Porter County- This morning (6/4/2020) at 7:40 a.m., Troopers responded to a personal injury crash on I-94 east near mile-marker 26.  Preliminary investigation by Senior Trooper Jerry George indicates that a white 2020 Freightliner pulling an enclosed box trailer was partially in the far right lane and partially on the right shoulder.  The truck is owned by West Side Transport of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was driven by Derrell V. Taylor, 32, from Steger, IL.

Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced several new appointments and reappointments to various state boards and commissions.

Governor Eric J. Holcomb today signed Executive Order 20-30 to extend the public health emergency for an additional 30 days to July 4th.

For the past several years, the IBLC has conducted a series of town hall meetings to discuss the previous legislative session, some of the new laws enacted during that session, and to explain their impact on Black citizens in our state.

Indiana’s first-in-the-nation program is designed to help Hoosiers transition from HIP to private insurance; will be critical component of state’s COVID-19 recovery

Beginning June 3rd, SNAP recipients in Indiana may use their Hoosier Works EBT cards to purchase groceries online for pickup or delivery at two approved retailers – Amazon and Walmart. SNAP participants are automatically eligible to participate in this program and do not need to apply.

Governor Eric J. Holcomb and Lt. Governor Crouch today announced that the second round of the Next Level Connections Broadband Grant program has received 72 applications requesting a total of nearly $100 million in funding.

Recovery of the body of Anthony Cohn, a swimmer who went missing at Bass Lake on June 2, has been made.  At approximately 6 a.m. today (6/4/2020), members of the Bass Lake Fire Department located Cohn’s body while searching near the area where he was last seen. 

The 2020 Non-Equity Jeff Awards program has been postponed. Originally scheduled as a virtual gathering for Monday, June 8, the organization that promotes and recognizes theater excellence has joined other arts industry groups to pause events during this time of unrest throughout the country. Plans for rescheduling will be announced at a later date to celebrate productions of the 2019-2020 season.

On June 3rd at 1:45 a.m. the Indiana State Police Lowell Regional Dispatch Center began receiving 911 calls about a vehicle travelling the wrong-way on I-94 eastbound near the 43 mile-marker.  The vehicle was described as a white van driving westbound in the eastbound lanes.