The Fishers Police Department is investigating the disappearance of an adult from, Fishers Indiana. Fishers, Indiana is located approximately 15 miles northeast of Indianapolis, Indiana. Peyton Rickhof is an 18 year old white female, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 lbs, with blond hair and blue eyes. Peyton Rickhof was last seen on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in Fishers, Indiana, and is believed to be in danger. Peyton Rickhof was last seen wearing a pink tank top and black yoga pants. Peyton Rickhof may be disoriented and require medical assistance. She is believed to be driving a 2006, Mercury Mariner SUV, black in color with Indiana plate SGC405.
If you have any information on Peyton Rickhof, contact the Fishers Police Department by calling
317-773-1282
 Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, July 18, 2013.
Mark Schoenbaechler Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony
Christopher Elderbrook Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury-Class D Felony
Domestic Battery-Class D Felony
Strangulation-Class D Felony
Ryan Martin Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
James Robertson Intimidation-Class D Felonies (Four Counts)
Attempted Residential Entry-Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at KPhernetton@vanderburghgov.org
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
This past week, I was extremely saddened to learn of the passing of Boonville’s own, Jim Miller. For the last 55 years, Jim served as the owner of Miller’s 5 & 10 Cent Store located on the historic Boonville Square.
Boonville has one of the few intact squares remaining in Indiana, and Jim’s store was a staple there. People from all over Warrick County would come to Boonville for the chance to shop at his store and experience an old-fashioned tradition. It allowed people to temporarily escape from the commonalities of our world today: big money retailers looking to get customers in and out as quickly as possible. For many, its presence took them back to their youth and reminded them of a quieter, simpler time.
His store always carried a special significance for me because I grew up in a corner grocery store. My grandparents owned the store and later, my parents bought it. I began working there when I was just 11 years old and while I did not carry on the tradition, when I opened my own medical supplies facility, I based it off of my experiences at the corner store.
It was important to me to draw people in without being a big dollar store. I wanted to find my own niche and offer the products that people want and need but that big stores do not want to carry. This is precisely the type of customer service that Jim has provided over the years.
When I look back on my first few months in Boonville, back in 1975, Jim was one of the first people that I met. Right away, I could tell that he was a very easy going, likeable person but at the time, I could not have imagined the impact he would have on my life.
If we’re lucky, we all have someone who serves as a mentor, pushing us to branch out and try new things. For me, Jim was one of those people. He had strong conservative values and was very community oriented. As a new member of the community, he took a special interest in introducing me to people around town. He also played an integral role in getting me involved in the local Jaycees, a leadership training and civic organization for young adults.
In that respect, Jim helped to shape me and encourage my passion for civic engagement, something which led me to where I am today. While I am unsure of what Jim’s passing means for the future of his store, one thing is for sure: he was an icon in Boonville, and he will be greatly missed by everyone who had the pleasure of meeting him. He offered an unparalleled commitment to the betterment of our community whether it was through personalized service and a smiling face at the cash register or through his participation in organizations like the Boonville Elks Lodge.
As I reminisce, I know that I am just one of many people who have special memories of Jim, and I hope that we can all learn one last lesson from him; that lesson being that sometimes, we just need to slow things down a little. Despite our hectic lives, I hope that we remember the things that we learned from his example and continue to give back to our community in his memory.
Mayor Winnecke will attend the “Summer of Swimming†free aquatic aerobics session at Lorraine Pool, 2399 Adams Ave., from 9-11 a.m. This will be the second of three free pool exercise programs sponsored by the Mayor’s Energize Evansville Fitness in the Park initiative. The final session of the summer will be at Rochelle-Landers Pool, 701 Lincoln Ave., on Saturday, August 17, from 9-11 a.m.
Mayor Winnecke will be the guest speaker at the annual Vanderburgh County Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The relay begins at 6 p.m. at the Metro Sports Center, 5820 Metro Ave., and continues until 6 a.m. Sunday. Activities include a cake walk, tug of war contests, a scavenger hunt, corn hole tournament, a luminaire ceremony and much more.
IS IT TRUE the City of Detroit became the largest city in the United States to legally declare bankruptcy yesterday?…this filing was done at the direction of the Governor of Michigan who gave Detroit over a year to clean its own affairs before sending in an appointed trustee type to see what has to be done including ripping up employee pension contracts and union contracts to get this beleaguered city to a point that it can pay its day to day expenses from revenue?…the second step will of course be to devise a plan on dealing with the massive debt that Detroit has accumulated over the 60 year period of its fall from grace?…it is hard to believe that Detroit was once seen as the center of American innovation much as Silicon Valley is today?…60 years of disastrous public policy lead to a population loss of 65% people, the abandonment of some 40,000 homes, crime ridden streets, the exit of employers that provided middle class jobs, and dozens of public works projects that spent Billions of borrowed dollars to build temples to sport, parks, and even some dog parks?…Detroit even went on a binge and built multiple skateboard parks that are now known for having few users and a drain on an already insufficient maintenance department?
IS IT TRUE Evansville over the last 50 years since its population peaked in 1960 census has been doing the same things that Detroit has been doing?…Evansville being a bit more pragmatic and conservative has not been doing these nonsensical things to the same degree that Detroit has but it has been doing them none the less?…while Detroits population fell by 65% Evansville’s has only fallen by 20%?…the debt per capita in Detroit is much higher than it is in Evansville yet the spending was for the same kinds of things?…it is clear that while Detroit was borrowing and spending like a drunken sailor, Evansville was in the same bar and mimicking that behavior to a lesser degree?…the difference today is that Evansville still has a chance to escape from the death spiral that pushed Detroit into bankruptcy?…we eagerly await the next 10 years when it will be quite clear whether Evansville will adopt policies and principles that will enable our city to escape the death spiral or if our leaders continue to take us down the Detroit path to failure?
IS IT TRUE in a federal court in Indianapolis yesterday United States Circuit Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker looked into the attorney for the City of Evansville and said, “YOU DON’T HAVE ANY POLICY, YOU JUST MAKE IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG?â€â€¦the nature of the proceeding is irrelevant as Judge Barker hit the nail squarely on the head with respect to how Evansville operates?…it took Judge Barker less than a day to figure that out?
IS IT TRUE unions are a key Democratic constituency, and many unions that once supported Obamacare are now screaming for Democrats to reopen the law?…last week, the Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers, and UNITE-HERE wrote Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that Obamacare “will destroy the very health and wellbeing of our members along with millions of other hardworking Americans?â€â€¦Obamacare, they wrote, “will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits,†but is already creating “nightmare scenarios†in which “employers have begun to cut workers’ hours,†leaving workers with “less pay while also losing our current health benefits?†…in April, the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers called for “repeal or complete reform†of ObamaCare?…we wonder where these wizards were 4 years ago when they were
supporting every candidate who voted for this monstrosity before reading it?…yet another group of blind followers of President Obama’s 2008 initiatives has awakened a day late an a dollar short to realize the damage caused by reactive legislation?
Magpie is a bashful, but sweet 4-year-old black Lab/retriever mix. She was unwanted by her previous owners, and since she never received much attention, she’s a little shy with strange people and situations. Once she warms up to you, she is gentle and loving! Magpie walks very nicely on a leash, too! She’s a little skittish when it comes to roughhousing and playing, though, so a home without rambunctious young children would be best for her. Her adoption fee is $100, which includes her spay surgery, vaccinations, microchip, and a bag of food.
Students in kindergarten through grade 12 and their families interested in enrolling in the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s Virtual Academy are invited to attend one of several enrollment meetings scheduled later this month. Students, along with a parent or guardian, who have already signed up for online courses are asked to attend one of the meetings, as well.
At the meetings, students and families will learn more about the EVSC Virtual Academy, receive notebooks, review the content of the courses in which they are enrolled and receive instruction expectations.
Meeting dates for students interested or already in enrolled in grade 9 – 12 courses are:
· Tuesday, July 23, 2013 – 10 – 11:30 a.m.
· Wednesday, July 24, 2013 – 12:30 – 2 p.m.
· Wednesday, July 31, 2013 – 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Families who have children enrolled in kindergarten through eighth grade courses or families who are interested in learning more are invited to attend a meeting on Tuesday, July 30, from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
All meetings will be at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center, located at 1901 Lynch Road.
The EVSC Virtual Academy offers full- and part-time online instruction for students in grades 9 – 12 and full-time enrollment for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The online curriculum is taught and facilitated by licensed EVSC teachers. The high school curriculum includes required and elective courses and numerous Advanced Placement courses. Students enrolled in online courses have regular contact with teachers to ensure they are progressing successfully.
For more information, individuals can contact Janet Leistner, director of EVSC Virtual Academy, at 435-0939 or visit www.evscschools.com/evscva.
AG concludes inspection tour of river, meets with local conservation groups
NEW HARMONY, Ind. – To raise awareness about the risk that invasive fish pose to the Wabash River ecosystem and native fish, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller today concluded his four-day tour and inspection by boat of the Wabash River where he met with local conservation groups to listen to concerns and share information about the Asian carp’s spread into Indiana waterways.
Today, the final day of his Wabash River tour, Zoeller stopped in New Harmony and discussed Asian carp encroachment with local residents, groups and officials. Earlier in the week, Zoeller was joined on the tour by John Goss, director of the federal government’s Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, part of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
“We all want to protect the Great Lakes from future problems with Asian carp but need to recognize the current environmental problems currently being caused by this invasive species. I appreciate Director Goss – a Hoosier himself – and our federal partners for their help in the effort to protect and preserve the quality of our rivers and streams for those of us who enjoy fishing, boating and recreation along the Wabash River,†Zoeller said today in New Harmony in Posey County.
Launching on Monday from Wabash, Ind., Zoeller and Goss traveled on a borrowed speedboat downriver to Peru, Ind., and discussed the invasive fish with members of the Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission, before Goss disembarked. Zoeller then proceeded though Logansport, Lafayette, Clinton, Terre Haute, Merom and Vincennes, traveling most of the way by boat, finally arriving at New Harmony, which is a distance of approximately 334 river miles from the launch point.
The non-native Asian carp, including silver carp and bighead carp, have spread northward up the Mississippi River since they were inadvertently released from fish hatcheries in the South in the 1970s. Two populations of Asian carp are known to inhabit segments of the Wabash River. If the voracious carp become more widely established in Indiana waterways and the Great Lakes and compete for plankton, they could disrupt the food chain and displace native fish species, and that could harm the recreational and commercial fishing industries. The largest of the Asian carp can grow to four feet long and 90 pounds, and the silver carp’s characteristic of jumping out of the water in large numbers at the sound of passing outboard motors can potentially injure boaters. Zoeller observed Asian carp jumping from the water Tuesday near Lafayette, Ind.
In February 2010, Attorney General Zoeller, representing Indiana, filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in the State of Michigan’s legal dispute with the State of Illinois over Asian carp control methods. The brief urged the Court to exercise its original jurisdiction in the case, but ultimately the nation’s highest court declined to hear the dispute. To prevent the spread of the carp into Lake Michigan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers currently operates electric barriers in waterways outside Chicago, and a chain-link fence was installed across Eagle Marsh near Fort Wayne to prevent the invasive fish from spreading through Maumee River tributaries into Lake Erie.
In light of ongoing discussion in Illinois and other Great Lakes states about a proposal to separate Lake Michigan from Chicago waterways to halt the northward advance of the fish, Zoeller said he wants to ensure that the concerns of Hoosier stakeholders – particularly those in affected communities on the banks of the Wabash – are heard by the federal government and that Indiana does not face an unfair cost burden in the process.
“We are concerned about the costs to Indiana of controlling this aquatic pest whose spread was not caused by the citizens of Indiana,†Zoeller said.
Zoeller chose the City of Wabash as the launching point of his river tour Monday to highlight the river’s economic and cultural importance to local communities and also note the role of the Indiana Attorney General’s Office by statute in bringing certain environmental litigation on the State’s behalf and in legally representing state agencies such as the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and Department of Natural Resources. For example, the Attorney General’s Office recently assisted the City of Wabash by obtaining a search warrant for a 20-acre former industrial site where potentially hazardous substances were located, and information gathered in the warrant search will be useful in directing a cleanup of the site.
A volunteer provided the use of his Zodiac boat and piloting it down the Wabash during the river tour that concluded near the New Harmony Inn. (Not all the trip was by water, the boat had to be hauled out and towed to a few locations due to water level.) Water quality was another focus of the river inspection tour. Zoeller noted a program operated with the assistance of volunteers, Hoosier Riverwatch, allows the public to monitor river water quality and pollution sources and report issues with the Wabash River to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management or IDEM at http://www.hoosierriverwatch.com/.
NOTE: Photos and video of Asian carp can be downloaded from the multimedia page of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee of the White House Council of Environmental Quality, at this link: http://www.asiancarp.us/multimedia.htm#photos
Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, July 17, 2013.
Everett Darnell Operating a Motor Vehicle After Forfeiture of License for Life-
Class C Felony
Beau Hidbrader Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury-Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Domestic Battery-Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Interference with the Reporting of a Crime-Class A Misdemeanor
Arthur Jones Sr Theft-Class D Felonies (Two Counts)
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor
Criminal Trespass-Class A Misdemeanor
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Russell Meserve Attempted Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon-Class C Felonies
(Four Counts)
Criminal Reckless-Class C Felonies (Two Counts)
Toddrick Ogburn Dealing in Schedule I Controlled Substance-Class A Felony (Two Counts)
Dealing in Marijuana-Class C Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felonies (Two Counts)
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Michael Thompson Operating a Vehicle as a Habitual Traffic Violator-Class D Felony
Andrew Campbell Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Public Intoxication-Class B Misdemeanor
Kyle Chappell Resisting Law Enforcement-Class D Felony
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person-
Class A Misdemeanor
Failure to Stop After Accident Resulting in Injury-Class A Misdemeanor
Reckless Driving-Class B Misdemeanor
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Class C Misdemeanor
Reginald Currington Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Carrying a Handgun without a License-Class A Misdemeanor
Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
Shannon Fischer Theft-Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanors (Two Counts)
Demario Holman Possession of Cocaine-Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Trevor Manley Possession of Cocaine-Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor
Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor
Nakia Tyus Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Possession of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance-Class D Felonies
(Three Counts)
Marvin Willis Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator-Class D Felony
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)
Andrew Zenthofer Causing Serious Bodily Injury When Operating a Motor Vehicle with a
Schedule I or II Substance in Body-Class D Felonies (Two Counts)
Causing Serious Bodily Injury When Operating a Motor Vehicle While
Intoxicated-Class D Felonies (Two Counts
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at KPhernetton@vanderburghgov.org
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law
The city of Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history Thursday afternoon, culminating a decades-long slide that transformed the nation’s iconic industrial town into a model of urban decline crippled by population loss, a dwindling tax base and financial problems.
The 16-page petition was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit.
Gov. Rick Snyder’s office was making plans this afternoon to hold a 10 a.m. Friday morning news conference at the Maccabees Building, 5057 Woodward in Midtown, according to his office. It’s the same location where the governor declared a financial emergency for Detroit on March 1.
Snyder authorized Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr to file bankruptcy under a law the Legislature passed in December that replaced the previous emergency manager law voted repealed last November.
The bankruptcy filing came minutes before Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina was set to hold an emergency hearing Thursday afternoon on a request for a temporary restraining order blocking Snyder from authorizing a bankruptcy filing.
“It was my intention to grant you your request completely,†Aquilina told lawyers for Detroit’s pension boards.
The judge did grant temporary restraining orders against Snyder and Orr taking further action in the bankruptcy proceedings.
Ronald King, an attorney representing the police/fire and general retirement pension systems, said he may file a motion Friday in the case seeking to require Orr, an officer of the state, to withdraw the bankruptcy filing.
After the hearing, King expressed frustration with the governor’s office after filing a motion for a temporary restraining order at 3:37 p.m. and giving Snyder’s attorney extra time to get to the downtown Lansing courthouse.
The bankruptcy case was filed at 4:06 p.m. and Aquilina convened the emergency hearing at 4:11 p.m.
“This was a race to the courthouse this afternoon and yet another example of (the Snyder administration) completely usurping the will of the people, ignoring the referendum in the fall and then flat-out racing to file bankruptcy protection so you can get out from the protection of (pensions),†King told reporters.
Aquilina was preparing to hear arguments Monday from retirees seeking to stop the bankruptcy filing, which produced an automatic stay of all pending litigation and capped a month of intense talks between Orr’s team and creditors, which largely have failed to restructure as much as $20 billion in debt and long-term liabilities.
Orr’s spokesman, Bill Nowling, could not be reached for comment. And state officials contacted by The News on Thursday declined to discuss the matter, though Snyder spokesman Jeff Holyfield confirmed the governor authorized the filing.
The Chapter 9 filing could take years, experts say, despite hopes by the governor and Orr that the case can be wrapped up in a year. A bankruptcy judge could trump the state constitution by slashing retiree pensions, ripping up contracts and paying creditors roughly a dime on the dollar for unsecured claims worth $11.45 billion.
During a month of negotiations, Orr has reached a settlement with only two creditors: Bank of America Corp. and UBS AG. They have agreed to accept 75 cents on the dollar for approximately $340 million in swaps liabilities, according to a source familiar with the deal.
The bankruptcy plan was expected to closely follow Orr’s restructuring proposal that was unveiled to creditors on June 14 — a proposal that drew criticism from some creditors who said the cuts were too deep and did not include the sale of city assets, including Belle Isle and a Detroit Institute of Arts collection worth billions. He proposed paying most of the money owed to secured creditors while pension funds, unions and unsecured bondholders would receive, in some cases, 10 cents on the dollar.
The filing is expected to trigger a costly, long and precedent-setting battle by creditors and Detroit’s bankruptcy case could become a template for the treatment of pensions in the largely uncharted world of municipal bankruptcies.
Unsecured creditors could take the biggest hit in bankruptcy court. Orr wants them to share a $2 billion payout on approximately $11.5 billion worth of debt, which includes an estimated $9.2 billion in health and pension benefits and $530 million in general-obligation bonds.
Instead of paying creditors in full, Orr would use $1.25 billion over the next decade to buy police cars and fire trucks, replace broken street lights, tear down burned-out homes, fight blight and improve city services.
Orr wants to stabilize the city, woo new residents, provide essential city services for Detroiters, lower property taxes and transfer costly departments, including the water department, to an outside group.
Once the nation’s fourth largest city, Detroit was hailed as an industrial hub with nearly 2 million people. Today, after a half-century of residential flight, high unemployment, a significant reduction in state funding, plummeting income and property taxes, corruption and chronic mismanagement, the bankruptcy filing solidifies the city’s standing as a model of urban decline.
The filing serves as a grim reminder of the bankruptcies that hit the auto industry four years ago. Unlike the cases of General Motors and Chrysler in 2009, the White House offered no financial help.
Snyder’s staff is making plans to explain the bankruptcy decision during appearances on Sunday morning talks shows, including “Face the Nation†and “Meet the Press,†according to one source.
The case was expected to be assigned by Alice Batchelder, chief judge of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which spans Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Any judge in the four-state region could be assigned the case, though Batchelder will weigh potential political concerns and decide who has the time and capability to handle a complex, large case.
Some legal experts predict the case would be assigned to a judge from outside the city to avoid any potential conflicts of interest.
The Fishers Police Department is investigating the disappearance of an adult from, Fishers Indiana. Fishers, Indiana is located approximately 15 miles northeast of Indianapolis, Indiana. Peyton Rickhof is an 18 year old white female, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 lbs, with blond hair and blue eyes. Peyton Rickhof was last seen on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in Fishers, Indiana, and is believed to be in danger. Peyton Rickhof was last seen wearing a pink tank top and black yoga pants. Peyton Rickhof may be disoriented and require medical assistance. She is believed to be driving a 2006, Mercury Mariner SUV, black in color with Indiana plate SGC405.
