Posey County Radio News and Sports
News:
Both MSD of Mt. Vernon and MSD of North Posey County students will enjoy this week off from school for Spring Break. Students will return to school on Monday, April 3rd.
The Mt. Vernon Police Department has been made aware of a recent vandalism in the area of 3rd and Maple Street. If anyone has information regarding this or has seen anything suspicious there recently, please call Posey County Dispatch to speak with an officer.
Black Township Fire welcomed over half a dozen agencies to their department on Saturday to refresh themselves on life-saving measures. Officials say the hands-on training they have isn’t available everywhere, and they wanted to extend the invitation to as many departments as they could in the Tri-State. Firefighters were trained on four scenarios, all designated to mimic real-life events that they could come across. The training focused on grain bin extrication, stabilizing vehicles in an accident, getting people out of cars involved in an accident, and body parts trapped in heavy machinery. All are emergencies Tri-State fire departments encounter. In Posey County alone, officials say there have been four grain bin accidents in five years. At the training, there wasn’t just one instructor, each firefighter was able to share their opinions and knowledge on more efficient and safer ways to execute these situations. Officials say each incident is unique, but the baseline training they’re able to provide can be the difference between life or death when it comes time to put the training to use.
A new home decor and gift shop is coming to Mount Vernon. Impressions is tentatively scheduled to open in early May of this year and will feature home decor and gifts. The shop will also contain painted furniture, accessories, home décor and miscellaneous items. Impressions hopes to host pop-ups from different businesses in the tri-state area in the shop from time to time. It will be located at 132 B East 2nd Street.
Sports:
- Evansville Baseball (16-7, 3-0) beat Missouri State on the road, 7-4. UE swept the 3-game series to begin MVC play and have won 9-straight games. Aces RF, Eric Roberts belted 2 HR's.
- USI Baseball (7-17, 0-3) lost both games at home against Morehead State, 11-4 and 5-1. The Screaming Eagles have dropped 8-straight games.
- Evansville Softball (15-14, 1-5) fell at Missouri State, 3-0. The Purple Aces have lost 5-straight games.
- USI Softball (10-14, 4-4) dropped both games at SEMO, 11-0 and 5-4. They have lost 3-straight games.
- From the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament...the Final 4 is set after a pair of Elite 8 games yesterday. San Diego State squeaked by Creighton, 57-56 and Miami topped Texas, 88-81. The Final 4 is this Saturday evening in Houston. The first game at 5:09 PM will feature #9 seed FAU vs #5 seed San Diego State. Then at 7:49 PM it will be #5 seed Miami vs #4 seed Uconn.
- The Major League Baseball regular season gets rolling this Thursday with Opening Day. The St. Louis Cardinals play their final Spring Training game today at 12:05 PM against Baltimore. St. Louis opens up at home on Thursday at 3:10 PM against the Toronto Blue Jays. You can hear all the Cardinals games again this season on 106.7 FM WMVI.
Local News: Friday May 17th 2024