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Astrid is a female albino Lionhead mix rabbit! She is one of an unwanted litter surrendered to the VHS. She’s about 5 months old. Her adoption fee is $40 and includes her spay and microchip. Bunnies can easily be litter-trained and prefer to be indoor pets! Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for details!

 

Pacific Pink Leaves Louisiana for G3 Groupie Doll

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Having won 11 of 29 starts and $652,020, Keith Plaisance’s 6-year-old mare Pacific Pink moves into the deeper water of a graded stakes in Sunday’s $100,000, Grade 3 Groupie Doll at Ellis Park.
Born in Louisiana, Pacific Pink heretofore has raced exclusively in her home state. The mare has won Delta Downs’ LA Bred Premier Night Distaff Stakes, Evangeline Downs’ Louisiana Legends Distaff and Louisiana Legends Soiree, the Fair Grounds’ Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Stakes and Crescent City Oaks and Louisiana Downs’ Elge Rasberry Stakes. All those races were restricted to Louisiana-bred horses.
However, Pacific Pink also has won against open company, including Evangeline Downs’ 2017 Spotted Horse. That’s a race she was second in this year to Adore, one of her new stablemates in the sprawling Steve Asmussen barn. Pacific Pink had been trained by Eddie Johnston, who stays in Louisiana year-round, being sent to Asmussen after her last race with the Groupie Doll in mind.
“She’s obviously a very accomplished race mare,” Asmussen said by phone Friday. “It’s just an opportunity for her in a graded stakes that Mr. Plaisance would like to take, and I’m glad to get the chance to run her.”
Pacific Pink, whose number of wins and earnings easily tops the field, is the 7-2 second choice in the field of 11 fillies and mares, with Pinch Hit the 2-1 favorite and graded stakes-placed Torrent 9-2.
The late-running Pacific Pink doesn’t always win — she also has seven seconds and seven thirds — but she’s always making up ground in the final eighth-mile while racing on dirt, turf or in the mud.
Pacific Pink has been ridden most of her career by Colby Hernandez, whose older brother, Brian, lands the mount for the Groupie Doll.
“She’s a cool mare,” Asmussen said. “I’m sure she’ll keep coming. She’s just a nice, big, strong, good-looking mare. There’s plenty of pace in there for her. Colby rode her last time. Brian rides her this time. I’m sure they’ll communicate what’s best for her.”
Asmussen also has Ellis Park allowance winner Limation in the new $75,000 Ellis Park Derby. “He’s a nice 3-year-old and I think the mile suits him really well right now,” the trainer said. “The horse has trained consistently and always worked impressively, so it’s a nice little chance in a stakes for him.”
The first 500 in attendance Sunday will receive a commemorative Groupie Doll Stakes glass. The mile stakes is named for the two-time champion female sprinter and Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner who ran twice in the Ellis Park stakes when it was called the Gardenia, winning as a 3-year-old filly in 2011 and finishing third in 2013.
Caton Bredar, the popular racing broadcast analyst, will be analyzing the races with Li’l Rocco this Sunday and Aug. 19.
Bivian B works for Ellis Park Debutante
Bivian B did a lot right in winning her racing debut July 27 at Ellis Park. But in preparation for the $75,000 Ellis Park Debutante on Aug. 19, trainer John Hancock structured a five-eighths of a mile work in company Friday to get the filly used to dirt hitting her in the face.
The work, involving four horses from three barns, didn’t go exactly to plan. But with exercise rider Savannah Goebel coming back covered in dirt suggested that part played out. Bivian B started farther behind her workmates — Hancock estimated eight lengths — than was intended. But she quickly caught up to them on the turn and sprinted away from her competition in the final sixteenth-mile. Ellis Park clocker Billy Pettingill caught her going in 1:02, while Hancock timed her in 1:01 1/5 and galloping out three-quarters of a mile in just over 1:13.
“Can’t do any better,” Hancock said. “I just wanted to give her something to run at, because I intend to bring her from off of it. It looks like there is going to be a lot of speed in it, and I just want to teach her to relax and come running late like she did this morning. It really didn’t matter what was up in front of her, as long as they gave her a target to run at.
“There’s nothing else I can do but keep her happy, keep her in the feed tub, jog her a little bit, graze her around the barn and hope everything is fine in the morning. Then, if we’re good enough, we’re good enough. But she acts like she is. She’s got speed if she needs it, but she’ll sit and wait, too.”
Said Goebel: “She felt really good. She wasn’t even tired at the end.”
Bivian B is owned by Hancock’s wife, Donna, and Gatewood Bell’s Hat Creek Racing. She is named for Hancock’s mother, who died last year, leading for an emotional winner’s circle after she won under apprentice jockey Edgar Morales by a neck over Nana’s Girl.
Healing Reins bringing miniature horses to Ellis Saturday
Kids of all ages will enjoy seeing the miniature horses brought to Ellis Park for Saturday’s card by the non-profit Healing Reins, whose mission is “to assist individuals with special needs in meeting their full potential through interaction with horses.” Healing Reins, which offers individual and group therapy sessions, is supported through its partner locations in Henderson: Chad and Stacy Denton’s Blue Moon Stables and William and Peggy Fidler’s Rolling Hills Equestrian Center.  The “minis” will be at Ellis from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Central.
Also Saturday is the second day of wiener-dog trials, with dachshunds squaring off after the third and fifth races, or approximately 2 and 3 p.m. Central. The top four in each race advance to the Wiener Dog Derby semifinals Aug. 25.
The Inside Track free weekly handicapping seminar with announcer Jimmy McNerney and paddock analyst Li’l Rocco is Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Central in the clubhouse’s second-floor Gardenia Room. McNerney and Li’l Rocco will handicap Saturday’s card as well as Sunday’s stakes.
Groupie Doll Stakes (G3)
Post time: Sunday at 4:40 p.m. Central (ninth race)
Purse: $100,000. Distance: mile. Division: Fillies & mares 3 years old & up
pp horse (weight)              jockey/trainer
1. Sense of Bravery (116)       De La Cruz/Cox
2. Jenda’s Agenda (120)       G. Saez/Jones
3. Champagne Problems (120)   Borel/Wilkes
4. Misleading Lady (120)        Rocco/Tomlinson
5. Honey Bunny (120)          Lanerie/Ortiz
6. Pacific Pink (120)           Hernandez/Asmussen
7. Mines and Magic (120)       Camacho/V. Oliver
8. Dutch Parrot (120)          Canchari/VanMeter
9. Torrent (120)               Gilligan/Moquett
10. Pinch Hit (120)             Bridgmohan/Cox
11. Dorodansa (120)           Hill/Gorder
Ellis Park Derby
Post time: Sunday at 4:10 p.m. Central (eighth race)
Purse: $75,000. Distance. mile. Division: 3-year-olds
pp horse (weight)             jockey/trainer
1. Travelling Midas (120)       Gilligan/Arnold
2. Front Door (120)            Bridgmohan/LoPresti
3. Ebben (120)               Borel/Margolis
4. Jacktastic (120)             Landeros/Wilkes
5. Hoonani Road (122)         Hill/Catalano
6. Battle At Sea (122)          Albarado/Maker
7. Kowboy Karma (120)        Hernandez/Jones
8. Limation (120)              McMahon/Asmussen
9. Believe In Royalty (120)       G. Saez/Jones
10. Art Collection (120)          Rocco/Dickey
11. Cutler (120)                Zajac/Jackson
12. Turner Time (120)           Lanerie/Cox

ADOPT A PET

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Taryn is a 2-year-old female black & white cat! She was surrendered with her sister Torrance, who’s also available, in March. Torrance is the more outgoing of the two while Taryn is more shy. Both girls get along just fine with other cats. Taryn’s adoption fee is $40 and includes her spay, microchip, vaccines, and more. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for adoption details!

HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE

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Office assistant
TSSN – Evansville, IN
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_Answering phones for the office and management._. Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree preferred._. _The ideal candidate will thrive under a manager who is…
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Warehouse Clerk
EBN Industrial Supply – Evansville, IN
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We are a full line distributor of industrial supplies, fasteners, and specialty cutting tools. EBN Industrial Supply has been in business since 1989 and serves…
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Inbound Call Center Representative
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Taking inbound calls in a state of the art call center for a fortune 500 company. Perfect position for retired individuals looking to supplement there income or…
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Machine Cleaner – Thermoforming
Berry Global, Inc 889 reviews – Evansville, IN
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Back at hometown track, Larry Jones seeks first Groupie Doll win with Jenda’s Agenda

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Larry Jones is back at his hometown track where he launched his training career in 1982. Now he’ll try to win Ellis Park’s marquee stakes for the first time with Jenda’s Agenda in Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Groupie Doll while also saddling Believe in Royalty and Kowboy Karma in the augural running of the $75,000 Ellis Park Derby on the undercard.
The Groupie Doll attracted a field of 11 fillies and mares, headed by Indiana Grand’s Mari Hulman George winner Pinch Hit, who was fourth in the stakes last year. The Ellis Park Derby drew a capacity 12 entrants. Both races are a mile.
Jones stabled for many years at Ellis Park, short drives from his Henderson farm and from where he grew up in Hopkinsville. His first stakes victory was at Ellis Park, the 1986 Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonel Stakes with Capt. Bold, an $800 yearling purchase. Eighteen years later, Jones trained the first Ellis Park-based horse to win a Grade 1 stakes in New York when Island Sand took Belmont Park’s 2004 Acorn after finishing second in the Kentucky Oaks.
After relocating to Delaware Park following the 2005 tornado that ravished Ellis, Jones went on to win the Kentucky Oaks three times (Proud Spell, Believe You Can and Lovely Maria) and has had 10 individual horses win Grade 1 races, including 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace and 2007 Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun. Jones returned to Ellis Park for one summer in 2012, including having Believe You Can stabled at the Pea Patch, but this is his first full summer to have a barn here since.
“I was here 27 seasons in a row,” said Jones, who also has horses training at Churchill Downs. “… They say you can never go home, but it feels good to be here. I’m selling my house in Delaware, so we’re Kentucky again.”
Jenda’s Agenda is a daughter of Just Jenda, a multiple stakes-winner trained by Jones and co-owned by Jones and his wife, Cindy. The Joneses bred and own Jenda’s Agenda but early on sold half-interest to major client Rick Porter.
Like her mom, Jenda’s Agenda got off to a quick start as a racehorse, winning her first three races last year at age 3. Even after being sidelined 10 1/2 months with an injury, Jenda’s Agenda came right back with a good second off the layoff and then a smart win in an Oaklawn Park allowance race.
But in her subsequent two starts, Jenda’s Agenda was 11th and sixth, losing by 18 lengths in both Keeneland’s Grade 3 Doubledogdare and Prairie Meadows’ $100,000 Iowa Distaff. Jones suspects the filly had developed minor bone bruising that seems to be rectified and is hoping the Groupie Doll proves those debacles are not representative of who the 4-year-old filly really is.
“I hope not,” he said. “We moved her to Ellis Park, and she’s working really good over this course. Gabriel Saez will be back on her. That’s who kind of got her started and going. We’re sure keeping our fingers crossed that we’ve got her back. At first we thought maybe it was the Keeneland track that she wasn’t liking so she didn’t work well there. But then she started working a little better at Churchill.
“Although she won at Oaklawn and did good, she just never was quite the same after that. I’m going to kind of blame it on bone bruising. Nothing enough to make her lame or make her gallop bad, but when she hit that very top speed, then she could feel it. We moved her over here, because if it’s bone bruising, this track has so much cushion and stuff. I’m really happy with how she’s doing right now.”
Believe in Royalty is out of Jones’ 2012 Oaks winner Believe You Can and a son of Gainesway Farm’s super-sire Tapit. After setting the pace and weakening to third in a Churchill Downs’ allowance race, Believe in Royalty closed from last to finish fourth — but only two lengths from winning after coming six-wide — in the $250,000 Iowa Derby. Second in that race was Mr Freeze, who in his next start won the $750,000 West Virginia Derby.
“We tried a different style with him last time, coming from off the pace, and it seemed like, ‘OK, we’ve maybe found out what we need to do,’” Jones said. “He’s got enough early speed that he puts you in the race real quick if you want him to, or you let him. But we’re going to try maybe the same technique here, bringing him from off the pace and make one big run. He does have talent. These Tapits, some of them are a little tough. We weren’t trying to tell him how to do it. We were just trying to see what he wanted us to do. So maybe this is it.”
Jones said a mile might be a little far for Kowboy Karma, a son of 2009 sprint champion Kodiak Kowboy trained by Jones. Kowboy Karma, winner of a small stakes last year at Delaware and fourth in Belmont’s Grade 1 Champagne, last ran when second in a Keeneland allowance race on April 12.
“He’s training good enough, doing his gallop-outs really well,” Jones said. “He’s not working as fast maybe as he was. But we’re trying to get him to where he can go a little longer. We’re hoping maybe a little different training technique on him will pay off.”
Jones, a familiar site on the track with his tall frame galloping horse after horse in the mornings, said several weeks ago that he was going to hang up his chaps. At 61, he thought it was age that had his arms and legs feeling sore and achy. Instead, his Evansville physician, horse owner Steed Jackson, told him this week that it was the onset of the shingles virus. It was caught early, is being treated and Jones is feeling better.
“I said, ‘Darn, who knows? Maybe I’ll want to go back to galloping after all of this. I just thought I was old and broke down. Maybe I still have another 70 years left in me,’” Jones joked. “I told (the doctor) it’s not like you’ll never see me on a horse, because I rode the pony today. But I said, ‘Me galloping 10 or 12 a day is out. I’m not going to do that anymore.’ And I’m not, no matter how good I feel. But you might see me on two or three horses.
“But it’s time. I knew my reflexes were starting to change. This way I quit on my terms. I tried to roughly estimate and I know I have galloped over a half-million miles. And I ain’t going nowhere. I wind up right back where I started every time!”
Groupie Doll Stakes (G3)
Post time: Sunday at 4:40 p.m. Central (ninth race)
Purse: $100,000. Distance: mile. Division: Fillies & mares 3 years old & up
pp horse (weight)              jockey/trainer
1. Sense of Bravery (116)       De La Cruz/Cox
2. Jenda’s Agenda (120)       G. Saez/Jones
3. Champagne Problems (120)   Borel/Wilkes
4. Misleading Lady (120)        Rocco/Tomlinson
5. Honey Bunny (120)          Lanerie/Ortiz
6. Pacific Pink (120)           Hernandez/Asmussen
7. Mines and Magic (120)       Camacho/V. Oliver
8. Dutch Parrot (120)          Canchari/VanMeter
9. Torrent (120)               Gilligan/Moquett
10. Pinch Hit (120)             Bridgmohan/Cox
11. Dorodansa (120)           Hill/Gorder
Ellis Park Derby
Post time: Sunday at 4:10 p.m. Central (eighth race)
Purse: $75,000. Distance. mile. Division: 3-year-olds
pp horse (weight)             jockey/trainer
1. Travelling Midas (120)       Gilligan/Arnold
2. Front Door (120)            Bridgmohan/LoPresti
3. Ebben (120)               Borel/Margolis
4. Jacktastic (120)             Landeros/Wilkes
5. Hoonani Road (122)         Hill/Catalano
6. Battle At Sea (122)          Albarado/Maker
7. Kowboy Karma (120)        Hernandez/Jones
8. Limation (120)              McMahon/Asmussen
9. Believe In Royalty (120)       G. Saez/Jones
10. Art Collection (120)          Rocco/Dickey
11. Cutler (120)                Zajac/Jackson
12. Turner Time (120)           Lanerie/Cox

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.

Deariel Vonsray Martinz Simmons: Domestic battery resulting in bodily injury to a pregnant woman (Level 5 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Obstruction of justice (Level 6 Felony)

Matthew John Emrich: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)

Julien Eugene Ford: Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Level 6 Felony)

Kathleen Maria Mills: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)

Pierre Lamont Johnson: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Failure to appear (Level 6 Felony)

Duane E. Conner: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor)

Maurice Kenyatta Joyce: Battery by means of a deadly weapon (Level 5 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor)

Miles Richard Maloney: Criminal confinement (Level 5 Felony), Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Battery resulting in moderate bodily injury (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor)

Michael Anthony Turpin: Counterfeiting (Level 6 Felony)

Bridgette Elaine Harris: Battery by means of a deadly weapon (Level 5 Felony), Domestic battery by bodily waste (Class A misdemeanor)

Amanda Lee Reel: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Battery resulting in bodily injury (Class A misdemeanor)

Joshua Alexander Bolin: Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Disregarding automatic signal (Class C infraction)

Nathan Michael Cardwell: Operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life (Level 5 Felony)

Regina L. Hazelwood: Robbery resulting in bodily injury (Level 3 Felony), Burglary (Level 4 Felony)

Lindsey Elizabeth Keil: Unlawful possession or use of a legend drug (Level 6 Felony)

Gabriel Matthew Kobie: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)

Late homer from Long helps Otters split doubleheader with Miners

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The Evansville Otters split a doubleheader with the Southern Illinois Miners, losing the first game 2-0 and then winning the second game 3-2, on Thursday night at Rent One Park.

In the first game of the doubleheader, the Otters could not muster an offensive attack as they were shutout 2-0.

The only scoring of the game came on one swing of the bat in the bottom of the sixth inning. With the bases loaded, Romeo Cortina plated two runs with a double to give the Miners a 2-0 lead, but the third runner was thrown out at the plate on a well-executed relay from the Otters.

The Otters could not recover in the top of the seventh and Southern Illinois finished off the 2-0 win.

Steven Ridings went the full seven innings for the Miners allowing just three hits and striking out five in his first complete game shutout of the season.

Tyler Beardsley takes the tough luck loss, his sixth on the season. Beardsley went 5.1 innings allowing two runs on four hits while striking out four and walking two.

The Otters were able to rebound and salvage the series and the doubleheader with a 3-2 victory in the tail end of the twin bill.

Southern Illinois got on the board first in the second game on a Joe Duncan RBI single in the bottom of the third.

The Miners doubled their lead on a Harrison Bragg RBI single in the fourth.

Evansville responded with three runs in the fifth to take the lead. J.J Gould motored home from second on a David Cronin RBI fielder’s choice and Ryan Long then put the Otters on top with a two-run homer, his ninth of the season.

That would be all the offense the Otters would need as the bullpen held firm to secure the 3-2 victory.

Tyler Vail gets the win for the Otters, his third on the season. Vail went 4.2 innings allowing two runs on five hits while striking out three.

Kurt Heyer is hung with the loss after going five innings, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out six.

Alex Phillips picks up his first save of the year with a perfect ninth where he struck out two hitters.

The Otter now return home to play a four-game series with the Florence Freedom starting tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. at Bosse Field.

EPD and VCSO To Announce Upcoming Traffic Safety Initiative

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There will be a joint press conference at 10:30 on Friday. Members of the EPD and VCSO will be announcing the upcoming “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” traffic grant.
The press conference will be held at EPD headquarters.

“IS IT TRUE” AUGUST 10, 2018

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible

IS IT TRUE that downtown Evansville has two things going on right now of significance and the top one is the opening of the long awaited Indiana University Medical School?…this is a project that has been in the works for over 10 years and it is finally happening?…the only disappointment is that the local nursing programs at IVY TECH have not been allowed to come downtown leaving the medical student  count at less than 100? …because of this decision the IU Medical School will be less impactful on the downtown than the often projected student count of over 2,000 would have?

IS IT TRUE that the philanthropic community has stepped up with the Koch Family Foundation chipping in $2.5 million to endow a dean and Bill Stone and his wife ponying up enough cash to claim naming rights?…this medical school decision was the right thing to do and we wish it would have happened sooner because it has already been cited as the reason for an unsubsidized Hyatt Place Hotel choosing a downtown location?…if either the medical school was a certainty in 2008 or if the Evansville City Council had a shred of patience the taxpayers of Evansville would have saved the $20+ million subsidy that went to the Doubletree developers with essentially no strings attached?

IS IT TRUE we would like to give five (5) cheers to Pat and Lisa Shoulders for gifting to the people of Evansville and the Stone Family Medical Center a public fountain named “Healing Arts?”  …we also give five (5) cheers to the rest of the Shoulders family for contributing to the public fountain?

IS IT TRUE that the other burning issue in downtown Evansville is whether or not the taxpayers are going be committed by the City Council to spend $2.7 Million for the purpose of building a dock and visitors center at the sight of the old riverboat location for the enshrinement of the LST?

IS IT TRUE although the LST leadership (they all are  from other areas) is claiming that attendance “COULD” double with the short move, that seems like an unrealistic expectation which is probably why they used the word “COULD”?…words like “COULD”, “MAY”, and “MIGHT” are often used as hyperbole by people who have no idea about reality to manipulate an outcome that they seek?…these magic words have already pulled the wool over the eyes of City Council members Brinkmeyer, Adams, McGinn, and Mercer but the other 5 are either hesitant or undecided?…it is to be expected that at least one other member of the City Council will be infected with the “COULD” virus and vote yes without any real projection from a credible source?

IS IT TRUE we wonder where the City is going to get the extra projected $3 million to dismantle the LST dock at Marina Pointe once the boat leaves that area? …we urge City Council member not to buy into the statement that a salvage company will dismantle the old LST dock located at Marina Point for salvage value only?

IS IT TRUE that a recent political poll conducted by the HILL reveals that three-quarters of Americans say Nancy Pelosi should be replaced?  …half of  the people voting in this poll were Democrats?

IS IT TRUE our thoughts and prayers are with our Publisher today as he is having a procedure done to find out what can be done to correct a serious heart issue?

Todays“Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that the IU Medical school will have a major economic impact on downtown Evansville?

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Vanderburgh County Commissioner Looks For Corridor Study Answers

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Vanderburgh County Commissioner Looks For Corridor Study Answers

AUGUST 9TH, 2018 JEFF GOLDBERG EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

It’s being heralded as the first corridor study done by a metropolitan planning organization and the Indiana Department of Transportation. The Evansville MPO and INDOT are working to make both U.S. 41 and The Lloyd safer and more accessible.

The project started over a year ago and the preliminary reports are set to be finalized within the coming weeks.

During the beginning of this project, Vanderburgh County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave has been on top of the project. She is now sharing concerns as the pre-planning faze moves forward.

The concerns revolve around a lack of transparency and input from the public. Musgrave says she receives many calls about this project but can’t direct the public to any way they can give feedback.

INDOT says the public feedback faze is down the pipeline. There will need to be more meetings to turn the study reports into projects before INDOT protocol allows for feedback from the public.

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