Posey County Radio News and Sports
News:
Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Elizabeth Baier Youth Spirit Award. The award, in the amount of $500, is given annually to a high school junior who resides in Posey County and who is involved in community activities in Posey County. This award was created in September of 2007 in honor of Elizabeth D. Baier’s 25th Anniversary as Executive Director of the United Way of Posey County. Funding for the award was obtained entirely through private donations. An applicant for the award must be a Posey County resident, but may attend high school in Posey, Gibson, or Vanderburgh counties. They may also be homeschooled. Two or three letters of recommendation must accompany the application. Applications must be typed and must be post-marked no later than April 28th, as award recipients will be notified no later than June 9th. The award for 2023 will be presented at a United Way of Posey County Leadership Giving Recognition event.
Indiana State Police confirms a death investigation of a woman near the Diplomat Hotel in Oakland City Tuesday afternoon, just off South State Road 57. The Gibson County Sheriff’s Office says they received a call of a dead body in the woods at 3:30 PM. ISP Trooper Todd Ringle says that the body was found in a wooded area behind the motel. Oakland City University Police and Oakland City Police assisted the Sheriff’s Office in maintaining the crime scene. Indiana State Police interviewed residents at the Diplomat Motel. The FBI and Oakland City Police are assisting the Gibson County Sherriff’s Office on this investigation. Officials are still working to find the cause of death. ISP and the Gibson Co. Sheriff’s office encourage anyone with information to contact them.
If you are a resident of Vanderburgh County and have any electronics that you need to get rid of, you can recycle them this Saturday in Evansville. The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District will sponsor Electronics Recycling this Saturday in the Civic Center parking lot at Ninth and Walnut streets. You will be able to recycle your electronics from 8:00 AM until Noon. They say you must be a resident of Vanderburgh County to participate. Appliances will not be accepted and items from businesses will also not be accepted. For more information, you can contact the Solid Waste District at 812-436-7800.
St. Louis Cardinals Baseball begins tomorrow afternoon as the Redbirds open the regular season at home against the Toronto Blue Jays at 3:10 PM. Miles Mikolas is the opening day starter on the mound for St. Louis. 106.7 FM WMVI will be your radio home for Cardinals Baseball all season long once again this year.
Evansville Purple Aces 5th-year outfielder, Eric Roberts was named the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Week after belting four home runs in 4 UE victories last week. Roberts homered in three of the Aces four games last week. In the three-game MVC series at Missouri State, he hit .462 (6-for-13) with a double, three home runs, five runs scored, and nine RBI’s. Evansville swept the defending MVC Tournament Champions in the three-game series in Springfield. Aces Baseball is 16-7 on the season and returns home tonight for a non-conference midweek game against SEMO at 6:00. UE is going for a 10th-straight win for the first time since 2006.
Sports Tonight:
- Mt. Vernon Baseball heads to Central at 5:30 PM
- North Posey Baseball is on the road to play Owensboro Catholic at 5:00 PM
- Mt. Vernon Softball travels to Mater Dei at 5:00 PM
- Evansville Baseball (16-7) is home against SEMO at 6:00 PM. The Purple Aces have won 9-straight games
- The Indiana Pacers (33-43) welcome the Milwaukee Bucks at 6:00 PM
Local News: Friday May 17th 2024