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Attorney General Hill And Staff Return Nearly $400,000 In Unclaimed Money At The Indiana State Fair

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Attorney General Curtis Hill today announced that his staff helped return nearly $400,000 in unclaimed money at the Indiana State Fair.

The Office of the Indiana Attorney General operated a booth inside the Expo Hall at the state fairgrounds for 16 days. During that time, staff members helped approximately 6,530 Hoosiers with everything from consumer protections tips, signing up for the Do Not Call list and recovering unclaimed money.

A total of $398,701.58 in unclaimed money was returned to Hoosiers during the fair with several individual claims exceeding $10,000.

Hoosiers who stopped by the booth at the state fair experienced the same services that are being offered when the office’s Mobile Operations Center (MOC) visits cities and towns across Indiana. The MOC has allowed members of the communications staff to enhance public outreach, bringing constituent services to citizens statewide and further educating the public about the Office of the Indiana Attorney General.

Since May, the office has visited 51 counties and returned $84,106.52 in unclaimed money. On Thursday, Aug. 24, and Friday, Aug. 25, the MOC will visit nine counties in southwestern Indiana — highlighted by stops in Mount Vernon, Evansville and Jasper. Below is the MOC’s scheduled visits for these dates.

Thursday, August 24

  • English Public Library – 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (EST) – 203 S. Indiana Ave., English, IN
  • Tell City Public Library – 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (CST) – 2328 Tell St., Tell City, IN
  • Rockport Public Library – 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (CST) – 210 Walnut St., Rockport, IN
  • Boonville Public Library – 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. (CST) – W. Main St., Boonville, IN
  • Mount Vernon Public Library – 4:45 p.m. to 6 p.m. (CST) – 115 W. 5th St., Mount Vernon, IN

Friday, August 25

  • Vanderburgh Public Library – 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (CST) – 200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Evansville, IN
  • Princeton Public Library – 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (CST) – 124 S. Hart St., Princeton, IN
  • Petersburg Public Library – 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (EST) – 1008 Maple St., Petersburg, IN
  • Jasper Public Library – 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST) – 1116 Main St., Jasper, IN

JERRY LEWIS RIP

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BREAKING STORY : Vectren Considers Options After Takeover Interest

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Published by Bloomberg News ; August 22,2017

Vectren Corp., a Midwestern gas and electric utility with a market value of almost $5.1 billion, is considering options including a potential sale after receiving takeover interest, people familiar with the matter said.

The Evansville, Indiana-based company has been working with a financial adviser after being approached by at least one potential buyer, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter wasn’t public. Vectren hasn’t formally put itself up for sale and could decide to remain independent, the people said. The identity of the potential suitor couldn’t immediately be learned.

A representative for Vectren declined to comment.

The U.S. power sector is experiencing a takeover boom as utilities strike deals to counter weak electricity demand and rising costs. High stock prices and access to relatively cheap debt are also driving the trend.

Sempra Energy agreed this month to pay $9.45 billion for Texas power distributor Oncor Electric Delivery Co., topping a bid by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Two other utilities, AltaGas Ltd. and Hydro One Ltd., have announced acquisitions of more than $5 billion this year.

Vectren owns three utilities that provide electricity and natural gas to 1.2 million customers in Indiana and Ohio, according to an investor presentation in May. It has a non-utility division that offers underground pipeline construction and repair services. That unit also helps municipalities and businesses lower their power costs by outfitting facilities with energy-efficient equipment.

This is a developing Story

Vanderburgh County Drainage Board Agenda August 22, 2017

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Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Previous Minutes
Open bids-Kolb and Crawford Brandeis Extension Stockfleth Ditch discharge
9201 Oak Hill Road-Drainage Plan Revision
Blue Heron-Waiver lot 62
VIP-Revised Drainage Plan
Enclave mitigation site, Bolin Lake
Ditch Maintenance Claims
Other Business
Public Comment
Adjournment

Air Quality Forecast

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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.

Tuesday
August 22		 Wednesday
August 23		 Thursday
August 24		 Friday
August 25		 Saturday
August 26
Fine Particulate
(0-23 CST avg)
Air Quality Index		 moderate good good good NA*
Ozone
Air Quality Index		 good good good good 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.

EPD ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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Brad Ellsworth Talks About The Vanderburgh County Public Safety Foundation Event To Be Held On August 23, 2017 At the Veterans Memorial Coliseum At 4:00 PM

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“READERS FORUM” AUGUST 22, 2017

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WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?

We hope that todays “Readers Forum” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we as responsible citizens of this community need to address in a rational and responsible way?

Todays READERS POLL question is: How do you rate the job performance of Present Trump since he’s been in office?

Please take time and read our newest feature articles entitled “LAW ENFORCEMENT, READERS POLL, BIRTHDAYS, HOT JOBS” and “LOCAL SPORTS” posted in our sections.  You now are able to subscribe to get the CCO daily.

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CHANNEL 44 NEWS: USI Balloon Captures Eclipse Shadow From The Edge Of Space

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USI Balloon Captures Eclipse Shadow From The Edge Of Space

AUGUST 22ST, 2017  ELI ROBERTS EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, KENTUCKY

  

A team from the University of Southern Indiana’s Engineering Department joined in a special program coordinated by NASA nationwide. They launched a helium balloon 95,000 feet into the atmosphere, almost to the edge of space, all with a camera attached to get some of the most remarkable photos of the eclipse happening from above.

“This is the first time to have a nationwide multiple view of an eclipse and shadow,” Glenn Kissel, an associate professor of engineering at the University of Southern Indiana, said.

“I am getting our pods flight ready, be connecting all our new batteries, turning everything on,” Adam Lockhard, a student working on the project, said.

“We’re at the edge of space,” Kissel said. “We kind of are in the midst of the stratosphere. We’ll be above 98% of the atmosphere at the highest point that this balloon flies.”

The altitude is so high that you can see the shadow of the moon, sliding across the surface of the Earth.

“The focus is that we’re going to try and videotape the shadow,” Colin Runnion, a student working on the project, explained, “not the sun and not the eclipse itself.”

As the moment of total darkness arrived, it was hard to do anything other than focus on the eclipse as sudden black blanketed the area.

“Honestly, I’m shaking a little bit now inside,” Runnion said. “It’s really cool. There’s a sunset around you, everywhere. The dusk to dawn lights are coming on . The cicadas are coming out.”

“It’s 1:26PM.”

Then, as quickly as darkness came, light returned, and so too did the focus on the balloon. This time working to chase it down, predicting where it would land, changing with the whims of the jet stream.

“It was supposed to turn back and go this way but it hasn’t bent back yet,” Runnion said. “So we’re not really concerned, but interested in knowing why it didn’t turn back and come around.”

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