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License Plate Check Reveals Stolen Vehicle and Drugs

Vigo County – Thursday, September 5, 2019, at 12:11 a.m., Indiana State Trooper Gerald Stump was patrolling when he observed a passenger vehicle stopped at US 41 and Poplar Street.  Trooper Stump ran a license plate check on the vehicle, showing that it had been reported stolen out of Terre …

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Lafayette Dog Selected as 2020 Early Times All-American Dog

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 4, 2019) – Early Times, an All-American Whisky since 1860, searched the country to find “All-American Dogs” and has selected a Lafayette, Indiana dog as one of the 10 winners in a national contest. Riley, a mix of Chocolate Short-Haired Border Collie and Weimaraner, was chosen from …

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Gov. Holcomb, Indiana Delegation Establish Business Connections in Republic of Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (Sept. 4, 2019) – Governor Eric J. Holcomb, First Lady Janet Holcomb, Indiana Secretary of Commerce Jim Schellinger and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) delegation concluded their first day in Seoul, with a productive series of meetings with global business leaders, industry stakeholders and government officials aimed at strengthening …

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Search efforts for Owen Jones continue in Deer Creek

On Friday, Aug. 23, Indiana Conservation Officers, along with several state and local resources, conducted a search along Deer Creek for Owen Jones but were unable to locate him. Jones disappeared in Deer Creek on May 23. The search conducted on Friday was focused on an area of logs in …

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Garrett Man in Custody After Five Hour Armed Standoff in Huntington

(Huntington, IN)-  A DeKalb County fugitive, 37 year old  Justin Loren Crager of Garrett, Indiana, is now behind bars after holding police at bay during a five hour armed barricade in Huntington earlier this morning.   Justin Loren Crager The incident started this morning at approximately 7:30am, when State Troopers from the Fort Wayne Post went …

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Two Evansville men charged with poaching white-tailed deer

Austin VanBritson, age 21, and Garrett Hoss, age 19, both of Evansville, were charged with poaching white-tailed deer during the 2018 hunting season in the Vanderburgh County Superior Court. VanBritson was entered into an informal deferral program through the Vanderburgh County Superior Court on April 26, 2019.  VanBritson received a …

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Body found on Lake Michigan Beach

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the discovery of a body on West Beach Friday morning, just east of the Lake County Line. Shortly before 9 a.m., authorities were contacted after two walkers spotted the body of an adult white male along the water’s edge. The incident is currently under investigation, …

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Sullivan Fifth Third Bank Robbed

Sullivan County – Friday, at approximately 10:50 a.m., a male subject walked into the Fifth Third Bank in Sullivan, robbing the bank of an undisclosed amount of United States Currency.  The initial investigation by Master Trooper Detective Jason Schofstall and Senior Trooper BJ Patterson has revealed that the suspect is …

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