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HENDRICKS, MONTGOMERY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a bridge replacement project on the U.S. 36 Bridge over Plum Creek will restrict traffic to one 10’ lane, beginning on or after Friday, August 3.  Motorists will be controlled at the bridge with a traffic signal.  …

(Indianapolis, Ind.) – Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced today that Timothy Patton has been convicted and sentenced for multiple charges relating to a violent sexual assault that occurred in February 2017. Patton received a 90-year sentence with 60 years to be served in the Indiana Department of Correction followed by …

Franklin, IN – A 41 year old man was arrested for possession of child pornography yesterday. The arrest stemmed from a three month investigation by the Indiana Crimes Against Children Task Force, with the assistance of the Noblesville Police Department and the Franklin Police Department. The findings of the investigation …

Indianapolis, IN – Trooper Drew Atwell is recovering from injuries sustained when his car was struck by an alleged drunk driver early this morning on I-65 near Southport Road. Just after 3:00 a.m., Trooper Atwell was investigating a crash with injuries on I-65 southbound at the 103.8 mile marker when …

INDIANAPOLIS (July 26, 2018) – The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) receives wage reports and new hire data from Hoosier employers documenting who is employed and receiving compensation. The agency’s unemployment insurance fraud investigation taskforce examines claims of individuals who intentionally provide false, misreported or unreported information in order …

(Indianapolis, Ind.) — Local law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with the Marion County Traffic Safety Partnership, will conduct DUI checkpoints during July 2018.  The project Strategies for Impaired Driving is made possible through a grant received from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and is a project aimed at …

More than 50 scholarships are offered by the Hendricks County Community Foundation to local high school seniors, and the application to apply for these will go live on the HCCF website on August 1, 2018. The awards range from $500 to $10,000, with each scholarship having specific criteria. Students must …

Sharing the road safely with school buses School buses are one of the safest forms of transportation on the road today. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, riding a bus to school is 13 times safer than riding in a passenger vehicle and 10 times safer …

Danville – Hendricks Regional Health announced it has opened a new endoscopy suite in its Danville hospital. The new expanded space includes new equipment, new patient beds, upgraded state of the art cardiac monitoring equipment and a tube system for quicker test results. The new suite which opened for patients, Monday, …

INDIANAPOLIS (July 23, 2018) – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today reported that 3,228 total handheld metal detectors have been requested by 369 school entities—including 94 percent of all traditional public school corporations. On July 9, the governor announced that the state would make the metal detectors available at no cost …