State News

WASHINGTON, D.C. –This week, the Reagan Institute’s Reagan Task Force released a report outlining its recommendations to strengthen America’s National Security Innovation Base (NSIB). The report, the “Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition,” addresses key challenges facing the Department of Defense (DoD) …

Vigo – December 4, 2019, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Senior Trooper David Petrowski and the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department responded to a semi rollover on Interstate 70 westbound near the one mile marker, which resulted in the arrest of a Dayton, Ohio man for driving while intoxicated. Preliminary investigation revealed that …

Vigo County – December 2, 2019, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Jeffrey Rohrer, age 59, of Montgomery, Indiana was stopped for disregarding a stop sign and almost striking a State Police commission at 1st Street and Sycamore Street, by Trooper Gerald Stump.  Further investigation by Trooper Stump revealed that Rohrer displayed signs …

MORGAN COUNTY, Ind.— A zipper merge has been implemented on S.R. 67 over Little White Lick Creek in Mooresville as Indiana Department of Transportation contractor Force Construction continues work on a $4.1 million superstructure replacement project that began in late October. Lane closures will remain in effect for the duration …

Vigo County – November 30, 2019, at approximately 7:21 a.m., Senior Trooper Ted Robertson and the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department responded to a personal injury accident on west Lombardi Drive, just west of State Road 63 that resulted in the arrest of a Terre Haute man for driving while intoxicated …

Cutler, IN- Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an off-road vehicle (ORV) accident that resulted in the death of a passenger.  Saturday morning at approximately 1:20 a.m., Carroll County emergency dispatch received a 911 call of an ORV accident involving injury in the 5000 block South on 100 West. Conservation Officers and other …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) today announced the recipients of the 2018-2019 Title I Distinguished Schools Award. William Henry Burkhart Elementary School in Perry Township Schools received the award for Exceptional Student Performance, and Arlington Heights Elementary School in Monroe County Community School Corporation received the award …

Madison – Saturday morning, an Indiana State Trooper was shot during a standoff with an armed suspect on State Road 56 near Madison, Indiana. The incident began at approximately 2:30 am Saturday, when troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post, along with officers from the Madison Police Department, Jefferson County …

Seymour, IN- On November 22, 2019 at approximately 3:00 PM, Indiana State Police Sergeant Stephen Wheeles, was assisting another trooper on I-65 with the reconstruction of an accident that had happened two(2) days earlier. Wheeles then heard a call of an accident with possible injuries on SR 11, north of Seymour, …

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (November 22, 2019) Yesterday, State officials announced the results of the 2019 Make Good Decisions Social Media Campaign. With the theme, #KnowEnough, the ad campaign was designed to inform Hoosier college students about Indiana’s existing Lifeline Law, which prohibits criminal prosecution for underage drinking and other related offenses when …