INDIANAPOLIS—Governor Eric Holcomb today announced the four winners of the 2020 Governor’s STEM Team awards. Each student will receive a $1,000 scholarship, courtesy of the College Choice 529 Program administered by Treasurer of State Kelly Mitchell. “Indiana is home to incredibly gifted and talented students. It gives me great pride …
Read More »Town of Plainfield Rolls Out Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program
PLAINFIELD, IN — The Town of Plainfield is rolling out a Plainfield Small Business Crisis Response Grant Program to help small businesses recover from the economic downfall of the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant program will allow small businesses, employing 50 or less employees, to apply for a grant of up to …
Read More »A $1.7 million project will patch and resurface a stretch of US 421 in Boone County
BOONE COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a patch and resurfacing project will begin on U.S. 421 or after Thursday, May 28, weather permitting. This project will patch and resurface the roadway from just north of State Road 32 to just south of State Road 47. The …
Read More »PPE Marketplace Available to Support Hoosier Small Businesses
As many Hoosier small businesses prepare to reopen their doors to the public, the state is offering a new online marketplace to help provide access to the personal protective equipment (PPE) small businesses will need to comply with safe workplace guidelines. The Indiana Small Business PPE Marketplace leverages PPE that is being …
Read More »DOR Announces Additional Filing and Payment Extensions
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) announces additional extensions for the filing and payment of certain individual and corporate tax returns to provide further relief during the COVID-19 health crisis. These extensions are in addition to the ones previously announced on March 19, 2020. In conjunction with the …
Read More »Triple Digit Speeding Violation Results in OWI Arrest for Michigan Man
(Steuben County, IN)- Early yesterday morning at approximately 1:40AM, Indiana State Trooper Ben Walker was patrolling on Interstate 69 in the area of the 340 mile marker (south of the Ashley / Hamilton exit) in Steuben County, where he observed a 2013 Ford Taurus passenger car traveling at 110mph. After …
Read More »Gov. Holcomb Signs Executive Order Extending BMV Deadlines
INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric J. Holcomb today signed Executive Order 20-27 to further extend Bureau of Motor Vehicles renewal deadlines. Driver’s licenses, identification cards and vehicle registrations that expire prior to June 4 will now be valid through June 4. The executive order also extends the BMV’s deadlines for title …
Read More »Two IMPD officers arrested on separate incidents
INDIANAPOLIS – Two officers of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were arrested on Friday on charges stemming from two separate incidents. A 14-year veteran, Officer Jason Norman, was arrested in Hamilton County on charges of Domestic Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury (L5 felony), Criminal Confinement (L5 felony) and …
Read More »Weekly Construction Update for Marion County and I-70 Projects
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation will continue patching this week in and around Indianapolis and along I-70. This weekly release will detail full closures, lane closures and ramp closures throughout the construction zones in Marion County and along the I-70 corridor from I-465 to the Ohio State Line. …
Read More »Plainfield DJ Plans a Mobile Dance Party to Collect Canned Food
PLAINFIELD, IN — Jared Wade, of Jared Wade Entertainment, has collaborated with the Plainfield Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Plainfield to host the “Rolling Hope” convoy to bring joy to others, while collecting non-perishable food items for a local food pantry. “Rolling Hope” will travel through the Sugar Grove …
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