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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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Members of the community are invited to participate in the Town’s Comprehensive Plan update by using an interactive mapping tool to tell us what you like about Brownsburg and what needs to be done to help guide its growth. Visit https://map.social/CreateMap.php?CommunityID=160 to access the mapping tool. Click on the “Create …

(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indy Chamber released a statement after Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) officials unveiled a new design for the I-65/I-70 ‘North Split’ project in downtown Indianapolis.  The Chamber has been involved in talks among INDOT, local elected officials, neighborhood activists and community leaders on the scope of the project, …

INDIANAPOLIS—Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced several new appointments and reappointments to various state boards and commissions. Behavioral Health & Human Services Licensing Board The governor made one reappointment and two new appointments to the Behavioral Health & Human Services Licensing Board, with terms expiring September 30, 2021: Stephan Viehweg …