April 12, 2013 – Evansville, IN – Central Library will have a delayed opening on Tuesday, April 16 due to the installation of a replacement compressor on the building’s roof. The Library will open at 1:00 pm.
All other EVPL locations will operate as normal. Customers can also access eBooks and other downloadable material and information online anytime at evpl.org.
St. Mary’s Hospital for Women and Children is excited to announce it is beginning a new OB/GYN Hospitalist Program, which provides specialized, round-the-clock care to pregnant women. While many obstetricians divide their time between their office and the hospital, this program will offer hospital-based doctors focused solely on providing care to patients in the labor and delivery unit, as well as those facing emergency situations. To support this initiative, St. Mary’s is working with OB Hospitalist Group, the nation’s largest provider of OB/GYN Hospitalists. These doctors will provide enhanced coverage and a critical safety net to OB/GYNs in the community.
“Sometimes a woman’s own physician can’t be present during her delivery, whether it’s because of a family emergency, another delivery, or any number of reasons,†said Bennett S. Walstatter, M.D. “Having an OB/GYN Hospitalist Program means every woman can be confident that an experienced OB/GYN will be delivering her baby. That gives women and their families peace of mind during one of the most important moments of their lives.â€
Hospitalist care is a growing trend nationwide that helps increase access to specialists and improves patient outcomes. This program will make St. Mary’s the only hospital in the Tri-State to offer 24/7 in-house obstetrics, OB anesthesia, a well-established neonatology team, and the area’s only Level II trauma center with an emphasis on trauma during pregnancy.
In addition, these board-certified OB/GYN Hospitalists will:
• Work with each woman’s own OB to provide 24/7 care to both mother and baby.
• Complement other healthcare professionals within the hospital, including medical and surgical consultants, maternal-fetal medicine, lactation consultants, social workers, and more.
• Receive specialized training, in addition to maintaining board certification.
Evansville Police are investigating an overnight robbery at Laundry USA at 1504 Washington Ave.
Several customers were in the laundry when a black male came in, pointed a handgun at one of the customers, and demanded money. The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect was not located.
Witnesses said he was about 6’00 tall and thin. He was wearing black pants, black hoodie, and white shoes. He had a blue bandana covering his face.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call EPD at 436-7979.
Lieutenant Dennis Marshall retires from the Indiana State Police after serving 34 dedicated years of service to the Indiana State Police and to the communities in which he served.
Marshall is a native of Perrysville, IN and a 1974 graduate of North Vermillion High School. He later attended Danville Junior College in Illinois and Central Missouri State in Warrensburg, MO, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Marshall joined the Indiana State Police in April 1979 and was assigned to the Evansville District where he primarily patrolled Posey County. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal in 1991. Marshall continued to rise through the ranks and was promoted to Sergeant in August 1994 to supervise troopers patrolling Pike and Knox Counties. In August 2000, Marshall was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant to serve as the Evansville District Commander.
“Dennis Marshall is the quintessential Indiana State Trooper. His demeanor, appearance, attitude and compassion in the way he did his job is a model for the rest of us. He was an energetic and admired trooper when he worked Posey County. When he became a supervisor and eventually the district commander, he never forgot what it was like to be a trooper. He will always have my deepest respect and admiration,†said Captain Danny Price, Area III Commander.
Dennis and his wife, Susan Bobette, have been married 29 years and reside in Mt. Vernon. They have one daughter, Ashley, and six grandchildren.
Evansville Police arrested 18 year old AUSTIN PAM after he ran from officers who tried to arrest him on several warrants.
Officers spotted PAM near the intersection of Cass and Elliott. Officers knew PAM had warrants for his arrest. The warrants included Robbery with a Firearm Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, 2 counts of Armed Robbery, and a Petition to Revoke Probation Warrant.
When officers approached PAM, he took off running. He was arrested after a foot chase. PAM was arrested on the warrants and a new charge of Resisting Law Enforcement.
The Perry Twp Fire Dept will be debuting our new Fire Safety Smoke House, Saturday April 13th at 11am. We will have it set up at the site of our future fire station, witch is located at 4801 Broadway ave. This site also contains the baseball fields known as Kuester Field, which we lease to West Side Independent League teams for $1.00 a year. They will be having opening day ceremonies at this time as well.
This safety house is a blow up house that is used to teach children fire safety. It allows children to be in a safe setting, using theater smoke (fog machine smoke), to give them a real world feel to exiting a smoke filled house.
Also, several of our members have built a unit used to safely dismantle METH labs. They will have this unit, the NUL Unit, on display as well. http://www.nulunit.com/
April 11, 2013, Aaron Fellows, age 21, was found guilty in Vanderburgh County Circuit Court of Burglary Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Felony; Attempted Robbery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Call B Felony; Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony; Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor. Fellows’ faces 20-50 years on the Class A Felony. Judge David Kiely will sentence Fellows on May 2, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
For further information on the case listed above, or any pending case, please contact Regene Newman, at 812.435.5156 or via e-mail at rinewman@vanderburghgov.org
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, April 11, 2013.
George Altheide III Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in Methamphetamine-Class B Felony
Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Class D Felony
Possession of Chemical Reagents or Precursors with Intent to Manufacture a Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
Jeannie Babbs Robbery-Class C Felony (Two Counts)
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)
Mary Woodruff Robbery-Class C Felony (Two Counts)
False Informing-Class B Misdemeanor
John Hampton Possession of a Schedule III Controlled Substance-Class D Felony
(Habitual Substance Offender Enhancement)
Jeffrey Weyer Intimidation-Class C Felony
Strangulation-Class D Felony
Domestic Battery-Class D Felony
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Regene Newman at 812.435.5156 or via e-mail at rinewman@vanderburghgov.org
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
IS IT TRUE April 12, 2013
IS IT TRUE the City of Evansville received good news yesterday from two major bond rating agencies that will enable the City to refinance some existing Water and Sewer Department debt?…this will go a long way toward helping the City save approximately $400,000 per year on the debt service of these bonds over the next 10 years?…the City County Observer encourages the City to take this money saving step that is small in the big picture as it only saves 0.16% of the annual budget but it is savings none the less?…we also encourage the City to consider maintaining these high bond ratings when taking on additional debt as there is still that $500 Million combined sewer overflow problem that cannot be kicked down the road indefinitely?
IS IT TRUE that Casino Aztar has executed a purchase contract to own the building that used to be Fast Eddy’s?…the company that owned the building, 507 Properties LLC was a different company than the company that actually owned and operated the restaurant River Rock Café Incorporated that recently filed bankruptcy claiming to have only $3,481 in assets against liabilities of $180,697?…this makes two failed businesses that Aztar now owns the buildings of?…Aztar has a real estate portfolio that includes both Fast Eddy’s and Stoney’s real estate?…as Aztar rebrands itself into the flagship name of Tropicana it will be interesting to see just what gets done down at their complex?
IS IT TRUE the Vanderburgh County Council is going to have to tighten its belt a little bit or bust it’s budget too?…a $1.5 Million shortfall was recently found in the $51 Million budget which is just on the order of 3% that will need to be cut or found in some slush fund?…to put this into perspective this is like the average American family that earns about $51,000 per year having to deal with a $1,500 pay cut?…between the 2% Social Security tax increase and the increases in gas prices every American family has had to deal with such a cut this year already?…there did not seem to be much concern on the part of government for those families who faced this tax increase?…the collective taxing units across the county are whining that the property tax caps are going to cause them to lose $22.5 Million this year?…if that is truly the case we have to wonder how they would have spent the extra $21 Million had there been no tax caps?…it has not been that long since the tax caps went into effect and it is already forcing government to spend more responsibly?…without the caps we are certain that the spending machine of local government would have burned through that $22.5 Million and still cried poor?
IS IT TRUE the sure fire way to our government to collect more money is to create an atmosphere that allows private business to make more money and hire more people?…subsidizing one business with its competitors money is not a moral way to do such a thing?…the City of Evansville is hell bent to take tax money from existing businesses to subsidize retail, restaurants, and one single hotel in downtown Evansville?…this is not only an insult to every other business in Evansville it is a redistributionist mentality that is more fitting with a communist banana republic?…putting in sidewalks and sewers to promote commerce is indeed the governments job?…picking winners and losers in the marketplace the way the “pre-development†agreement the City just signed does, undermines private enterprise?…we are going down a slippery slope that discourages other new investments and incenses existing business owners?
IS IT TRUE the CCO would like to congratulate its webmaster Daniel Wallace for being named the “Outstanding Graduate†for the IVY Tech Business School for 2013?
