Indianapolis, IN – Public Safety Telecommunications Week originated in California in 1981 and was nationally recognized by an act of the United States Congress in 1991.  In Indiana, Public Safety Telecommunications Week has been recognized state wide since 1999, most commonly by a proclamation from Indiana’s Governor. Public Safety Telecommunications …

MARION, IND. (April 6, 2018) – Board members of the not-for-profit Indiana Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch today voted unanimously to move forward with the purchase of the 62 acres in West Central Indiana where they are developing a permanent home for their summer leadership camps.   For two years, the law enforcement …

Riverside, CA – A Monroe County man was arrested in California late last night after arrest warrants were issued related to a death investigation and fire on February 10 near Bloomington on Handy Road. That investigation found Lerae Bush, age 85 deceased inside her residence. Noel Montes Cazares, AKA “Giovanni …

INDIANAPOLIS – Today at the Indiana Women’s Prison, Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and First Lady Janet Holcomb participated in a ribbon cutting to mark the start of a new program called The Last Mile, which will teach a class of women offenders at the facility valuable coding skills they can …

Indianapolis, Ind. – Today, Senator Joe Donnelly welcomed the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement that the agency will give funding priority in two key grant programs to help combat the opioid epidemic in rural communities. USDA will be giving priority funding to Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant (DLT) …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) continues to partner with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to share the top tax filing season concerns referred to as the “IRS Dirty Dozen” tax scams for 2018. Claiming income that was not earned in order to maximize refundable tax credits is …

Columbus- Indiana Conservation Officers and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office are currently searching for a missing Columbus man. Keygan Matlock, 26, of Columbus, last had communication with friends and family yesterday morning at approximately 10:30 a.m.  During these conversations, Matlock spoke of kayaking the Driftwood or Flatrock Rivers near Columbus. …

STATEHOUSE (April 5, 2018) – Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch along with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced today that more than $11 million in federal grant funding is being awarded to 21 rural Hoosier communities. “We must continue to provide support for our rural communities if we want …

DANVILLE, IN — Congressman Todd Rokita made the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order sending National Guard troops to protect our southern border due to illegal immigrants flooding across our border, and Congress’s failure to fund the wall: “From day one, I have been a firm supporter …

Indianapolis, IN- Tuesday April 3, 2018, at 7:16 p.m., a trooper assigned to the Indianapolis District attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a 1999 Oldsmobile sedan traveling on East 16th Street at North Post Road for a traffic violation. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Mark Padgett, …