Indianapolis, IN – Around 3:45 Tuesday afternoon emergency crews responded to a serious crash on I-65 southbound at the 111.2 mile marker near the south split. A dump truck pulling a trailer rear-ended a semi tractor-trailer, entrapping both occupants in the truck. Traffic was slowing to a stop due to an earlier crash …
Read More »Community Tips Lead to Three Drug Related Arrests in Vermillion County
Vermillion County—Tuesday morning around 10:30, officers from the Indiana State Police Putnamville District Drug Task Force and the Clinton Police Department went to a residence at 1139 North 7th Street in Clinton to investigate community tips reporting possible drug activity at the home. After entering the dwelling, officers located approximately …
Read More »Governor Pence Announces $260 Million Agreement to Lease State Communications Infrastructure
Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence announced the state has agreed to terms to lease the state’s communications infrastructure, including its existing cell towers, and deliver more than $260 million in anticipated revenue to Indiana. The Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) board approved the agreement this morning, pending review by the state’s legislative budget …
Read More »Donnelly, Daniels, NIH Director Collins Discuss Purdue’s Research and Innovation, Efforts to Combat Zika
West Lafayette, Ind. — Today, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly joined Purdue University President Mitch Daniels in welcoming National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., to West Lafayette. Donnelly, Daniels, and Collins toured Purdue research laboratories and received an update on Zika virus research happening on campus. …
Read More »Miller: Indiana Senate Republicans Offering Paid Internships
STATEHOUSE (Sept. 1, 2016) — The Indiana Senate Republican Caucus is offering paid, spring-semester internships in its legislative, legal, policy, communications and information technology offices during the 2017 session of the General Assembly, said State Sen. Pete Miller (R-Brownsburg). Qualified candidates must be at least a college sophomore. Recent college …
Read More »Indiana earns technology awards from Center for Digital Government
The Center for Digital Government (CDG) this year recognized the State of Indiana’s excellence in two areas – its website, IN.gov, and the Indiana Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IN-ISAC), a cybersecurity venture. The Best of the Web awards are given to websites based on innovation, functionality, productivity and performance. …
Read More »100 Days To Go Until Indiana’s Bicentennial
(INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) Sept. 1, 2016 – Tomorrow there will only be 100 days to tick off the calendar until the official Bicentennial celebration on Indiana’s Statehood Day, Dec. 11, 2016. Thinking about 100 days brings to mind the last century milestone for Indiana, the Centennial. Follow the Indiana Bicentennial Commission Facebook …
Read More »Florida man pleads guilty to securities fraud
INDIANAPOLIS (August 31, 2016) — Today, Mark Bunker of Sarasota, Florida was sentenced for securities fraud. Bunker was sentenced to 2 years of home detention followed by 3 years of probation and ordered to pay $287,995.63 in restitution. Bunker brought $15,000 of the restitution to sentencing and will pay $4,000 …
Read More »Female who assaulted a police officer during a shoplifting incident at a local grocery store has been arrested
INDIANAPOLIS – Detectives have arrested 45-year-old Juanita Scanlan of Indianapolis and preliminarily charged her with resisting law enforcement, theft and unauthorized entry of a vehicle. The suspect was apprehended the same afternoon in the 1700 E. 77th St. inside an uninvolved vehicle, and taken into custody without further incident. The suspect was suffering from …
Read More »IMPD homicide detectives investigating after a person is shot and killed in a gas station parking lot
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) homicide detectives are investigating after a man is shot and killed in a gas station parking lot on the city’s northeast side. Officers with the IMPD were patrolling the area of 34th and Sherman Dr just after 3:30 p.m. when they heard multiple …
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