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INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags statewide to be flown at half-staff on Memorial Day. Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to noon on Monday, May 30. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents across the state to lower their flags to half-staff on Monday to commemorate Memorial Day.
Read MoreGREENE COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a road closure on State Road 67 just north of Switz City. Beginning on or around June 13, State Road 67 will be closed to allow for seal coat operations. This closure will take place beginning at the intersection of SR 67 and SR 54. Crews will perform seal coat operations north on SR 67 to the US 231 intersection. Seal coat work is expected to be completed by the end of June, depending on weather conditions. The official detour for motorists is State Road 54 to US 231.
Read MoreAfter the WPD got numerous calls about a confused woman wandering around uptown in Worthington, appearing to be in an altered state, a Worthington woman was arrested and booked into the Green County Jail last week.
Read MoreA warrant was issued May 10 for a Switz City man after driving at high rates of speed to evade an officer from the Greene County Sheriff’s Department.
Read MoreA 19-year-old Linton man was arrested Monday following an incident at a Linton group home.
Read MoreSullivan County, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces closure of State Road 54 for box culvert replacement. The closure of SR 54 will begin on or around June 2. Crews will be replacing a box culvert. Replacement is expected to take 30 days to complete. SR 54 is expected to re-open around the beginning of July. An official detour for motorists is US 41 to State Road 48 to State Road 59.
Read MoreA 29-year-old Bedford man was arrested on May 20 after borrowing a family member’s vehicle and failing to return it for several months.
Read MoreA 46-year-old Linton man was arrested on counts of strangulation, intimidation, and domestic battery on May 20.
Read MoreKnox County – Earlier today, former Vincennes Police Chief Dustin Luking, 48, was arrested on several criminal charges stemming from a criminal investigation after money was discovered missing from the Vincennes Police Department. The criminal investigation was initiated in July 2019. Luking resigned from the Vincennes Police Department in October 2019.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags in the State of Indiana to be flown at half-staff to honor and remember the victims of the horrific tragedy in Uvalde, TX. Per President Biden's order, flags should be flown at half-staff immediately until sunset on Saturday, May 28. Gov. Holcomb is asking businesses and residents in Indiana to lower their flags.
Read MoreCRANE, Indiana – Each Memorial Day, Naval Support Activity Crane allows area residents to pay their respects to family members buried at their 28 cemeteries. The installation continues this tradition May 30.
Read MoreThis afternoon the Indiana State Police confirmed they have concluded their investigation into an officer-involved shooting that occurred in late April in Jasonville that resulted in the death of Stephen Scott Wheeler and Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw issued a statement releasing additional details about the incident and his conclusion that the officer was justified in using deadly force.
Read MoreTwo warrants have been out for the arrest of a man accused of dealing methamphetamine who didn't bother to show up at his own jury trial in November and was a no-show at a pretrial conference in another drug case. He was taken into custody late Tuesday night when LPD officers responded to a domestic disturbance. Officers reported he was in possession of more meth and marijuana and now he has three drug cases pending against him.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, May 18, the Indiana State Police obtained information that Kyle Whitaker (28 years old of Bloomington) was involved in dealing heroin in and around Lawrence County. Bloomington District Troopers, along with the ISP Bloomington District ACES and the ISP Drug Enforcement Section, began an investigation that quickly led to the probable cause of the search of Whitaker’s residence on Elwren Road in Monroe County, near Greene County.
Read MoreEight K-9 teams that completed the DNR Division of Law Enforcement’s nine-week K-9 Resource Protection program were recognized during a graduation ceremony held today on the south lawn of the Indiana Statehouse. Graduating teams came from the states of Indiana, Virginia, Kansas, and Washington, as well as from the African country of Zambia.
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