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08/19/2008
BAYH'S CHANCES
NEW MAX AND WASHINGTON NEWSROOM
The last three Democratic Presidential nominees have all considered Evan Bayh as a running mate, a signal the party thinks he‘d bring some pluses to the ticket.
But parts of the Indiana Senator‘s record may work against him.
Bayh has commented that his vote to authorize the war in Iraq, was based on the information he had at the time. That‘s not good enough for some democrats drawn to Barack Bbama by his early opposition to the war.
Abortion-rights groups warned John Kerry not to pick Bayh four years ago. Bayh has generally supported abortion rights, but angered activists by voting for a ban on partial-birth abortion.
On the plus side, Ball State Political Scientist Joe Losco say Bayh‘s shown he can win in Indiana, a state Obama would love to pry out of the Republican column. and with Obama trying to stay above the political fray, his running mate is likely to draw the task of attacking John McCain. Losco says Bayh‘s weekend appearance on CBS‘s "Face The Nation," in which he charged McCain has been too hawkish in his criticism of the Russian invasion of Georgia, amounts to an audition for that job.
08/19/2008
ACCIDENT
NEWS MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
The Knox County Sheriff's Department says one man was injured in a one vehicle crash this morning.
It happened on State Road 67 near Villwock Road. Emergency personell were sent to the scene and the man was treated and then transported from the scene.
Traffic on State Road 67 was backed up for a time due to the accident.
The accident was reported around 6:30 this morning.
08/19/2008
CLARK BUILDING PROJECT
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
It was a historic night for the Vincennes School Corporation as the wheels were set in motion for construction of the new Clark Middle School.
Superintendent Doug Rose says he's expecting bids for the project to be highly competitive.
Prior to the school board meeting, the school holding corporation met and passed a resolution authorizing the sale of bonds
to pay for construction of the new middle school.
Board members also approved an additional appropriation of 2-point-5 million dollars to pay for early site work on the project. The money will come from the sale of the bonds.
Rose says they are looking to break ground for the new middle school by the middle of October. He says the building should be completed in time for the start of the 2010 school year.
08/19/2008
SCHOOL LUNCHES AND FOOTBALL PRICES
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
The Vincennes School Board approved raising the price of school lunches by 25-cents.
The board also voted to raise the price for tickets for Lincoln High School Football games from 4 to 5-dollars.
Lincoln Athletic Director Dave Hill says season passes for football will remain the same as a year ago, as will the all sports pass.
The Board also heard a report from Assistant Superintendent Tom Nonte that overall enrollment in the school corporation is down 19 students compared to a year ago.
Nonte says enrollment is continuing to flucuate and they won't have a clear picture until the official count day next month.
08/19/2008
GROUP HOME OPPOSITION
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
Area residents attended last night's (mon) Knox County Commissioner's meeting to oppose the development of a group home for Children and Family Services on Ramsey Road.
Residents argued that the project will only
add to the drainage problem of the near-by ditch.
However, based on a Hydrologist's study that the project would not increase run-off into the stream, the Commissioner's approved exempting the project from filing a detailed drainage plan and from building a retention pond.
County Surveyor Dick Vermillion acknowledged that there is a drainage problem with the ditch, but that it is not a county-regulated drain... and therefore could not be fixed with county funds.
08/19/2008
CONGRESSMEN VISIT VINCENNES
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
Two members of the U-S House Agriculture Committe toured the Southwest Purdue Ag Center in Vincennes today to learn about the research being done there.
8th District Congressman Brad Ellsworth and Committee Chairman Colin Petersen made the stop during a tour of the 8th District.
Today was Petersen's first trip to this part of Indiana. He says it's a chance for him to see a unique agriculture area that will greatly benefit from the currently proposed farm bill.
The Congressmen also toured the Center's research plots...half of which were lost due to the June flooding of the Wabash River.
08/19/2008
BICKNELL MEETING
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
A Public Hearing for the Future Vision of Bicknell is slated for Thursday night.
The meeting is in reference to a grant the city of Bicknell is seeking to help with various improvements like street paving and curbing.
Back in June the city held the first public hearing outlining goals and plans for the growth of the city.
Bicknell Mayor John Flickinger says the project was started by the previous administration Flickinger says surveys outlining the top ten objectives for Bicknell were sent out to residents and returned. The results of those surveys will be discussed at Thursday's meeting.
The engineering firm of Bernard, Lochmueller (lockmiller) and Associates and the Southern Indiana Development Corporation is assisting the grant application process.
The public is invited to attend the meeting at 6:30pm Thursday at Bicknell City Hall.
A Community File Report and Future Vision Report is available at Bicknell City Hall for review by the public during regular business hours.
08/19/2008
SELF INFLICTED WOUND
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
A Farmersburg man was airlifted to an Indianapolis Hospital last night (Monday) for treatment of a gunshot wound.
State Police and the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of a shooting at a residence on South 3rd Street in Farmersburg around 8:30 last night.
When officers arrived they found a 34-year-old male in the kitchen, conscious and bleeding about the head. He was treated at the scene before being taken to Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was later flown to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Police say the man used a .22 caliber pistol to inflict a single wound above his right ear.
The identity has not been released.
08/19/2008
LOGJAMS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Logjams caused by June flooding in
western Indiana's Vigo County are still restricting the flow of
water in Honey Creek.
A federal official who toured the creek recently by foot and
kayak found downed trees in about 30 locations, including five or
six large logjams, from U.S. 41 to Prairieton, about 5 miles south
of Terre Haute.
Eddy Adams says funding to remove the trees might be available
through the Emergency Watershed Protection program, although the
federal program pays up to only 75 percent of the cost. The rest
would have to come from local sources.
Vigo County Commission president David Decker says county's
immediate priority is to repair and reopen bridges and roads washed
out by the June 7th flood.
08/19/2008
TALLEST WOMAN LAID TO REST
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The 7-foot-7 woman recognized as the
world's tallest female was remembered by mourners at her funeral
for her kindness and generosity.
More than 200 people attended the service for Sandy Allen at
Town & Country Church in Shelbyville yesterday.
More people lined the streets of her central Indiana hometown as
the funeral procession went to the downtown circle. Her casket was
then placed on a horse-drawn carriage to travel about a mile to
Forest Hill Cemetery for burial.
Allen died Wednesday at age 53. She had been hospitalized in
recent months as she suffered from a recurring blood infection,
along with diabetes, breathing troubles and kidney failure.
Allen used her height to inspire schoolchildren to accept those
who are different.
08/18/2008
UNEMPLOYMENT
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says Indiana lost 16,500 jobs in July.
That was more than any other state except
Florida and Georgia, and the six-tenths of a percent loss in jobs was the second highest in the nation.
Indiana House Speaker Patrick Bauer says the state lost 40 thousand jobs from June 2007 to June of this year. He says it's likely more than 50 thousand by now Indiana economic development chief Nate Feltman blames high oil prices for job losses in the auto and recreational vehicle industries, but he says the state has recruited thousands of promised jobs that haven't come on line yet.
The federal agency says Indiana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached 6.3 percent in July, up from 4.4 percent in July of 2007.
08/18/2008
ENFORCEMENT BLITZ
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
The Vincennes Police Department began extra enforcement Friday night in an effort to reduce the number of impaired drivers on city streets.
Officers made a total of 11 arrests:
6 for operating a motor vehicle while Intoxicated, 4 for Public Intoxication and
1 for Minor Consumption
Several citations and warnings for other traffic offenses were also issued over the weekend.
Police Chief Tom Grove says the enforcement will run thru Labor Day.
To the south, State Police report little activity at a sobriety checkpoint over the weekend in Pike County.
Troopers checked vehicles at the intersection of State Roads 61 and 56. They reported arresting no one for drinking and driving during the enforcement.
The checkpoint was part of "Drunk Driving, Over the Limit, Under Arrest, statewide crackdown. The campaign is being administered through The Governor's Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving.
08/18/2008
ARRESTS
NEW MAX AND VU NEWS ROOMS
Two people are facing charges after their Sunday night arrest.
44-year-old Alicia Holt was booked into the Knox County Jail after being arrested on Wheeler Street. She's charged with posession of meth, marijuana and a legend drug. She's also charged with contempt. Bond was set at 85-hundred dollars.
Also charged in the investigation was 37-year-old Missy Crospy was charged with resisting law enforcement and her bond was set at 65 hundred dollars.
08/18/2008
BICKNELL YOUTH CENTER
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
Members of the Bicknell community are working to open a youth center in the town.
Several people turned out for a meeting last week to hear more on the proposal that would take the old Rebekah Lodge downtown and turn it into a place that could occupy the town's youth.
Lydia Duncan, who is helping with the project, says the goal of the center is not to create just a hang out Duncan hopes to get honor students involved in tutoring at the center, as well as get other organizations to provide activities for the kids there.
Project organizers are now working on a vision statement in order to officially become a not-for-profit organization.
A fundraiser is also planned to help with building renovations.
08/18/2008
DOCTOR SHORTAGE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some parts of Indiana may already be
experiencing a shortage in doctors that is expected to hit the rest
of the nation in coming years.
Indianapolis Medical Society president Heidi Dunniway told The
Times of Munster that rural and inner-city areas tend to attract
fewer doctors and could be hardest hit. She says some rural Indiana
counties have no doctors specialized in delivering babies, so women
have to drive to a different county to deliver babies.
Some analysts say the problem will get worse in future years.
The Indiana University School of Medicine plans to increase
enrollment by 30 percent and hopes to funnel doctors into inner
city and rural areas by creating residencies there.
08/15/2008
ENFORCEMENT BLITZ
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
The Governor's Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving will be conducting a "Drunk Driving, Over the Limit, Under Arrest, statewide crackdown.
This year's enforcement will take place starting today (Friday) through September 1st.
More than 250 Indiana Law Enforcement Agenciess will participate in the nationwide effort led by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
During the 18 day, high visibility enforcement blitz, law enforcement officers will deploy special patrols to assist them in indentifying and arresting those who choose to operate motor vehicles and motorcycles while intoxicated or impaired.
Troopers have already scheduled a sobriety checkpoint for sometime this weekend in Pike County.
State Police encourage all motorists to call 911 or the closest State Police Postwhen they observe another motorist that may be impaired.
The State Police Post in Evansville can be reached at 1-800-852-3970, in Jasper at 1-800- 742-7475 and in Terre Haute at 812- 299-1153
08/15/2008
GOLF CART TICKETS
NEW MAX AND VU NEWSROOM
Vincennes residents who are using golf carts to get around town can be issued a traffic ticket.
Mayor Al Baldwin says the legality over the use of the golf carts on city streets has yet to be determined.
Baldwin says his office has received word that State Police have been ticketing drivers of the vehicles for driving on city streets...
Baldwin says those driving golf carts on city streets could be targeted.
The State of Indiana is looking into this issue but until information is received, Baldwin says the city is unable to give
permission for golf carts to be driven on City Streets.
Until the issue is resolved, Baldwin is asking the owners of golf carts to refrain from driving them around town.
