Gibson County – Early Sunday morning, March 31, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Trooper Paul Stolz and Deputy John Fischer responded to 692 Concord Drive in Princeton to investigate a battery complaint.
While approaching the residence Trooper Stolz heard a male inside the garage yelling and a female screaming. Stolz ran to a window and observed a male kick a female lying on the floor. After kicking her, the male attempted to drag the female by her hair while striking her with his fist. Stolz immediately banged on the garage door and ordered the male to open the door. Eventually the male, who was identified as Russell Griesemer, 40, opened the door and was taken into custody. The female was identified as Erica Griesemer, 39. The couple is currently divorced, but has been living together. An ambulance was summoned, but she refused any further medical treatment. Russell Griesemer was arrested and is currently being held on bond in the Gibson County Jail.

Arrested and Charges:
• Russell Griesemer, 40, 692 Concord Drive, Princeton, IN
1. Domestic Battery, Class A Misdemeanor

Arresting Officer: Trooper Paul Stolz, Indiana State Police
Assisting Officer: Deputy John Fischer, Gibson County Sheriff’s Department

Assisting Agency: Princeton Police

Deaconess Women’s Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital for Women and Children are working together to achieve “Baby-Friendly Hospital” designations, with support from the Welborn Baptist Foundation and a CDC grant.

The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It recognizes hospitals that encourage and promote breastfeeding and facilitate bonding between mother and baby. The designation requires implementation of the “Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.”

This effort is supported by the Welborn Baptist Foundation through a Community Transformation Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of the grant is to prevent chronic diseases by promoting healthy, active lifestyles. Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that breastfeeding leads to positive health outcomes for both mother and baby. According to the CDC, a baby’s risk of becoming an overweight child decreases by 4% with each month of breastfeeding. This means children who are breastfed for the first 9 months of life are more than 30% less likely to become overweight, compared to children who were never breastfed.

In addition:
• Breastfed children have lower rates of many serious illnesses, including SIDS, childhood cancers, and diabetes.
• Both mother and baby enjoy the emotional benefits that come with bonding through breastfeeding.
The goal of this community effort is for both hospitals to achieve Baby-Friendly designation by the beginning of 2015.
For more information on the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and the “Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding,” please visit: http://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/

St. Mary’s Health is proud to host its 5th annual “Spring in to Feed the Hungry” food drive to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry. Donations will be accepted Tuesday, April 9th through Thursday, April 11th.

The public is invited to join St. Mary’s employees in contributing to this food drive. Visitors can drop-off non-perishable food items or monetary donations at the entrance of the Center for Advanced Medicine, located on St. Mary’s main campus in Evansville. Valets with the Courtesy Services department will come to your vehicle to take the donations. Drop off times are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day.

This food drive is part of the Feinstein Challenge, a national competition in which one million dollars will be divided proportionately to agencies across the country, based on the amount of food and cash donations each organization receives during the months of March and April.

Over the last four years:
•St. Mary’s has collected about 4,450 pounds of food and nearly $2,900.
•Combined with the Feinstein Challenge, a total of 5,573 pounds of food and $4,028 has been donated to St. Vincent de Paul.

In 2012, the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry served an average of about 1,100 households – or 2,770 people – per month.

GREENVILLE, N.C. – A long and special ride came to an end on Saturday as the University of Evansville men’s basketball team
fell to East Carolina by an 81-58 final in the semifinals of the CollegeInside.com Tournament.

Leading from start to finish, the Pirates (22-12) led by as many as 27 points while shooting 55.4% from the floor. After shooting 50% in the first half, ECU hit 17 out of 28 second-half shots.

Colt Ryan was the lone Aces (21-15) player to register double figures, finishing with 12. The UE all-time scoring leader finishes his career with 2,279 points. Egidijus Mockevicius had one of his best overall games versus the Pirates, tallying 9 points and 5 blocks while tying his career mark with 13 rebounds.

“That first half, we had a hard time stopping guys and did not do a good job on the glass,” UE head coach Marty Simmons said. “We missed a bunch of open shots right at the rim. Give East Carolina credit, we knew they were very athletic.”

Simmons also commented on the seniors, who gave the Aces four great years.

“Our seniors have all been incredible. They had had great attitudes and have continued to work and work. We have done some things in the last 3-4 years that we have not done for a while,” Simmons continued. “It is a credit to our fans and the community who have supported these guys. You will not find six more guys who have given more to a program.”

Miguel Paul got ECU on the board on the opening possession hitting a three. Troy Taylor scored UE’s first point before the Pirates jumped out to an 8-2 edge in the opening moments of the game. That lead would grow for the Pirates as they would drain six of their first 10 shots while Evansville began the game hitting just 4 out of 17 attempts as ECU took a 17-8 lead midway through the opening frame.

Shots kept on falling for ECU as they knocked down 11 out of 16 to go up by a 31-15 tally 13 minutes in. Miguel Paul was responsible for 13 of those points as he knocked down all three 3-pointers. As hot as the Pirates were, the Aces were cold, knocking down just 7 of their opening 25 shots.

East Carolina slowed down a bit offensively, but still shot 50% in the half (14-28) on their way to a 40-26 lead. The Aces were just 10-of-39 in the first half of play as Ryan led the way for UE with six points. Evansville utilized a zone defense in the latter part of the period, which held East Carolina to just 3-12 in the final minutes.

Out of the break, the Pirates scored eight out of the first ten points to open up their largest lead of the game at 20 points. That lead grew to as many 25 points at 57-32 as the Pirates knocked down 7 out of 10 shots to open the half. The run marked a 17-6 spurt to begin the latter half.

Evansville cut into the deficit, cutting it down to 20 with about 12 minutes left, but the deficit proved to be too much. The Aces got within 16 points at 67-51, but an 11-0 stretch saw the Pirates push the lead to as many as 27 points before settling for the 81-58 win.

Ryan Sawvell came off the bench to post seven points and six rebounds while Lewis Jones chipped in six points and three rebounds. For the game, the Aces shot 31.8% (21-66); following a 10-of-39 first-half performance, the offense rebounded to hit 11 out of 27 attempts (40.7%) in the second half.

Maurice Kemp was one of four ECU players to finish in double figures as he led the way with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Miguel Paul tallied 19 while Ty Armstrong had 17.

The Aces finish their best season in 13 years with a 21-15 record. They also bid adieu to six seniors as Andy Chinn, Ned Cox, Lewis Jones, Colt Ryan, Troy Taylor and Brandon Williams have played their final games at UE

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A berth in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament Championship game is on the line as the University of Evansville men’s basketball team travels to East Carolina for a 4 p.m. CT game on Saturday afternoon at Minges Coliseum.

Fans are reminded that a watch part will be held at Showplace Cinema East (1801 Morgan Center Drive) with the doors opening at Harbor Bay restaurant at 3 p.m. Admission is free while two theaters each holding 250 people will be open. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

It is on to the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament for the Purple Aces as they travel to East Carolina on Saturday. With a win, Evansville will advance to the championship game, which will be hosted by either Northern Iowa or Weber State. A hard-fought win over Canisius propelled the Aces into the semis as they took down the Golden Griffins by a final of 84-83 on Tuesday.

Colt Ryan is the all-time leading scorer in University of Evansville program history; his 3-pointer with 1:56 remaining in the first half at Canisius gave him the mark. He passed Larry Humes, who set the mark in 1966 with 2,236 points. Ryan tallied 39 in the record-breaking performance and stands at 2,267 in his illustrious career with the Aces.

Play keeps going for UE as they have won their first three games of the CIT; it is the first time UE has won more than one postseason game in a season since the 1971 championship. If UE can go 4-0 in the CIT, they will be in great company; every University of Evansville team that has won four postseason games has also won a championship. The championship season of 1971 was the last time UE has won more than one game in a postseason tournament as the Aces went a perfect 5-0 en route to their fifth NCAA College Division National Championship.

With the win at Canisius on March 26, the Purple Aces won their third in a row on the road. It marked the first time UE has done so since grabbing wins at Wichita State, Missouri State and Indiana State in the 1998-99 campaign where UE went 23-10. The last 4-game road win streak also came that season as UE topped Morehead State, Drake, Creighton and Northern Iowa. In its last three true road games, UE topped Wright State before earning its first win at Wichita since 2001; that continued with the win at Canisius.

Since notching just 50 points in the Arch Madness loss to Indiana State, Evansville has averaged 84.7 points in the three CIT games. It is just the second time UE has posted three games in a row over 80 points in the Coach Simmons era, the other time came in the 2010-11 season when the Aces notched 90 vs. Maryland Eastern Shores, 81 against Middle Tennessee State and wrapped it up with 87 versus Norfolk State. Should the Aces register 80 once again at East Carolina, it would mark the first four-game streak since the 1998-99 season (89 @ Drake, 84 @ Creighton, 96 vs. UNI, 81 vs. Wichita St.).

When the postseason begins, it gives everyone a chance to continue their season and Evansville has taken full advantage of that by winning its first three games. A lot of that success for the Aces can be attributed to the play of Colt Ryan, who has averaged 28.7 points in the three wins. Aside from his efforts, Ned Cox has posted 12.3 points and Troy Taylor has averaged 10 while posting a career-high of 16 against EKU. Taylor has upped the ante, leading UE in the CIT in assists, rebounds and steals along with shooting 57.1% after shooting 45.3% in the regular season. UE has outscored the opposition by 9 points while owning a +6.7 lead on the boards.

East Carolina enters competition on Saturday with a 21-12 overall mark and went 9-7 in Conference USA. The Pirates advanced to the semis of the CIT thanks to wins over Savannah State (66-65), Rider (75-54) and Loyola Maryland (70-58). ECU has been strong at home this season, winning 16 out of 20 games played at Williams Arena.

Three Pirates average double figures, led by Maurice Kemp’s 18.8 points per game, which led Conference USA this season; Kemp also was in the top ten in the league with 7.9 rebounds. Miguel Paul has notched 12.8 PPG to go along with 219 assists (top C-USA average of 7.06/ game); that average is tied for seventh in the nation. Akeem Richmond has notched 11.2 points while Robert Sampson is fourth in C-USA with 9.1 rebounds per outing.

Evansville and East Carolina have met on two occasions, playing a home-and-home series in the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons. The meeting in Greenville was played on December 12, 1998 as the Pirates came away with an 82-79 win; UE led 47-38 at the half, but ECU overcame the deficit to take the win; Craig Snow was UE’s leading scorer with 18 points as the Aces hit 32 out of 62 shots. At Roberts Stadium on December 11, 1999, UE got its revenge, hanging on for a 68-63 victory as Snow was the star once again, notching 22 points on a 9-of-21 shooting performance.

(Washington, DC) –Representative Larry Bucshon released the following statement regarding the remarks made by Representative Don Young (AK) in a radio interview on Thursday.

Representative Bucshon (IN-08):

“Representative Young’s remarks were offensive, indefensible, and have no place in public discourse,” said Rep. Bucshon. “There is no excuse for such derogatory language. I call on Representative Young to apologize immediately.”

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