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In what feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone, the real mayor who was parodied by the fake mayor sends his condolences to the family of the anonymous man behind the Fake Lloyd Winnecke Twitter account after his wife announced his passing on Thursday after battling a long-term illness.

Mayor Lloyd Winnecke held a press conference Monday afternoon to announce the City had come to an agreement with the North Carolina-based Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) that will keep hockey at the Ford Center for the foreseeable future.

UPDATE: The Evansville Courier-Press reports that Mayor Ron Payne has announced the deal to move the IceMen to the Owensboro Sportscenter is final, and an official announcement will take place later today (Wednesday, January 20th).

On Tuesday, Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne was given authorization by the City Commissioners to bring the IceMen to the Sportscenter. Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke commented on the move through his Twitter account and during conversations with the media following the press conference announcing the team's move.

In what appears to be another step toward a divorce between the City of Evansville and the IceMen, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke held a press conference on Thursday to announce (among other things) the City is exploring the option of bringing in another hockey team now that lease negotiations with the IceMen have reached an "impasse".

The Evansville IceMen release a statement to the media, with comments from owner Ron Geary that paint a picture IceMen are hoping they wouldn't see.

The war of words between the City of Evansville and the Evansville IceMen continued as the deadline to reach a new lease agreement passed on Wednesday with no new deal.

This past Saturday was "Evansville Day" at Busch Stadium as the St. Louis Cardinals hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers, managed of course by Evansville's own Don Mattingly. Before the game started, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke had the honor of throwing out the first pitch. He joined Jimmie Ford and I during Monday's Ford and O'Bryan to talk about the thrill of taking the mound, and trying not to scr