Local News: Thursday June 8th 2023

Posey County Radio News and Sports

News: 

The Habitat for Humanity of Evansville dedicated its first house built in Poseyville yesterday. The home is sponsored by the North Posey Build, which helped bring together residents and the faith community in northern Posey County to raise funds for families in need of affordable housing. The six-bedroom home is located at 86 E. Oak Street in Poseyville. Habitat for Humanity considers this home a huge milestone for the organization and the Poseyville community. The Habitat says they look forward to building more homes in Poseyville in the future.

Today at 1:00 PM, supporters of North Posey High School and North Posey Softball lined up on Main Street in Poseyville and sent the team off to the State Finals. The Vikings (28-0) are back in the Class 2A State Finals for a second-straight year. They will play Andrean (29-7) on Friday at 4:30 PM CT in the Class 2A State Championship game at Purdue University. All ticket sales will be digital only via GoFan ticketing. No cash or credit card sales at the game. Presenting purchase verification on mobile devices will be used to gain admittance at the gate. Fans are not to validate tickets until asked to do so at the stadium. Pre-sale electronic tickets for participating schools closed today at 12:00 PM. Remaining electronic tickets will be placed on the ihsaa.org website. Tickets are 15 dollars, and all seats are general admission. Gates on Friday will open at 3:00 PM CT. You will be able to hear the game on 98.9 FM WPIW, 106.7 FM WMVI, and poseycountyradio.com. Chris Morlan will have the radio broadcast.

The 1st Annual Smoke Poseyville Event is scheduled for Saturday, June 17th at the Poseyville Community Center. Funds raised will go towards growing community events that focus on enhancing the childhood experience in and around Poseyville. If you have any questions, feel free to message Carter’s Sauces through their Facebook page, or call Charles Carter at 812-622-1175.

The Vanderburgh County Council approved the request to fund part of the pickleball courts in Wesselman Park. Visit Evansville requested $500,000 from Vanderburgh County’s innkeeper’s tax. This money is generated from tourism, like hotel stays and event venues. According to Visit Evansville, they see the new development of pickleball courts as a major investment for the local economy. CEO Alexis Berggren says a pickleball tournament could bring roughly 4,700 visitors to Evansville and make $3 million. Visit Evansville continues looking for opportunities to increase tourism in the Tri-State. The next council meeting is July 12^th.

The University of Evansville’s School of Education obtained approval from the Indiana Department of Education to introduce an Elementary Transition to Teaching program. According to a release from the University of Evansville, the elementary and secondary Transition to Teaching programs target individuals with undergraduate degrees who are seeking their teaching license in Indiana. Officials say students enrolled in the programs meet the coursework requirements for an initial Indiana educators license. The university’s Elementary Program includes 24 credit hours and can be completed within one calendar year. The secondary program requires 18 credit hours and can also be completed in one calendar year. Both programs include a minimum of 600 hours of clinical experience in area classrooms.

Opening day is coming up at Ellis Park in Henderson, and tickets to reserve seating for the horse races are available online. Officials with Ellis Park say you can visit the racetrack’s Ticketmaster page to reserve your seats and see added race dates. Tickets can be found for the new series of races that were recently announced for Ellis Park, which were moved to the race track from Churchill Downs after a series of horse deaths. Officials with Churchill Downs Incorporated, which purchased Ellis Park Racing & Gaming for nearly 80 million dollars, said that the remainder of Churchill Downs' race meet would begin at Ellis Park starting on June 10. The Spring Meet from Churchill Downs will run to July 3^rd. General grandstand admission is always free, but seats can be reserved for $13 to $15. After those newly added races, Ellis Park traditionally hosts a summer race meet in Kentucky that is scheduled from July 7^th to Aug. 27^th.

Sports Tonight: 

• The St. Louis Cardinals (26-37) after snapping a 5-game losing streak last night in Texas against the Rangers have this evening off. They return home tomorrow night to play the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis.   

• The Chicago Cubs (26-35) wrap up a series in Los Angeles against the Angels at 8:38 PM. Cubs are trying to avoid a sweep and end a 3-game losing streak.

Sports From Wednesday

• The St. Louis Cardinals (26-37) snapped a 5-game losing streak by beating the Rangers in Texas last night, 1-0.  

• The Chicago Cubs (26-35) got tripped up in Los Angeles by the Angels, 6-2.  

• The Cincinnati Reds (29-33) walked off the Los Angeles Dodgers for a second straight night, 8-6.

• From the NBA Finals last night in Game 3, the Denver Nuggets won on the road in Miami over the Heat, 109-94. Denver now leads the best of 7 series, 2-1. Game 4 is Friday evening in Miami.