Indianapolis – Saturday March 19th at approximately 11:30 p.m. the Indiana State Police were dispatched to reports of a serious crash on I-465 southbound at the 12 mile marker. Within minutes Trooper Cameron Bottema arrived on scene, he located an unresponsive female inside a Grey 2013 Chrysler. Bottema immediately began life saving …

(Howard County, IN)-Howard County Sheriff Steve Rogers announced that 27 year old Deputy Carl A. Koontz, an almost three year veteran of the Howard County Sheriff Department died as a result of the gunshot injuries he sustained during a warrant service early Sunday morning. At approximately 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Koontz, …

INDIANAPOLIS – On Saturday, March 19th, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called to the VA Hospital to help three juvenile males who were threatened by a man with a gun.  At nearly the same time, the IUPUI Police Department was dispatched to the nearby area to investigate a …

Putnam County- Friday evening around 5:45, Clay County Sheriff’s Office dispatched information to area officers to be on the lookout for a black Chevrolet pick-up with no registration plate, whose occupant had just committed an alleged act of robbery at the First Financial Bank in Brazil. At approximately 6:03, Indiana …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Board of Education approved the growth table to be used as part of the State’s new A-F grading formula during its monthly business meeting in Indianapolis. “Indiana’s new A-F accountability system will now recognize more than just the number of students who pass statewide exams,” …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) joined with a group of senators to introduce the Iran Terrorism and Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2016 (S. 2726), legislation that would impose sanctions on the country in response to recent missile tests, human rights abuses and terrorist activity. “We cannot stand …

INDIANAPOLIS – On Friday, March 18, the Indiana Department of Administration (IDOA) released results from its 2015-16 Disparity Study to the Governor’s Commission on Minority & Women’s Business Enterprises. The year-long study examined the utilization of minority- and women-owned businesses across the state. “We’re pleased to release the Disparity Study …

ELKHART – Elkhart County Prosecutor Curtis Hill, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Attorney General in Indiana, issued this statement in response to the closure of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s abortion clinic after 38 years of operation in South Bend: “For years, those of us in Northern Indiana have watched …

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces State Road 240 (S.R. 240) will close on or after Friday, April 1 for a bridge rehabilitation project east of Greencastle over Deer Creek. Duncan Robertson, Inc. was awarded the $341,882 contract.  This project will overlay the deck located …

INDIANAPOLIS – Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb, who serves as Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, has issued the following statement on the new Walmart milk processing plant in Fort Wayne. “Indiana’s innovative, twenty-first century agricultural industry is one of the centerpieces of our state’s economy, and our workforce and investments …