Governor Mike Pence will offer remarks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action’s (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum in Louisville, KY. Details below.
Friday, May 20:
3:50 p.m. EDT – Governor Pence to offer remarks at NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
*Media are welcome to attend.
Freedom Hall Building, Kentucky Exposition Center – 937 Phillips Ln, Louisville, KY
The University of Southern Indiana men’s golf team announced the signing of three players for the 2016-17 season.
Signing national letters of intent for the 2016-17 season are Trevis Bell (Madisonville, Kentucky), Will Giesler (Jasper, Indiana), and K.O. Taylor (Madisonville, Kentucky).
“I am pleased to have these young men as part of the USI men’s golf program,” said Head Coach Greg Charnes. “Not only are they excellent golfers, they are excellent young men and will be a credit to the University and great additions to the USI family. Our program made some great progress this past year and K.O., Trevis and Will are going to help continue that trend.”
Biographical information on the signees:
Bell: A senior at Webster County High School (Dixon, Kentucky), lettering eight-times in basketball and golf…two-time All-Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC), PAC Individual Champion, All-Region team selection, 2015 Webster County Individual Champion, 2015 Kentucky PGA Junior 17-18 Player of the Year, 2015 Hurricane Cup Team Captain and Kentucky points leader.
Giesler: A senior at Jasper High School (Jasper, Indiana), lettering in golf and basketball as a student manager…previously attended in Liceo Aleman del Verbo Divino (Los Angeles, Chile), where he was awarded the Golf Special Mental Attitude Award his junior year.
Taylor: A senior at Madisonville North Hopkins High School (Madisonville, Kentucky), lettering in golf seven times…qualified for the 2014 Kentucky State Tournament, 2014 Honorable Mention All-State, 2015 Eli Baron Junior Champion and Western Kentucky University Golf Showcase runner-up.
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The Indiana Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Commission is recommending former Marion County Prosecutor Carl J. Brizzi III be punished for “a pattern of misconduct†that occurred during his time in office.
In the eight-page complaint filed this week, the commission chastised Brizzi for participating in a questionable real estate deal and for intervening in a criminal case involving the client of an attorney friend and business partner.
Reached by phone, Brizzi described the commission’s actions as “bizarre,†since the commission previously indicated it would not be pursuing disciplinary action.
In a letter dated March 2, which Brizzi forwarded to IBJ, the commission dismissed the grievance “on grounds that there is not reasonable cause to believe that you are guilty of misconduct.â€
“I find this very suspect, very unusual,†Brizzi said. “I relied on those representations as true, and they have not given any sort of explanation why they would suddenly reopen them.â€
Commission officials did not immediately respond to IBJ’s request for information about the March 2 letter.
Brizzi served as prosecutor from 2002 until 2010. The commission’s request that Brizzi be disciplined stems partly from an eight-year-old real estate deal first scrutinized by IBJ.
Brizzi in 2008 became a co-owner with Indianapolis attorney Paul Page in an office building in Elkhart, according to the complaint. The state Department of Child Services leased space in the building.
Page pleaded guilty in January 2013 to a wire fraud charge stemming from a 14-count indictment alleging he and other parties defrauded the state and a bank over their purchase of the Elkhart building and the subsequent lease deal with the state.
Brizzi failed to mention his interest as an owner in the building in his annual Statement of Economic Interest required by the Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission, the commission alleges.
By failing to disclose his interest, Brizzi violated the rules of professional conduct for attorneys, the disciplinary commission charged in its complaint.
The commission also slammed Brizzi for intervening in a criminal case involving one of Page’s clients.
In February 2008, Joseph Mobareki was charged in Marion Superior Court with seven counts related to the possession of controlled substances—with the most serious charge a Class B felony. In addition, the prosecutor’s office sought the forfeiture of $17,550 in cash that Mobareki held at the time of his arrest.
The case was handed to deputy prosecutors Ronald Buckler and Lawrence Brodeur, who worked out a plea agreement in which Mobareki would plead guilty to one Class C felony and forfeit the cash.
Brodeur later learned that a new plea agreement arranged between Brizzi and Page would allow Mobareki to plead to a single Class D felony and keep the entire $17,550 in cash, according to the commission’s complaint.
The more lenient plea deal prompted the Indiana Supreme Court in October 2014 to begin investigating Brizzi’s involvement in the Mobareki case. The commission alleges in its complaint that Brizzi intentionally made a false statement in his response to the investigation about his knowledge of the situation.
“[Brizzi] knew his statement was false at the time he made it,†the commission said in its complaint.
Brizzi also became the target of a federal investigation over whether he intervened in the case. But the U.S. Attorney’s Office, led then by current Indianapolis Mayor Joseph Hogsett, ultimately chose in October 2013 not to charge Brizzi.Â
“These allegations are literally eight years old,†Brizzi said. “They have been investigated and vetted by federal and state governmental agencies. There’s nothing new here.â€
The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether to discipline Brizzi.
The University of Southern Indiana baseball team rallied twice to defeat Missouri University of Science & Technology, 7-5, on the first day of the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Thursday morning in Quincy, Illinois. USI sees its record go to 34-19 overall, while Missouri S&T watches its mark go to 35-18.
The Screaming Eagles began the scoring in the opening frame when sophomore second baseman Sam Griggs(Evanville, Indiana) singled in senior centerfielderHamilton Carr (Evansville, Indiana) to put USI on top, 1-0. The lead would last until the top of the second when the Miners scored a pair of tallies to lead, 2-1.
After Missouri S&T increased the lead to 3-1, USI rallied for the first time to take the lead 4-3 with a three-run fifth inning. Griggs singled in his second RBI of the game before senior catcher Ryan Bertram(Zionsville, Indiana) blasted a two-run home run to put the Eagles out in front.
The Miners erased the Eagles lead with a pair of tallies in the top of the sixth and jumped back in front, 5-4.USI, however, was not to be denied in the NCAA II Midwest Regional opening game by regaining the lead for good with two in the bottom half of the sixth to make the score 6-5.
Senior shortstop Kyle Niemeier (Evansville, Indiana) drove in the eventual game winning run and sixth with an RBI-single through the right side of the infield. Carr had tied the game one batter earlier with a ground out.
The Eagles picked up an insurance run in the eighth inning when freshman pinch runner Jacob Fleming (Evansville, Indiana) scored on a throwing for the final score of 7-5.
Griggs and Bertram led the way for USI with two RBIs each, while sophomore designated hitter designated hitter Joe Reburn (Newburgh, Indiana) tied a career-high with a team-best three hits.
On the mound, junior right-hander Lucas Barnett (Sellersburg, Indiana) picked up his team-best seventh win of the year in six tough innings of work. Barnett (7-5) allowed five runs on nine hits and two walks, while striking out four.
Senior right-handed closer T.J. Decker (Brazil, Indiana) closed out the game for the Eagles by pitching the final three frames for his team-high seventh save of the year. Decker allowed one hit and two walks, while striking out one.
The fourth-seeded Eagles advance in the winners bracket Friday at 5 p.m. and will play top-seeded and host Quincy University. The Hawks rose to 38-16 after defeating eighth-seeded Alderson Broaddus University, 20-0.
The Crescent City Bank existed on this site as early as the 1850s, and in 1883, the German National Bank opened here, although it is unclear if the present building replaced the earlier one or was merely renovated. When this photo was taken circa 1918, the bank had departed, and a cigar shop occupied the corner space on the ground level. The jewelry store Kruckemeyer & Cohn was adjacent to the cigar shop, and a business college held classes on the upper floors. In recent years, the distinctive corner dome reappeared during a major renovation of the building, which now houses apartments and a Subway restaurant.
FOOTNOTES: We want to thank Patricia Sides, Archivist of Willard Library for contributing this picture that shall increase people’s awareness and appreciation of Evansville’s rich history. If you have any historical pictures of Vanderburgh County or Evansville please contact please contact Patricia Sides, Archivist Willard Library at 812) 425-4309, ext. 114 or e-mail her at www.willard.lib.in.us.
University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf senior Anastasia Carter (Granger, Indiana) sits in a tie for 36th after round two of the NCAA Division II National Championships at CommonGround Golf Course. Carter’s 73 in the second round bested her round one score by six strokes.
With birdies on 11 and 12, Carter was two strokes under-par in her first three holes of round two. Consecutive bogeys on 13 and 14 brought her back to even-par, just before an eagle on the par-five 15th. Carter’s combined score for the three par fives on the back nine was three under-par. Closing her first nine with a bogey and two pars, Carter carded a 35 (-1) on the back nine.
Moving to the front nine, Carter recorded bogeys on holes one, five and eight. She ended her round with her third birdie of the day to finish the front with a 38 (+2). With her one-over round of 73, Carter moved 20 spots up the leaderboard after finishing the first round in a tie for 56th.
Hally Leadbetter of Rollins College leads all individuals at the event after her round of 69 on Thursday. Leadbetter’s total for the event sits at 141, giving her a two-stroke lead. Four players sit in a tie for second, each carding rounds of one under in the second round.
Rollins remains in the lead for teams competing at the national championships, after having a share of the lead at the conclusion of the first round. The defending national champion University of Indianapolis moved into second place with a team score of two-under-par (286) in the second round. Dallas Baptist University remains in third place, 13 strokes off the pace set by Rollins, with a total score of 591.
The third round will see Carter paired with Kasey Frazier of Wheeling Jesuit University and Caroline Fredensborg of Arkansas Tech University. The group will tee off at 9:50 a.m. (CDT), central starting on the back nine.
University of Southern senior shortstop Kyle Niemeier (Evansville, Indiana) was named first-team Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-Midwest Region by the Division II Sports Information Directors. The All-Region honor was the first of Niemeier’s career.
Niemeier, who was named first-team All-GLVC East Division last week, ranks third on the Screaming Eagles with a .343 average. The senior shortstop also has posted career-highs with 32 RBIs and 41 runs scored after he was two-for-five with a run scored and the game-winning RBI today in the Eagles’ win over Missouri University of Science & Technology.
In addition to Niemeier, senior outfielder Kyle Kempf (Evansville, Indiana), senior catcher Ryan Bertram(Zionsville, Indiana), and junior right-handed pitcher Devin Williams (Evansville, Indiana) were named to the Midwest Region second team.
Bertram leads the Eagles in hitting this spring with a .352 batting average with 43 RBIs and three home runs. The first-team All-GLVC East catcher hit his career-best third home run of the season in the victory over Missouri S&T, while the two-run blast gave him a new career-high in RBIs.
USI’s all-time leader in hits, Kempf is second on the team in hitting with a .348 batting average. The 2016 preseason All-American and first-team All-GLVC East performer is third on the team with 42 RBIs, while tying Bertram for third on the team with three home runs.
Williams was tied for first on the team with a 5-3 mark before going down with an injury two weeks ago. The junior right-hander remains in the lead for the Eagles with a 1.95 ERA, while posting four complete games and two shutouts in 12 starts.
The Eagles continue NCAA II Midwest Region play Friday at 5 p.m. when they play top-seeded Quincy University.
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