State News

INDIANAPOLIS (July 24, 2019) — Today, a total of $300,000 in state funding was distributed to 11 Indiana food banks to provide assistance and services to Hoosiers in need. Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch announced the distribution, which came from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. “One hungry family in Indiana is …

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an incident that resulted in the arrest of Dean Smith, age 24, of Evansville, for criminal confinement and battery with bodily injury. The incident took place while Smith was boating on the Ohio River near the River Front Plaza, and a verbal argument took place with …

Indiana Conservation Officers’ investigation into a series of illegal trash dumps has resulted in the arrest of Andrew Masterson (age 27) of Huntingburg. In early May, Conservation Officers located four separate illegal trash dumps near the Dubois and Pike county line. Names and addresses were located in the trash, leading …

Burlington, IN- Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) crash involving injury that occurred this evening.  Shortly after 5:15 p.m., Carroll County emergency dispatch received a 911 call from a witness who stated they observed a male subject roll his ORV in the intersection of Jackson Street and …

Indiana Conservation Officers are conducting an investigation after a man slipped underwater last night around 8:30 PM near Washington Park Beach in Michigan City.  Christian Rosete, 25, of Michigan City was swimming with family when he was overcome by waves and did not resurface.  It was “red flag” conditions at the time of the incident, …

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an incident where an unresponsive 1-year-old was pulled from Lake of the Woods in Marshall County. The child was transported to St. Joseph Medical Center and is listed in critical condition. Last night at approximately 8:09 p.m., responders were dispatched to the 4100 block of …

Indiana Conservation Officers are conducting a boat accident investigation involving two vessels that collided northwest of Hammond Marina on Lake Michigan. Yesterday evening at approximately 8:15 p.m., responders were dispatched to a boat collision where one operator was thrown into the water.  That operator was retrieved and transported to the …

Christopher Brackett, 41, former host of the Outdoor Channel hunting show “Fear No Evil,” has pled guilty in federal court to unlawful transportation of wildlife, in violation of the Lacey Act. Brackett, of East Peoria, Ill., admitted to killing two bucks within minutes of each other in Indiana in December …

MARTINSVILLE, Ind.— Intermittent closures are scheduled throughout the day Monday, July 22, on southbound S.R. 37 near Grand Valley Boulevard in Martinsville, weather permitting. Closures are expected to begin after 9 a.m. for Milestone Contractors to move equipment and materials across the roadway to continue overpass construction in the median. …

INDIANAPOLIS (July 19, 2019) – Indiana’s unemployment rate drops to 3.5 percent for June and remains lower than the national rate of 3.7 percent. The monthly unemployment rate is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicator that reflects the number of unemployed people seeking employment within the prior four weeks as a percentage of the …