INDIANAPOLIS (May 23, 2016) – The Julia M. Carson Transit Center will open Sunday, June 26 on the corner of Washington St. and Delaware St. across from the City County Building plaza. The Transit Center will be the new central transfer point for all IndyGo routes driving through downtown Indianapolis. …
Read More »Trooper Receives Car Seventeen Months after Graduation
Trooper Christopher Fuhs was issued his patrol car for solo patrol May 17, 2016 after graduating from the Indiana State Police Academy in December 2014. The difference between his classmates getting their cars in April of 2015 and him getting his car just this month was because he spent over …
Read More »Rural North Manchester Man Dies in Wabash County Crash
Wabash County – Friday morning, at approximately 8:24 a.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two vehicle crash on Wabash County Road 100 East at Wabash County Road 1400 North, which killed a rural North Manchester, IN man. The preliminary crash …
Read More »Two Arrested after Meth Found in Home in Vermillion County
Vermillion County—At 11:30 this morning, the Indiana State Police Putnamville District Drug Task Force, along with Vermillion County Sheriff’s deputies, accompanied Indiana Department of Child Services investigators (Vermillion County) to a residence at 416 South Second Street in Cayuga, IN. The agencies responded to the residence based on information received …
Read More »Coats Statement on Indiana’s April Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON, DC – Joint Economic Committee Chairman Dan Coats (R-Ind.) issued the following statement regarding Indiana’s April employment numbers, which were reported today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Our talented Hoosier workforce and our state’s pro-growth policies continue to set Indiana apart. Today’s report shows that Indiana’s private …
Read More »Secretary of State Releases 2016 Primary Election Voter Turnout Report
INDIANAPOLIS (May 20, 2016) — Secretary of State Connie Lawson today announced that 38 percent or 1,771,753 of Indiana’s 4.7 million registered voters cast a vote in the May 3 Primary Election. The complete 2016 Primary Election Turnout and Absentee Chart with voter statistics for each county can be viewed …
Read More »Indiana Economy Sets New Employment Record in April
Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence issued the following statement regarding the April employment report, issued by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, that reports that Indiana’s economy added 12,000 jobs in April, bringing the total jobs added to the state’s economy to more than 150,000 since the Governor took office. …
Read More »April Indiana Employment Report
INDIANAPOLIS (May 20, 2016) – Indiana’s labor force continued growing in April with 20,743 more Hoosiers joining the labor force. Since the beginning of 2016, Indiana’s labor force has grown by more than 82,000 and by 178,000 since January 2013. Correspondingly, the state’s labor force participation rate increased 0.4 percent in …
Read More »Coats Named “Fiscal Hero” by Campaign to Fix the Debt
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) this week was named a 2016 “Fiscal Hero” by the Campaign to Fix the Debt. The award honors members of Congress who work to improve our nation’s fiscal future and address the core drivers of the national debt. “Our growing debt is putting …
Read More »Traffic stop on I-70 leads to narcotics seizure and arrest
Indianapolis, IN- An Illinois man is facing felony drug charges after officers found suspected marijuana in the vehicle he was operating during a traffic stop in Indianapolis. On May 18, 2016, an officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) conducted a traffic stop on a 2006 Nissan after it was …
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