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IU, WILSON AGREE TO NEW SIX-YEAR CONTRACT

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass announced Monday that head football coach Kevin Wilson has signed a new six-year contract. The agreement runs through the 2021 season and Wilson will earn an average annual compensation of $2.55 million or $15.3 million over six years. No other coach in the Big Ten has more seasons on his contract and only one (Jim Harbaugh) has as many.

Wilson led the Hoosiers to the 2015 New Era Pinstripe Bowl, only their second bowl appearance in the last 22 years and their first postseason appearance since 2007. IU’s six victories marked the program’s highest total since the same season. Indiana won the Old Oaken Bucket for the third straight campaign for the first time since 1944-47. A five-year program record 111 Hoosiers have secured Academic All-Big Ten honors under Wilson’s direction.

“This contract reflects our commitment to Kevin, to continuity, and to Indiana University Football,” said Glass. “Kevin has done a great job building our program into one that is competitive with the great teams of the Big Ten and the nation. We are confident that he will continue to lead us to sustained success on the field and in the classroom.”

“Thank you to President McRobbie, the Board of Trustees, Mr. Glass and the entire athletics administration for their support,” Wilson said. “Coupled with an already solid foundation, this ensures stability as we continue to build a winning program in the Big Ten East, one of the great divisions in college football. The administration has shown a total commitment to our program development, continuity, staffing, recruiting and facilities, and has invested heavily in the development of and experience for our students. We are excited for the opportunity and embrace the challenge ahead. My family and I love Indiana and we are all proud Hoosiers. Go IU!”

Wilson has mentored three first team All-Americans in his five seasons – offensive linemen Dan Feeneyand Jason Spriggs in 2015, and Tevin Coleman in 2014. The three All-Americans are the most for Indiana over a two-year period since 1968-69 (3).

Sixteen IU standouts have either moved on to the NFL or received camp invites, including four in 2015. Wide receiver Cody Latimer was selected 56th overall by the Denver Broncos in 2014 and running back Tevin Coleman was selected 73rd overall by the Atlanta Falcons in 2015.

Thirty-eight Hoosiers have earned All-Big Ten honors, highlighted by a school record 12 this year. Nine players have collected freshman All-America honors and 24 have garnered freshman All-Big Ten recognition.

Wilson’s offenses have set 47 school records, including single-season points, total yardage, passing yardage and rushing yardage. Indiana led the Big Ten in total offense, scoring offense and passing offense, the first team since Ohio State in 1995 to do so.

IU (2015) became the fourth team in FBS history with a 3,500-yard passer, two 1,000-yard rushers and one 1,000-yard receiver in the same season, joining 2005 Southern California, 2008 Oklahoma and 2015 Southern Miss. The Hoosiers had two 1,000-yard rushers for the first time in program history and were one of two Power Five teams (Baylor) to accomplish that feat this season.

Indiana won its final two games for the first time since 2001, its final two road games for the first time since 1982 and its final two games with both being on the road for the first time since 1946. IU had not won back-to-back Big Ten games since 2012, two Big Ten road games in the same year since 2001, back-to-back Big Ten road games since 1993 and three road games in a single season since 1994.

Adam Replogle (2012) and safety Mark Murphy (2013, 2014) were the eighth and ninth Indiana players to collect Academic All-America honors. Murphy became just the third Hoosier to earn the honor twice.

IU opens the 2016 campaign at Florida International on Saturday, Sept. 3, and kicks off its home slate against Ball State on Saturday, Sept. 10.

Silver Alert for 68-year-old Portage Man

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The Portage Police Department is investigating the disappearance of an adult from Portage, Indiana.

Portage, Indiana is located approximately 10 miles East of Gary, Indiana. Rene Gonzalez is a 68 year old white male, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 215 pounds, with black hair and green eyes.

Rene Gonzalez was last seen at 7:30 am EST on January 11, 2016 in Portage, Indiana, and is believed to be in danger.

Rene Gonzalez was last seen wearing black Adidas pants, a black Adidas sweater and gray and black gym shoes.

He is believed to be headed to Gary, Indiana driving a red 2008 Toyota Solara, with Indiana plate 962LGP .

If you have any information on Rene Gonzalez, contact the Portage Police Department by calling 219-762-3122

Mitchell Lovins, 70, was 34-year City of Scottsburg Mechanic

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Mitchell Lovins, 70, of Scottsburg, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, January
10, 2016 in an accident on State Road # 56 near Salem, Indiana.

He was born in Manchester, Kentucky, the son of George Lovins and Gertrude
(Hounschell) Lovins.

Mitchell was a retired maintenance mechanic for the
Scottsburg City Garage, where he worked for 34 years retiring in 2009.  He
also attended the Fairview Christian Church near Underwood, Indiana and was
a retired volunteer fireman from the Scottsburg Volunteer Fire Department,
where he served for 28 years.

Mitchell was preceded in death by his first wife, Bonnie (Taylor) Lovins; his father and two brothers, Monroe and Mickey Lovins.  Survivors include his wife, Carla L. (Farmer) Lovins; two daughters, Darlene Montgomery and her husband David and Pamela Campbell and her husband Michael all of Scottsburg, Indiana;  a son, Mitchell Brian
Lovins and his wife Pam of Scottsburg, Indiana;  two stepdaughters, Clarissa
Akers and her husband Kyle of Scottsburg, Indiana and Sabrina Collins and
her husband Jason of Okinawa, Japan; a stepson, Matthew Jones and his wife
Amanda of Lexington, Indiana; mother, Gertrude Lovins of Brownstown,
Indiana;  two sisters, Madonna Maxie and her husband Troy of Tampico,
Indiana and Mary Wehrkamp and her husband Mike of Crothersville, Indiana;
two brothers, Michael Lovins and his wife Connie of Brownstown, Indiana and
Morris Lovins and his wife Linda of Scottsburg, Indiana; 20 grandchildren
and 4 great grandchildren.

Funeral Service: 11:00 am Friday, January 15, 2016 at Fairview Christian Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
Visitation: 4 to 8 pm Thursday at Collins Funeral Home and after 9 am Friday
at Fairview Christian Church.

Memorial Contributions: To The Family c/o Collins Funeral Home, 465 W. McClain Avenue,  Scottsburg, Indiana 47170.

Online condolences:www.collinsfuneralhome.net.

Police Arrest 22-Year Old Canton Man in Hit and Run Death

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Police have made an arrest in the Sunday morning hit and run accident that left a 70-year-old Scottsburg man dead.

A 22-year-old Canton man is under arrest at the Washington County Detention Center.

This morning, detectives from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg and Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies acted on a tip that led them to a Salem man whom the tipster stated was responsible for the death of Mitchell Lovins.

Investigators spoke to Derek A. Deaton, 22, from North Canton Road in Salem, and after speaking with him, they placed him under arrest.

He was charged with Leaving the Scene of a Crash Resulting in a Death, Level Five Felony.

At the time of the hit and run Deaton was driving a red 1995 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck.

Deaton was incarcerated at the Washington County Jail awaiting his first court appearance

An autopsy was completed Sunday afternoon on the body found at approximately 3:30 am Sunday morning on State Road #56 near Quaker Lane east of Salem in Washington County.

The preliminary results from the autopsy revealed the male to be Mitchell Lovins, 70 years of age, from Scottsburg, IN.

The preliminary cause of death was ruled as massive trauma to his body.

The preliminary investigation revealed sometime around 3:00 am this morning Mitchell Lovin’s vehicle, a mini-van, slid off of the roadway going west on State Road #56.

When this occurred it appears Mitchell Lovins left his vehicle and started walking east on State Road #56 where it appears he was struck by another vehicle.

BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR EWRW CUSTOMERS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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IU Dominates Ohio State 85-60; Tied For First in Big Ten

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Indiana walked into its locker room at halftime with a 30-point lead over Ohio State and reason to be excited.

The Hoosiers were finally playing like the team Assembly Hall has been waiting to see.

Chris Howell | Herald-Times Indiana Hoosiers forward Troy Williams (5) drives against Ohio State Buckeyes center Daniel Giddens (4) during the Indiana Ohio State men's basketball game at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. January 10, 2016.
Chris Howell | Herald-Times
Indiana Hoosiers forward Troy Williams (5) drives against Ohio State Buckeyes center Daniel Giddens (4) during the Indiana Ohio State men’s basketball game at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. January 10, 2016.

IU (14-3, 4-0) stormed out to a 10-0 advantage early and never looked back in a wire-to-wire 85-60 victory over the visiting Buckeyes (11-6, 3-1) Sunday afternoon at Assembly Hall. It was the team’s ninth in a row and fourth in the conference, marking the best start to a Big Ten season since 2008.

“That was definitely the most fun basketball, a half at least, that I’ve played here,” senior guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell said.

There weren’t one or two things Indiana did particularly well in the win. It was a culmination of the Hoosiers’ potentially elite offense meeting continued defensive improvement against a youthful Buckeyes team that was knocked down early and couldn’t get up.

“We got off to a slow start, and we didn’t do anything in terms of what we are supposed to do defensively,” Ohio State head coach Thad Matta said. “We couldn’t catch. We dropped balls. I think we missed 11 shots in the paint in the first half. We just couldn’t fight our way out of it.”

And while Ohio State spun its wheels, Indiana pulled away.

“They are playing with more passion and fire all the time,” head coach Crean said. “They are growing up together, which is important, and the simpler you make the game, the better.”

Though Indiana’s defense deserves its credit, Ohio State wasn’t doing itself any favors.

Right before an alley-oop dunk by freshman forward OG Anunoby put the Hoosiers up by 20 points 15 minutes into the first half, JaQuan Lyle missed a point-blank layup at the rim. Trevor Thompson grabbed the rebound but couldn’t convert on the follow-up try during a stretch of nine consecutive misses by the Buckeyes that spanned 9:07.

The rest of the first half, which Indiana led 48-18, wasn’t much better for the visiting team. The Hoosiers outscored the Buckeyes 28-6 over the final 11:48 of the opening 20 minutes after building its initial lead with a 10-0 run to start the game.

“They did an excellent job of when Ohio State would put a couple together in a row, they bounced back from that pretty quick,” Crean said, “and either got a stop in the basket or came down and we had a couple good runs ourselves.”

Indiana’s individual performances reflected the final score.

Thomas Bryant had the first double-double of his collegiate career. The freshman center finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Junior forward Troy Williams snapped out of what senior guard Nick Zeisloft described as a “funk” one day after Zeisloft predicted he would. Williams finished with 23 points and six rebounds.

“Obviously some outstanding personal numbers, but most important, it was a team mindset knowing that we were playing an excellent team,” Crean said. “And our guys rose to the challenge and I’m very proud of them.”

Inside Indiana’s locker room, there’s a message from Bob Knight that says, “Victory favors the team that makes the fewest mistakes.” It’s one of the few signs Crean said he keeps up within the main locker area.

Crean likes the message enough to hang it on the wall, but he also likes to add to it.

“It also favors the team that plays through them the best and learns from them the quickest,” he said.

And when teams learn, the results aren’t far behind.

“We know what we’re capable of,” Ferrell said. “We know how we can play defensively and getting rebounds. When we do that, when we have that mindset, we can go out there and be great.”

Six Inch Main Break Affects 800+ EWRW Customers

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According to Nathan Risen of East Washington Rural Water Corporation, a six inch main break in the middle of blue river yesterday has left between 850 and 900 customers in Southern Washington County without water.

boilwateradvisory

“We had it put together last night and then it blew apart about 4:30a,” said Risen, who is working with Temple and Temple on the repairs. “We’re in the process of digging this out to try and rectify the situation. We’re suing some different fittings.”

Early estimates put the repairs today at noon, but realistically Risen hopes for afternoon today.

“Doing everything we can do as quick as we can do it,” said Risen. “They’re digging on both sides of the bank…no way to dig across the river.”

Risen said the break was along the middle fork of Blue River, south of Salem near Spring Hill.

“It’s about 15 feet from one of the banks, we think,” he said, on the first Blue River you come to after passing Rudder Road on State Road 135.

 

The water break affects everyonesouth of Rudder Rd. and west of Highway 60 is effected, all 141 and 142 accounts, according to the EWRW website.

Everyone in this area should boil your water as a precaution until further notice when service returns.

 

No. 20-Ranked Boilermakers Fall to Illinois 84-70

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Heather Coit/The News-Gazette Illinoi' Tracy Abrams (12) shouts out to Illini fans as Purdue Coach Matt Painter is ejected from the court in the second half at Assembly Hall in Champaign on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. The Illini defeated Purdue 79-59.

 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Ever since Illinois fell apart in a 25-point loss Thursday at No. 5 Michigan State, Illini practices have been ”hell,” according to Malcolm Hill.

Heather Coit/The News-Gazette Illinoi' Tracy Abrams (12) shouts out to Illini fans as Purdue Coach Matt Painter is ejected from the court in the second half at Assembly Hall in Champaign on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. The Illini defeated Purdue 79-59.

”Bodies flying and colliding and words that not everybody can hear, from the coaching staff and the players as well,” the quiet junior forward said.

Leading scorer Kendrick Nunn missed that game for the birth of his son, and the Illini, by their own admission, were embarrassed on the court.

Nunn was back on Sunday, and he and Hill combined for 52 points in an 84-70 win over No. 20 Purdue.

Hill scored 30 and Nunn finished with 22 for Illinois (9-8, 1-3 Big Ten), going a combined 17 for 27 from the field. With both hitting shots, Purdue coach Matt Painter said the Boilermakers (14-3, 2-2) didn’t have much of a chance.

”If you can slow one of them down, I thought we would be in pretty good shape,” Painter said. ”We just got beat tonight.”

Nunn started slowly but scored 18 points in the second half. That included a nine-point run to open the half that turned a 37-all tie into a 46-37 Illinois lead.

Purdue was led by Caleb Swanigan and P.J. Thompson with 12 points each.

Illinois big men Michael Finke and Maverick Morgan helped hold Purdue’s two 7-footers, A.J. Hammons and Isaac Haas, to a combined 16 points.

Boilermakers forward Raphael Davis fouled out with 1:49 to play. He didn’t score.

Nunn said he hadn’t gotten quite as much sleep as he would like since the birth of his son, Kason Lee. The understated junior called it ”a long week.”

It took him a half to shake off the rust. He scored four points in the first 20 minutes, but started the second half with the nine-point run, which included a pair of 3-pointers. The first opened

the half and gave the Illini a lead they never relinquished.

Nunn nailed the second 3 even as he was being knocked to the floor by Dakota Mathias. Nunn hit the free throw that followed, too.

”I had complete confidence in him that he was going to explode in the second half,” Hill said. ”We just feed off each other.”

Nunn appeared to foul out with 3:36 left, only to have the officials review the play and call D.J. Williams for the foul on Vince Edwards instead.

The crowd let out a relieved cheer.

After Morgan sank a short jump shot with 7:24 to play to give Illinois a 65-53 edge, the Illini nursed a double-digit lead until the final buzzer.

Purdue presented what appeared to be a difficult matchup for Illinois, a team with its starting center, Mike Thorne Jr., out indefinitely due to injury and only two legitimate big men available, Finke and Morgan.

Finke and Morgan were assigned the task of dealing with Purdue’s 7-foot, 250-pound Hammons and, off the bench, the 7-2, 282-pound Haas – not to mention the 6-9, 250-pound Swanigan.

One fan in the student section seemingly tried to will a strong game out of Morgan, an inconsistent performer in his two-plus seasons at Illinois.

”Way to go, Mav! Good defense, Mav!” the fan shouted after Morgan shut down Haas on one possession.

But instead of relying solely on the ability of the lean Finke and Morgan to batter the Boilermakers’ big men, Illinois sent both to the perimeter and gave them the chance to shoot.

Morgan finished with four points and Finke with six, but all of Finke’s points came on big 3s.

”Finke and Mav, I mean, they’re probably going to need a cold tub bath,” Illinois coach John Groce said. ”They were tough, they were physical.”

FOUL TROUBLE

The Boilermakers played with serious foul trouble in the second half. In addition to Davis, point guard Johnny Hill and forward Vince Edwards both finished with four fouls and spent significant time on the bench.

Pointer said it hurt Purdue’s ability to defend Hill and Nunn. But on a night when both coaches complained regularly to the officials about calls and no-calls, Painter insisted he had no complaints.

”A lot of times I tell these guys to adjust to it, but the officials have done a pretty good job,” he said.

NEEDED WIN

A loss would have dropped the Illini to 0-4 in the Big Ten for the first time since the 2007-08 season and left them in a deep hole. But Groce said a big win over a ranked opponent will not fix all that’s been wrong with his team, still referencing Michigan State’s dominant performance.

”We just didn’t play the right way,” he said. ”For me, I want us to play well and build on today.”

TIP-INS

Purdue: Entering the game, no team was holding opponents to a lower field goal percentage (35 percent). Illinois shot 54.2 percent, hitting 26 of its 48 attempts from the field.

Illinois: The Illini were making 36 percent of their 3-point shots coming into the game. They went 9 for 17 on Sunday (52.9 percent).

UP NEXT

Purdue hosts Penn State on Wednesday.

Major Line Break and Boil Water Advisory for East Washington Rural Water

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Officials have found a leak on East Washington water line under Blue River at Holland Hill.

Workers were on the scene late last evening working on repairs.

 

There is a boil water advisory until further notice, possibly this coming Wednesday or Thursday.

Some customers are having trouble with water pressure and/or no water.

WSLM will be updating this story this morning.

Scottsburg Man Killed in Hit and Run Along SR 56 in Salem

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A 70-year-old Scottsburg man was identified as the body found early this morning dead on State Road 56.

The preliminary results from the autopsy revealed the male to be Mitchell Lovins, 70 years of age, from Scottsburg, IN.

The preliminary cause of death was ruled as massive trauma to his body.

 

An autopsy was completed today on the body found at approximately 3:30 am this morning on State Road #56 near Quaker Lane east of Salem in Washington County.

The preliminary investigation revealed sometime around 3:00 am this morning Lovin’s vehicle, a mini-van, slid off of the roadway going west on State Road #56.

When this occurred, police believe Lovins left his vehicle and started walking east on State Road #56.

According to ISP Sgt. Jerry Goodin, it appears Lovin was struck by another vehicle.

This continues to be a death investigation with investigators still looking for the vehicle which struck and killed Mitchell Lovins.

If anyone has information on this hit and run you are encouraged to contact the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg at 1-800-872-6743 or 812-246-5424.

 

Between the hours of 3:00 am and 3:30 am, a driver on State Road #56 near Quaker Lane in Washington County spotted a male human body in the roadway. The driver immediately contacted the police.

When troopers arrived at the scene they immediately called for detectives and crime scene investigators.

 

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