This beautiful brindle girl is Rosie! She’s about a year & a half old. While she’s a little shy, she warms up quickly and she loves the company of other dogs. She recently went to Evansville Streets Alive and got to meet all kinds of new people & pups! Her adoption fee is $110 and includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and more. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!
McNamara is GLVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
University of Southern Indiana senior All-American first baseman/leftfielder Drake McNamara is the 2018 Great Lakes Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for baseball after a vote by the league’s faculty athletic representatives. McNamara becomes the third USI baseball student athlete to earn the honor, following Matt Keener in 2005 and Darin Mastroianni in 2007.
McNamara, who received All-America honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and the Division 2 Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA), had a record-setting season for the Eagles in 2018. He led the team with a .381 batting average and single-season records of 79 RBIs and 17 home runs. The 2018 NCBWA and ABCA All-Midwest Region Player of the Year also set the USI career-record for home runs (33) and finished third in total bases (405) and second in RBIs (182).
In addition to the All-America honors and Midwest Region Player of the Year awards, McNamara was named first-team All-Midwest Region by all three organizations; the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year; and first-team All-GLVC East Division. The senior batted .417 (35-84) in 24 GLVC games this spring with 11 home runs, 34 RBIs, 10 doubles, and 27 runs scored.
USI and McNamara finished the 2018 campaign with a 36-23 overall record; an appearance in the NCAA II Baseball Championship; the program’s fifth NCAA II Midwest Region Championship; a 15-9 record in the GLVC; and a third-place showing in the GLVC Tournament.
New Giraffe Arrives at Mesker Park Zoo
A new 10-month-old giraffe named Clementine has arrived at Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden. The female giraffe came from Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri. Clementine’s mother is a Rothschild’s giraffe and her father is a Reticulated giraffe. Around six feet at birth, she currently stands tall at around ten feet.
Clementine is currently off exhibit completing the standard quarantine for all new animals. Once her quarantine and acclimation period is complete, she will join the zoo’s two giraffes, Kiah and Kizzie and zebras in the giraffe yard. This move is part of a managed population strategy and coordinated effort with the Association of Zoos & Aquariums to enhance conservation of this species in the wild.
About Giraffes:
Giraffe are an iconic species of Africa and in about 100 AZA-accredited zoos. They have been going through a silent crisis in the past few years in that their numbers in the wild have decreased dramatically with little notice. Threats include habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation, population growth, and poaching. AZA-accredited zoos and their partners are working collectively to help save giraffes through education, scientific research, fieldwork, public awareness and action.
Rennie strikes out career high as Otters top Miners
Thanks to a dominant pitching performance from Luc Rennie and timely hitting, the Evansville Otters beat the Southern Illinois Miners 6-0 on Friday evening at Bosse Field in front of 2,022 fans.
Evansville broke open the scoring in the bottom of the second inning. Joe Lytle singled with Logan Taylor at second, and a subsequent error on the play allowed Logan Taylor to score and give the Otters a 1-0 lead.
In the third, the Otters struck for three runs to take a 4-0 lead. Travis Harrison knocked home a run with a single and then Joe Lytle capped off the inning with a two-run double.
Mike Rizzitello pushed the lead to 5-0 with an RBI double in the fifth.
Toby Thomas tacked on another run in the eighth with an RBI single as the Otters would go on to win 6-0.
Everybody in the Otters lineup collected at least one hit and Mike Rizzitello lead the way, going 3-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
Luc Rennie gets his fourth win of the season in a dominant performance. Rennie tossed a season high eight innings while striking out a career high 12 men. Rennie allowed only two hits and walked only one hitter while shutting out the Miners.
Geno Encina is dealt the loss for Southern Illinois. Encina allowed five runs, four earned, on 11 hits in his five innings of work.
Coverage of the series will continue on WUEV 91.5 FM and the Otters Digital Network presented by Kruckemeyer & Cohn with Sam Jellinek(play-by-play) and Bill McKeon(analysis) on the call.
The series with the Miners continues Saturday and Sunday, featuring Deaconess Night and postgame fireworks, and a family fun day. June 26-28 against the Grizzlies will have $2 Tuesday, Day Camp Day and Thirsty Thursday. June 29-July 1 against the Rascals will be highlighted by Edward Jones Night and postgame fireworks, Heritage Federal Credit Union hat giveaway and Boy Scout Night, and another family fun day. Tickets are still available at evansvilleotters.com or by calling 812-435- 8686.
Evansville Police Department Releases Results Of A Joint 3 Day Operation
A three-day joint operation by the Evansville Police Department, Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigations resulted in numerous felony and misdemeanor arrests, along with the seizure of drugs, cash, weapons and the recovery of a stolen vehicle.
During the third annual Operation S.A.F.E. (Selected Area For Enforcement) June 19th – 21st, close to 30 officers, deputies and agents saturated high crime areas in the City of Evansville in an effort to improve the quality of life in those areas by identifying and arresting individuals committing crimes.
Operation S.A.F.E. Stats:
• 23 felony arrests
• 17 misdemeanor arrests
• 30 individuals cited for traffic violations
• 2 handguns
• 1 rifle
• 1 stolen vehicle
• 1,225.2 grams (2.70 pounds) of Marijuana
• 16.5 grams of Methamphetamine
• 34.3 grams of Synthetic Cannabinoids
• 31.9 grams of Synthetic Powder
• .2 (point 2) grams of Heroin
• $2,818.00 cash
The Evansville Police Department would like to thank Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding and the FBI for providing funding and manpower for the detail.
The Evansville Police Department would also like to thank the citizens of Evansville for continuing to provide vital information through We Tips and other venues. Without your assistance, our jobs would be much more difficult.
Otters fall in rubber match to Freedom
The Evansville Otters’ bats fell silent in a 5-2 defeat to the Florence Freedom in the rubber match of the three-game set.
Florence plated two in the first inning to take an early advantage. Andre Mercurio knocked home a run with an RBI single and Jordan Brower contributed a sacrifice fly.
A Xavier Turner sacrifice fly in the third pushed the Freedom lead to 3-0.
Austin Wobrock further padded the Freedom lead with a two-run homer in the fourth.
The Otters finally got on the board in the seventh when Travis Harrison swatted a solo home run, his fourth of the year, to cut the deficit to 5-1.
In the ninth, the Otters tried to mount a comeback as Jeff Gardner plated Toby Thomas with an RBI single, but the rally would fall short as the Otters dropped the series finale 5-2.
Randy Wynne takes his third loss of the season for the Otters. Wynne threw an eight-inning complete game, allowing five runs, on four hits, while striking out four and not walking a hitter.
Freedom starter Christian DeLeon picks up the win after throwing eight innings of one-run baseball. DeLeon limited the Otters to just three hits and struck out three hitters.
Evansville now returns home to begin a three-game series with the Southern Illinois Miners at 6:35 p.m. tomorrow at Bosse Field.
BREAKING NEWS: 40 Arrested In Drug Sweep Operation
 40 Arrested In Drug Sweep Operation
JUNE 22ND, 2018 
AMANDA PORTER INDIANA
It was an impressive show of force in the fight against violence and drugs in Evansville, a joint drug operation between the Vanderburgh County sheriff’s office, the Evansville police department and the FBI.
It’s called Operation S.A.F.E, and the massive roundup of suspects is far from over.
Operation S.A.F.E hit the streets of Evansville from Tuesday to Thursday, three days of work that led to the arrests of 40 people who police say were committing crimes.
They say the mass arrests are a good start.
“They increased saturation patrols, did some targeted areas, and they also went after people with felony warrants,†says Vanderburgh County Sheriff David Wedding.
Every three to four months, authorities say the three agencies will sweep the city and high-crime areas.
Generally late May through September they see a spike in arrests in Evansville and throughout Vanderburgh county.
“What we are doing by targeting certain areas, we are trying to eventually minimize the amount of crime and drug sales and violence in those particular areas,†says Wedding.
Of the 40 individuals arrested, 23 had felony warrants, 17 misdemeanor warrants, 3 guns were found, along with a stolen car, heroin, nearly three pounds marijuana, and 16 and a half grams of meth, and cash.
“It is going to happen but as a sheriff… if we can take a criminal off the street, my doors are wide open.
“We have been shipping offenders to other jails in the surrounding areas to offset the increasing amount of people coming to the jail.â€
Sheriff Wedding says Operation S.A.F.E will continue to make drug sweeps to curb the opioid epidemic.
“I don’t want people out selling drugs in my community. We have a horrendous drug problem here in Evansville and Vanderburgh County, and I think we have to do two things; We have to go get the person selling the drugs, arrest them and prosecute them vigorously and then we need to seek help for the drug addicts, and I am pushing for both.
Sheriff Wedding says the county is partnering with area jails like Jefferson county – as we previously reported – to deal with the influx of inmates.
