Afternoon News: Friday April 28th 2023

Posey County Radio News and Sports

News: 

CenterPoint Energy is continuing to move toward renewable energy. They say they have a proposed plan to end its use of Indiana coal by 2027. Officials say the plan is expected to save customers nearly $80 million and reduce carbon emissions from its electric generation fleet by more than 95% over the next 20 years. CenterPoint officials say by 2030, it is expected that more than 80% of their electricity will be generated by solar and wind, with the remainder provided by natural gas.

Posey County Emergency Management posted on Facebook that lane restrictions will soon be in place on part of State Road 68 in Posey County. The Indiana Department of Transportation says that starting next Tuesday May 2^nd, crews with WIN Energy will be restricting eastbound traffic on SR 68 near Poseyville. INDOT says the restrictions will be in place to allow crews to frame and set utility poles along the road. After each pole is set, the lane restrictions will move east along with the work. INDOT says the work is expected to last through the end of June. Drivers are reminded to slow down and stay alert near crews as they work.

The POPS Mt. Vernon Football Facebook page posted information about their youth camps coming up this summer. They will be on three dates, June 26^th, 27^th, and 29^th. The camps are for students entering grades 1^st through 8^th. The cost of the camp is 30 dollars per student. For more information and the link to sign up, you can visit the POPS Mt. Vernon Football page.

Keep Evansville Beautiful is giving away trees today for Arbor Day. It’s at Wesselman Woods Shelter number 1 from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will be there to help Keep Evansville Beautiful kick off Arbor Day. With a grant from CenterPoint Energy, they’re able to provide more than 300 free trees to residents of Evansville. The trees are grown by Tom Guggenheim of New Harmony through a special process known as tubing. Guggenheim who is an arborist, along with the city’s arborist, Shawn Dickerson, will be on hand to answer questions about the proper way to plant a tree and how to maintain it. They are good-sized trees, as some 10 to 15 feet tall. Employees of 811 will be on hand to stress the importance of calling 811 before digging.

Last night the 2023 NFL Draft got underway at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri at 7:00 PM. Last night was the first round only. The first two picks were both Quarterbacks. The Carolina Panthers took Bryce Young from Alabama with the first pick. Then, the Houston Texans selected CJ Stroud from Ohio State as the second pick. The Indianapolis Colts had the fourth pick and grabbed a Quarterback. They got Anthony Richardson from Florida. With the 10^th pick, the Chicago Bears selected Offensive Tackle, Darnell Wright from Tennessee. Right after that with the 11^th pick, the Tennessee Titans received Offensive Tackle, Peter Skoronski from Northwestern. Rounds two and three will be tonight starting at 6:00 PM and then the NFL Draft concludes on Saturday with rounds four through seven at 11:00 AM.

Sports:

• Mt. Vernon Baseball (3-10) heads to Mt. Carmel for a 5:00 PM game tonight. You can hear the game on 106.7 FM WMVI and online at poseycountyradio.com.

• North Posey Baseball (10-6) is home taking on South Spencer at 5:30 PM.

• North Posey Softball (13-0) travels to South Spencer at 5:00 PM.

• Evansville Baseball (24-16, 8-7) begins a 3-game series at home against #14 Indiana State at 6:00 PM.

• Evansville Softball (21-26, 7-14) is also home on campus this weekend and they get their 3-game series underway against Illinois State tonight at 5:00 PM.

• USI Baseball (14-26, 5-10) journeys to SIU Edwardsville this weekend and their 3-game series begins tonight at 5:00 PM.

• The St. Louis Cardinals (10-16) continue their west coast swing and start a 3-game series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers at 9:10 PM. Catch the game on 106.7 FM WMVI.  

• The Chicago Cubs (14-10) head to Miami for a 3-game series with the Marlins at 5:40 PM.

• The Cincinnati Reds (10-15) are out west facing the Oakland Athletics at 8:40 PM.

• The Chicago White Sox (7-19) continue their 4-game series at home against the Tampa Bay Rays at 6:10 PM. The White Sox have dropped 8-straight games.