Afternoon News: Friday March 3rd 2023

Posey County Radio News and Sports

News:

Sectional play continues tonight for the North Posey Vikings Boys Basketball team as they will take on Perry Central at 6:00 PM in the second round of the Class 2A Sectional 48 at Tell City. The Vikings beat South Spencer in the first round on Tuesday, 58-56. You will be able to hear tonight’s game on 98.9 FM WPIW and online at poseycountyradio.com. North Posey beat Perry Central, 69-49 during the regular season at home back on February 11th.  

Checking on other High School Basketball Sectional games across the Tri-State this evening…in Class 4A Sectional 16 at North High School, Central plays Reitz and North battles Jasper. In Class 3A Sectional 32 at Boonville High School, Gibson Southern takes on Boonville and Mater Dei will play Memorial. Moving on to Class 3A Sectional 31 at Washington High School, Heritage Hills takes on Washington and Vincennes plays North Daviess. Class 2A Sectional 48 at Tell City, we have already mentioned North Posey plays Perry Central and the other game will feature Tell City and Forest Park. Finally in Class 1A at Wood Memorial High School, it’s Tecumseh against Evansville Christian and Evansville Day School will play Northeast Dubois.

Damage reports are starting to come in from severe weather sweeping through the Tri-State area. There are reports of trees and wires down in several areas of Evansville and Vanderburgh County. The roof of the St. Joseph Catholic Church has been completely blown off. The church is located near the corner of West St. Joseph Road and St. Wendel Road in Vanderburgh County.

Utility companies around the Tri-State are reporting thousands of customers without power Friday after severe weather in the area. As of about 2:00 PM, CenterPoint Energy was reporting over 11,000 customers without power in its southwest Indiana service area. Most of those customers without power are in Vanderburgh County and Warrick County. Around the same time in western Kentucky, there was a report of more than 17,000 members affected.

A Posey County woman has been convicted of conspiracy to manufacture meth and child neglect, officials say. According to a release, 37-year-old Megan Witt was sentenced to six years in prison after she plead guilty to multiple drug-related charges. Officials say those charges include conspiracy to manufacture meth, neglect of a dependent, unlawful sale of a precursor, and possession of meth. They say Witt admitted to conspiring to manufacture meth at her home with her children between January and May of 2021. Police records show that officers with the Posey County Drug Task Force received information about a possible active meth lab at the home on St. Phillips Road in Posey County. According to a release, back in May of 2021, the task force executed a search warrant and found multiple items associated with the manufacture of meth, as well as meth and numerous items of drug paraphernalia in the home and on the property. The investigation also revealed Witt’s two minor children resided at the home with her. Witt admitted to officers that her children were present inside the home when she used methamphetamine.

Sports:

- USI Baseball (5-3) plays at Washington State at 4:05 PM. 

- Evansville Baseball (3-5) had their opening game of a 4-game series at home against Bowling Green moved to tomorrow due to weather. They will play a DH tomorrow at 12:00 PM and a DH on Sunday at 11:00 AM. The Purple Aces have won 3-straight games.

- Evansville Softball (13-1) goes for a 10th-straight win at WKU tonight at 4:30 PM. 

- In Men's College Basketball...Ball State (20-10) plays host to Toledo at 5:00 PM. Murray State (17-14) battles Drake in the 2nd round of the MVC Tournament in St. Louis at 6:00 PM. The Salukis (22-9) will follow that game and take on Missouri State at 8:30 PM.