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A traffic stop for a non-working headlight resulted in the Dec. 6 arrest of a 27-year-old Dugger woman on charges of obstruction of justice and possession of marijuana.
Read MoreA 27-year-old Terre Haute man found himself behind bars with a $50,000 cash only bond in the early morning hours of Nov. 26 after allegedly strangling and battering a female as well as resisting law enforcement.
Read MoreBLOOMFIELD, Indiana – December 9, 2022 – Homes and businesses in four Southern Indiana counties will see a new trash hauler collecting their trash this week.
Read MoreGift baskets, home decor, gift cards, tool kits, and much more are up for grabs at the annual Voices for Kids silent auction this week.
Read MoreSullivan County — December 8, 2022, will mark the ten-year anniversary of the unsolved homicide of 85-year-old Lowell R. Badger of rural Sullivan County. The retired farmer was found deceased at his rural Sullivan County home.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags to be flown at half-staff in recognition of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to honor the lives lost when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Flags should be flown at half-staff at the Indiana Statehouse from sunrise until sunset on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Chase Winkle, 35, a former officer with the Muncie Police Department, in Muncie, Indiana, pleaded guilty today to eleven civil rights and obstruction charges. Specifically, Winkle pleaded guilty to five federal civil rights offenses for assaulting arrestees, and to six obstruction offenses for writing false reports to cover up the results.
Read MoreSHELBURN, IND. - At approximately 8:25 PM Sunday, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office was alerted of a train/ pedestrian accident in Shelburn.
Read MoreA wanted man took off and fled from GCSD deputies when he came into contact with them in eastern Greene County Saturday night and led officers from three departments in a pursuit that ended in Bloomington. During the pursuit, the suspect allegedly tried to hit a GCSD deputy head on and did hit a MCSD deputy in a Bloomington parking lot. No serious injuries were reported. The suspect is in custody and has been booked into the Greene County Jail.
Read MoreA Merom man, who told an officer he was just trying to make a living, was arrested this week in Linton. He has been charged with dealing methamphetamine, a Level 2 felony, along with other drug related charges.
Read MoreDriving recklessly and failing to stop for an officer resulted in a multiple charge arrest of a 44-year-old Solsberry woman.
Read MoreAn out-of-county driver who got lost then ran out of gas was arrested for OVWI after he was found slumped over the steering wheel of his vehicle on the side of the road near Newberry last Sunday.
Read MoreA driver who said he was late to work was allegedly going 85 mph in a 50 mile per hour zone when he passed two conservation officers who pulled him over and reported the driver could not pass sobriety testing.
Read MoreLinton, Ind. — BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is bringing hope to the nation’s shelter pets this holiday season with its “Empty the
Shelters – Holiday Hope” adoption event Dec. 1 – 11. BISSELL Pet Foundation sponsors reduced adoption fees of $50 or less per cat or dog during each nationwide event. This event will be hosted in more than 275 shelters in 43 states, including the Greene County Humane Society.
TERRE HAUTE – Elvis Medrano, 43, of Pharr, TX, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and MDMA, and being a felon in possession of ammunition following a 4-day jury trial in May of 2022. According to court documents and evidence offered in court, from spring of 2020 through his arrest on August 3, 2020, Medrano conspired with his co-conspirators to sell methamphetamine, cocaine, and MDMA throughout Southern Indiana, more specifically in Sullivan and Knox Counties.
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