NIRPC Updates, News, and Events for a Connected NWI

DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY 2020-04 IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS 2019 EPIDEMIC

On the day IMPD Officer Breann Leath was laid to rest Governor Eric Holcomb announced the Wee Ones Nursery at the Indiana Women's Prison would be renamed as the 'Officer Breann Leath Memorial Maternal & Child Health Unit.'

During these unsettling times it is good to see that some things haven’t changed. Construction Season is quickly upon us. You have probably heard a flurry of announcements on the radio about road closures and detours throughout the Region.

Although COVID-19 has kept us inside, with temperatures rising and spring and summer on its way, here are the Top 5 Ways to renew the environment during COVID-19:

Despite the downsides of COVID-19, physical activity has increased as people have stayed home.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, much fewer people and goods are traveling along the Region’s roads and highways. Governor Holcomb’s Executive Orders 20-08 and 20-18 (also known as the “Stay-at-home” orders), restricting all but essential travel since March 25, appear to have been heeded throughout the state.

Ripley County Prosecutor Ric Hertel testified virtually on April 14 to a Department of Justice Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice on the issues prosecutors around Indiana and the nation are seeing on domestic violence and sexual assault crimes. Hertel provided the commission with 10 recommendations he had on how to more successfully prosecute those kinds of crimes and took questions from the commission members as well.

Lakeshore Public Media is partnering with local producers to bring three regional documentaries to its streaming platform until May 1.

Lakeshore Public Media is partnering with local producers to bring three regional documentaries to its streaming platform until May 1.