State Sen. Erin Houchin (R-Salem) announced the filing of Senate Bill 221, aimed at combatting the increasing drug epidemic in Indiana by reforming usage practices for Indiana’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (INSPECT). This legislation has been included on the Senate Majority Caucus’ 2018 Agenda and Gov. Eric Holcomb’s 2018 Next Level Agenda. INSPECT allows a prescriber…
A Lamar woman was sentenced to 17 years and will have to register as a sexual offender and be GPS monitored after she pled guilty to three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. Angela M. Ward, 46, of Lamar, was sentenced Friday, January 5 in the Spencer Circuit Court for one count of sexual…
The silence swept through the line of fathers and daughters waiting to sit for a photograph as the song began to thrum from the speakers. “Let it Go,” the earworm from the hit 2013 movie Frozen, was set to be played with a performance by Priscilla Olson, the organizer of the Father-Daughter Dance Frozen in…
Jasper police charged a man with a Level 5 felony count of unlawful possession of a firearm on a school property after he allegedly called 9-1-1 stating he was having a panic attack Sunday morning. Police responded to the Precious Blood Church parking lot in Jasper at 10 a.m. after Christopher D. Lutz, 30, of…
A 17-year-old was able to walk to a residence to call for help after crashing and rolling the car she was driving several times west of Jasper Sunday morning. According to police, Sarah R. Engelhardt-Gregory of Velpen was westbound on County Road 400N at about 6:15 a.m. when the 2003 Toyota Corolla she was driving…
A Celestine resident was sent to the hospital after a losing control of her vehicle and rolling it onto its top along State Road 164. According to authorities, Shannon Evans of Celestine was westbound on State Road 164 E in a 2005 Ford Escape when the SUV went off the right side of the road…
An investigation into allegations of drug dealing from a Jasper residence landed a Jasper resident in jail early Friday morning. Dubois County Sheriff’s Department deputies, Jasper police officers and Indiana State Police responded to 2222 Skyview Drive after receiving information about drugs being sold there. During the investigation, deputies obtained a search warrant for the…
State senators Erin Houchin (R-Salem) and Travis Holdman (R-Markle) today announced the introduction of Senate Bill 123, which would expand the availability of newborn safety incubators, commonly referred to as “baby boxes.” Keeping with Indiana’s Safe Haven law, Holdman introduced SB 123 to expand the use of baby boxes in Indiana by allowing fire departments staffed…
Whether traveling out of the country or to a concert, it’s likely Brian Bruner has his camera handy. Over the past 16 years, he’s been taking his photography more seriously as an art form but the love for photography started when he was a kid growing up in Loogootee. It began with a project in…
The Huntingburg Police Department swore in two new officers and announced a new assistant police chief, detective and narcotics officer at the Board of Public Works meeting Thursday morning. The board of public works approved Brad Kramer as the new assistant police chief. Kramer has served on the police department since April of 2012 and…
