DANVILLE, IN (Dec. 5, 2022) –Just in time for the holidays, Visit Hendricks County is taking preorders for its first-ever Hendricks County wall calendar. The new 2023 Hendricks County Calendar will showcase never-before-seen images submitted by locals, provide details about the county and call out special events for every month. …
Read More »IMPD Criminal Interdiction Detectives Arrest Semi-Driver Hauling 130 Kilos of Cocaine
INDIANAPOLIS-On Wednesday, November 30, 2022, IMPD Interdiction Detectives received reliable information pertaining to a shipment of narcotics which would pass through Marion County, Indiana. Detectives used several investigative techniques and located the alleged suspect vehicle, a semi-tractor trailer, on Interstate 70 at Mile Marker 64.0 in Hendricks County.During the investigation, …
Read More »Applications available for law school assistance program
The Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity offers programming designed to assist individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups in pursuing legal careers. Applications for the ICLEO program that begins in summer 2023 are now available and due by March 10, 2023. ICLEO offers students a preparatory institute the summer before the …
Read More »Indiana Attorney General secures more than $15.7 million for Indiana as part of multistate settlement with e-cigarette maker JUUL
Attorney General Todd Rokita announced today that e-cigarette maker JUUL Labs Inc. will pay Indiana more than $15.7 million to settle allegations that the company deliberately marketed its products to minors despite the unlawfulness of selling e-cigarettes to children or adolescents. “My team and I fight daily to protect Hoosiers …
Read More »Area lawmakers: State sends over $2M to accelerate local road improvements
STATEHOUSE (Dec. 7, 2022) – More than $2 million is headed to Hendricks County communities to accelerate road and bridge improvements, according tolocal legislators. State Rep. Jeff Thompson (R-Lizton) said the local funding from the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program is for road and bridge preservation, road reconstruction, intersection improvements, …
Read More »Indiana Board of Education Approves Three New Locally Created Graduation Pathways, Provides Indiana GPS Update
INDIANAPOLIS – Today, the State Board of Education (SBOE) approved new graduation pathway options at three Indiana schools. Additionally, the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) provided an update to SBOE on the upcoming release of the Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed (Indiana GPS) dashboard.Locally-Created Graduation Pathways Locally-created graduation pathways support …
Read More »Indiana DOR Reminds Nonprofits About Upcoming Tax Changes
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) wants to remind nonprofit organizations about changes to how they file their annual report with the agency and how they will access sales tax exemption certificates beginning next year. Earlier this year, Indiana General Assembly passed new legislation revising the filing frequency …
Read More »Plainfield Students Benefit from $8,000 Community Foundation Grant
The Hendricks County Community Foundation awarded the Plainfield Youth Assistance Program (PYAP) a grant for $8000 to assist with programming opportunities for youth in PYAP that need individualized services. The grant provided support for 15 students completing the year-long PYAP Mentorship Program, 32 students registering at Richard A. Carlucci Recreation …
Read More »Visit Hendricks County CEO Celebrates 20 Years in Tourism Role
DANVILLE, IN (December 1, 2022) –A Hendricks County tourism professional, who has spent two decades putting the county on the tourism map, celebrated her 20th year with Visit Hendricks County this month. Jaime Bohler Smith Visit Hendricks County Executive Director/CEO Jaime Bohler Smith’s work has made a difference locally in …
Read More »I-465 Crash Claims a Brownsburg Man’s Life
Indianapolis, IN – This morning, at 3:08 a.m., Indiana State Police Dispatchers began receiving several 911 calls reporting a serious crash on I-465 near the 3.2 mile marker of westbound I-465. It was reported that two people were entrapped in the wreckage and both were unresponsive. Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan …
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