The Deedee Daniel Opportunity Fund, a fund of the Hendricks County Community Foundation (HCCF) awarded a $3,300 community project grant to the Hendricks County Master Gardeners to begin work on a Demonstration Garden at the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds and Conference Complex. An active partner of the Purdue University Cooperative …

INDIANAPOLIS- Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force foil the plans of career criminal. During the summer of June 2017 thru the fall of October 2017, several vehicles break-in were reported Downtown and Broad-Ripple. One of those vehicles belonged to a Special Agent with the …

Vigo County—Last night at approximately 8:20, Indiana State Police Trooper Ian Portteus stopped a black Buick passenger car for a turn signal violation on westbound Hulman Street at Center Street. While conversing with the driver, Trooper Portteus noticed what appeared to be an odor of raw marijuana coming from the …

Parke County—This afternoon at 12:33, Indiana State Police Sergeant Joe Watts came upon a crash in the northbound lane of US 41, just north of State Road 163. The crash injured the driver and only occupant.   Preliminary investigation revealed 66-year-old Valerie S. Cole of Montezuma, IN. was operating her …

Vigo County—This morning at 5:55, Indiana State Police First Sergeant Matt Mischler came upon a three vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of US 41 at Oregon Church Road. The crash sent two drivers to Terre Haute Regional Hospital for substantial injuries.   Preliminary investigation revealed a 2014 Peterbuilt Republic …

Marion County – The Indiana State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Marion County during the evening hours of Friday November 17, 2017.  The checkpoint is in conjunction with the Operation Pull Over Period Blitz #92. Approximately 250 law enforcement agencies statewide will participate in the annual Operation Pull …

Washington, DC–Congressman Todd Rokita offered up an additional amendment to tax reform legislation that would repeal the medical device excise tax.  “Medical device companies in Indiana generate more than $10 billion in economic output annually and they employ more than 20,000 Hoosiers. These same companies spend millions of dollars researching …

Washington, DC–Congressman Todd Rokita cosponsored an amendment to repeal the Obamacare individual mandate. Rokita said, “Obamacare is one of the most insidious pieces of legislation and it continues to damage Hoosiers every day. By repealing the individual mandate, we are giving the people choice and saving $338 billion in taxpayer …

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Senate yesterday passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), along with Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that would require amateur athletics governing bodies to report sex-abuse allegations immediately …

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (November 10, 2017) – Following a 14-month selection process, Little League® International has officially announced Zionsville, Ind., as the new permanent home for the Central Region Headquarters. The decision was made during the Little League International Board of Directors meeting on November 10 following a thorough evaluation of …