Posey County Radio News and Sports
News:
The driver of a moped who was hit by a car on the west side of Vanderburgh County late last night has died from their injuries. The crash happened late Sunday night around 10 p.m. on the west side, near University Parkway and Hogue Road, according to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office. The driver of the moped was taken to the hospital, but later died from their injuries. The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office identified the man who died as 35-year-old William Levon Hutchins of Evansville. The sheriff's office says the driver of the car was uninjured but taken to the hospital for a chemical test in accordance with Indiana law. Deputies say no charges are expected to be filed against the driver of the car, but the investigation into the crash remains ongoing.
This coming weekend at the Posey County 4H Center, it’s the Posey County Country Music Throwdown. The event is this Saturday, February 11th and is for those 21 years and over. Doors will open at 6:00 PM. Come help make the Posey County Fair even better, as this event is a fundraiser to support Sweethearts of the fair. It will be a night of country music and seeing old friends. Annabel Whitledge kicks off the night at 6:30 PM. Food will be provided by an onsite Food Truck and cash bar provided by St. Phillips Inn. Pre-sale tickets are 15 dollars and 20 dollars on the day of the event, if any are still left. They expect the event to be a sell-out. Once again, this is for the Posey County Music Throwdown this Saturday, February 11th at the Posey County 4H Center.
Powerball players might just have a shot at winning $747 million, the fifth-largest jackpot in the game's history. The Powerball jackpot rolled on after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Saturday. If someone wins in tonight’s drawing, they'll take home the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot and the ninth-largest US lottery jackpot. According to Powerball, Saturday's top-winning tickets included four tickets that matched all five white balls. Each of those players will win $1 million. More than 2 million tickets won cash prizes amounting to $20 million during Saturday's drawing. The four $1 million-winning tickets were sold in Florida, New Jersey, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. The Powerball jackpot was last hit in November in Kansas. A single ticket won a whopping $92.9 million. The largest Powerball jackpot of all time was won earlier in November, when a lucky player won $2.04 billion in California.
Sports:
Coming up this evening on 106.7 FM WMVI, it’s another edition of the Mt. Vernon Basketball Coaches Show. It will be broadcasted live from United Fidelity Bank in Mt. Vernon. Allen Buck will host the show and chat with Wildcats Head Coach, Joe Newcomb. Mt. Vernon Boys Basketball did not play last week, so they still sit at 8-10 on the season. They play at Memorial tomorrow night at 7:00 PM and then play host to Boonville Friday night at 7:30 PM.
North Posey Boys Basketball had just one game last week and that was a 61-59 win at Pike Central last Thursday. The Vikings are 10-8 on the year and will play twice this weekend. They are at Southridge Friday night and home against Perry Central Saturday evening.
Mt. Vernon High School wraps up hosting the Girls Basketball Class 3A Sectional 32 tonight with the championship game. It features Memorial (25-1) taking on Gibson Southern (19-4). Gibson Southern is going for back-to-back sectional championships. Tip-off tonight is set for 6:30 PM.
University of Evansville Women's Basketball (10-10, 5-7) plays host to non-conference foe, UT Martin tonight at 6:00 PM. This game was supposed to be played back in late December, but was PPD due to weather.
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