Evansville Police responded to an early morning double shooting in the 1500 block of Vann Ave. Officers arrived while shots were still being fired and detained numerous people. Officers recovered a handgun at the scene.
Officers found one shooting victim walking away from the area. The second victim was located at St. Mary’s Hospital.
Investigators attempted to get information from both victims, but neither were cooperative. Both declined prosecution.
Based on information gathered from at least one witness, police believe the shooting stemmed from a dispute between members of the L.A. Zombies street gang and another group of individuals.
Dispute the lack of cooperation from the victims, police will still pursue a case for Criminal Recklessness against anyone who fired shots during the incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact Evansville Police.
Lack of cooperation hinders EPD shooting investigation
IS IT TRUE January 21, 2013
IS IT TRUE January 21, 2013
IS IT TRUE we wish all of our readers a most excellent day that many people enjoy as a paid holiday to commemorate the life’s work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?…on some occasions the inauguration of the President of the United States happens on Dr. King’s Day and this is one of those times?…as President Barack Obama is publicly sworn in to begin serving his second term we should all take the time to remember the great nation that was built by those who fled tyranny to establish the United States of America and to author our Constitution?…as President Obama swears to uphold the Constitution of the United States we should all silently ask the powers of the universe to grant him the wisdom to know what that means and the courage to fulfill the oath he will be taking for the 2nd time?
IS IT TRUE Saturday brought us an entertaining day of college basketball with several down to the wire games for ranked teams?…the then #1 Louisville Cardinals seemed bound and determined to hand Syracuse the win and succeeded in doing so?…the most thrilling game of the day was a dogfight between the Butler Bulldogs and the Gonzaga Bulldogs?…these teams fought it out down to the last fraction of a second when Butler hit a floater to win the game and knock off their 3rd top 10 team of the season including the IU Hoosiers?…it should be a foregone conclusion that Butler will be in the Top 10 when today’s rankings come out and will in all likelihood be the highest ranked team from Indiana?…Butler deserves this distinction and continues to be one of the most likeable and exquisitely managed and coached teams in the nation?…the other puzzling thing from this weekend’s games was the victory by Wichita State over Creighton?…we recall that our own University of Evansville Purple Aces defeated Wichita State but got clobbered by Creighton?…when the Aces are consistently the team that beat Wichita State we can expect 25+ wins per year and an attendance increase at Ford Center?…as we have often written loyalty will sell the first 3,000 tickets but winning games is the only way to fill the remaining 7,000 seats and it does not matter if the game is in the Ford Center, Roberts Stadium, or a large pole barn with peach baskets?…winning is what filled Hinkle Fieldhouse and consistent winning is what will hopefully fill the Ford Center for Aces and Eagles games some day?
IS IT TRUE that Evansville once again is experiencing a situation where a shooting has happened on the East Side that no one seems to have witnessed including the two people who got shot?…it would seem to be a foregone conclusion that people getting shot is a bad thing and that the perps who do such things need to be prosecuted and incarcerated?…as long as criminals are allowed to rampage and shoot people and everyday citizens refuse to testify with that old “I didn’t see nothing†excuse, the rampage will continue?…that fixing schools fixes neighborhoods and that fixing neighborhoods fixes cities?…we would like to plead with the citizens of Evansville to get beyond the criminals friend position of “I didn’t see nothing†and help reclaim the parts of this town in need of reclamation?…blight and crime do not ever clean themselves up?
IS IT TRUE that over the weekend the City County Observer passed another readership milestone seeing Google Analytics report that over 2 Million pages have been viewed since the counting started in October of 2010?…the CCO has now had more unique visitors that the entire population of Vanderburgh County?…that even though it is not a year with a big election the 2013 readership exceeds the 2012 readership thusfar by 23.2%?
IS IT TRUE that we wonder on this Dr. Martin Luther King Day, so we as a nation still have a dream and if so what might that dream be?
Eagles upset 5th-ranked Greyhounds
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The 15th-ranked University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball team soared to a 69-55 upset of the fifth-ranked University of Indianapolis Saturday afternoon at the Physical Activities Center. USI rises to 12-2 overall and 5-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, while UIndy goes to 12-2 overall, 4-2 GLVC.
The victory gives USI a sweep of the two-game homestand and moves the Screaming Eagles to a perfect 10-0 at the PAC this season.
The Eagles hit the first bucket of the game and never trailed in the contest after a trio of ties in the first five minutes. USI used a 9-2 run to separate itself from UIndy and led 15-8 with 11:59 left before halftime.
UIndy cut the lead to four points twice before USI went on a second 9-2 run to post its largest lead of the half, 33-22, with 2:49 remaining in the first half. The Eagles and the Greyhound traded a pair of baskets as the clock ticked down in the opening half before USI took a 35-27 lead into the intermission.
The USI defense took over to begin the second half, holding UIndy scoreless for 4:30 and propelling the Eagles to their largest lead of the game, 15 points, 42-27. The Eagles saw the 15 point leading shrink to eight points four times before ending the game with a 69-55 victory.
Overall, USI made the most of its opportunities, shooting 41.2 percent from the field (21-51) and 77.8 percent from the charity stripe (21-27). The Eagles also dominated the glass, outrebounding the Greyhounds, 45-32.
Individually, USI was led by the team-high, 19-point effort of junior forward Orlando Rutledge (Louisville, Kentucky). Rutledge was followed by junior forward Aaron Nelson (Chicago Heights, Illinois), senior guard Kenyon Smith (Chicago, Illinois), and junior forward Taylor Wischmeier (Brownstown, Indiana) with 10 points each.
Nelson recorded his second-straight double-double and his fourth of the season by grabbing 10 defensive boards. Smith followed with a season-high eight rebounds, tying with senior center Keith DeWitt (High Point, North Carolina) for second on the team.
The Eagles start a three-game road swing at 7:30 p.m. Monday when they travel to play fourth-ranked Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro, Kentucky. Monday’s Eagles-Panthers match-up will be the final GLVC meeting between the two programs in the Owensboro Sportscenter.
KWC raised its record to 14-0 overall and 6-0 in the GLVC after defeating Saint Joseph’s College, 92-58, this afternoon.
Following USI’s trip to Owensboro, the Eagles travel to the northern part of the GLVC to play the University of Wisconsin-Parkside January 24 in Somers, Wisconsin, and Lewis University January 26 in Romeoville, Illinois. Game time at UW-Parkside is 7:30 p.m., while tip-off at Lewis is slated for 3 p.m.
Source: GoUSIEagles.com
School is CLOSED, but cMoe is OPEN on Monday, January 21, 2013. Make plans to bring the kids and explore the museum as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through unique crafts and activities.Harlem Globetrotters at Ford Center 1/22/2013
Don’t miss out on high-flying action and non-stop excitement. With blazing ball-handling wizardry, mesmerizing gravity-defying dunks, side-splitting comedy and crowd interaction, the Globetrotters captivate both the young and the young at heart. Treat your group to a wholesome family entertainment experience that will create lifelong memories and always leaves fans smiling and cheering for more….the World Famous Harlem Globetrotters!
For the first time ever, during the Globetrotters’ 2013 “You write the Rules” World Tour, your family’s smiles will begin before you even get to the show. Fans will decide the rules for the game that could affect the final outcome. This could be anything from playing with two basketballs at once, to getting double the points for each basket made.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Opening
Rocky Mountain Chocolate is having a grand opening celebration that will benefit the VHS.
A new Rocky Mountain Chocolate will be opening inside the Cold Stone Creamery on the East Side in the Target pavillion.
This Friday (18th), Saturday (19th) & Sunday (20th) you can stop into either Cold Stone Creamery locations and mention the Humane Society for the VHS to recieve 20% of your purchase from Cold Stone and Rocky Mountain Chocolate.
State Rep. Gail Riecken’s Statehouse Update
This was our first chance to see what the new governor feels is important for our state. His priorities tell us how we are going to fund the operations of state government for the next two years.
Based on what we have seen so far, here are my initial thoughts on the budget:
In presenting the document, the governor’s people made a big point about it increasing funding for our public schools by 1 percent in each of the next two years.
These negligible increases cannot overcome the financial challenges faced by our school systems.
We can’t forget about the fact that state support for these same schools was cut by $600 million over the past four years. I don’t think that point has been forgotten by many local people across this state who felt the impact of those cuts in the form of programs that were eliminated and personnel forced out of work.
We must have a recommitment to our traditional school system.
I believe our first priority in education should be to make our schools whole again by restoring the investments promised to them these past few years.
In “Meet Your Legislators†this past Saturday, EVSC Superintendent David Smith confirmed this priority.
This should be the starting point in any discussion of education funding.
I also noticed the governor has included his plan to cut state income taxes for individuals by more than a half-million dollars the next two years.
My feelings are that this tax cut must have full and careful review. Any tax cut approved by the Legislature should meet the goal of both stimulating new jobs and increasing the earnings of the middle class.
These are the people who need the help the most. These are the people whose household median incomes are more than $4,000 behind the rest of the country.
These are the hard working Hoosiers who excite our economy by spending their paychecks on their children, their children’s education, food and clothing, home and expensive utilities.
I believe Gov. Pence should have the chance to state his case for his plan before the General Assembly. He has earned that right.
But to date, it has been interesting to see that the most objections to cutting income taxes have come from members of the governor’s own party.
For now, the focal point for discussions on the budget will be in the Indiana House of Representatives. Our Ways & Means Committee will be debating it the next few weeks, then all of us in the House will have our chance to talk about it, probably starting in February.
This is the one document that demands your attention this year, and I hope to talk to you about it many times in the weeks to come.
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St. Mary’s Community Outreach Bridges the Gap to
St. Mary’s Outreach Services began in 1997 in an effort to bridge the gap in access to healthcare for those on its fringes. It helps us reach into our community and create a healthier future for those we serve. The ultimate goal of this outreach is to help students to become healthy, fit and ready to learn the skills they need now and for a healthy future.
In addition to the Dental Care for Kids program, Community Outreach Services offers St. Mary’s School Outreach, which provides a Registered Respiratory Therapist and a Registered Dietitian to the area parochial schools and the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation.
With these programs St Mary’s is able to bring health education, intervention and awareness to the children, parents and families of our community. We are able to provide various services through a working collaboration with the school administrations and health services.
Specifically, the staff promotes prevention, wellness and healthy life choices to students, as well as to parents and faculty. Activities include health-fairs, individual consultations, school wellness activities, professional workshops, age specific education classes, as well as providing a reference of accurate information to school personnel on various health topics.
Former All-American is USI’s 10th to be select for conference honor
Former All-American is USI’s 10th to be select for conference honor
– Former University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball All-American Chris Bowles ’94 has been selected for induction into the Great Lakes Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
Bowles finished his basketball career at USI as one of the Screaming Eagles all-time greats. He nearly averaged a double-double with 19.0 points and 9.9 rebounds per game over four seasons. USI’s all-time leading rebounder and second-leading scorer amassed 2,169 points and 1,129 boards during his career, becoming the first Eagle to ever eclipse both the 2,000-point and 1,000-rebound marks in a career.
In his final season in 1993-94, Bowles helped lead the Eagles to their first Great Lakes Region Championship and the NCAA Division II Tournament finals. He earned GLVC and Division II Bulletin NCAA Division II Player of the Year honors as well as consensus first-team All-America accolades by several media outlets in helping lead USI to the GLVC championship.
During his junior season, Bowles was named a second-team All-American by Basketball Times and a third-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1992-93. He also helped the Eagles to a second-place finish in the GLVC and the selection of USI to host its first-ever NCAA II Great Lakes Regional.
The native of Madisonville, Kentucky, was honored with first-team All-GLVC honors in each of his four years while helping USI to a 79-38 record over that span. The 1991 GLVC Newcomer of the Year also led the league in rebounding three-straight seasons (1991-92; 1992-93; 1993-94).
Bowles is 10th member of the GLVC Hall of Fame to be selected from USI, following Dr. Charles Bertram (2003); Stan Gouard ’99 (2003); LeAnn Freeland ’97 (2004); Elly Rono ’98 (2004); Jim Nolan (2007); Dr. Bill Stegemoller (2007); Bruce Pearl (2008); Amber Huse Tooley ’96 (2008); and Eileen Weber ’98 (2012).
The 2013 GLVC Hall of Fame Class will be honored at the Enterprise Rent-a-Car/GLVC Spring Awards Banquet at the Drury Plaza Hotel in St. Louis on May 21. Bowles will be joined for induction by University of Indianapolis administrator Dr. Ken Borden; Bellarmine University baseball pitcher Scott Wiegandt; and Missouri University Science & Technology softball standout Kandi Wieberg Spraggs.
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Former University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball All-American Chris Bowles ’94 has been selected for induction into the Great Lakes Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
Bowles finished his basketball career at USI as one of the Screaming Eagles all-time greats. He nearly averaged a double-double with 19.0 points and 9.9 rebounds per game over four seasons. USI’s all-time leading rebounder and second-leading scorer amassed 2,169 points and 1,129 boards during his career, becoming the first Eagle to ever eclipse both the 2,000-point and 1,000-rebound marks in a career.
In his final season in 1993-94, Bowles helped lead the Eagles to their first Great Lakes Region Championship and the NCAA Division II Tournament finals. He earned GLVC and Division II Bulletin NCAA Division II Player of the Year honors as well as consensus first-team All-America accolades by several media outlets in helping lead USI to the GLVC championship.
During his junior season, Bowles was named a second-team All-American by Basketball Times and a third-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1992-93. He also helped the Eagles to a second-place finish in the GLVC and the selection of USI to host its first-ever NCAA II Great Lakes Regional.
The native of Madisonville, Kentucky, was honored with first-team All-GLVC honors in each of his four years while helping USI to a 79-38 record over that span. The 1991 GLVC Newcomer of the Year also led the league in rebounding three-straight seasons (1991-92; 1992-93; 1993-94).
Bowles is 10th member of the GLVC Hall of Fame to be selected from USI, following Dr. Charles Bertram (2003); Stan Gouard ’99 (2003); LeAnn Freeland ’97 (2004); Elly Rono ’98 (2004); Jim Nolan (2007); Dr. Bill Stegemoller (2007); Bruce Pearl (2008); Amber Huse Tooley ’96 (2008); and Eileen Weber ’98 (2012).
The 2013 GLVC Hall of Fame Class will be honored at the Enterprise Rent-a-Car/GLVC Spring Awards Banquet at the Drury Plaza Hotel in St. Louis on May 21. Bowles will be joined for induction by University of Indianapolis administrator Dr. Ken Borden; Bellarmine University baseball pitcher Scott Wiegandt; and Missouri University Science & Technology softball standout Kandi Wieberg Spraggs.
HB 1002: the Indiana Career Council
STATEHOUSE — House Speaker Brian C. Bosma (R-Indianapolis) introduced legislation to create an Indiana Career Council, designed to coordinate between multiple participants in the state’s educational, job skills and career training systems. The Speaker has been joined by Leader Scott Pelath (D-Michigan City), State Reps. Steve Braun (R-Zionsville) and Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn) as co-authors on House Bill (HB) 1002.
In October, Speaker Bosma joined by a dozen of his House Republican colleagues, announced the House Republican “Own Your American Dream†Agenda, created to help make Indiana a stronger state for future generations. In the agenda release, the Speaker highlighted the skills gap, an increasing issue amongst Hoosier workers, and employers.
Sixty-seven percent of manufacturing companies are reporting moderate to severe shortage of available, qualified workers. Fifty-six percent of those expect the shortage to increase in the next three years. The proposed council would provide any Hoosier participating in the state’s educational, job skills and career training system with the opportunity to connect with a fitting educational program.
“It is imperative that we organize the state’s resources in a way that best works for its people. The Indiana Career Council will provide the coordination of information, vision and direction to the various participants in the state’s educational, job skills, and career training system,†said Speaker Bosma.
Members of the Indiana Career Council will be charged with developing a process to match the education skills and training provided by the state’s educational, job skills and career training system with the currently existing and future needs of the state’s job market, as well as submitting recommendations to the Indiana General Assembly for how to improve Indiana’s job skills training system from top to bottom.
“Our goal is to make success possible for everyone, and it starts with having a great education,†said Rep. Braun. “We will work to align our education system and job skill development with available jobs so that Hoosiers can overcome any obstacle that life may throw at them as we work towards building a brighter future.â€
Members of the council would include:
•Governor (Chair)
•Lieutenant Governor (Vice Chair)
•Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
•The Secretary of Commerce (IEDC)
•State Superintendent of Public Instruction (DOE)
•Commissioner of the Commission for Higher Education (CHE)
•The Secretary of the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)
•The President of Ivy Tech College
•One member appointed by the Governor who represents manufacturers interests
•One member appointed by the Governor who represents the interests of the business community
•One member appointed by the Governor who represents the interest of labor
•Two members appointed by the Speaker to serve in an advisory role – cannot be from same political party
•Two members appointed by the Pro Temp to serve in an advisory role – cannot be from same political party
“It is evident that the Indiana General Assembly has worked hard in recent years to improve the Hoosier economy,†said Rep. Smaltz. “Now that we have an increase in jobs, we need to bridge the skills gap and equip Hoosiers with the skills they need.â€
The bill will now move to the Committee of Government and Regulatory Reform for a hearing.