Afternoon News: Thursday October 6th 2022

Posey County Radio News and Sports

News:

A Mount Vernon man received the maximum sentence from the Posey Circuit Court yesterday after pleading guilty to battery against a fellow inmate. Robert Wolf, 32, was housed in the Posey County Jail on April 10 when police say there was an altercation over a card game. The Posey County Prosecutor’s Office says jail video surveillance shows Wolf attacked the inmate and then choked him until he was unconscious. Police say Wolf was already serving two sentences when the incident occurred, one for killing a Pitbull puppy in March and another sentence for battery against his three-year-old stepdaughter in 2018. Wolf pled guilty to the charges of Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury (Level 5 Felony) and Strangulation (Level 6 Felony). Wolf was sentenced to six years in prison. He will be transported to the Indiana Department of Corrections to serve his sentence.

People from all over the world are in New Harmony to get some intensive training on oil spills. They took part in Elastec’s annual Inland Oil Spill Workshop. The company has responded to crisis situations all over the world, including the deep-water horizon in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Participants spent Wednesday practicing in-depth river booming and oil skimmer training on the Wabash River. People traveled from all over to attend the workshop including from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other states in the U. S.

Ticket booths for the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival Half Pot opened on Franklin Street Monday, and the total continues to quickly grow. Yesterday afternoon, it had reached $500,000. Last year’s total hit a record high surpassing $1.5 million. The half pot booths are open from 10:00 AM until 10:00 PM today and Friday. Then on Saturday they will be open from 8:00 AM until 2:00 PM. The drawing is Saturday evening at 8:00 PM.

We have been plugging some Posey County booths all week that are set up at the Fall Festival. A reminder that the Right to Life of Posey County is Booth 74. They are located on the north side of Franklin Street near the corner of St. Joe Avenue.

St. Phillips Church is Booth 92, and they are located on the south side of Franklin Street, close to the corner of 12^th Avenue near the main stage.

 Also, make sure you swing by the St. Wendell Church Booth 88. It is located on the south side of Franklin Street between St. Joe and 12^th Avenue.

Tomorrow night is Week 8 of the High School Football season and the battle of Posey County as the 4-3 Mt. Vernon Wildcats play at the 5-2 North Posey Vikings. North Posey has announced a tailgate before the game at 5:00 PM and Vikings fans are encouraged to bring a soup, side, or dessert to share. If you can’t make it to the game, we will have you covered on the radio. You will be able to hear the North Posey broadcast on 98.9 WPIW and the Mt. Vernon broadcast on 106.7 WMVI. The game will also have both broadcasts streamed online at poseycountyradio.com.

Local Sports Tonight:

- Mt. Vernon Volleyball is home taking on North. JV match at 6:00 PM and the Varsity match will follow around 7:30 PM.

- Mt. Vernon Girls Soccer plays Gibson Southern in the 2nd Round of Sectionals at 5:00 PM. The winner of the match plays in the Sectional Championship on Saturday. Tonight's match is at Memorial High School. 

- University of Evansville Women's Soccer heads to the University of Illinois Chicago for a 6:00 PM match. The Purple Aces are 1-6-4 on the season and 0-3-2 in conference play.

- USI Women's Soccer is home on campus to battle Chicago State at 7:00 PM. The Screaming Eagles are 3-5-3 on the year.