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No. 24 IU opens season this evening on WSLM

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WSLM WILL BEGIN ITS IU BASKETBALL SEASON TONIGHT WITH THE PRE-GAME show featuring Don Fischer at 6p on 97.9 FM followed by the OPENING TIP at 7p.m. Indiana is in its 114th season of college basketball and will host the University of Southern Indiana in its first exhibition game for the 2013-14 season. IU also will play Hillsdale College on Nov. 4 in Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers are ranked No. 24 to start the season in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. It is believed this is the first time that IU has played in exhibition game in the month of October.

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The Hoosiers return sophomore All-Big Ten guard Kevin Yogi Ferrell who averaged 7.6 points and 4.1 assists and Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year senior wing Will Sheehey, who averaged 9.5 points and 3.5 rebounds. In addition, IU boasts a six-man freshman class that was rated as the sixth best recruiting class in the nation. Last year, IU was 29-7 and won their 21st Big Ten Championship with a 14-4 record. The Hoosiers were ranked 7th in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.

The Screaming Eagles will make their first trip to Assembly Hall. USI will dress seven seniors and finished 23-8 and 13-5 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Senior forward Aaron Nelson averaged 11.9 points and 7.9 rebounds in 15 games last year. Senior forward Taylor Wischmeier averaged 9.9 points and 4.7 rebounds and senior guard Lawrence Thomas averaged 9.8 points.

THE LAST TWO YEARS Indiana is 56-16, which is second in the Big Ten (.778 winning pct.), 12-8 on the road, 21-13 away from Assembly Hall (road and neutral combined) and 35-2 at home (tied for the most wins in the country at home in that span).

THE COACHES Indiana named Tom Crean as its 28th men’s basketball coach on April 2, 2008, and he is in his sixth year with the Hoosiers.  He is 274-178 all-time as a head coach and the last two years he has led IU to a 56-16 record, the 2013 Big Ten Championship and back-to-back appearances for the Hoosiers in the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1994. In 2012-13,  he was named NABC District 7 and USBWA District V Coach of the Year and he was honored by the FCA when he was awarded the John Lotz “Barnabas” Award which is presented annually by FCA to honor a basketball coach who best exhibits a commitment to Christ, integrity and encouragement to others and lives a balanced life.  In 2011-12, Crean was named National Coach of the Year by ESPN’s Jason King, and Big Ten Coach of the Year by the Sporting News and the BTN’s Tom Dienhart. Rodney Watson the ninth head coach for USI men’s basketball, has led USI since the 2009-10 season. Watson is 95-24 (.780) overall during his four years, including a 54-18 (.750) GLVC record.

SOLD OUT With the exception of four games in Assembly Hall during the holiday season, each IU home men’s basketball game will be sold out. IU students purchased 15,772 tickets to be divided each game among 7,800 of their peers.

Mini-Series tickets are still available for purchase, which includes four games: Evansville (11/26), Nicholls State (12/20), Kennesaw State (12/22) and Michigan State (01/04). Tickets are $60 for IU-Bloomington students with a valid ID, $160 for main/court level seating and $104 for balcony seating. Limited seating is available for the main/court level. For more information or to order, contact the IU Ticket Office at 1-866-487-7678.

Lots To Do On Saturday

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Dog Park Grand Opening
Beginning at 1p, there will be a ribbon cutting for the Humane Society of Washington County’s new dog park at the Salem Animal Shelter on Joseph Street. An open house will follow until 3p. Light refreshments will be served.

Pekin Boo
The Washington County Artisans and Farmers with the Pekin Betterment Committee and Pierce Polk Fire D…ept, will host Pekin Boo, on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Pekin Park. The event will take place from 6-9 pm.  Vendors will distribute treats. Fire trucks will be on hand. There will
also be face painting, free cotton candy and popcorn.

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Halloween Event at the Village
WSLM, The Salem Parks and Recreation and many Salem businesses and groups will be presenting a Halloween Event at the Stevens Museum on Saturday, Oct. 26, 6-7:30 pm.  Children may enjoy cookies, hot dogs, hot chocolate, candy and other activities.  A Halloween movie will also be shown.  Seating is limited.  Free tickets will be distributed at the Park and Rec. booth during the event.  Contact the Museum at 883-6495 or Park and Rec at 883-2895 or the Salem Library at 883-5600 for more information.

Halloween Bash
Tonight Alive  at Center Peace in Salem. Face painting starts at 4:30, Zombie Walk 5:45 to the Pioneer Village, open mic: musicians invited to pre form…sign up and preform 15 min. Short Notice band and others. Costume contest and concessions available. Music starts at 5pm.  Bring your lawn chair. Free…asking for a donation to local food bank.

Haunted Playground from 7 to 9 PM in Campbellsburg at Cburg Childcare the corner of Oak and Franklin Streets. Cburg Childcare is hosting a fundraiser for the Washington County Food Bank. Admission to the Haunted Playground is one can good or $1. All food and donations collected will go to the food bank. Be ready for thrills, chills, and if you make it through a treat at the end!

FREEZE WARNING FOR WSLM LISTENING AREA FOR FRIDAY – SATURDAY

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FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING… …FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ SATURDAY…

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* TEMPERATURES…LOWS IN THE THE MID TO UPPER 20S EXPECTED FOR  BOTH THIS MORNING AND EARLY SATURDAY.

* TIMING…WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST WILL BE MOST  LIKELY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM TODAY AND EARLY SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS…UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL BE HARMED  OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

Seymour man sentenced in child molesting case

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A 56-year-old man who earlier pleaded guilty to attempting to molest a child received a 14-year prison term on Tuesday afternoon in Jackson Circuit Court.

Larry Wayne Cockerham of Seymour pleaded guilty to that Class Bfelony charge during a hearing on July 10 in front of Senior Judge Bill Vance.

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Vance suspended six years of that sentence and ordered Cockerham to spend them on supervised probation.

Seymour Police Detective Brian Moore says Cockerham’s arrest stems from an incident with a girl younger than 13-years-old. That incident was reported by a family member.

Moore says the girl lives in Jennings County and had been visiting a relative in Seymour when Cockerham allegedly molested the girl.

Missing Greene County girl found in Kentucky

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A  missing Greene County teen girl has been located safe in Frankfort, Kentucky.

According to Greene County Police 17-year-old Tawny Michell Ramsey was found Thursday by Frankfort Kentucky Police.

Ramsey was last seen at her grandmother’s residence in Bloomington at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday where she made contact with her father Michael Ramsey by telephone.

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Michael Ramsey, reported his daughter missing Wednesday at 8:52 p.m.

He advised the investigating officer that he had heard from a family member that his daughter had posted on her Facebook account that she was enroute to Kentucky.

Circumstances of how she was located were not released.

Police says she has not committed a crime. Greene County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating the incident.

Camm Found Not-Guilty

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Former Indiana State Trooper David Camm has been found not guilty of killing his wife and two young children in 2000.

A jury in Boone County, Indiana acquitted Camm in the murders, for which he was found guilty in two separate trials.

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Both convictions were thrown out on appeal after Prosecutors used inadmissible evidence.

Camm‘s third trial was held in Boone County due tof pretrial publicity in southern Indiana, where the Camms lived in Georgetown.

Super Lice found

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It‘s bad enough that parents have to watch out for head lice coming home from school with their kids.

Now, doctors say lice have become resistant to many of the drugs used to kill them.

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Dermatologists believe that up to 60-percent of head lice nationally may be what the media have labeled “super lice”, or resistant to typical drug treatments according to Dr. Brian Aguilar (AG-u-LAR), a St. Vincent pediatrician in McCordsville.

The American Academy of Dermatology says up to 12 million children between the ages of 3 and 12 contract head lice each year, and Aguilar says the drug-resistant lice have shown up in Indiana.

Unlike other bacteria which some doctors believe have become resistant to antibiotics because of over-prescription, Aguilar says head lice seem to have genetically evolved over time to resist treatments, developing stronger exoskeletons and immune systems.

Head lice do not carry disease, constant itching in the area around the scalp could lead to an infection. Aguilar says they also cannot fly from person to person and can only be transmitted through head to head or head to clothing contact.

Aguilar says over-the-counter treatments such as Nix and Rid still work on some head lice. He says parents should try those treatments or use a fine-toothed comb to remove the lice and their nits first and see their pediatricians if those treatments don‘t work

Pets found in poor condition at Lawrence Animal Shelter

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The Lawrence Police Department is investigating poor conditions found inside the city‘s Animal Control shelter.

Police were called to the shelter on a vandalism report but when Deputy Chief Greg Swingle arrived, he found the animals, mostly dogs, in poor condition.

Two of the dogs were already dead. Many of the dogs were malnourished and Police Chief Michael Walton decided to suspend a Lawrence Animal Control officer, who was later fired.

That person was a civilian employee.

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Swingle says the shelter is under the jurisdiction of the police department. A state veterinarian will visit the shelter Thursday to assess the situation.

Trucking Companies Seeing Slow Growth

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A Hoosier trucking industry expert says lack of consumer confidence and not much clarity from Washington are taking their toll on the nation‘s trucking companies.

Indiana Motor Truck Association President Gary Langston says trucking companies are seeing slow growth – at best – when it comes to the economy.

Langston says from his industry‘s perspective, they need to see three consecutive quarters of three percent growth each quarter. Langston says the American Truckers Association expects to see 2.2% total growth in the Gross Domestic Product this year and perhaps 2.4% total growth next year.

Langston says the trucking industry is directly indicative of what‘s happening in the economy because they ship orders.

Langston says when orders are down it‘s proof that companies and people simply aren‘t buying things.

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He adds that the decline in American made products isn‘t helping. Langston says companies are beginning to address unemployment by bringing manufacturing jobs back to America.

Gregg Won’t Run For Hoosier Governor

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When the 2016 campaign for governor rolls around, Democrats will likely have to look to someone other than the man who came close to beating Mike Pence in 2012.

John Gregg says he will not “actively seek” the Democratic Party‘s nomination for governor three years from now. Since losing to Pence by fewer than three-percentage points, the attorney and former House Speaker continued to make appearances across the state – “I never stopped campaigning.”

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But Gregg says he decided recently that “life‘s events curb one‘s focus” – Gregg got married again last December, just over a month after the election, and he says he wants to focus on his family and some new business opportunities.

Gregg received almost 46.6 percent of the vote in 2012, with Pence receiving 49.5 percent – Libertarian Rupert Murdoch received just under 4 percent. Gregg lost by around 75,000 votes in a state President Obama lost to Republican nominee Mitt Romney by around 300,000 votes.

He says he believes he could have won in 2016 had he run again, but Gregg says when he decided to leave the race, he wanted to make the announcement now so that other Democratic candidates would not be deterred from running by having a veteran candidate in the race.

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