State News

Scott County-Tuesday morning, detectives from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg executed a search warrant at 240 South Third Street in Scottsburg. During the search warrant detectives seized computer related items that allegedly contained child pornographic images. After seizing the items, detectives placed Tyler S. Tscheulin, 23, from Scottsburg, …

Parke County—On Friday, February 16, 2018 at approximately 2:00p.m., deputies with the Parke County Sheriff’s Office served a summons to appear in Parke Circuit Court, to 52-year-old Robin White of Rockville. White was issued the summons at the direction of the Parke County Prosecutor’s Office in response to a probable …

Tippecanoe County-Thursday early evening around 5:38 p.m. on I-65 northbound near the 184 mile marker, a trooper stopped a car for a minor traffic violation and ended up arresting three people on drug and weapons charges. Trooper Dexter Whitten was on the interstate on normal patrol when he witnessed a …

South Bend, Ind. – Ahead of National FFA Week, February 17-24, U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Todd Young (R-IN), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) introduced legislation to update and modernize the charter for the Future Farmers of America (FFA) to reflect agriculture education in the 21st Century. …

INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 15, 2018) — Twenty governors have joined together to form the Skillful State Network, a collaboration to transform the U.S. labor market into one that is skills-based, in which people can demonstrate or obtain skills needed for good digital economy jobs. The Network marks the national expansion of Skillful, …

Washington, D.C. – Today at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly questioned General Lori Robinson, Commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and Admiral Kurt Tidd, Commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) about their work on drug trafficking and help combat the influx of opiates and heroin …

Vermillion County—This afternoon at 4:50, Indiana State Police Trooper Daniel Organ (Lafayette District) was patrolling Interstate 74 near the four mile marker, when he witnessed a light blue passenger car in the westbound passing lane traveling at 84 miles-per-hour. The vehicle was stopped and during conversation with the driver, Trooper …

Washington, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly helped introduce and pass in the Senate last fall to protect amateur athletes from sexual abuse was signed into law today by President Trump. The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act requires amateur athletics governing bodies to …

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today spoke on the House floor about former northeast Indiana Congressman Ed Roush and the creation of the 9-1-1 system. Banks recognized Roush as the driving force behind the introduction of 9-1-1 as the national emergency telephone number. This year marks the 50th …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly called for Congress to continue its work to help combat the opioid epidemic, following the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) finding Indiana’s overdose rate rose significantly. According to the recently released data from CDC, Indiana’s overdose death rate increased by 28% between 2016 …