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Attorney General Todd Rokita leads fight to protect civilian access to ammunition

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Attorney General Todd Rokita this week led several states in defending Second Amendment liberties against radical efforts to restrict civilian access to legally manufactured ammunition. 

 “The right to keep and bear arms is foundational to protecting all the rest of our liberties from the long arm of government overreach,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Regular law-abiding Hoosiers know that our office will fight to defend this right to our last breath.” 

 On Jan. 9, 2024 Democratic attorneys general sent a letter to the White House demanding an “investigation” into a specific ammunition manufacturer — Lake City Army Ammunition Plant — in order “to ensure that military-grade and military-subsidized ammunition stays out of civilian hands.” 

 If the U.S. military using ammunition precluded that ammunition’s use by civilians, however, then other widely and commonly available ammunition — including 9mm and 12-gauge shotshells — would also be prohibited for public use. 

 “A tyrant’s tactic is to chip away at liberties little by little,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Americans cannot exercise their constitutionally protected right to use their firearms without access to ammunition. That’s why we’re taking a strong stand.” 

 In their own letter to the White House, Attorney General Rokita and several joining states pledged “to take any and every action necessary to defend our citizens’ Second Amendment rights.”Perpetrators of gun violence should be punished—not the firearm and ammunition manufacturers. 

 “The anti-gun radicals leading this effort are not interested in public safety, “Attorney General Rokita said. “We should be focused on the free flow of illegal weapons coming across our border – not taking aim at law abiding patriots” Attorney General Rokita said. “The federal government’s failure to secure our border and protect Americans is exactly why citizens need the liberty to defend themselves.” 

 There is an additional and important benefit to protecting civilian access to this company’s products. By keeping this military contractor and its 1,700 workers operating at maximum capacity, the civilian law-abiding gun owners who buy Lake City ammunition are subsidizing national defense and military readiness. 

 “The geopolitical threats to America’s national security have never been greater,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Rather than penalize the law-abiding civilian gun owners doing business with military contractors, we should give them medals.” 

 

 

Aces women’s basketball hosts UIC and Valparaiso over the weekend

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The Purple Aces begin a three-game homestand on Friday night

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The University of Evansville women’s basketball team returns home to Meeks Family Fieldhouse for three straight games starting this weekend.
After a long road trip to Missouri and Illinois, the Purple Aces return to Evansville for their longest home stand of the year. UE kicks off the home stand with two games this weekend against the UIC Flames and the Valparaiso Beacons, starting with the Flames on Friday. The Aces contest against UIC is their annual Pride Night where the first 100 students will get a free Aces Pride shirt before the game.The Flames come into tomorrow’s game off a thrilling 86-79 overtime win against Illinois State at home. Overall UIC is at .500 in Missouri Valley Conference play and a winning 10-7 overall record. The Flames Valley wins have come against the Redbirds, Bradley, and Southern Illinois with back-to-back wins. UIC is led on offense by junior forward Makiyah Williams who is averaging 12.5 points a game after transferring from Marquette. On defense, the Flames rely on senior guard/forward Jaida McCloud with 6.3 rebounds and 0.6 blocks a game.

Valparaiso secured their first conference win over the weekend in a 79-55 beat down of Bradley at home The Beacons also have a win against Chicago State and an exhibition win against IU Northwest on the season. Valpo will have a game in Terre Haute on Friday before playing UE on Sunday afternoon. The Beacons offense is led by senior guard/forward Leah Earnst with 14.3 points a game. Valparaiso has one other player averaging in double-figures along with Earnst in 5th-year guard Olivia Brown at 11.5 points a game. Brown has just returned to Valpo’s lineup after four games away due to injury.

Evansville struggled to contain Southern Illinois offense in a 99-60 loss on Sunday. The Salukis were able to use their speed on offense to push pass the Aces on their home floor. A bright spot in Sunday’s game was freshman forward Nevaeh Thomas coming a bucket shy of her career-high in points in Carbondale. Thomas led UE in their game against the Salukis with 22 points while also setting a new career high in field goal attempts and blocks. The  forward attempted 15 shots through 31 minutes
and added two blocks under the rim.

The Aces also were on it under Southern Illinois’ rim on Sunday afternoon. Evansville had its best blocking game of Valley play with five shots turned away through 40 minutes. Two players set career highs in blocks while in Carbondale. Thomas had two while junior guard Julia Palomo recorded her first career block on Sunday.

Arena atrium named in honor of Romain support of USI Athletics

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In recognition of a generous $1 million gift from Ronald ’73 and Connie ’74 Romain to the University of Southern Indiana Foundation committed at the time of USI’s move from Division II to Division I athletics, the Screaming Eagles Arena atrium has been named the Ronald ’73 and Connie ’74 Romain Atrium. The new nameplate was installed in December.

Funds from the commitment are being used to support USI Athletics and the move to Division I.

“The Romains have supported the University for many years, and we are extremely grateful for their generous support of our institution and its students,” says Jon Mark Hall, Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics. “Ron is a former USI student-athlete, so he and Connie know first-hand how much this support means to our student-athletes and USI Athletics.”

The Romains are longtime supporters of the University, including a $5 million leadership gift to Campaign USI: Elevating Excellence, which resulted in the naming of the Romain College of Business. Ron Romain has served on the USI Board of Trustees since 2008 and previously served as Board Chair. He has also served as USI Foundation Board Chair and was Chair of the University’s last capital campaign.

For more information on gifts to support the University and USI Athletics, or to learn more about naming opportunities on the USI campus, contact the USI Foundation at giving@usi.edu or 812-464-1918.

ESPNU returning to USI Screaming Eagles Arena

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The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) announced Monday, January 15 that the University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball game versus Western Illinois University (WIU) on Thursday, January 25 at the Screaming Eagles Arena has been selected to air live on ESPNU. Tipoff also has been moved to 8 p.m.

USI is also hosting Whiteout Night at the Screaming Eagles Arena for both games of the OVC doubleheader, leading off with USI Women’s Basketball versus WIU at 5 p.m. Fans are encouraged to wear white apparel to whiteout the Arena and show their #ScreaglePride!

The first 500 students will receive a white Archie’s Army T-shirt, and the first 300 fans will receive white rally towels. The USI Campus Store has a selection of white T-shirts and additional merchandise in stock, and white USI apparel will also be available in the Screagle Zoneâ„¢ ahead of both games, while supplies last.

ESPNU is visiting the Screaming Eagles Arena for the second-straight season. USI defeated the University of Arkansas at Little Rock last January, 74-67, in the first nationally televised game.

The OVC utilizes a wild card selection process to determine the ESPNU broadcasts with selections announced approximately two weeks before the competition date to ensure the best matchups. The full schedule includes nine total men’s basketball games (six regular season contests and three OVC Tournament games) that will appear on one of the linear networks during the season. The six regular season games will air on ESPNU.

The schedule also includes a women’s basketball regular season matchup on ESPNU. In addition, all seven games of the OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament, as well as the first round and quarterfinals of the men’s tournament (four total games), will stream on ESPN+.

The 2024 OVC Championship Tournament is scheduled for March 6-9 at The Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

UE track and field runners to compete at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational

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The Purple Aces send seven runners to the second day of the invite hosted by Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A small group of runners from the University of Evansville track and field runners will compete in Kentucky on Saturday morning.

The Purple Aces will have seven runners competing on the second day of the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational hosted by the Louisville Cardinals at the Norton Sports and Learning Center. UE will have two runners competing in the 400-meter race and the 5000-meter race while three runners are competing in the mile race. The entire Evansville team will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 2 at the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic.

At the Lenny Lyles Invitational, the Aces will compete against runners from 24 other schools across multiple divisions. No other Missouri Valley Conference schools are participating in the meet, but UE will still see some familiar faces in Purdue, Bellarmine, Louisville, Eastern Kentucky, Austin Peay, and Division II Vincennes. Evansville’s day in Louisville will begin with the 400-meter races at 10:15 a.m. followed by the mile races and wrapping up with the 5000-meter races at 12:15 and 12:55 p.m.

Last weekend at the Indiana Invitational, the Aces broke seven program records while having two podium finishes. Sprinters Raymond Felton III (Houston / Clear Brook HS) and Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind. / Reitz HS) placed second and third in the 200-meter sprint and the 400-meter race respectively with times of 21.89 and 57.80 seconds. Other program records broken last weekend included the men’s and women’s 600-meter race from Jakub Nowicki (Poznan, Poland) at 1:23.49 and Kalina Urbaniak (Suchy Las, Poland) at 1:36.95, the women’s weight throw by Gwen Darrah (Cleveland, Ohio / Orange HS) at 13.50 meters, the men’s shot put by Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind. / Princeton Community HS) with a throw of 15.53 meters and the men’s 4×400 meter relay with a time of 3:22.79.

The PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational begins Saturday morning at 10 a.m. from the Norton Sports and Learning Center.

Aces women’s basketball hosts UIC and Valparaiso over the weekend

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The Purple Aces begin a three-game home stand on Friday night

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The University of Evansville women’s basketball team returns home to Meeks Family Fieldhouse for three straight games starting this weekend.
After a long road trip to Missouri and Illinois, the Purple Aces return to Evansville for their longest home stand of the year. UE kicks off the home stand with two games this weekend against the UIC Flames and the Valparaiso Beacons, starting with the Flames on Friday. The Aces contest against UIC is their annual Pride Night where the first 100 students will get a free Aces Pride shirt before the game.

The Flames come into tomorrow’s game off a thrilling 86-79 overtime win against Illinois State at home. Overall UIC is at .500 in Missouri Valley Conference play and a winning 10-7 overall record. The Flames Valley wins have come against the Redbirds, Bradley, and Southern Illinois with back-to-back wins. UIC is led on offense by junior forward Makiyah Williams who is averaging 12.5 points a game after transferring from Marquette. On defense, the Flames rely on senior guard/forward Jaida McCloud with 6.3 rebounds and 0.6 blocks a game.

Valparaiso secured their first conference win over the weekend in a 79-55 beat down of Bradley at home The Beacons also have a win against Chicago State and an exhibition win against IU Northwest on the season. Valpo will have a game in Terre Haute on Friday before playing UE on Sunday afternoon. The Beacons offense is led by senior guard/forward Leah Earnst with 14.3 points a game. Valparaiso has one other player averaging in double-figures along with Earnst in 5th-year guard Olivia Brown at 11.5 points a game. Brown has just returned to Valpo’s lineup after four games away due to injury.

Evansville struggled to contain Southern Illinois offense in a 99-60 loss on Sunday. The Salukis were able to use their speed on offense to push pass the Aces on their home floor. A bright spot in Sunday’s game was freshman forward Nevaeh Thomas coming a bucket shy of her career-high in points in Carbondale. Thomas led UE in their game against the Salukis with 22 points while also setting a new career high in field goal attempts and blocks. The  forward attempted 15 shots through 31 minutes
and added two blocks under the rim.

The Aces also were on it under Southern Illinois’ rim on Sunday afternoon. Evansville had its best blocking game of Valley play with five shots turned away through 40 minutes. Two players set career highs in blocks while in Carbondale. Thomas had two while junior guard Julia Palomo recorded her first career block on Sunday.

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Boil Advisory Alert

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Due to an Active MainBreak on 800 N. Green River Rd. the Evansville Water Utility (IN5282002), is issuing a precautionary boil advisory.
Advisory Date: 2024-01-25 02:40 PM.
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While the potential for contamination of the drinking water is unlikely, the Evansville Water Utility is advising customers in the affected area to bring all cooking and drinking water to a complete boil for five (5) minutes before using. Please continue to boil all cooking and drinking water until we notify you that it is no longer necessary.
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No. 8 Blazers use big second half to pick up Region 24 win over Lincoln Trail

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VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers slid five spots in this week’s NJCAA Division I National Rankings after falling at Olney Central Saturday night to No. 8 this week.

The Trailblazers got their first opportunity to bounce back and hopefully resume their climb up the polls Wednesday night against Region 24 rival Lincoln Trail College from Robinson, Ill.

After a slow start the Blazers rode a big 54-point second half to pull away late to claim the 88-55 victory over the Statesmen.

VU looked to be on the right track heading towards a bounce back victory early on Wednesday night, before Lincoln Trail came out with a 12-2 scoring run to take a 17-10 lead midway through the opening half of play.

The Statesmen lead held at 19-12 before VU battled back with an 11-2 scoring run of their own to take a 23-21 lead, a lead they would not surrender for the rest of the night.

VU closed out the opening half of play strong with another 11-2 scoring run to take a 34-25 lead into the locker room break.

The Vincennes lead only continued to grow in the second half, using a 12-2 scoring run to take a 59-34 lead midway through the second half.

The Blazers would look to put the game away late with a 9-0 scoring run to take a 76-45 lead and ended the game by scoring the final six points to close out a strong 88-55 victory over the Statesmen.

“We picked up the intensity with about 11 or 12 minutes to go in the first half,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “Defensively we picked it up. We sent Ryan into the game. Ryan hit a couple of shots on the inside-out because we could get them any time we wanted because they were really collapsing on us. He hit a couple and really got us going on the offensive end. Then we picked up the intensity defensively and really, they didn’t score very many points from that point on.”

“It still took us a little while to get a rhythm,” Franklin added. “In the second half I thought we played with more of a balance and a rhythm and you look at the stats sheet and it reflected it. But one thing throughout the game, even when we were missing shots, we only ended up with four turnovers. I thought we threw up some bad shots, one-legged and stuck the ball in so they could block our shot. I don’t know why we like doing that, but we seem to enjoy it. But we didn’t turn it over and it’s amazing when you don’t turn it over and we’re pretty good at getting on the offensive glass, we end up with 23 of those. If we don’t turn it over and we actually move the ball and then we get up a shot, we’ve got a really good chance of getting up another one.”

“I know those are simple things but they are important things,” Franklin said. “Four turnovers gave us a chance when we were sputtering a little bit. Our offensive rebounding gave us a chance when we were sputtering a little bit. Then as the game wore on, we started to get a more solid base on our shots and got settled in. Hopefully we can grow from that and keep doing it.”

The Trailblazers were led offensively by sophomore Kris King who found his shooting stroke early, connecting on a pair of first half threes and recording 12 of his game-high 19 points in the opening 20 minutes of play.

Lady Trailblazers winning streak continues with big Region 24 win over Lincoln Trail

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VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers increased their winning streak to eight Wednesday night at the Physical Education Complex, going nearly wire-to-wire over the Lady Statesmen of Lincoln Trail College to win 100-68.

After the Lady Statesmen scored the first basket of the game, the Lady Trailblazers answered back with a three-pointer on the other end to take a 3-2 lead.

Vincennes would go on to hold this lead throughout the remainder of the game as the Blazers quickly jumped ahead with an 18-2 scoring run to lead 18-4 and hold a double-digit lead at 25-15 after the first 10 minutes of play.

Lincoln Trail cut the deficit down to seven early in the second quarter with a 6-0 scoring run, which the Lady Blazers responded back with six unanswered of their own.

After a late string of baskets by Lincoln Trail late in the second quarter, the Blazers were still able to hold on to a 45-32 lead at the halftime break.

The two teams traded baskets for most of the third quarter, with VU holding a 60-50 advantage before closing out the quarter on a 10-4 scoring run to lead 70-54 heading into the final period.

VU looked to all but seal the game away in the fourth quarter and did so with a monster 18-0 scoring run to grow the lead to 94-58.

Lincoln Trail was unable to put together a big scoring run to answer back and the Lady Trailblazers cruised late to a big 100-68 victory over the Lady Statesmen.

Vincennes was led offensively Wednesday night by freshman Destinee Hooks (Indianapolis, Ind.) who led the way with 18 points and six assists.

Sophomore Brie Miller (Bainbridge, Ind.) had a big game off the bench for the Blazers, recording her third double-double of the season and fourth in her VU career with 14 points and a team-high 15 rebounds, including six offensive rebounds.

Sophomore Johnai Wimbleduff (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the second of three VU double figure scorers off the bench, ending with 12 points and four rebounds.

Freshman Taylor Guess (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the third, finishing her night with 10 points and three rebounds.

Sophomore Katrina Litte (Valmiera, Latvia) and freshman Karina Scott (Noblesville, Ind.) were the final VU scorers in double figures, each recording 11 points and each connecting on three three-point shots.

Litte added four assists and three rebounds, while Scott filled up the stats sheet with a team-high seven assists and six rebounds.

The Lady Blazers as a team connected on 14 three-point shots on the night and really shared the ball well, assisting on 33 of their 39 field goal makes.

 

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