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News:
The Posey County Soil and Water District posted on Facebook that their annual meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, February 7th has been postponed. They plan to reschedule the meeting on a date in March.
Mt. Vernon High School is hosting the Girls Basketball Class 3A Sectional 32 this week. For the second-straight evening, the first-round games at Mt. Vernon have been postponed due to road conditions. They will play the first-round games tomorrow night. Mt. Vernon will play Memorial tomorrow night at 5:30 PM and then Mater Dei and Boonville will follow at 7:00 PM.
North Posey Girls Basketball is set to play in the Class 2A Sectional 48 at Forest Park. Their first-round game against Forest Park last night was also postponed because of the slick road conditions. The Lady Vikings play Forest Park tonight at 7:00 PM.
City Councilman Jonathan Weaver has filed for fourth term for the Evansville City Council at large. Democrats Mary Allen, Paul Green, and Courtney Johnson have filed for city council at large. Republican Ron Beane has also filed for city council. The filing deadline is February 3rd.
The race for Mayor of Evansville officially has a democratic candidate. Stephanie Terry filed yesterday at the Election Office where she formally began her candidacy. It has been known since Friday that Stephanie Terry was going to be running, but she made it official yesterday. Terry says her main focuses are improving education, working on public safety by addressing poverty and mental illness, providing support to small business, and improving equity and diversity throughout the city. She also wants to improve the sidewalks. Terry is the first democratic candidate to run for mayor since 2015. The other declared candidates are Cheryl Musgrave and Natalie Rascher. Gabe Whitley was going to run, but he has since withdrawn from the race.
Officials with the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, or OUCC, are inviting the public to comment on a pending wind generation proposal by CenterPoint Energy. According to the OUCC, CenterPoint Energy is requesting approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to operate a new wind generation facility. A news release from the OUCC says that the new facility would be operational at an undisclosed out-of-state location by 2025, and that CenterPoint estimates it would cost about $636 million.
The OUCC says CenterPoint is looking to recover the project costs through electric rates, adding just under $20 a month to a residential bill for 1,000 kilowatt hours (kWh). They say any rate changes due to the project wouldn't go into effect immediately, but would likely be included in the next approval of new base electric rates. The OUCC, which is that Indiana agency representing consumer interests in cases before the IURC, is reviewing CenterPoint's request, and will file testimony on February 27th. The public can comment on the matter from now through February 22nd. You can comment on the project on the OUCC's website. The OUCC notes that natural gas rates and charges are not at issue in the case. They say a final decision in the case is expected in the spring.
Sports:
- Evansville Men's Basketball (4-19, 0-12) plays host to Indiana State (14-9, 7-5) tonight at Ford Center at 7:00 PM.
- Evansville Women's Basketball (9-9, 4-6) is on the road to battle Indiana State at 5:00 PM.
- From other Men's College Basketball...#1 Purdue (21-1) welcomes Penn State at 5:30 PM. Louisville (2-19) is home against Georgia Tech at 6:00 PM. Murray State (12-10) takes on Belmont at home at 7:00 PM. SIU (17-6) travels to Bradley at 7:00 PM.
Local News: Friday December 20th 2024