Rick has been a member of the WFPL News team since 2001 and has covered numerous beats and events over the years. Most recently he’s been tracking the Indiana General Assembly and the region’s passion for sports, especially college basketball.
Indiana lawmakers are dropping a proposal that would require clinics offering the abortion pill perform ultrasounds on women seeking the drug.
A House committee removed that provision Wednesday from a broader Senate bill that would force clinics that provide only drug-induced abortions to meet the same facility requirements as clinics that perform surgical abortions.
The committee voted 8-5 to advance the bill to the full House.
Second-seeded UK advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with a 84-70 victory tonight over Dayton. The Wildcats will face Delaware, a number six seed, Saturday in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Fifth-seeded U of L made it to the third round with a 76-63 win over Purdue at the KFC Yum Center.
The Indiana House of Representatives has approved a bill aimed at cracking down on retailers who sell bath salts and other illegal synthetic drugs.
House sponsor Rep. Milo Smith says under the measure, shops caught selling the drugs could have their merchant licenses revoked and face additional penalties.
He says drug makers and sellers have been chemically altering or repackaging the drugs in an attempt to stay a step ahead of police and prosecutors.
The University of Louisville and University of Kentucky women’s basketball teams resume play tonight in the NCAA tournament.
The Cardinals advanced to the second round with a victory over MiddleTennessee State Sunday. Fifth-seeded U of L takes number four Purdue at 7:00pm at the KFC Yum Center.
The second-seeded Wildcats meet number seven seed Dayton tonight in Queens, New York at 7:00. UK won its opening round game Sunday over Navy.
The Louisville Cardinals and Kentucky Wildcats are both off to a winning start in the women’s NCAA basketball tournament.
The fifth-seeded Cardinals defeated Middle Tennessee State 74-49 Sunday, while number two seed Kentucky beat Navy 61-41.
U of L will face Purdue Tuesday in second round play at the KFC Yum Center. Kentucky takes on Dayton Tuesday in Queens, New York. Both games tip off at 7:00pm.
In the men’s tournament, the Louisville Cardinals return to action this week.
The Indiana Hoosiers won their men's NCAA tournament opener today, easily defeating James Madison 83-62 in Dayton, Ohio.
Yogi Ferrell led Indiana with 16 points and was one of five Hoosiers to score in double figures.
IU, the number one seed in the East Region, will take on Temple Sunday in third round action. The Owls advanced with a 76-72 win over North Carolina State.
The Louisville Cards resume tournament play Saturday in Lexington, taking on Colorado State.
With the number one overall seed, a Big East Tournament title and a nine-game winning streak on its resume, the University of Louisville begins play in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament tomorrow in Lexington.
The Cards take on North Carolina A&T, which defeated Liberty in Tuesday’s play-in game. It was the Aggies’ first-ever NCAA tournament victory.
U of L senior guard Peyton Siva says the Cards are clicking—as a team--at the right time.
An Indiana House committee has made some major changes to a Senate-approved gambling bill.
In a close vote, lawmakers on the House Public Policy Committee today removed a provision that would allow live table games at two racetracks that already have slot machines.
The tracks’ owner says the games could create more than 600 new jobs, but the panel chairman contends it would amount to an expansion of gambling and create competition for Indiana’s casinos.
The season is over for the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team.
The top-seeded Wildcats were defeated 59-57 tonight by Robert Morris University in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament.
Robert Morris jumped out to an early lead before a sellout home crowd of 3,000 in Moon Township, Pennsylvania and held off several Kentucky runs.
UK missed a three-pointer as time expired and Robert Morris fans stormed the court in celebration. The Colonials will face either Providence or Charlotte in the second round of the NIT.
