UE Athletics Announces Staff Promotions
Dustin Hall And Scott Peace Earn Promotions
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville Director of Athletics Mark Spencer has announced a pair of promotions within the Purple Aces athletics department.
Dustin Hall is now the Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and External Operations while Scott Peace is now the Assistant Athletic Director for Ticket Operations.
“Dustin and Scott have done an excellent job for our department and are very deserving of these promotions,†Spencer said. “Both are integral parts of our administration and I am excited to work with them for the long term.â€
Hall came to UE in 2012 as an assistant SID after graduating from Illinois State with his Master’s degree. In September of 2014, he assumed the position of Director of Marketing and Event Management and has been in that position since that time. Hall earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana State in 2009.
Peace joined the Aces in July of 2014 as the Director of Ticketing Services and Athletic Event Operations. Prior to his arrival in Evansville, Peace worked as an Account Executive with IMG Learfield Ticket Solutions at the University of South Florida. He earned his bachelor’s in Sports Administration from the University of Louisville in 2013 and is working towards an M.S. in Public Service Administration at UE.
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“READERS FORUM” DECEMBER 21, 2016
WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?
Todays “READERS POLL†question is: How do you rank the Vanderburgh County Commissioners job performance in 2016?
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CHANNEL 44 NEWS: BURGLARY INVESTIGATION AT SHERIFF’S HOME
Burglary Investigation at Sheriff’s Home
Four people have been arrested, accused of breaking into Vanderburgh County Sheriff David Wedding’s home and taking some items. April Maguire has been charged with burglary of a dwelling, along with LaDonna Morton, Mayakayia Smith and a…
The Left Post Trump Victory
The Left Post Trump Victory:
Liberal Heads Explode
By Richard Moss MD
It has been entertaining to watch leftists flailing frantically since the election of Donald Trump. Their contempt for their country and the democratic process could not be more obvious. And nowhere in the media, the Academy, or the Democrat Party, is there even a trace of soul searching or acknowledgement of possible miscues under President Barack Hussein Obama or the Hillary Clinton campaign. In the face of Trump’s historic upset victory, the loss of traditional blue states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, and Republican control of both houses of Congress, the left responds as they always have, by mindlessly burping out yet more insults and slurs against Trump and his supporters – those millions of Americans who had once been the backbone of the Democrat party.
The left wing media, in particular, has been apoplectic. They are now an openly corrupt institution that has long since given up the pretense of objectivity. Instead of government watchdog and pillar of democracy charged with overseeing government, the press has become an arm of the government and propaganda wing of the Democrat Party. They exist to flatter one another and advance the PC, leftist narrative. The newsflash is they no longer matter. Reduced to the status of annoying left wing hecklers, they influence no one beyond a shrinking slice of Americans who read the New York Times. Their power to sway the outcome of elections has ended. The wicked witch is dead. Hail to Dorothy! This is great news for the country.
The left didn’t see the wave coming that would inundate them. Their inflated self-regard and contempt for the great unwashed and their quaint notions of nationhood made it impossible for them to recognize it. They didn’t see it in Germany, France and throughout Europe. They didn’t see it in the UK and Brexit. And they didn’t see it in the US.
Americans, like most Europeans, reject transnational globalism, and the effort underway to repeal national identity and culture. Most people, unlike leftists, admire their national history, language and culture and want to preserve them. They also want to maintain their borders. They reject PC tyranny and identity politics that balkanize the country. They shun victimhood and “multiculturalism.†They abhor the pagan Marxist effort to purge differences between the sexes for the benefit of tiny, perpetually aggrieved sexual minorities. They repudiate amnesty, sanctuary cities, Obamacare, and the war on fossil fuels. They reject Syrian Muslim refugees, fake “hate-crimes,†and bad trade deals. They have also had it with being called racist, sexist bigots because they oppose transgendered bathrooms and mass third world immigration.
But the angry left lashes out. The ones who whined about Trump not accepting the results of the election are now denying the legitimacy of his victory. They demand recounts. They condemn the Electoral College. They harass electors. They engage in a moronic witch-hunt against Steve Bannon. They blame the Russians, “fake news,†and Jill Stein. They liken Trump to Hitler while worshipping Castro. George Soros-funded goons riot in the streets. Infantile students demand “safe spaces.†And Democrats are poised to nominate radical, former Nation of Islam member, and anti-Semite, Keith Ellison as their leader. Learning nothing from their defeat, they move further to the left.
The alt-left, the media, and the Democrat Party see their country through the prism of bigotry and oppression. America, for them, is a sweltering cesspool of racism and intolerance. They are the army of saints that will cleanse the nation of its sins. Anyone opposing their noble efforts is by definition, a bigot. The one tool in their toolbox is to slander anyone disagreeing with their failed policies as racists, misogynists, or bigots. They can never grasp the good in America because they are blind to it. For them it is morally stained from its inception. They despise its founding, history, culture, and economic system. They loathe whites, Christians, and heterosexuals, and especially the reviled “straight, white male.†They denigrate coal miners, cops, and the military. But it is they who are the racists and bigots. And they wonder why they lost.
Here is some “real†news for the left. America is the greatest nation in the history of human civilization. It is the most tolerant and least racist country on earth. It embraces the individual, limited government, private property, religious freedom, and free markets. It is the pinnacle of western civilization and model for the rest of the world. If you live in this country, whoever you are, you have won life’s lottery. But the left will never see this.
My sympathies go out to crazed thought police and PC commissars, frantic social justice thugs and student “snowflakes,†and outraged diversicrats and identarian racists everywhere. But after eight years of hardline leftism under Obama, the “deplorables†have had enough.
The joyous sound you hear ringing across the land is leftist heads exploding.
Brief Bio: Richard Moss MD is a practicing Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, author, and columnist who resides in Jasper IN. Find more of his essays and blog posts at exodusmd.com. Also find him on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
Indiana Employment Report
Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Point in 15 years
INDIANAPOLIS (December 16, 2016) – Indiana’s unemployment rate decreased by two-tenths of a percent to 4.2 percent in November, which marks its lowest point since 2001. The unemployment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the labor force. Indiana’s total labor force stands at over 3.3 million and the state’s 64.7 percent labor force participation rate stands two percent above the national rate.
“Indiana’s unemployment rate continues to drop while private sector employment continues to grow, which are positive signs for Hoosier workers and jobseekers,†said Steven J. Braun, Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD). “In order for Indiana to remain one of the most appealing states for business in the nation, it is critical that DWD engages and trains potential workers not actively participating in Indiana’s workforce in order to meet employers’ current and future demand for skilled workers.â€
Commissioner Braun also noted that private sector employment increased 13,300 over the month and 36,500 over the year. He added that initial unemployment insurance claims remain at the lowest point in over 30 years
Employment by Sector
Indiana experienced across the board growth in November, included in the Professional & Business Services (8,300), All Other (1,700), Financial Activities (1,500), Manufacturing (1,400), Leisure & Hospitality (1,000), Private Education & Health Services (800) and Trade, Transportation & Utilities (200) sectors.  Construction (-1,600) was the only sector to experience losses in November.
Midwest Unemployment Rates
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EDITOR’S NOTES:
Data are sourced from November Current Employment Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics – U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
November employment data for Indiana Counties, Cities, and MSA’s will be available Monday, December 19, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. (EST) pending U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics validation.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
 Below are the felony cases filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office yesterday.
Jordyn Lee Ann Simmons Possession of cocaine, Level 6 felony
Prostitution, Class A misdemeanor
Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug look-alike substance, Class A misdemeanor
Javon Lamar Meriwether Battery by bodily waste, Level 6 felony
Battery by bodily waste, Level 6 felony
Thomas Leroy Payne Operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life, Level 5 felony
Billy Dan Washburn Operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life, Level 5 felony
Scott Eric Garner Domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury, Level 5 felony
Cory Lee Powell Domestic battery, Level 6 felony
Strangulation, Level 6 felony