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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education’s (IDOE) Office of eLearning announced today the recipients of the 2019 Digital Learning Grants. This year’s grants offer up to $50,000 to support districts in building digital initiatives like Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) instruction, project-based learning, and computer science curricula.   …

BOONE AND HENDRICKS COUNTIES, Ind.-The Indiana Department of Transportation announces Boone County Road 1100 West and Hendricks County Road 200 West over I-74  will close on or after Monday, April 1.  The contractor will be overlaying the bridge decks.  These closures are scheduled to last through early August. This project …

INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Homicide detectives announce the arrest of Clifton Coats Jr (28) for his alleged role in the shooting death of Gregory Harris (28) on 03/30/2018. On March 30, 2018 just after 2:40 p.m., officers with the IMPD were dispatched to the 3000 block of …

BOONE COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces work on State Road 75 will resume on or after Monday, April 1 by closing the roadway for the pavement replacement project in Advance.  The contractor will continue with storm water utility work first, then begin replacing the pavement …

Princeton, N.J. and Madison, Wis., March 19, 2019—Hamilton County ranks healthiest in Indiana and Fayette County is the least healthy county in the state, according to the annual County Health Rankings, released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI). The …

The Brownsburg Community School Corporation and Plainfield Community School Corporation were recently recognized as Four Star Schools across the entire school system. All 9 of the Brownsburg schools received the recognition as well as all 6 Plainfield schools. In Hendricks County, Avon High School, Danville South Elementary, Northwest Hendricks North …

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch joined Family and Social Services Secretary Jennifer Walthall, M.D., M.P.H., today to dedicate and officially open the state-of-the-art NeuroDiagnostic Institute and Advanced Treatment Center, Indiana’s newest state psychiatric hospital, located on the east side of Indianapolis adjacent to Community Hospital East. The “NDI,” …

HENDRICKS, MONTGOMERY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a bridge deck overlay project on State Road 75 approximately 3 miles south of U.S. 36 will close the roadway on the Bridge over CSX Railroad, beginning on or after Monday, April 1. The closure is scheduled to …

Indianapolis, IN – A sequence of two separate crashes led to the death of a man early this morning on I-465 near I-70 on the east side of town. Just before 6:00 a.m. emergency crews were called to the scene of a serious crash on I-465 northbound at the 42.9 mile …

Hendricks County – Wednesday, March 13, at 11:33 a.m., an Indiana State Trooper stopped a vehicle on Interstate 70 eastbound, near the 66 mile marker, for a traffic violation of following too closely.  The driver of the vehicle was identified as Danny J. Luttrell II, 27, Indianapolis, Indiana, and a …