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Indoor Football Team Returning to Evansville March 2019

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Indoor Football Team Returning to Evansville March 2019

September 5TH, 2018 TYRONE MORRIS EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

The Ford Center in downtown Evansville is home to the Thunderbolts, Purple Aces and now a third team. The National Gridiron League is kicking off an arena football team called the Indiana Firebirds. Evansville hasn’t had a team like this one in more than ten years.

“We feel like Evansville brings tremendous value to the league and what we’re putting together,” says NGL president Joe McClendon. “Wanted that name to really speak for this community how it’s on the rise, there’s a lot of positive things happening in this community and we wanted that name to really fit the local market.”

The league wants to help Evansville economically as well as bring a family-friendly outing for the community to enjoy.

“There’s a lot of things going on in between the timeouts and halftime of games that the young kids can really love and enjoy. But at the same time it’s great for the fathers that can come and enjoy positive football and then just a safe family atmosphere that I think the mothers in the community can really get behind,” says McClendon.

The last team to play was the Evansville Blue Cats who played at Roberts Stadium for five seasons ending in 2007. Arena football makes the game experience a little more personal than the average football game.

“The indoor game allows the fan to be really involved in the game. You’re able to be close to the action, hear those impacts but at the same time, you can smell the player’s sweat as well,” says McClendon.

The first player draft for the Firebirds will be in October that could be men or women.

“We want the best players and the end of the day the only thing that matters to us is the best players because we want to put the best possible product on the field,” says McClendon.

The team will have eight home games and eight away games and the season will start in March 2019.

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Just In: Long Time Civic Center Employee John Gerard Found Dead At Home

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Long Time Civic Center Employee John Gerard Found Dead At Home

I regret to inform everyone that John Gerard has passed away.  He did not report for work this morning and did not call in, which was unlike him, so we contacted a family member who went to check on him and found him deceased.  We don’t have any details at this point.

Carla Hayden

Clerk of the Circuit Court for Vanderburgh County

Tri-State Treasures: Kiwanis Club

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Tri-State Treasures: Kiwanis Club

September 4TH, 2018 MITCH ANGLE EVANSVILLE

The Downtown Kiwanis Club is celebrating 100 years of serving and supporting the city of Evansville this month.

Reminders of their lasting contributions can be seen all around town with the club’s signatures trademark “K” leaving a lasting legacy on land markers throughout the city.

The mission of the downtown Kiwanis Club began in 1918 following a business trip and a long train ride out west.

Club historian and club member Kelly Courses say a local attorney was playing cards on a railroad train on his way back from Kansas City when he overheard gentleman from Kansas City talking about a club they belonged to. This club consisted of businessmen that spent their time raising money, mainly for children, in 1917.

The attorney, Charles Rudd, began talking with an organization about opening a similar club in Evansville. Just like the Kansas City Club, helping children in need became the focus of Kiwanis.

Kiwanis members have been behind several city tributes and gifts such as the fountain at Garvin Park, displays at the Mesker Park Zoo, the creation of Swirca, and the Kiwanis clock that still keeps time outside of Central Library.

Marriage Licenses Issued For Vanderburgh

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Marriage Licenses Issued

USI to host Indiana in charity baseball game

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University of Southern Indiana Baseball will host Indiana University in an exhibition game October 20 at historic Bosse Field in Evansville, Indiana. The 4 p.m. exhibition game will benefit the fight against Friedreich’s’s ataxia (FA), a degenerative neuro-muscular disorder that affects one in 50,000 people in the United States.

Most individuals have onset of symptoms of FA between the ages of 5 and 18 years, but can occur anytime during adulthood. The Friedreich’s’s Ataxia Research Alliance is supporting research that will improve the quality and length of life for those diagnosed with FA and will lead to treatments that eliminate its symptoms. More information about FA can be found at CureFA.org.

Tickets for the exhibition game, which go on sale September 10, are $10 for adults and $5 for students and can be purchased at the following locations: USI Athletics, Indiana Baseball Office, Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC) baseball programs, and all Banterra Bank Evansville/Newburgh locations. Fans also can purchase tickets on-line at curefa.org/baseball.

USI is coming off its fifth NCAA Division II Championship Series appearance and Midwest Regional Championship. The Screaming Eagles, who were 36-23 last spring, are under the direction of Head Coach Tracy Archuleta, who has directed the Eagles to a pair of NCAA II National Championships (2010, 2014) in his 11 year tenure.

The Eagles return senior right-hander Austin Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana), who was 3-4 last spring with a 3.99 ERA and 63 strikeouts, and senior second baseman Jacob Fleming (Evansville, Indiana), who finished the season with a .301 average and a 20 stolen bases.

Indiana, who is under the direction of new Head Coach Jeff Mercer, was 40-19 in 2018 and has appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament three of the last four seasons. The Hoosier also feature sophomore catcher Drew Ashley and sophomore outfielder Elijah Dunham from Evansville and junior pitcher Cal Krueger, son of former USI and 1992 All-Midwest Regional catcher Blake Krueger.

Gov. Holcomb outlines Next Level Connections program

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Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today announced his infrastructure agenda plan for 2019, including a new $1 billion investment in infrastructure projects. The Next Level Connections program will expand broadband services in rural Indiana, grow the state’s systems of trails, create more nonstop international flights, and move up the completion of major highway projects. The state also will continue to pursue building a new fourth water port at Lawrenceburg and expansion of rail projects in northwest Indiana.

 

“Today we’re sending a big message to the world that Indiana is making a huge investment in our quality of life and for those who aspire to join us,” said Holcomb. “We are linking Hoosiers to each other and to the world.”

 

Through the Next Level Connections program, Gov. Holcomb will:

 

  • Commit $100 million to bridge the digital divide in rural areas of the state. The state will create a grant program to bring high speed, affordable broadband access to unserved and underserved areas of the state.
  • Utilize $90 million to link communities through more hiking, biking and riding trails. The state will initiate a grant program that encourages local and regional collaboration to grow the state’s trails system.
  • Complete major highway projects

o   Accelerate completion of I-69 Section 6 from 2027 to 2024 ($600 million)

o   Add new interchanges on U.S. 31 between South Bend and Indianapolis and expand the number of projects that will be completed on U.S. 20 and 30 through 2023 ($190 million)

o   Focus INDOT resources to clean up the state’s highways

  • Establish Indianapolis as the preferred Midwestern destination by adding more nonstop international flights ($20 million)
  • Complete evaluation of the purchase of land to develop the state’s fourth port on the Ohio River near Lawrenceburg
  • Pursue federal funding for the West Lake and South Shore rail projects in Northwest Indiana

 

The Indiana Finance Authority will amend its agreement with the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company (ITRCC), which operates the Indiana Toll Road, to allow ITRCC to increase the toll rates for heavy vehicles by 35 percent, beginning in October. The $1 billion in proceeds from the amended ITRCC agreement will be used to fund planned road projects in the seven Toll Road counties, which will free up INDOT resources to be directed to the Next Level Connections program.

 

As a part of the new agreement, ITRCC will put $50 million into additional Toll Road upgrades, including safety, technology and communications initiatives such as a smart truck parking system and expansion of overhead message boards, cameras and variable speed signs. Over 10 years, by 2025, ITRCC will invest more than $500 million in Toll Road upgrades.

 

“Improvements on the Toll Road, on Highways 20, 30 and 31 will make our roads safer for truck and vehicle traffic alike and enhance economic development opportunities,” said Gov. Holcomb.

 

The toll increase will impact Class 3 and above vehicles. For example, the tolls for a Class 3 vehicle will increase from $16.33 to $22.04 (electronic card) for the entire 157-mile trip. For a Class 5 vehicle, the toll will increase from $44.46 to $60.02. The IFA will consider the agreement at a meeting later this month. With the increase, the rate per mile will remain lower than nearly all other similar roads across the country.

 

“Today, we’re defining Indiana differently than ever before. Next Level Connections is a direct investment in Hoosier infrastructure and quality of life that is essential to take Indiana to the next level,” said Gov. Holcomb

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Glenn Beck Stages Intervention with America After Country’s 20-Year Bender on Anger

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Launches Nationwide Tour For New Book, Addicted to Outrage

 Coming To Old National Events Plaza

November 14th At 8pm

Glenn Beck announces a multi-city book tour in anticipation of the release of his latest title, Addicted to Outrage, available for purchase nationwide on September 18, 2018.

After learning the hard way about the importance of thinking before speaking, Glenn Beck has a thing or two to ask America. In his new book, the New York Times bestselling author challenges readers to think like recovering addicts to overcome America’s outrage addiction, partisan resentment and division. With a nod to the traditional twelve-step program and drawing from lessons learned as a self-proclaimed former “professional drunk,” Beck encourages readers to grow through self-reflection. He believes Americans are now less accepting and forgiving than in the past, creating a divide that may lead to the destruction of fundamental American ideals. This is Beck’s 22nd book and 18th non-fiction title.

“As the world’s leading expert on what not to do, I urge everyone – don’t be like me!,” said Beck. “We’re at the point where the viciousness on both political sides has become comical and completely unproductive. While the world burns, we are debating if the latest celebrity should be fired for a tweet, while the left asks if they should trust the completely untrustworthy Omarosa. I look forward to joining audiences across the country for a candid conversation about how we can unite to overcome our addiction to anger over many issues that are really just first-world problems, and instead focus on those things that actually matter, most of which are found in our Bill of Rights.”

Beck and executive producer/head writer of The Glenn Beck Program and TheBlaze personality, Stu Burguiere, invite tour audiences to engage in intimate and frank conversations on the hilarity of the level of outrage on both ends of the political spectrum. The pair will also invite guests to dissect the angriest of tweets and Facebook posts, the Bill of Rights’ surprising position on Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Speech and instances of hyper political correctness. Tickets, VIP packages and additional information are available at glennbeck.com.

Glenn Beck’s Addicted to Outrage Tour will appear at the following locations:

October 25, 2018 San Antonio, TX Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
October 26, 2018 Houston, TX Revention Music Center
October 27, 2018 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre
November 1, 2018 Richmond, VA The National
November 2, 2018 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
November 3, 2018 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
November 4, 2018 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
November 13, 2018 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theater at the Midland
November 14, 2018 Evansville, IN Old National Events Plaza
November 15, 2018 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
November 30, 2018 Tampa, FL Straz Center for the Performing Arts
December 1, 2018 Orlando, FL Plaza Live

About Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck is a leading American media personality, political commentator, author, and founder of TheBlaze, a multiplatform news and entertainment network available on television, radio, and the internet. He is a thirteen-time #1 bestselling author and is one of the few authors in history to have had #1 national bestsellers in the fiction, non-fiction, self-help, and children’s picture book genres. Glenn’s wit, candor, and commanding on-air presence have earned him the loyal support of a large, enthusiastic audience, as well as top ratings on network television and talk radio. He is a leading voice for conservatism and is a staunch defender of the Constitution, individual liberties, and free markets. For more information about Glenn Beck, his books, and TheBlaze, visit GlennBeck.com and TheBlaze.com.

Full Men’s Basketball Schedule Is Announced

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Aces Full Slate Is Ready For 2018-19

 The full 2018-19 schedule for the University of Evansville men’s basketball team has now been released.  The Purple Aces’ non-conference slate was released earlier in the summer while the Missouri Valley Conference slate was recently finalized.

Following the completion of the non-conference games, the Purple Aces open conference play on Wednesday, January 2 against Drake.  The Bulldogs finished fourth in the league last season after being chosen to finish 10th.  Evansville has won its last six home games against Drake.  UE split the season series in 2018.  Road play begins three days later with a trip to Illinois State on January 5.  ISU was tied with Drake in league play with a 10-8 mark while earning the no. 3 seed in Arch Madness.

In a highly-anticipated contest, UE welcomes Loyola to the Ford Center on Wednesday, January 9.  The Ramblers are coming off of their 2018 Final Four run while going 32-6 overall and 15-3 in the Valley.  That is followed up with another popular home game as Indiana State heads to Evansville for an afternoon game on January 12.  Evansville has won four of the last six home games against the Sycamores.

Road play continues with a midweek contest at Missouri State on January 16.  The Bears were seventh in the league last season and will be under the direction of new head coach Dane Ford this season.  A big weekend will be on tap when the Aces host Illinois State on Saturday, Jan. 19.  It will mark the UE Athletics Hall of Fame weekend.  The new class will be unveiled in the coming days.

Evansville will spend the next week in Iowa with a road tilt at Drake on Jan. 23 before a trek to Cedar Falls to play UNI on the 26th.  The Panthers finished ninth in the league last season including a 60-50 Arch Madness win over the Purple Aces.

A pair of home games are on tap as the Aces complete the opening month of conference play beginning a contest against Bradley.  Last season, the Braves finished conference play at 9-9 while winning 20 games.  The quick home stint wraps up on February 2 when Valparaiso comes to town.  UE swept the season series against the Crusaders last season.

The Aces stay in the region over the next week of play with its annual trips to Indiana State and Southern Illinois.  UE heads to Terre Haute on Wednesday, Feb. 6 before moving on to Carbondale to open its season series against SIU three days later.  The Salukis ranked second in the conference last year with an 11-7 mark while going 20-13 overall.

It is back home for Evansville on Feb. 13 against Missouri State before a Sunday contest against UNI on the 17th.  Three of UE’s final four regular season games are on the road starting with games at Loyola (2/20) and Bradley (2/23).  Senior Day for UE will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 27 against SIU.  It marks the second season in a row that the Aces final home game has been against the Salukis.  Last year, the Aces earned a dominant 75-44 win in the contest.  A March 2 trip to Valparaiso will complete the regular season.

The final piece of the UE schedule has also fallen into place as the team has finalized its home games in the Maui Mainland.  Evansville welcomes Kentucky Wesleyan to the Ford Center on Nov. 15 before facing Texas Southern at home on the 18th of November.

“Due to NCAA granting waivers to many of the Power 5 opening round host teams, the pool of Division I teams willing to participate in the Mainland portion of the event in Evansville was significantly affected,” UE Director of Athletics Mark Spencer said.  “Our staff worked diligently with the Maui Mainland to bring two DI games to the Ford Center, but in the timeframe we were presented with, it was just not feasible for us with the season quickly approaching and teams finalizing their schedules.”

“We are thrilled to be able to welcome a regional rival to town in Kentucky Wesleyan while Texas Southern has been to four NCAA Tournaments and an NIT in the last five years.”

 

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