Three Marion County judges will retire from the bench at the end of this year as the new process for selecting and retaining Indianapolis judges will get underway next month with the first-ever retention interviews by the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee.
Democratic Judges Rebekah Pierson-Treacy, Marion Superior Criminal Division 19, and Thomas Carroll, Marion Superior Civil division 6, are stepping down. Also Republican Judge Michael Keele, Marion Superior Civil Division 7, has decided not to stand for retention.
The 17 remaining judges whose terms expire this year will be interviewed by the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee March 12 and 13, according to the schedule announced Wednesday.
In April, the committee plans to begin the process of soliciting applications and recommending candidates for the three pending vacancies to Gov. Eric Holcomb.
Pierson-Treacy and Keele were both elected in 2000. Carroll has been a judge since 1988.
A 2012 judicial candidate survey by the Indianapolis Bar Association gave high marks to Keele. Looking at experience, legal knowledge, efficiency and ability to be unbiased, 95.4 percent of the evaluators recommended Keele be retained. The numbers were lower for the other two with — Carroll was recommended by 68.5 percent of the evaluators and Pierson-Treacy by just 30.7 percent.
Before the 2012 election, Pierson-Treacy was admonished by the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications for violating the rules of judicial conduct. In November 2011, the commission issued the public admonishment after Pierson-Treacy sent campaign fundraising letters that seemed to imply certain giving levels would translate into favorable court rulings.
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Evansville Police made an arrest in a Tuesday night shooting that left two men injured. KEDNALL SUNIVELLE, 25, was arrested without incident at 1345 Savanah Dr.
The investigation began around 6:00 pm when officers were sent to the 1300 block of Savanah Dr for a report of shots being fired. While officers were checking the area, two men arrived at a local hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds.
The men, Kevaial Beasley and William McClelland, told police they had been shot on Savanah Dr. Investigators were able to identify the suspect as SUNIVELLE and went to an apartment he was known to associate with.
SUNIVELLE, who listed a home address in Chicago, was taken into custody outside of the apartment and charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (level 3 felony)and Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon (level 6 felony).
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call EPD or WeTip.
 Evangelist Pastor And Counselor To Presidents, Dead At Age 99
byPHIL MCCAUSLANDÂ andELIZABETH CHUCK for NBC NEWS
Billy Graham, the charismatic North Carolina pastor who took his evangelizing crusades around the country and the globe, died on Wednesday morning, according to officials of his organization. He was 99.
Graham achieved a reach, unlike any other evangelist, serving as a counselor or minister to a dozen U.S. presidents. He preached to an estimated 215 million people in 185 countries around the world during his life, and his message reached millions more as he maintained a near-constant presence on radio, television and the internet.
Graham also wrote more than two dozen books, including his 1997 memoir, “Just as I Am,” which was a New York Times best-seller.
Rev. Billy Graham dies at 99
Graham was a steady presence among top leaders in this country, providing prayer and personal advice to every president starting with Harry S. Truman. In recent years, he took on a reduced role, but still earned the praise of President Donald Trump, who in a tweet after Graham’s death called him the “GREAT Billy Graham” and wrote: “There was nobody like him! He will be missed by Christians and all religions. A very special man.”
Graham died just before 8 a.m. at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, surrounded by family, according to a spokesman for Samaritan’s Purse, the nondenominational evangelical Christian organization headed by Graham’s son Franklin.
His following was undeniable: The longtime evangelist appeared on Gallup’s list of the most admired men and women 60 times since 1955 — every year the research company asked the question.
Born William Franklin Graham on Nov. 7, 1918, “America’s pastor†came from modest means and grew up on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. He found his spiritual path at 16, charmed by the traveling minister and temperance movement leader Mordecai Ham. Graham later moved to Florida and was ordained there in 1939.
He met his future wife, Ruth McCue Bell, while they attended Wheaton College, and they married in 1943. Together they would raise five children, and she would become a trusted adviser.
“When it comes to spiritual things, my wife has had the greatest influence on my ministry,†Graham said of Bell, who died in June 2007.
Billy Graham addresses the crowd in 1955.
Graham was known for his sense of humor and for maintaining a nonpartisan Christian view, which earned him some criticism. But his dedication to ministry and unity was most evident in his refusal to pay heed to segregation policies, forcing churches to integrate for his services.
Martin Luther King Jr. counted Graham as a close friend and ally, once remarking, “Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.â€
Still, Graham’s reputation was not without controversy. It was rumored in the 1990s that he had been caught on tape agreeing with anti-Semitic comments made by then-President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. Graham vehemently denied that he had until the tapes were made public in 2002.
The Jewish ”stranglehold has got to be broken or the country’s going down the drain,” Graham said, according to a 2002 New York Times article.
Graham, 83 at the time, apologized for the remarks.
As Graham aged, his son Franklin took over his ministries, while Graham returned to a quiet life in North Carolina — not far from the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte.
“My home is in Heaven,” Graham habitually said. “I’m just traveling through this world.”
Condolences poured in in the hours after Graham’s death, with Vice President Mike Pence calling him one of the greatest Americans of the 20th century.
“Billy Graham’s ministry for the gospel of Jesus Christ and his matchless voice changed the lives of millions,” the vice president said in a statement.
Graham at his home in the mountains of Montreat, North Carolina, on July 25, 2006.Â
Former President Barack Obama tweeted that Graham was a “humble servant who prayed for so many — and who, with wisdom and grace, gave hope and guidance to generations of Americans.”
Televangelist Joel Osteen remembered Graham as a “hero” and tweeted, “Next to my own father, Reverend Graham was the most humble and gracious man I ever knew.”
And the archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, recalled the influence Graham had on his household in the 1950s and 1960s.
“There was no question that the Dolans were a Catholic family, firm in our faith, but in our household, there was always respect and admiration for Billy Graham and the work he was doing to bring people to God,” Dolan said in a statement.
“Whether it was one of his famous Crusades, radio programs, television specials, or meeting and counseling the presidents, Billy Graham seemed to be everywhere, always with the same message: Jesus is your Savior, and wants you to be happy with Him forever.”
Graham is survived by five children and multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
#13 Eagles hosts five teams in the Dunn Hospitality Classic
After waiting out the rain, the preseason 13th-ranked (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper)Â University of Southern Indiana baseball team opens the 2018 home schedule Sunday when it hosts the Dunn Hospitality Classic. The classic, which will run Sunday through Tuesday, will feature USI, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Grand Valley State University; Hillsdale College, and Rockhurst University.
The Eagles are scheduled to play Rockhurst at 1 p.m. and Hillsdale at 4 p.m.; Missouri S&T at 5 p.m. Monday; and Grand Valley State at noon Tuesday for a doubleheader. Games times for all of the Dunn Hospitality Classic are subject to change due to weather.
At approximately 4:30 on 2/20/2018 Evansville Police arrested Curtis Momon in connection with the May 21, 2017, shooting of both a juvenile and an adult female at the Chuckles gas station at 501 Fares Ave. Momon had been on the run for eight months but was observed yesterday driving a vehicle by an EPD V.I.P.E.R. Unit Detective. The V.I.P.E.R. unit, which is composed of both uniform and non-uniform Officers, attempted to stop Momon in the area of Fourth Ave/ Fountain Ave. Momon stopped briefly but then fled from Officers until he crashed out in the area of Third Ave/Columbia St. After crashing, Momon fled on foot while discarding a small plastic bag that contained marijuana. Momon was then tracked by K-9 Officers and eventually surrendered to responding Officers. Momon was arrested for his outstanding felony warrant for aggravated battery with a firearm and the additional charges of both misdemeanor and felony resisting law enforcement, possession of marijuana, reckles s driving, and operating without ever receiving a license.
The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 13-year-old North Junior High School student after determining she posted threatening messages on Snapchat.
The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation on Monday, February 19, 2018 after staff at North Junior High School were alerted to a threatening Snapchat post circulating among the student body. The post stated, “North Junior high kids your next be ready I’m coming wit my crew and I`m killing at least 25 people tomorrow watch”. The student who alerted a teacher to the post was later revealed to be the source of the threat.
Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office tracked the post back to a residence in the Jacobsville area of Evansville’s north side. The daughter of the homeowner was found to be a North Junior High School student and identified as the same person who alerted school staff to the existence of the post to begin with. During an interview, the juvenile admitted to creating the Snapchat post. She had no reason or justification for her actions.
The juvenile was later interviewed by an Evansville Police Department detective regarding threats directed towards Cedar Hall Community School. The juvenile admitted to sending threatening Snapchat posts to students at Cedar Hall using the same Snapchat account used to threaten North Middle School.
In a prepared statement, Sheriff Dave Wedding explained “Posting threats on social media and directing intimidating language towards fellow students is not a joke. It’s not funny and it’s not clever. The Sheriff’s Office will vigorously pursue charges against anyone who threatens the safety of a school.†Sheriff Wedding added, “Parents need to talk to their children right now about this issue. If you don’t have confidence that your child understands what is at stake, then it is time to take away your child’s smartphone.â€
The juvenile was transported to the Youth Care Center and will make an appearance in juvenile court tomorrow. She has been preliminarily charged with Intimidation as a Level 6 Felony and Disorderly Conduct as a Class B Misdemeanor. The Evansville Police Department will file additional charges later tomorrow morning.
