Tippecanoe County-Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at approximately 11:19 p.m. on I-65 NB near the 171 mile marker (this is approximately one mile south of the SR 26/172 exit), a trooper monitoring traffic gets a RADAR reading of over 100 MPH and attempts to stop the vehicle.  The driver of the …

INDIANAPOLIS – Nashville teens will soon be able to enjoy a new skate park, thanks to a recently launched crowdfunding campaign. The campaign is sponsored by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) and offered through the crowdfunding platform developed by Patronicity. The campaign is led by a local …

INDIANAPOLIS (July 26, 2018) – The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) receives wage reports and new hire data from Hoosier employers documenting who is employed and receiving compensation. The agency’s unemployment insurance fraud investigation taskforce examines claims of individuals who intentionally provide false, misreported or unreported information in order …

(Indianapolis, Ind.) — Local law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with the Marion County Traffic Safety Partnership, will conduct DUI checkpoints during July 2018.  The project Strategies for Impaired Driving is made possible through a grant received from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and is a project aimed at …

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a core member of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference committee, today praised the bill’s passage by the House of Representatives. “Today, with strong bipartisan support, Congress continued to make …

More than 50 scholarships are offered by the Hendricks County Community Foundation to local high school seniors, and the application to apply for these will go live on the HCCF website on August 1, 2018. The awards range from $500 to $10,000, with each scholarship having specific criteria. Students must …

INDIANAPOLIS (July 25, 2018) – Governor Eric J. Holcomb welcomed Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó to his office today to sign a cooperative agreement in support of a partnership between the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana and Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary. …

Vigo and Putnam Counties—Wednesday morning at 10:58, Indiana State Police Master Trooper Polly Blackburn was patrolling US 41 in southern Vigo County, when she came upon a two-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of US 41 at State Road 246.  Preliminary investigation reveals 21-year-old Carl Melchert of Fairbanks, IN., was …

Sharing the road safely with school buses School buses are one of the safest forms of transportation on the road today. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, riding a bus to school is 13 times safer than riding in a passenger vehicle and 10 times safer …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and David Perdue (R-Ga.), today introduced the bipartisan STOP Using Human Shields Act. The bill would impose sanctions on those who use or facilitate …