Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development, awarded two Distance Learning and Telemedicine program grants totaling nearly $1 million, to the Indiana Small and Rural Schools Association and the East Central Education Service Center, in support of their …

Vigo County—Friday afternoon at 12:56, Indiana State Police Master Trooper Hans Nowak stopped a  white 2010 Chevrolet Impala westbound on US 40 near Hunt Street for 63 miles-per-hour in a 45mph zone. A smell of possible burnt marijuana was emanating from the vehicle as Nowak approached the driver. During a …

Indiana State Troopers arrested two Indianapolis men Thursday afternoon after a traffic stop uncovered a loaded handgun and nearly 70 grams of marijuana.  The driver, who was found to be suspended, was stopped for a traffic violation near the intersection of Pendleton Pike and Kercheval Drive in Indianapolis around 12:30 …

INDIANAPOLIS – On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 the Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care (BoSCoC) and the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP) will conduct the 2018 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count in Indiana. Under the direction of these agencies, and local coordinators, hundreds of volunteers from around the state will conduct the count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless …

INDIANAPOLIS –Just after 9:00 p.m., on January 18, 2018, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were called to the 4000 block of Stratford Ct. reference a deceased person run.  When officers arrived they located an adult male deceased inside a vacant townhouse who had apparent trauma on his …

Parke County—This evening at 6:30, the Indiana State Police Post at Putnamville received a request for assistance from a Greenwood, Indiana man who was the victim of a construction equipment theft estimated at $50,933. The man stated his 2016 Takeuchi Mini Excavator was stolen from a Greenwood area job site …

Vigo County—On Wednesday evening, January 17th at 10:23, Trooper Brad Fyfe witnessed a moped with no headlights or taillights traveling southbound on 15th Street at Maple Avenue in Terre Haute. Trooper Fyfe activated his emergency lighting and siren to stop the vehicle, but the driver looked over his shoulder and …

(INDIANAPOLIS) – This morning, the Indy Chamber received word from global technology firm Amazon that Indianapolis was named as one of 20 finalist cities in their search for the location of their second headquarters.  The Indy Chamber convened regional and state leaders to submit a proposal for Amazon HQ2 in …

(INDIANAPOLIS) – Today, the Fifth Third Bank President of the Greater Indiana Region Kevin Hipskind announced a $100,000 grant from the Fifth Third Foundation to the Indy Chamber’s Accelerate Indy regional economic development strategy, directed to its Entrepreneur Services division. The announcement was made at the John H. Boner Community …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) recently joined Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and a group of bipartisan Senators to introduce the Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018, bipartisan legislation that would protect veterans from targeted predatory home loan practices. The legislation would require lenders to …