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Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff for Memorial Day. Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to noon on Monday, May 28, 2018. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff from sunrise to noon on Monday.
Read MoreTo help keep drivers and passengers stay safe, the Indiana State Police is reminding motorists to Click It or Ticket. Aimed at enforcing seat belt use to help keep families safe, the national seat belt campaign takes place May 21 through June 3, concurrent with the busy travel season.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the tragedy at Santa Fe High School in Texas. Flags should be flown at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff until sunset Tuesday.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – The Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana recently announced that its documentary film And Justice for All: Indiana’s Federal Courts has been nominated for two Emmy Awards by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Lower Great Lakes Region.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff for Peace Officers Memorial Day. Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents across Indiana to lower their flags to half-staff on Tuesday
Read MoreTEL AVIV, Israel (May 11, 2018) – Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb joined leadership of Cybertech, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, in Tel Aviv, Israel, as they announced plans to host the inaugural Cybertech Midwest event in Indiana this fall.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced on Wednesday, May 2, federal charges against 15 individuals who are alleged to have operated a drug trafficking organization bringing large quantities of narcotics into the Kokomo, Indiana area.
Read MoreScammers pose as U.S. Marshals and threaten arrest if victim does not pay a fine. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – On November 28, 2017, Chief U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler warned the public of a nationwide scam in which callers pose as U.S. Marshals or other government officials and claim that the victim is about to be arrested for not appearing for jury duty, but can avoid arrest by paying a fine. The Southern District of Indiana has recently received an increased number of phone calls from victims regarding these scams and deems it of the utmost importance to reissue this Press Release to promote awareness and prevent more people from falling prey to such scams.
Read MoreThe summer camps have been a long tradition of the Indiana State Police; dating back to the first camp program in 1970.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Prosecutors applauded the signing today by Governor Eric Holcomb of HB 1033, a bill that allows courts to consider the full weight of out of state convictions for murder and other high level felonies in sentencing for habitual offenders.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) today welcomed the announcement by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar that Indiana will receive $10,925,992 to help combat the opioid epidemic. The Opioid State Targeted Response grant funding will help support evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts at the state level.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – This week the Indiana State Police Laboratory completed compilation of information for the Indiana Legislature about SB322, which was passed in the 2017 legislative session and became law on January 1, 2018. The change in the law resulted in the expansion of samples that are entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Supreme Court will travel to Owen County on Friday, April 20. The Court will hold oral argument in a juvenile delinquency case.
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