INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 2, 2018) – Are you registered to vote? If you want to have your say in the upcoming November 6th General Election, you must register to vote by October 9th. Citizens can register to vote online by texting ‘Indiana’ to 2VOTE (28683), or by visiting IndianaVoters.com, and can …
Read More »Homicide Detectives Make an Arrest After Weekend Murder
INDIANAPOLIS – Just after 1:00 p.m., Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were dispatched to 10216 Penrith Drive on a report of two men arguing. When officers arrived, they located an adult male who appeared to have been shot as a result of the disturbance. Indianapolis EMS personnel …
Read More »Brownsburg’s Reagan Elementary and Mill Creek’s Cascade High School Named National Blue Ribbon Schools
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education today congratulates the Indiana recipients of the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) Blue Ribbon Schools Award. “Creating an educational environment founded on a commitment to academic excellence supports success in the classroom,” said Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. “I …
Read More »IMPD Chief Bryan Roach makes command staff appointments
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Bryan Roach announced command staff changes and the creation of a new Performance and Policy Division. An appointment ceremony was held in the Chief’s Conference Room this morning. With these changes, the IMPD Command Staff becomes one of the most diverse in the department’s history. …
Read More »Brownsburg’s Reagan Elementary Named a National Blue Ribbon School
U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, announced today that Reagan Elementary has been named a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School. Reagan Elementary is one among 349 public and private schools in the country, and only 7 in Indiana, receiving this honor. Schools are nominated for the award by the state …
Read More »Superintendent McCormick Releases 2019 Legislative Priorities and Shares Mid-Term Accomplishments
INDIANAPOLIS – Student Learning, School Improvement, and Operational Effectiveness highlight the 2019 Indiana Department of Education’s legislative priorities released today by Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Jennifer McCormick. Part of the process of developing the legislative priorities included a review of the Department’s work since January 2017. The …
Read More »Multiple Injuries Lead to Death During Putnam County Off-road Vehicle Crash
Fillmore, IN- Indiana Conservation Officers responded to a call about a crash involving a Polaris Razor near Heritage Lake. Robert Drake, 27, of Fillmore, was transported to the hospital with complaints of back pain. Hayden Salapek, 20, of Warren, Pennsylvania was pronounced dead at the scene.The incident took place around …
Read More »US 52 in Boone County will be down to one lane on the Bridges over Goldsberry Creek in early October
BOONE COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces U.S. 52 will have one lane closed on or after Monday, October 8 for patching work prior to a bridge deck overlay project on both the eastbound and westbound bridges over Goldsberry Creek. The bridges are located in northern …
Read More »Donnelly Announces Opposition to Kavanaugh Nomination
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly announced today that he opposes Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court: “I do not view Supreme Court vacancies through a partisan lens, which is why I have used the same thorough process to evaluate nominees regardless of who the president is …
Read More »Secretary of State Offers Exemption for Defective Absentee Ballot Applications
INDIANAPOLIS (September 28, 2018) – Yesterday, an attorney for the Indiana Democratic Party contacted the Secretary of State’s office acknowledging defective absentee ballot applications were mailed by the Indiana Democratic Party. There may be hundreds of thousands of these applications in circulation. Secretary Lawson asked the co-directors of the Indiana …
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