Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags in Hancock County to be flown at half-staff to honor Greenfield Firefighter Lt. Scott A. Compton, who died in the line of duty.
Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of his funeral, Friday, November 17, 2017.
Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents in Hancock County to lower their flags to half-staff on Friday to honor Compton and his service to the community.
Aces tangle with Redhawks at 7 p.m.
The third home game in six days is on tap for the Purple Aces as they play host to Southeast Missouri State on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. It will mark the second meeting in the last three seasons at the Ford Center. Evansville opens up its season with four home games in a row for the first time since 1986-87; UE won all four of those contests that year.
In front of 6,048 fans on Monday at the Ford Center, the Aces took down North Carolina Central by a final of 68-55. UE’s defense made the difference, forcing 26 turnovers and turning them into 26 points. Evansville had at least three players hit double digits in scoring for the second game in a row.
Another stellar outing saw Ryan Taylor hit 8 out of 16 shots and a career-best 10/13 showing from the free throw line on his way to 29 points against NC Central. His season mark of 26.0 points per game puts him second in the MVC. Taylor has gotten to the line 19 times in just two games, making 16 of those attempts; he shot just 92 free throws in 33 games last season.
Dru Smith continued to impress in his sophomore season as he dished out 11 assists while scoring 8 points versus the Eagles. Smith’s assist tally was the most by a UE player since Duane Gibson had 11 against Anderson in 2013. As a freshman, Smith averaged 5.3 points per game, but has upped that to 9.5 through the first two games of the season. Last season, Smith had an impressive assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.45 and has picked right up where he left off in 2017-18, notching 13 assists against just two turnovers in the opening pair of games.
Dalen Traore has made the start at center in both games thus far and has gotten better each time out. Against NCCU, Traore finished with 8 points and 7 rebounds while being on the floor for 24 minutes. He also connected on both free throw attempts.
Southeast Missouri State comes into Thursday’s match-up with an even 1-1 mark. After opening the season with an 81-69 win over Missouri Baptist, the Redhawks fell in overtime at Louisiana Tech by a final of 96-95. Denzel Mahoney is the leading scorer for SEMO and the Ohio Valley Conference, standing at 23.0 points per game. Just behind him is Ledarrius Brewer with 17.
Prior to the contest, the Aces will hold a Pregame Party at the DoubleTree Hotel, which is connected to the Ford Center. It runs from 4:30 p.m. until game time at 7 p.m. Head coach Marty Simmons will speak at 5:15 pm while Aces legend Marcus Wilson will be on hand at 6:15. Admission is just $20 and includes a parking space for the evening in the DoubleTree parking garage and a full meal at the event.
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As the push for mandatory electronic filing continues in Indiana, the Indiana Supreme Court has established new rules on how to handle original wills when an estate case is opened electronically.
In a series of rule amendments approved by Chief Justice Loretta Rush on Tuesday, the high court added language to Trial Rule 86 that proscribes a set of rules attorneys must follow if they are e-filing an estate case and want to attach an affidavit stating the electronic version is the same as the original. The rule amendment lists four requirements:
• The affiant must possess the original will, or the will must be deposited with the clerk of the court
• The affiant must file a true and accurate copy of the will
• Unless the will is deposited with the court, the affiant must retain the will until the estate is closed and the personal representative is released from liability, or until the time to file a will contest expires, whichever is later
• The affiant must file the original will upon order of the court or as otherwise directed by statute
The new Rule 86 guidance comes as many Indiana estate attorneys were facing questions on what to do with an original will in an e-filing case. Many of those attorneys have been advocating for the court to provide a statewide standard, as it did through Tuesday’s amendments.
Also included in the series of amendments was additional language in Rule 9.2 related to required proof of debt. Under the new language, claims arising from a written contract must include a copy of the contract. Further, if a claim is on an account, an affidavit of debt must be attached.
Additionally, if a plaintiff in a debt claim is not the original creditor and the debt is for personal, family or household reasons, the plaintiff must provide an affidavit of debt that includes a copy of the contract evidencing the debt, a chronological list of the names of all prior debt owners and an authenticated bill of sale or other transfer of ownership document. If the claim is based on credit card debt and no written evidence exists, then copies of documents generated when the credit card was used can be attached instead.
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The University of Southern Indiana Student Alumni Association will host the 27th annual Lighting a Tradition at 6 p.m. Monday, November 20 on The Quad of the USI campus.
Festive holiday lights strung on the trees around The Quad will be illuminated, kicking off the holiday season at USI. Along with the traditions past, several new and notable additions have been made to this year’s event, including horse and carriage rides, train rides for the kids and karaoke, aka Christmas Carol-oke.
At 6:30 p.m. guests can mingle over cups of hot chocolate in the University Center (UC) Breezeway and enjoy caroling in front of the Rice Library. Children can hop aboard the train and take a ride around The Quad. From 7 – 8:30 p.m., horse and carriage rides will be offered, leaving from the north side of the Rice Library.
Also beginning at 7 p.m., several fun holiday events will take place in the University Center. Visitors can participate in cookie and card decorating, get a photo with Santa in the UC Cone, at the UC Fireside Lounge, step inside snow globes that inflate when you enter for another photo opportunity, or stop by the Student Life Lounge to belt out your favorite holiday tunes for Christmas Carol-oke.
At 8 p.m. gather in the Wright Administration Building Forum I for a free showing of the holiday classic movie Elf.
Lighting a Tradition is open to all who wish to celebrate the season. The Student Alumni Association will be accepting new or gently used hats and scarves to be donated to a local shelter, and Toys for Tots also will be on site for toy donations.
For additional information, contact Caylin Blockley, assistant director of Alumni Relations and Volunteer USI, at 812-465-1215 or cjblockley@usi.edu.
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University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country returns to a familiar site Saturday when it participates in the NCAA II Cross Country Championships at Angel Mounds in Evansville, Indiana.
USI is one of 32 teams that qualified for the event that also features 27 individuals. The Screaming Eagles advanced to this year’s national championships after placing second of 28 teams at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships. Seniors Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) and Cain Parker (Petersburg, Indiana) led the Eagles with sixth and seventh-place finishes, respectively.
At last year’s championships, the Eagles placed 13th in the 32-team field. Chase Broughton finished 27thand Noah Lutz 35th to earn All-American honors. Of the returners, junior Darin Lawrence (Indianapolis, Indiana) had the best finish of 98th.
This is the 13th consecutive year, and 25th overall, that the Eagles have qualified for the national championships. Their best finish is third back in 1982.
The Eagles moved up three spots to fifth in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll.
While the USI women did not earn one of eight at-large bids after a fifth-place finish at the Midwest Region Championships, junior Hope Jones (Cumberland, Indiana) received an at-large bid as an individual and will be one of 25 individuals competing amongst the 32 teams.
Jones finished sixth at the Midwest Region Championships, narrowly missing out on qualifying automatically. Jones finished 182nd at the national championships a year ago as USI placed fifth as a team.
The USI women’s team dropped one spot to 24th in the most recent USTFCCCA poll. The Eagles were the only ranked women’s team to not make the field.
The women’s 6k begins at 10:15 a.m. with the men’s 10k to follow at 11:30 a.m.
Indiana University’s Jessica Parratto and Blake Pieroni earned weekly Big Ten swimming and diving honors on Wednesday, the conference office announced.
Parratto was named the Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Week for the second time this year, while Pieroni was named the Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Week for the third time this season.
Pieroni helped lead the No. 1 Indiana men’s swimming and diving squad to victories over No. 13 Notre Dame and Cincinnati last week, winning two individual events. The Valparaiso, Ind. native won the 100 freestyle (43.17) and 200 IM (1:47.07) with NCAA B cut times. He was also a member of the 200 medley relay for the Hoosiers, touching with a time of 1:28.75.
Parratto was dominant for the Hoosier women’s team in the diving well, helping IU take down Cincinnati. The Dover, N.H. product won the 1-meter with a score of 309.50 and the 3-meter with a total of 348.15. Both scores were NCAA Zones qualifying marks.
The No. 1/9 Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be back in action on Nov. 16-18 at the Early Bird Invitational, hosted by Purdue University.
The University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball overcame a slow start to dominate Brescia University, 93-67, in the 2017-18 home opener Tuesday evening at the Physical Athletics Center. USI watched its record to 3-2 overall in 2017-18, while Brescia, which is a member of the NAIA and considers the game an exhibition, remains 0-2.
The Screaming Eagles started slow, hitting only two-of-seven from the field and falling behind by nine points, 15-6, at the 14:23 mark of the first half. USI rallied midway through the half with a 14-5 run to take a 29-27 lead with 6:25 to play before halftime and extended the lead to as many as nine points (45-36) before settling for the 45-38 margin at the intermission.
USI freshman forward Emmanuel Little (Indianapolis, Indiana) and junior guard/forward Nate Hansen (Evansville, Indiana) led the offensive attack during the first half. Little had 12 points on a near perfect five-of-six from the field, while Hansen dropped in 10 points on four-of-six.
The Eagles quadrupled their lead in the first 10 minutes of the second half, enlarging the margin to 28 points, 71-43, with 10:35 to play. The lead would not shrink below 21 points in the final 10 minutes as USI cruised to the 26-point, 93-67 final.
USI junior guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana), who was honored prior to the game for becoming the 20th Eagle to reach 1,000 or more points in his career, led USI offensive charge with 19 points, 15 coming in the second half. Stein was seven-of-11 from the field, two-of-two from long range and three-of-three from the line.
Following Stein in the scoring column was Little, who had 16 points and 12 rebounds to post his second double-double his career. Senior forward Julius Rajala (Helsinki, Finland) added 12 points, while freshman guard Mateo Rivera (Indianapolis, Indiana) and senior center Davis Carter (Denver, Colorado) rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points each.
As a team, USI shot 55.7 percent from the field (39-70), 50 percent from beyond the arc (8-16). The Eagles also dominated the board, 52-31.
The Eagles continue their four-game homestand November 20 when they host Fisk University for a 7 p.m. match-up. The second half of the homestand follows after Thanksgiving when USI hosts Martin Methodist College November 25 and concludes Lewis University visits to open Great Lakes Valley Conference play November 30.
