. Current postgrad swimmer Zane Grothe won the crowns in the 400m and 800m freestyle, while postgrad Blake Pieroni won the 100m freestyle title.

Looze, Johansen, Finnerty Win 2018 Yearly Big Ten Awards

IU head swimming coach Ray Looze was named Big Ten Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year, while Drew Johansen was named Big Ten Men’s Diving Coach of the Year. Ian Finnerty was named Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Year. Looze and Johansen were also named CSCAA Swimming and Diving Coaches of the Year, respectively.

 

King Repeats at Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year

For the second-straight, year IU’s Lilly King was named the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year. King becomes just the third person – man or woman – to win the award in back-to-back seasons and is also just the third person in league history to earn the honor more than once.

Hoosier Men Place Third at NCAA Championships

The third-place finish for the Hoosiers at the 2018 NCAA Championships was the best for the program in 43 years, when IU took second in 1975. Indiana won a total of four NCAA titles over the week, the most for the team since winning six crowns in 1973. The top-10 finish for the Hoosiers at the NCAA Championships is the sixth in the last seven years.

For the third-straight season, Indiana finished as the top Big Ten team at the NCAA Championships – the best stretch for IU since accomplishing the feat for 15-straight seasons from 1964-78. Over the course of NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers had 12 individuals earn a total of 42 All-America honors – the most in program history in 44 years since the team tallied 50 in 1974.

 

King Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Year for Third-Straight Season

The six-time NCAA champion and 12-time Big Ten champion is the first woman in league history to not only be named Swimmer of the Year three-consecutive years, but also the first to earn the accolade three times overall.

 

Hoosier Men Repeat as Big Ten Champions

The Hoosiers earned back-to-back Big Ten Championships for the first time since winning three-straight from 1983-85. The title was the 26th in program history. IU won 14 league crowns at the Big Ten Championships, the most since winning 14 in 1975.

 

USI’s Nolan earns GLVC weekly honor

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A day after being named the Division II National Runner of the Week by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association, University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country junior Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) can add another award to his list after the Great Lakes Valley Conference honored Nolan as its Men’s Runner of the Week Tuesday.

Nolan finished first out of 282 runners at the Lewis University Conference Crossover this past weekend. The field included seven nationally-ranked teams and another that was receiving votes outside the Top 25.

The reigning Great Lakes Valley Conference champion and Runner of the Year finished the eight-kilometer race in 24 minutes, 33.80 seconds,

Nolan earns his second GLVC Runner of the Week award this season and the second of his career after garnering the same honor last month. He is the third cross country athlete in school history to be honored with USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week accolades, joining Johnnie Guy and Emily Roberts, each of whom were selected in 2015.

USI returns to action October 20 when it hosts the Festival Year Fiasco at Angel Mounds. The women’s 6k race is slated for a 10 a.m. start, while the men’s race is set to begin at 10:45 a.m.

ADOPT A PET

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