INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education today released the 2018 state graduation rate. In 2018, Indiana’s waiver graduation rate was 88.1 percent, and the non-waiver rate was 80.78 percent. In 2017, the waiver graduation rate was 87.19 percent with a non-waiver graduation rate of 80.10 percent.   “With the …

The Town of Plainfield is known as “A Community of Values”. It is a 27-year long correlation. The Community of Values Program was organized in 1991 by Dr. Jerry Holifield, Superintendent of the Plainfield Community School Corporation. Plainfield Police Chief Jack Miller and several members of the community from different …

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the apparent drowning death of a Clarksburg woman after her vehicle left the roadway and entered Pipe Creek. At approximately 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, the victim, Carol Jackson, 63, Clarksburg, was recovered by Indiana Conservation Officer safety divers downstream of the vehicle and was pronounced deceased …

Hendricks County– Monday afternoon, at approximately 1:47 p.m., an Indiana State Police Trooper escaped a serious single-vehicle accident with minor injuries on Interstate-70 near the 60-mile marker. Preliminary investigation indicates that Master Trooper DuJuan Presley-McFadden, a 20-year veteran of the Indiana State Police, was responding to a crash at the …

INDIANAPOLIS –  Just before 8:30 a.m. on 12/31/2018, officers with the IMPD were dispatched on reports of a person shot, near the intersection of Hiatt and Miller streets. Responding officers located an unresponsive male victim suffering from apparent gunshot wound(s) inside the cab of a stolen tow truck. EMS personnel …

INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced reappointments to the Board of Tax Review, the Election Division of the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission, as well as a new appointment to the State Board of Education. Board of Tax Review Jonathan Elrod (Indianapolis) …

Greenwood, IN – Wednesday morning at approximately 7:35 a.m. emergency crews were called to the scene of a serious crash on I-65 northbound at the 99 mile marker. First responders arrived on scene and despite life saving efforts the driver of the passenger car was pronounced deceased on scene.  Investigators believe …

INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning recently awarded early education capacity-building grants to 12 applicants representing 29 pre-kindergarten programs in 12 Indiana counties. The grants total more than $1.4 million and were awarded to early learning providers and county coalitions to help them serve more pre-k children and …

Grant County – Wednesday at approximately 11:31 p.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and the Grant County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-vehicle crash on State Road 22, at State Road 37, in which an Anderson, IN man died. The preliminary crash investigation by Trooper A.J. Coffee revealed that …

INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Homicide detectives announce the arrest of Thomas Teague (46) for his alleged role in the murder of James Foy (61) on 12/04/2018. Just after 4 a.m. on 12/04/2018, officers with the IMPD were dispatched to the 3300 block of Boulevard Place on a report …