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Mt. Vernon Junior High School is putting on a production of Matilda Jr. The Musical this weekend. It will be at the Mt. Vernon High School Performing Arts Center on Friday at 7:00 PM and on Saturday at 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Tickets are 7 dollars.
If you are interested in a career in EMS or becoming an EMT, Black Township Fire and Rescue will be having a basic EMT class starting April 28th. There is a limited number of spots still available. The class will be on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:00 PM until 10:00 PM. After completion of this program, you will be eligible to test for the national registry certification. The cost of the class is $1,000 dollars per student. If interested, contact Instructor Greg Elderkin at 812-480-1206 or Black Township Fire and Rescue at 812-838-4355 and leave a message.
North Posey High School’s TEENPOWER CLUB had a date change for their free movie night in the fieldhouse. It was supposed to be last Saturday but was postponed and is rescheduled for tomorrow night. The free movie night is for 6th-12th grade students. The movie that is being featured is The Sandlot. There will also be games and free pizza and popcorn. The event tomorrow evening is from 6:00 PM until 8:30 PM. The movie starts at 6:30 PM.
Heart of Poseyville, Grow Poseyville, and Town of Poseyville is hosting the third annual Pick Up Poseyville Event on Thursday. There will be 40-50 North Posey High School volunteer students there to help. The event will kick off at 8:00 AM at the Community Center where the volunteers will be assigned their duties from painting to debris removal to yard work. If you have a project in the Heart of Poseyville, especially along Main Street, that the volunteers can work on, you can message Heart of Poseyville.
This Saturday is the 7th annual Mt. Vernon Football Dinner and Auction. It will take place at the Posey County 4-H Center. Doors open at 5:30 PM and Dinner will be at 6:30 PM. The food will be provided by Hawg n’ Sauce. There will also be a live and silent auction. The event is for those who are 21 years of age and older. You can purchase tickets online. Contact popsmvfootball@gmail.com, or visit the Pops Mt. Vernon Football Booster Club Facebook page for more information.
The search for the next Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation Superintendent is moving forward. During the EVSC school board meeting, officials say the first round of interviews were conducted at the end of March. Second interviews are in the process of being scheduled for next week. Officials say they are still on course to have a new superintendent hired in May, with the job beginning on July 1st. EVSC officials have not stated how many candidates applied or how many were interviewed.
The City of Evansville will spend approximately $7.8 million to pave and improve city roadways in 2025, and another $2.25 million to make them safer. City officials say the paving funds are a mix of city budget dollars and Community Crossing grants from the State of Indiana, while the safety projects will be funded by a Highway Safety Improvement Program grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation. All of this will allow the City Engineer’s office to move forward on re-striping city roadways, improving visibility on city traffic signals and undertake several paving projects throughout the city. According to a press release, every 3-5 years, the Metropolitan Planning Organization creates a Road Pavement Index, which scores every road in Evansville based on its condition.
Tonight in local high school sports…North Posey Baseball is home against Princeton at 5:00 PM and North Posey Softball heads to Reitz at 5:00 PM.
Mt. Vernon Softball welcomes North at 5:00 PM and Mt. Vernon Baseball is home taking on South Spencer at 5:30 PM.
In local College Baseball from Monday, USI Baseball completed a 3-game sweep of Morehead State at home, 6-4. The Screaming Eagles have won 6-straight games to improve to 16-15 overall and 7-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference.
From Major League Baseball last night…the St. Louis Cardinals lost their 4th-straight game as the dropped the opening game of their series in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, 8-4. The Cardinals are 4-6. Game 2 of the series is this evening at 5:40 PM.
The Chicago Cubs shut out the Texas Rangers at home, 7-0. The Cubs improve to 8-5 on the season. Game 2 of the series is tonight at 6:40 PM.
The Cincinnati Reds won their series opener out west in San Francisco over the Giants, 2-0. The Reds run their record to 4-7 and continue their series at the Giants tonight at 8:45 PM.
Coming up tonight in the NBA…the Indiana Pacers return home to square off with the Washington Wizards at 6:00 PM. The Pacers have won 4-straight games. They are 47-31 on the year. With 4 games left in the regular season, Indiana’s magic number is at 2 to clinch the #4 seed and homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs.