The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) and Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) reinforced their commitment to improve the overall health and wellness of Hoosiers by announcing new chief medical officers for each agency. Daniel Rusyniak, M.D., M.P.H., is FSSA’s new chief medical officer and Melissa Collier, M.D, …

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 7, 2018) – Indianapolis resident Dwayne Howard, 57, pled guilty to unemployment insurance fraud in Marion County Superior Court Criminal Division 18 on July 31, 2018. Through the use of agency records, an Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) employee began an investigation and determined that Howard was working and receiving wages while claiming unemployment insurance …

INDIANAPOLIS – Residents and visitors to downtown Rushville will soon see a bright new marquee sign outside the soon-to-open City Center, 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. …

(INDIANAPOLIS) – The Indy Chamber’s Hispanic Business Council (HBC) released a new Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) study on the regional economic impact of Hispanic-owned enterprises this morning.  IBRC experts presented their findings at the Council’s Conexion breakfast, detailing the demographics of nearly 4,900 Hispanic-owned firms employing 7,300 across the …

South Bend, Ind. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly and a bipartisan group of 15 other senators expressed concern over potential bailout requests to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by countries who have accepted predatory Chinese infrastructure financing. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike …

A recently completed three-year Clean Water Indiana grant has improved water quality and soil stability across the Upper Mill Creek Watershed. The watershed encompasses Hendricks, Putnam, Owen and Morgan Counties. The watershed was chosen due to its being primarily in agricultural use, with concerns ranging from erosion and associated nutrient …

Putnam County—This morning at 7:32, a tractor-trailer traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 was stopped for a routine commercial vehicle inspection near the 41 mile marker. During the inspection process the Trooper noticed several criminal indicators. A search of the trailer yielded 260 pounds of hydroponic marijuana concealed within the legitimate …

On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at 3:17 pm Plainfield officers were dispatched to a report of a possible overdose at 3330 Double Creek Drive North.  Upon their arrival, they located an adult male and female deceased in the residence.  They were identified as Judy Hearon (44) and Craig Hearon (48). …

The Hendricks County Community Foundation awarded the Avon High School DECA club a $2,500 grant from the Avon Chamber of Commerce Fund to send students to the annual International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Avon DECA (Distributive Educational Clubs of America) is the local high school chapter of the …

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (August 7, 2018) – The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and gener8tor, a nationally-ranked startup accelerator, announced plans today to host an Indiana-focused pavilion at the upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt SF Conference  . The conference will be held September 5-7 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center West. With …