INDIANAPOLIS – Last week, IMPD Chief Bryan Roach and Deputy Chief Chris Bailey joined senior police and federal law enforcement officials from across the country in Los Angeles for the annual Crime Fighters Leadership Conference. Each year, the conference highlights innovative crime fighting strategies and community-based initiatives to improve public …
Read More »21 Brownsburg Bulldogs Sign Letters of Intent at Winter Signing Event
Twenty-one Brownsburg High School seniors celebrated their college decision and signed National Letters of Intent to continue their education and their athletic careers at the collegiate level. These student-athletes gathered with family, friends and coaches at Brownsburg High School’s Winter Signing Day, February 7th. Brownsburg’s Antrez Baker will continue his …
Read More »Nationally-ranked startup accelerator comes to Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 12, 2018) – gener8tor, a nationally ranked accelerator that invests in high-growth startups, announced plans today to expand its gBETA program to Indianapolis, helping launch five early-stage companies located in Indiana. Through the gBETA Indy program, five Indiana startups will participate in a free, seven-week program hosted by …
Read More »Crash Investigation in Tippecanoe County Puts Driver In Jail
Tippecanoe County-Sunday at approximately 7:29 a.m. on I-65 southbound near the 178 mile marker (that is near the SR 43 /178 exit), a trooper on patrol comes across a vehicle hung up on the cable barriers and ends up taking the driver to jail on criminal charges. Trooper Tyler Stinson …
Read More »Trooper Escapes Injury in Crash While Responding to Call
The Indiana State Police are investigating a crash involving a trooper from the Indianapolis Post. The crash happened shortly after 11:00 p.m. Friday evening on Kentucky Avenue near the intersection of Mann Road on the southwest side of Indianapolis. The trooper’s car was struck by another vehicle while he was …
Read More »Pittsboro resident builds certified Energy Efficient Home
Pittsboro – Pittsboro resident and the host of WYRZ’s “Joyful Sounds” Rob Green has one of the few homes in Hendricks County that is “certified” as an Energy Efficient Home. That Touchstone Energy certification came from Hendricks Power Cooperative yesterday at the Green’s home. According to Hendricks Power Cooperative, there …
Read More »Two Injured in Vigo County Semi Rollover
Vigo County—This morning around 7:00, Indiana State Police and Vigo County emergency agencies responded to a tractor-trailer rollover crash at the westbound exit ramp of Interstate 70 onto State Road 46. Preliminary investigation revealed a 2015 Freightliner tractor pulling a box trailer, driven by 37-year-old Eddie J. Williams of Wallace, …
Read More »Crowdfunding campaign launched for the ‘Wabash Inclusive Playground’ project
INDIANAPOLIS – Wabash will soon have a new outdoor fully-inclusive playground, thanks to a recently launched crowdfunding campaign. The campaign, sponsored by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) through their CreatINg Places program and offered through the crowdfunding platform developed by Patronicity, is being run by a committee of local …
Read More »Donnelly Helps Pass Bipartisan Budget Deal
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly today helped the Senate pass a bipartisan deal that would allow for necessary investments in a number of priority areas, including military readiness, fighting opioid abuse, and reauthorizing Community Health Centers. Donnelly said, “For too long, Congress has chosen to kick the can …
Read More »INDOT Releases I-69 Section 6 Final Environmental Impact Statement
INDIANAPOLIS (February 8, 2018) – The final leg of Interstate 69 in Indiana is a step closer to completion with the release of the Tier 2 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for I-69 Section 6. In addition to increasing economic activity in the Martinsville to …
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