Air Quality Forecast
Air quality forecasts for Evansville and Vanderburgh County are provided as a public service. They are best estimates of predicted pollution levels that can be used as a guide so people can modify their activities and reduce their exposure to air quality conditions that may affect their health. The forecasts are routinely made available at least a day in advance, and are posted by 10:30 AM Evansville time on Monday (for Tuesday through Thursday) and Thursday (for Friday through Monday). When atmospheric conditions are uncertain or favor pollution levels above the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, forecasts are made on a daily basis.
Ozone forecasts are available from mid-April through September 30th. Fine particulate (PM2.5) forecasts are available year round.
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| Fine Particulate (0-23Â CST avg) Air Quality Index |
Good | Good | Good | Good | NA* |
| Ozone Air Quality Index |
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | moderate | moderate | NA* |
| Ozone (peak 8-hr avg) (expected) |
NA* | NA* | NA* | NA* | NA* |
* Not Available and/or Conditions Uncertain.
Air Quality Action Days
Ozone Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when maximum ozone readings averaged over a period of eight hours are forecasted to reach 71 parts per billion (ppb), or unhealthy for sensitive groups on the USEPA Air Quality Index scale.
Particulate Alerts are issued by the Evansville EPA when PM2.5 readings averaged over the period of midnight to midnight are forecasted to reach 35 micrograms per meter cubed (µg/m3).
Current conditions of OZONE and FINE PARTICULATE MATTER are available in near real-time on the Indiana Department of Environment Management’s website.
National and regional maps of current conditions are available through USEPA AIRNow.
7th Circuit: Officer Had Reasonable Suspicion To Prolong Traffic Stop
7th Circuit: Officer Had Reasonable Suspicion To Prolong Traffic Stop
Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a northern Indiana man’s conviction of possession more than 15 doctored gift cards, finding the police officer who stopped the man had reasonable suspicion to prolong the traffic stop that led to the discovery of the fraudulent gift cards.
In United States of America v. Mohamed Fadiga, 16-3870, Mohamed Fadiga was convicted of possessing more than 15 unauthorized gift cards that had been fraudulently re-encoded. His offenses were discovered when a police officer stopped a rental car Fadiga was riding in for having an expired license plate and, upon asking Fadiga to retrieve his license, saw “oodles†of plastic cards in lieu of money in his wallet.
The officer was then given consent to search the car, which led to the discovery of a bag full of gift cards. A second officer then arrived with a card reader, which detected the cards had been tampered with.
Fadiga moved to suppress the evidence, holding the officer had violated his Fourth Amendment rights by extending the traffic stop by about 30 minutes to allow the card reader to arrive, basing his argument on the case of Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015). But the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana held the officer had reasonably suspected the car’s occupants were in possession of the doctored gift cards, with Judge Philp Simon denying Fadiga’s motion to reconsider.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the district court Thursday, with Judge Frank Easterbrook writing there were other suspicious details aside from the plethora of gift cards, such as the driver’s claimed ignorance of the rental car’s owner and the fact that a rental agreement Fadiga produced at the scene did not authorize himself or the driver to operate the car.
“Rodriguez tells us that reasonable suspicion permits a delay for the arrival of investigative resources,†Easterbrook wrote. “… Whether or not they waited for a card reader, the police were entitled to detain Fadiga and (the driver) until their authority to use the car had been determined.â€
But Fadiga further argued racial discrimination was part of his case, considering he is black, but none of the jurors were. Though the jurors were selected from Lake and Porter counties, which have populations that are about 20 percent black, Easterbrook said “Fadiga has not attempted to estimate the probability that it could occur by chance – nor has he provided data about voter registration or the age distribution of the counties’ population … .†At the time of Fadiga’s jury selection, the plan for summoning residents for jury duty consisted of a pool of only registered voters, not all residents with government-issued identification, as the system works today, the judge said.
“It is possible to imagine things going wrong, such as a batch of jury summonses being sent to a single town or precinct that is predominantly white, but there’s no evidence that this, or anything else, did go wrong,†Easterbrook wrote. “As no one is entitled to racial balance on any particular jury, the district court properly rejected Fadiga’s complaint about this pool.â€
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AG Hill: I stand with President Trump and our hardworking middle class
Attorney General Curtis Hill today issued a statement in support of President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
“I applaud President Trump for sticking to his promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. Without question, humans have a direct impact on the environment and we must be responsible in our use of natural resources. However, this symbolic agreement would have negligible impact on global temperatures while promoting radical energy policies that would be harmful to our economy and put Hoosiers out of work,†Hill said.
“We must reduce our carbon emissions with a balanced approach that realistically provides for our energy needs while advancing more efficient forms of energy at reasonable costs.â€
“Our friends in Europe must understand that we will put our own interests first, especially when we are paying for it. I stand with President Trump in favor of policies that benefit all hardworking middle-class Hoosiers and Americans.â€
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Letter From Patrick A. Shoulders Candidate For Re-Election As A IU Alumni Trustee
Dear IU Alumni;
As a member of the last generation to remember the living Herman Wells (his final letter to me hangs in my office), I am forever guided by his vision: We must strive for excellence in ALL that we do and provide a world class education to deserving students from Indiana (first) and those qualified for admission.
We have preserved our great traditions by revitalizing the Old Crescent. Likewise, we have kept an IU education cutting edge, with International Studies Programs, Informatics initiatives and new Engineering and Architecture Degrees.
I will remain a strong and independent voice on the Board. Believing in maintaining the beauty of our campuses, I fought off privatization of our parking facilities. Sadly, I was unable to convince the Board that we should not turn our back on the Ft. Wayne campus – I don’t win them all! But I am proud that the Bloomington paper has written that I have sounded like “the conscience of the University.â€
If you give me your vote, I will continue working to ensure that IU is accountable, affordable and accessible. We have the lowest average net cost in the Big Ten. Gift aid has increased 83% since 2007. I will always insist that we recruit qualified under-represented minority students, that we concentrate efforts on retention and persistence towards degree completion, and that we pay faculty and staff competitively. Each campus is critical to our role as Indiana’s University.
A few years back, President McRobbie announced the establishment of a New Academic Directions Committee. The President charged the committee with strengthening IU’s academic core. As Chair of the Board’s Academic Affairs Committee for many years, I have been honored to work at the Board level with our Provost and other administrators toward the President’s charge: “To improve the overall quality of academic offerings, the efficiency with which we educate our students, and our responsiveness to the trends and challenges that are transforming higher education today.â€
The diligent work of our Board, Administration and Faculty has led to many major accomplishments.
We have overseen and approved the creation of new schools that will ensure that IU’s education and research programs will flourish for decades to come. Some highlights of this transformative work include:
- Creation of the nation’s first school of philanthropy – the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI.
- Creation of the School of Global and International Studies at IU Bloomington, bringing together our more than 70 language programs and renowned international area studies centers.
- Creation of the School of Informatics and Computing which merged informatics and library and information science offering an extensive range of programs in information technology.
- Creation of the Media School at IU Bloomington which merged our excellence in journalism and telecommunications providing our students a pre-eminent national center for education and research on modern media.
- Creation of Schools of Public Health at IUB and IUPUI which promotes health and supports disease prevention for all of Indiana.
- Creation of an Engineering Program at IUB making IU a part of the “building and machine†culture.
- Creation of a new School of Art and Design with a Masters of Architecture Degree.
As we approach IU’s 200th anniversary, I hope you will allow me to continue more than 30 years of work toward her success. My wife Lisa and I also understand the importance of our friends and alumni’s financial support of IU and are life members of our Alumni Association as well as proud members of the President’s Circle and the Hoosier Hundred.
If re-elected, I will continue to be your independent voice on the Board. I will also work to find additional support for our outstanding faculty and staff whose work brings IU national recognition and honor almost daily and who remain vital to the educational and economic aspirations of every Indiana region.
I have worked hard for each of our campuses and am proud to have received IUPUI’s Hine Medal and IU Southeast’s Chancellor’s Medallion for my efforts. Our dream of an IU campus in southwest Indiana is also becoming a reality with the construction of a medical education building in downtown Evansville.
Please click here to cast your vote for me as the next IU Alumni Trustee :Â https://dataforms.iuf.iu.edu/trustee-election/vote
Sincerely,
Patrick Shoulders
IU ALUMNI TRUSTEE
FOOTNOTE:Â If you have any questions please contact Patrick Shoulders at:Â pshoulders@zsws.com.
IS IT TRUE JUNE 2, 2017
IS IT TRUEI that local attorney and current IU Alumni Board of Trustee member Patrick Shoulders has been a strong and independent voice on the Board.?  … the Bloomington newspaper wrote that Mr. Shoulders has been the “the conscience of the University.â€?  …we agree with that statement and urge all IU Alumni to cast their votes to re-elect Mr. Shoulders to the IU Board of Trustees?
IS IT TRUE that downtown Evansville is getting another shot in the arm that is a surprise to many people who didn’t see this coming?…German American Bank which gained an Evansville presence when they acquired the home grown Bank of Evansville several years ago?…German American has announced that it will be moving into the old Integra Bank Building that has been bankless since Integra was taken over by the FDIC nearly six years ago?…this is a big win for downtown Evansville and it puts a business in a building that would have taken many years to fill?…the CCO sees this decision as a positive decision for German American and for Evansville?
IS IT TRUE that the pending opening of the medical school does seem to have opened a window of opportunity for downtown Evansville to make some gains that were blunted by premature ambitions of the Weinzapfel Administration?…concentrating on what needs to happen at home as opposed to one person wanting to scale the ladder of political success toward Indianapolis or even Washington DC, is beginning to pay off?…with the opening of the McCurdy Apartments, Â the Lincoln Estates Apartments now into private hands and much needed renovations begins, and the soon to be opening of the IU Medical School, the vision for a vibrant downtown may finally be on the radar?…there will be winners and losers in this time of transition?
IS IT TRUE we just heard from credible sources that the Zoo Director Amos Morris is leaving his position with  Mesker Zoo in about month?  …word in the street is he is leaving to take a position somewhere in California?   …we wonder if the self proclaimed Zoo expert Councilman Dan McGinn will resign his Council seat and take Mr. Morris position?  …one good thing about Mr. Morris move to California is he will be able to hang out with the “penguins”?
Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that Downtown Evansville is moving in the right direction?