FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.
FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.
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The Otters sent out Braden Scott to start and he worked well early. He battled through the first inning and collected his first strikeout of the night to end the frame.
The Boomers were able to score in the second on an RBI double. Their offense was stunted in that inning, as Scott struck out two of the next three he faced to end the second.
The Otters did fight back in their half of the third. They scored one to tie it thanks to a Cruz RBI single.
Scott would take that scoring and run with it. The next two innings he did not allow a run and got up to seven punchouts.
The fifth inning saw some more Otters runs. They scored on a two-run home run from Cruz to take the lead in the inning. In the bottom half of the fifth, Schaumburg responded with one to make it 3-2.
The sixth also saw Evansville score. Keenan Taylor came up big and hit an RBI double after three straight walks. This put the lead to 5-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth.
Scott would exit the game in the home half of the seventh. He finished with five and two thirds innings pitched, nine strikeouts and only two runs allowed.
In the seventh, the Otters stayed red hot. Cruz hit his second homer of the day, a solo shot, to get the inning started. Dennis Pierce then singled and eventually came in on a wild pitch making the score 7-2.
Schaumburg began their revenge in the eighth. In the bottom half, Schaumburg mounted a comeback and scored five runs to tie the game at 7-7.
Cruz was once again due up in the top of the ninth to lead it off. He launched his third home run of the game to give Evansville the lead 8-7.
The lead didn’t last long enough for the Otters, as the Boomers scored two in their half to walk it off and win 9-8.
Cruz finished the day going 4-for-4 with three runs scored and five RBI.
The Otters play again tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. against the Boomers for the middle game of the series.
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STATEHOUSE– The governor recently ceremonially signed State Rep. Wendy McNamara’s (R-Evansville) new law protecting critical incident stress management (CISM) services for first responders.
McNamara said CISM debriefings are an important mental health tool for public safety officials after facing a stressful or dangerous situation while on the job.
House Enrolled Act 1118 changes the Indiana code so any first responder using a CISM debriefing will not be compelled to disclose those conversations in a civil, criminal or administrative proceeding.
“Our police, firefighters, EMS providers and other first responders face danger day in and day out,” McNamara said. “By protecting these mental health discussions, our first responders will be more empowered to care for themselves.”
First responders face PTSD and depression at a rate five times higher than the civilian population, according to the Ruderman Family Foundation. To help them, Indiana has more than 40 CISM teams, according to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, comprised of trained peer volunteers who can offer care at the scene or counsel for responders afterwards.
McNamara said this change could incentivize first responders to use CISM debriefings, as they will not have to worry about disclosing private information.
To learn more about House Enrolled Act 1118 and other new laws, visit iga.in.gov.
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Event Details:
Date: Wednesday July 9
Time: 2 PM
Location: Willard Park
Color Swirl Tie-Dye in the Park – Summer Reading Program
Let your creativity shine! Join us Tuesday, July 9 at 2 PM for Color Swirl Tie-Dye in the Park, a vibrant outdoor event where kids can dive into tie-dye fun and other messy, hands-on activities.
Part of our Color Our World Summer Reading series, this program is all about color, creativity, and a little bit of mess! Be sure to bring something white and 100% cotton to tie-dye—like a t-shirt, tote bag, or bandana.
To sign up for the Summer Reading Program and view the full schedule, visit: https://www.willardlib.org/children-s-summer-reading-program
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Dr. Maria Diuk-Wasser, professor of ecology, evolution, and environmental biology at Columbia University, is available for interviews. She specializes in how climate change impacts the emergence of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, including the recent emergence of tick-borne pathogens, and she can explain the latest research for your viewers in plain language, not jargon.
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GAVEL GAMUT
By Jim Redwine
www.jamesmredwine.com
(Week of 07 July 2025)
WHAT IS IN CONTROL?
One of the first lectures I received in law school was about how jury trials had changed over about 2,500 years; they hadn’t. According to my law professor, if we budding attorneys had walked into the courtroom in Athens for the trial of Socrates in 399 B.C., we would have easily understood the proceeding. Socrates was charged with corrupting Athenian youth with his views on the prevalent religion and government. He was convicted by a jury of about 500 citizens. Socrates was prosecuted by three senators and he defended himself. In other words, that court of over 2,000 years ago functioned like most courts of the 21st century, until the advent of smart telephones, artificial intelligence and rapidly changing electronic technology.
Unlike the practice of medicine, according to our law professor, that a physician of modern times would not even recognize, until recently the legal profession stoically struggled to deliver justice about the same way our Stone Age progenitors did. As science reached for the stars, the Star Chamber was right at home with the law. Most lawyers, judges and juries sought just verdicts, but often did so with quill pens, arcane fixtures and cloistered proceedings. Well, those honored, if often questioned, days have recently crashed upon the shoals of instant and ubiquitous information and misinformation. And much as the art world and the defense industry are wringing their hands and racing to keep up with machines gone mad, the legal profession is struggling to preserve the First Amendment’s guarantees of Freedom of Speech and the Press along with the Sixth Amendment’s guarantees of Due Process and a Fair Trial.
For thousands of years societies have confidently relied upon jurors to hear cases without being influenced by prejudicial information from outside of the court. Today, judges cannot just order jurors to not read newspapers, or listen to radio or television stories about a case. Jurors in 2025 are just like virtually every other child, teenager, adult and elderly person; everyone has a smart phone to which they are addicted. All the judicial admonishments judges can think of will not defeat the deep-seated need by jurors to “tune in and turn on” and, most likely buy into, the often incorrect information about practically anything, including “facts” about an on-going case.
The Founding Fathers most feared centralized governmental power and believed the best defense to it was for the public to have almost unfettered Freedom of Speech and for the media to be almost immunized from governmental restraint. Of course, America’s legal system has adapted many times to changes in our society. It will surely find ways to deal with the internet. However, the age-old reliance on the omnipotence and wisdom of the trial judge’s instructions has already become as much of a relic as the pyramids. And, just as the pyramids still inspire us, our historically provident legal system probably will too.
However, we in the legal profession must face the reality that Facebook and its ilk have to be dealt with because the populace will not stand for them to be destroyed. Surely, if I were back in that first law school class today, the professor would evince a different perspective on 2025’s legal system.
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