Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff for Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.
Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents across Indiana to lower their flags to half-staff on Tuesday.
Miss Kitty is an 11-yr-old female gray & white cat. She really needs a quiet family ASAP – shelter life is not her forte! Like many senior kitties, the Cageless Cat Lounge overwhelmed her, so she currently has a cage to herself in the VHS lobby. She has plenty of years of love to give. Her adoption fee is $40 and she’s ready to go home today. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 or www.vhslifesaver.org for details!
The Vanderburgh County Commissioners, Evansville-Vanderburgh County Area Plan Commission (APC), and Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization (EMPO) are partnering in the development of the University Parkway Corridor Management and Land Use Plan. The 2nd public meeting on this project will be held to engage our community to provide thoughts regarding the land use scenarios and corridor management. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 4:00 pm at the Griffin Center Great Hall, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, Indiana 47712.
All interested citizens are invited and encouraged to attend and participate in this meeting, which will be structured in an open house format. The open house will begin at 4:00 pm and conclude at 6:30 pm. There will not be a formal presentation. Participants can come at their leisure to review a variety of stations that focus on different aspects of the plan. The consultant team will be present to answer questions and take comments from the public.
The open house will incorporate multiple topic-focused stations addressing how the project came about, its purpose, and the process for plan development; summary of existing conditions; vision and goals; land use scenarios, and transportation network improvements. Each station will contain an overview of information and different exercises that will allow the public to give comments on the scenarios and potential recommendations.
Due to growth anticipated from the planned extension of sanitary sewers and the many tracts of undeveloped land in the area, the goal of the corridor plan is to prepare for the future by coordinating appropriate, planned development with transportation and other infrastructure investments over time. The project area includes over 9 square miles and is bounded by State Road 66 to the north; State Road 62 to the south; Schutte Road, Peerless Road, and Church Road to the east; and the Vanderburgh/Posey County line to the west.Â
When finished, the corridor plan will offer specific land use recommendations on future development, preserving the corridor’s resources, and amending the Zoning Ordinance to ensure that future development meets the vision and intent of the Plan. Since the Parkway serves as a critical thoroughfare in western Vanderburgh County providing access to the University of Southern Indiana, the transportation component of the Plan will focus on protecting the Parkway for the efficient and safe movement of traffic, and identifying any future road improvements needed.Â
County Commission President Bruce Ungethiem encourages the public to participate in this planning process for the future of the University Parkway corridor. He stated, “We want this plan to reflect our community and for there to be buy-in from all interested parties. The only way for that to happen is if we can get lots of ideas from the public and we all work toward consensus on a vision for the corridor. New development should be properly planned, fit in its surroundings and enhance the area. We have a nice parkway out there, and the County should protect its investment.â€Â He also offered a reminder that “New developments will be around for generations, so we want to do this right.â€Â
Commissioner Ben Shoulders agreed that the County is committed to planning for the corridor and offered his thoughts by expressing “I’m excited about the opportunity for our community to reflect on and be involved in determining the future of the University Parkway area. This is a journey, and I look forward to the end result — a final plan to help guide us in achieving the general goals, and specific recommendations now being established.â€Â Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave added that “The more information my fellow Commissioners and I can get from the public input at the upcoming open house and through this planning process in general, the more informed our decisions will be on proposals for future development, access to the Parkway, and further public infrastructure investments.â€Â
For those who wish to provide input on the plan remotely, the project team encourages community members to comment through the project’s website at www.universityparkwayplan.com. Â
If you would like more information about this topic, please feel free to contact Ron London or Blaine Oliver at 812-435-5226 or email at Universityparkwayplan@gmail.com. Â Â
Attorney General Curtis Hill today praised the U.S. Supreme Court for its decision Monday to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which effectively prohibited most states from legalizing sports betting.
In 2011, voters in New Jersey approved a ballot measure legalizing sports betting, hoping to revive their state’s gaming industry. Citing the 1992 PASPA law, however, college and professional sports leagues sued former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie when he sought to act upon the voters’ wishes.
Last year — once Christie et al. v. NCAA et al. made it to the U.S. Supreme Court — Attorney General Hill joined Indiana to an amicus brief in support of New Jersey’s right to set its own policies.
“Our Founders drafted the Tenth Amendment for the purpose of limiting the involvement of the federal government in the internal affairs of the states,†Attorney General Hill said. “Even with this important protection written into the Bill of Rights, we see time and again that states must rise to defend their rightful prerogatives against the intrusive meddling of Congress. That’s what New Jersey did in this case, and we were pleased to support the cause of federalism on behalf of all states interested in preserving their liberties.â€
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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law Monday that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states, giving states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. The 1992 law barred state-authorized sports gambling with some exceptions. It made Nevada the only state where a person could wager on the results of a single game.
One research firm estimated before the ruling that if the Supreme Court were to strike down the law, 32 states would likely offer sports betting within five years.
“The legalization of sports gambling requires an important policy choice, but the choice is not ours to make. Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each state is free to act on its own. Our job is to interpret the law Congress has enacted and decide whether it is consistent with the Constitution. PASPA is not,†Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court.
The court’s decision came in a case from New Jersey, which has fought for years to legalize gambling on sports at casinos and racetracks in the state.
More than a dozen states, including Indiana, supported New Jersey, which argued that Congress exceeded its authority when it passed the 1992 law barring states from authorizing sports betting. New Jersey said the Constitution allows Congress to pass laws barring wagering on sports, but Congress can’t require states to keep sports gambling prohibitions in place.
All four major U.S. professional sports leagues, the Indianapolis-based NCAA and the federal government had urged the court to uphold the federal law. In court, the NBA, NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball had argued that New Jersey’s gambling expansion would hurt the integrity of their games. Outside court, however, leaders of all but the NFL have shown varying degrees of openness to legalized sports gambling.
The American Gaming Association estimates that Americans illegally wager about $150 billion on sports each year.
The 1992 law at issue in the case bars state-authorized sports gambling with exceptions for Nevada, Montana, Oregon and Delaware — states that had approved some form of sports wagering before the law took effect. Nevada is the only state where a person can wager on the results of a single game, though the law doesn’t cover wagering between friends. The law also doesn’t cover animal races, such as horse racing, which many states already allow.
New Jersey has spent years and millions of dollars in legal fees trying to legalize sports betting at its casinos, racetracks and former racetracks. In 2012, with voters’ support, New Jersey lawmakers passed a law allowing sports betting, directly challenging the 1992 federal law that says states can’t “authorize by law†sports gambling. The four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA sued, and the state lost in court.
In 2014, New Jersey tried a different tactic by repealing laws prohibiting sports gambling at casinos and racetracks. It argued taking its laws off the books was different from authorizing sports gambling. The state lost again and then took the case to the Supreme Court.
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Laura Nicole Bermudez: Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Aiding Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Attempt Theft (Class A misdemeanor)
Jeffrey Dale Jones: Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Aiding Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Attempt Theft (Class A misdemeanor)
Keir Dexedric Boyd: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)
Anthony Barnett: Maintaining a common nuisance – controlled substances (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
William Lloyd Bigham: Criminal confinement (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Bryant Lee Foreman: Assisting a criminal (Level 6 Felony)
Joseph Paul Green: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Attempt Strangulation (Level 6 Felony)
Paige Nichole Leach: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B mismdeanor)
Rose Anne Bryant: Assisting a criminal (Level 6 Felony), Invasion of privacy (Class A misdemeanor)
Chad David Pfeiffer: Causing serious bodily injury when operating a motor vehicle with an ACE of 0.08 or more (Level 6 Felony), Causing serious bodily injury when operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Level 6 Felony)
Ricky Lee Page: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
Shane Mitchell Wittman: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony)
Floyd Eugene Armstrong: Possession of cocaine (Level 6 Felony)
Darian Steven Duncan: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Reckless driving (Class C misdemeanor)
Barry Freeman, age 56, died at 20:55 hrs on 05/13/2018 at Deaconess Hospital. He was a party to the active shooter response made by numerous law enforcement agencies on N. Kentucky Ave. Â An autopsy time is pending at the time of this release. Â The Evansville Police Department is conducting the investigation.
On the final day of competition at the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, freshman Stanley Chepchieng’s performance in the men’s triple jump highlighted a strong day for the Purple Aces in Terre Haute, Ind.
Chepchieng became the first Ace in outdoor track and field history to score points for the team as the Kabarnet, Kenya native earned a seventh-place finish in the men’s triple jump. In an event that the freshman had competed in just one time prior to Sunday, Chepchieng recorded a personal-best and the second-best distance in program history with a jump of 13.86 meters, earning the Aces a pair of points.
The second set of points earned by the Aces in the championships came in the men’s 4×100 meter relay. Three freshman in Aaron Straight, Kevin Yeung. and Ian Alberts, along with Chepchieng captured a seventh-place finish in a time of 46.90, giving Evansville two more points to add to its tally.
In the women’s triple jump, freshman Lizzy Walston led the way for Evansville, finishing in 11th with a jump of 9.87 meters.
A pair of Aces represented Evansville’s men in the men’s discus as freshman Chris Zapata (39.04 meters) edged junior Ryan Freeman (36.44 meters) as the two finished back-to-back in 15th and 16th, respectively. For the Aces’ women, freshman Brittany Corley earned an 18th-place finish in the women’s discus with a throw of 34.70 meters.
The Aces’ women broke a program record in the women’s 4×400 meters as the team of freshmen Lizzy Walston, Lauren Meyer, and Anna Lowry and junior Sienna Crews earned a ninth-place finish in a time of 4:11.20. On the men’s side, Evansville also finished in ninth as freshmen Stanley Chepchieng, Ethan Price, and Ian Alberts and sophomore Ricky Hendrix crossed the line in a time of 3:35.74.
For the Aces, UE’s men finished in ninth at the MVC Championships, finishing with four team points. In all, both teams combined to break six program records over the course of the three-day championship.
Illinois State captured the MVC women’s outdoor track and field championship, holding a 31.5-point margin over Southern Illinois and Indiana State, who tied for second. Northern Iowa earned the MVC men’s track and field championship with a total of 170 points, defeating second-place finishing Illinois State by just one point.
