The Mayor’s Interfaith Council will host its second annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Wednesday, November 19, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 609 SE Second Street, Evansville.
The service will bring together speakers and participants from a wide range of faith traditions and congregations from across the city. The evening will feature readings, reflections, and prayers centered on gratitude, community, and shared responsibility for one another. All community members are welcome, regardless of faith background or affiliation.
In conjunction with the service, the Interfaith Council – in partnership with Feed Evansville – is coordinating a Little Pantry Food Drive, with the goal of filling Little Pantries across Evansville at a time when many families are experiencing food insecurity. Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable, shelf-stable items such as canned goods, boxed meals, peanut butter, rice, pasta, and personal care items.
Donations will be distributed to Little Pantries throughout the city in the days following the event.
Mayor Stephanie Terry said the evening reflects both the spirit of the season and Evansville’s commitment to caring for neighbors in need.
“This Interfaith Thanksgiving Service is a powerful reminder that, even when we come from different traditions and worship in different ways, we share common values of gratitude, compassion, and service,” Mayor Terry said. “I am grateful to the Mayor’s Interfaith Council and to our faith partners across the city for creating a space where everyone is welcome.
“At the same time, our Little Pantry Food Drive recognizes that too many families in Evansville are struggling with food insecurity, even during the holidays. By coming together refill our Little Pantries, we are encouraging everyone in our community to care for one another, and to ensure that our neighbors have what they need this holiday season.”
STATEHOUSE (Nov. 18, 2025) — State Sen. Vaneta Becker (R-Evansville) gathered with fellow legislators today at the Statehouse for Organization Day – the ceremonial start of the Indiana General Assembly.
Organization Day marks the annual first roll call of all state lawmakers. This day also provides members of the Senate and House of Representatives with the opportunity to meet before session officially reconvenes on Jan. 5. By state law, the 2026 session will conclude on or before March 14.
“I always look forward to returning to the Statehouse and discussing new ways we can continue to improve our communities and our state,” Becker said. “The interim has provided insightful information through committees and hearing from constituents in District 50, and it will be good to put what we have learned to use this session.”
As the 2026 session gets underway, Becker encourages residents of Senate District 50 to contact her with any questions or comments they may have. Becker can be reached by filling out a “Contact Me” form online atwww.IndianaSenateRepublicans.com/Becker or by phone at 800-382-9467.
Sen. Blake Doriot announces opposition to new maps
Republican Indiana legislative leaders avoided taking questions Monday about the political pressure they are facing from President Donald Trump over congressional redistricting, while the governor accused GOP senators of “hiding behind closed doors.”
Gov. Mike Braun spoke Monday morning with Trump, a day after the president called out Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray for Friday’s announcement that too few Senate Republicans supported redistricting and that the Senate would not convene Dec. 1, as planned.
Trump also had questioned Braun’s efforts.
At least some Republican senators have been invited to the White House to talk about redistricting in the coming days in an attempt to boost support for Trump’s wish for GOP-led states to squeeze out more Republican-friendly congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Braun posted to social media that he “had a great call with President Trump! I told him I remain committed to standing with him on the critical issue of passing fair maps in Indiana to ensure the MAGA agenda is successful in Congress.”
Braun’s post did not address the criticism he faced from Trump, who said Braun “is not working the way he should to get the necessary Votes.”
Pressure continues for December session
The Indiana House and Senate are both scheduled to meet Tuesday for their annual Organization Day. The gathering is typically a low-key day of formalities in preparation for the start of the legislative session in early January.
Bray’s Friday announcement seemingly put the brakes on any redistricting action, but Braun and other Trump allies are continuing to lean on lawmakers.
“Indiana’s State Legislators must show up for work and take a public vote for fair maps to counter the gerrymandering in California and Illinois,” Braun’s post said. “But the Indiana State Senate is hiding behind closed doors and refusing to even bring redistricting to a vote. Hoosiers deserve to know where their legislators stand and expect them to show up for work, not walk out and hide in the dark.”
Bray and Huston both took part in a Monday panel session sponsored by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce as a preview of the upcoming session.
They did not discuss the redistricting controversy during the hourlong program — and both quickly left without talking with reporters and TV news crews who followed them.
During the program, Bray referred in passing to redistricting as he said, “This is a strange build up to the legislative session.” Bray later indicated he was sticking by the Senate’s plan of not meeting in December by saying: “It’s our anticipation, as I said last week, that we’re going to come in January 5th.”
The offices of Bray and Huston did not reply to questions from the Indiana Capital Chronicle Monday.
Trump raised a blatant political threat in a social media post Monday in which he said he “will be strongly endorsing against any State Senator or House member from the Great State of Indiana that votes against the Republican Party, and our Nation, by not allowing for Redistricting for Congressional seats in the United States House of Representatives as every other State in our Nation is doing, Republican or Democrat.”
GOP senators called to White House again
Sen. Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell, said he would not be joining other Republican senators on the upcoming White House trip.
“I’m not going. Too much going on in Indiana right now,” he said, noting it’s the second or third time they have invited folks to D.C. recently. “It doesn’t fit my schedule right now.”
Niemeyer is one of five Senate Republicans targeted by a post circulating on various social media sites. It’s not clear why the five were chosen since there are 19 who haven’t gone on record with their stance. Additionally, there are eight who have come out against drawing new maps.
“I haven’t heard a lot of comments personally. I guess there’s stuff on Facebook,” Niemeyer said. “I don’t do much Facebook, OK, but personally, I haven’t heard a whole lot from my constituents, a little bit.”
Indiana Senate Minority Leader Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, speaks with reporters following an Indiana Chamber of Commerce event on Nov. 17, 2025. (Photo by Tom Davies/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Niemeyer said it doesn’t make sense to say whether he will vote in support or against a redistricting plan because “right now, we don’t even have a bill.”
“People say, ‘How you going to vote?’” he said. “Well, I’m going to vote when I see what I need to look at and I’m ready to vote, but there’s nothing there right now.”
Another senator being targeted online is Sen. Blake Doriot, R-Syracuse. He was noncommittal on the topic until Monday afternoon.
“I have long been a Trump supporter, and I want President Trump to continue to be successful with a Republican-led House so he can continue fixing our woke colleges, fighting illegal immigration and crime, and encouraging us to speak about our great nation and be proud of who we are as Americans – not apologize for it,” he said.
“In Indiana, redrawing our Congressional maps mid-cycle is not the best way for us to do that. Spreading out all of the Democrats in Lake and Marion counties across the rest of our districts will in no way guarantee a 9-0 map. There are no well-established Republican candidates working those hypothetical districts – they haven’t walked a parade, haven’t raised a dollar, and there will likely first be a primary race before we even get to the General Election.”
Doriot added that the best way to help the president is to focus on flipping the 1st Congressional District, which has trended toward Republicans in recent elections.
Redistricting supporters wanted Indiana lawmakers to craft a map with all nine of the state’s congressional districts favoring Republicans based on 2020 census data.
The current congressional maps drawn by Republicans in 2021 maintained a 7-2 GOP majority — with Democrat Frank Mrvan holding the 1st District in northwest Indiana and Democrat Andre Carson holding the 7th District, which covers much of Indianapolis.
When asked Monday about Braun’s criticism of Republican senators, Senate Minority Leader Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, told reporters that the mid-decade redistricting request “was unprecedented.”
“Folks took several long months to listen to their constituents and again and again and again Hoosiers made their voices very loud and very clear,” Yoder said. “They do not want their congressional maps redrawn — across the board, every poll. This wasn’t a party thing. This was Hoosiers saying ‘We are a state that doesn’t cheat. We are a state that abides by the rules.’”
Swatting of senator’s home denounced
Trump’s Sunday post also specially called out Sen. Greg Goode, R-Terre Haute, as a redistricting opponent — even though Goode hasn’t stated his position. He held a Nov. 1 town hall in his district, during which dozens of people spoke against redistricting and none in favor.
Hours after Trump’s post, Goode was the victim of swatting when someone called police and made a false report of a “domestic violence emergency” at his home, according to the senator.
Goode was elected by a Republican Party caucus in late 2023 to complete the term of Sen. Jon Ford, who resigned. Goode, whose seat is up for election next year, is the state director for U.S. Sen. Todd Young, who did not endorse Trump’s presidential run last year.
In a social media post Monday, Young called the swatting incident “shameful and cowardly.”
“This was a serious situation, and I am grateful that no one was injured and for the professionalism of law enforcement,” Young’s post said. “This incident is not representative of the millions of Hoosiers who love their neighbors and resolve policy disagreements in a civil manner. Let’s remember the spirit of Hoosier hospitality as our state policymakers meet in the days ahead.”
With a sigh, and a hard swallow, we should recognize that:
The actual victims of the Epstein financial/ sex-trafficking/ blackmail network will never see justice or compensation for their personal tragedies. At this point, it’s too clear that the network’s puppet strings are everywhere, and the people behind the network are thus very powerful.
Epstein was just one facilitator – just a part of a much bigger, older problem. The people behind the global network are without doubt still actively creating and pulling strings, and this should be our primary focus.
The puppets, no matter their crimes, should no doubt be quite willing to “cut a deal” in order to be free of those strings. This is the hard pill to swallow for everybody. But the disease of corruption and control is tearing this nation apart. And let’s not fool ourselves. No problems died with Epstein.
To tear away the “national security” curtains, reveal the puppet masters, and end their ongoing horrific crimes and control schemes, we must sacrifice the past, for the ongoing present, and future of this nation.
So, given the extreme level of corruption, both corporate and foreign, destroying our nation’s laws, principles and societal function, I recommend a very distasteful course of action:
Realize that a lot of people who want, and get power over others, are at least as motivated by sex and money as the rest of us, let’s cut a deal the way we often do with other organized crime actors. Assure a “witness protection program” and anonymity, if necessary. This isn’t forgiveness, it’s necessary compromise to get the worst of the worst, and clean out our government’s den of snakes.
Get the monsters who’ve been building our nation’s funeral pyre, and setting it ablaze, across many generations now.
I’m certainly open to other ideas. But what we’ve been doing certainly isn’t working. And we need to get something working correctly, and pronto.
Evansville Day School (EDS) is proud to announce the annual 4th Grade Giving Project, a unique initiative that combines entrepreneurship education with philanthropy. This project, in collaboration with Legence Bank, empowers every 4th-grade student at EDS by providing them with a $10 business loan to kickstart their own mini-businesses.
The young entrepreneurs then channel their creativity and business acumen into crafting custom products that they will sell to the community. The goal is to raise funds for nonprofit organizations and charities of their choosing, fostering a sense of responsibility and empathy in the students from a young age.
This year’s 4th Grade Giving Project culminates on Wednesday, November 19th, from 2:30-4:00 in the EDS atrium, where students will showcase and sell their unique products. The items are priced between $1 and $20. Attendees will have the opportunity to support these budding entrepreneurs while contributing to meaningful causes.
The students will present the funds they’ve raised and share their experiences during special presentations at the end of the month. This not only serves as a moment of pride for the students but also reinforces the importance of community involvement and social responsibility.
Evansville Day School is the area’s only independent school, focused on a world-class education and preparing students for a successful life beyond the classroom by fostering skills such as balance, resilience, global mindedness, and entrepreneurial learning. As a result, students excel academically while actively developing leadership skills. For more information, visit evansvilledayschool.org.
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ST. LOUIS – Following a season that saw the program clinch a share of the conference regular season title for the first time in 34 years, earn the number one seed in the MVC Tournament for the first time in program history, and reach the MVC Tournament final for the fourth time in the last five years, three University of Evansville men’s soccer players have been selected to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team, the league office announced on Tuesday morning.
Hakon Edstrom (Baerum, Norway/Norges Toppidrettsgymnas) earns a spot on the league’s Scholar-Athlete Team after serving as one of Evansville’s most consistent performers this season. The sophomore started 19 games while logging 1,557 minutes, the fourth-highest total on the team. Edstrom played the full 90 minutes on 11 occasions, including in each of the last five matches. Majoring in Finance, Edstrom holds a 3.75 GPA.
Will Bencic (Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East) lands on the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team after serving as a mainstay on the pitch this season, playing in 19 games with 15 starts, totaling 1,043 minutes. Bencic tallied two assists on the year and played 80-plus minutes on four occasions, including playing the full 90 at Drake. The junior boasts a 3.87 GPA at UE while majoring in Marketing.
Nacho-Diaz Caneja (Coruña, Spain/Oregon State) earns Scholar-Athlete Team honors for the second time in his career after landing on the Scholar-Athlete First Team last season. Diaz-Caneja started 18 games this season for the Aces and was one of the team’s most consistent performers, playing 1,477 minutes while anchoring the Valley’s top defense in conference play and tallying two assists. The senior has maintained a 3/58 GPA in Management.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Coming off a road win last week, University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball returned home to Liberty Arena Monday night and recorded a dominant victory over Indiana University East, 87-32.
USI Women’s Basketball (3-1) looked for back-to-back victories on Monday night after last week’s road triumph at Saint Louis University. USI’s solid defense from that road game carried over into Monday night against IU East (1-4).
While the Screaming Eagles shot efficiently for 45 percent (34-75) overall, the defense held the Red Wolves to below 28 percent (12-43) from the floor. USI knocked down nine threes compared to four by IU East. On the glass, the Eagles outrebounded the Red Wolves, 49-28, as USI pulled down 21 offensive boards that led to 23 second-chance points. USI’s defense had 17 steals and forced 28 turnovers, leading to 39 points for the Screaming Eagles.
All 11 active Screaming Eagles saw the floor and scored on Monday night. Junior forward Chloe Gannon led four Eagles in double figures with 16 points on 6-10 shooting with a game-high eight rebounds. Sophomore guard Lexi Sepulveda and redshirt sophomore guard Kylee Dennis each posted career highs with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Sepulveda hit a team-best three makes from beyond the arc. Senior guard Ali Saunders dropped 12 points while adding four assists and three steals.
After each squad scored on their first possessions of the game, USI went on a 16-3 run to open a wide margin early. The Screaming Eagles spread out the scoring out of the gates in the first quarter, with seven different Eagles tallying points in the opening frame. USI shot over 57 percent overall and outscored IU East 18-0 in the paint in the first quarter, leading to a 27-8 Eagles lead after 10 minutes of action.
The Screaming Eagles widened their lead in a big way in the second quarter. As the Red Wolves scored two baskets in the first two minutes of the second period, USI’s defense took control and held IU East scoreless for the rest of the first half. Gannon scored eight points in the second to total 14 points in the first half. Saunders connected on one of USI’s four triples in the quarter right before the halftime horn to reach double figures for the game. USI capitalized on 19 points off turnovers in the second quarter to help produce a 54-12 lead going into halftime.
IU East came out with a flurry to start the second half, outscoring USI 10-6 in the first four minutes of the third quarter. The Screaming Eagles started to find their rhythm again in the middle of the period. After a dry spell in the game for a little over two minutes, Sepulveda drained a three and scored a layup to pass her previous career high. A last-second layup by Gannon to end the third pushed USI’s lead to 71-26 heading into the fourth quarter.
Dennis had a strong showing for USI in the fourth quarter. Dennis drained three jumpers, including one trey, to reach double digits for the first time in her career. Defensively, USI turned back up the intensity and held the Red Wolves to only six points with only two made field goals, as the Eagles closed out the big win.
USI will be back at Liberty Arena to continue its homestand next Tuesday, November 25, at 6 p.m. against Fisk University.
Leading up to next Tuesday’s tipoff, USI Public Safety is hosting a Stuff the Cruiser initiative to collect non-perishable items for Archie’s Food Closet. A Public Safety cruiser will be parked in front of Liberty Arena during all home USI Basketball games from Sunday, November 16, through Sunday, November 30. Those wishing to donate can give items directly to the Public Safety employee or student worker stationed at the cruiser. Donations can also be dropped off at the Public Safety Office, located on the first floor of the Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center.
