Things You Need to Know in Evansville IN Today – July 30, 2012

Need a quick update on what’s going on today? From weather to local/national news, to what’s trending to local entertainment – we’ve got it all just for you!

Local News

• Keep Evansville Beautiful turns over the ‘Adopt a Spot’ project to the Evansville Parks Dept.
• Auction still set for Roberts Stadium on Friday
• Indiana may chance welfare guidelines
• Expect Twin Bridges delays this week
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Weather

• Tri-State Weather – Sun & Clouds. Hot & Humid with a Few Scattered Showers & Storms. High Around 90.

Local Entertainment

• Free darts tonight at O’Brians Sportsbar
• The Cake Boss to speak Sunday, August 5th at the Victory Theatre – VIP Tickets up for auction to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, General Admission still available via Ticketmaster

Olympics

Here are the headlines from day two of the London Olympics:

• France upset the U.S. Men’s swim team in the 4X100 freestyle relay. Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte helped led the American team to a silver medal.
• Jordyn Wieber, the defending world champion gymnast failed to make the finals of the women’s all-around competition.
• American swimmer Dana Vollmer won the 100-meter butterfly in a world record time of 55.98 seconds.

Complete wrap-up of the day’s headlines: http://tsminteractive.com/2012-summer-olympics-recap-day-2-france-upsets-us-swimmers-in-4×100-relay/

Guide to the TV coverage of today’s events: http://www.nbcolympics.com/get-local/tvlistings.html

Medal Count

The medal count after Sunday’s competitions:

• China — 12 medals
  6 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze
• United States — 11 medals
  3 Gold, 5 Silver, 3 Bronze
• Italy — 7 medals
  2 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze

National News

• Colorado Shooting Suspect to be Formally Charged Today
• Mystery victim in Sandusky case revealed

The Top 15 Google Trends

• Jordyn Wieber
• Shawn Johnson
• Montenegro
• Nadia Comaneci
• McKayla Maroney
• Dana Vollmer
• Ryan Lochte
• John Orozco
• Olympic Games
• Olympic Medal Count
• Olympic Schedule
• NBCOlympics
• Olympics 2012 schedule
• Hope Solo
• Misty May Treanor

Twitter Trends

• #10PlacesIWantToGo
• #HowToGetOffThePhone
• #20peoplespecial
• Bride of Chucky
• Obama Basedgod
• Jackass 2
• Hunter Pence
• New God Flow
• Forrest Gump

Box Office Report

The Dark Knight Rises led the box office results again this weekend. Screencrush.com has the complete list.

This weekend’s top money makers were:

1. The Dark Knight Rises – $64 million
2. Ice Age: Continental Driver – $13.3 million
3. The Watch – $13 million
4. Step Up: Revolution – $11.8 million
5. Ted – $7.4 million