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Stadium Bill Wins Approval from Indiana Senate

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The Indiana Senate voted 46-3 today in favor of an amended version of House Bill 1273, which would lay the framework to secure an 18,000-seat multipurpose stadium in downtown Indianapolis. The stadium would serve as a permanent home for all Indy Eleven Professional Soccer games and potentially more than 30 other sports and entertainment events to be held every year on the Indiana University campus of IUPUI.635580296337871934-Stadium-2

“We are thrilled that the Senate’s vote today furthers our goal to secure a proper stadium for ‘the World’s Game’ and all of its passionate supporters from across Indiana,” said Peter Wilt, president and general manager of Indy Eleven. “We look forward to building on this momentum with our partners at Indiana University and IUPUI and working towards a venue plan that will do the City and State proud while boosting Indiana’s economy for all Hoosiers.”

HB 1273 was filed by Indiana State Representative Todd Huston (Fishers – District 37) to extend a sports and entertainment development area to include a future stadium site and a new downtown Indianapolis hotel to be developed by the owner of Indy Eleven for the purpose of reinforcing stadium finances. The multipurpose stadium bill received strong bipartisan support from the Indiana House by a vote of 74-21.

The cost of the project would still be financed through user fees captured at the stadium and, if necessary, the afore-mentioned downtown hotel project.

Now that the legislation has been approved by the Indiana Senate, a conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers will work to finalize legislation for a stadium located on the campus of IUPUI that would be owned by Indiana University and have $20 million of its financing allocated by the State of Indiana.

“We appreciate the thoughtful consideration of the stadium bill by the Senate and their efforts to help create a fiscally responsible solution for a multipurpose stadium in Indianapolis,” said Ersal Ozdemir, owner of Indy Eleven. “The potential to partner with Indiana University to create a first-division-quality stadium that honors the rich heritage of soccer in the Hoosier State is being met with tremendous enthusiasm by our fans.”

Sex Offender Arrest leads to Meth and Pot Charges

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A check on a local sex offender led to the arrest of three from Henryville on Meth charges.

James A. Walton, 41, 3732 Pixley Knob Road, Henryville, was arrested and charged with Failure to register as sex offender – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Methamphetamine – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor, Warrant for Parole Violation.

Pot 1
James A. Walton, 41, 3732 Pixley Knob Road, Henryville, Failure to register as sex offender – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Methamphetamine – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor, Warrant for Parole Violation.
Pot 2
Jonathan Neil Hayes, 31, 3732 Pixley Knob Road, Henryville, Possession of Methamphetamine – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Marijuana – Class B Misdemeanor, Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor, Neglect of a Dependent – Level 5 Felony.
Pot 3
Eva M. Campbell, 25, 3732 Pixley Knob Road, Henryville, Possession of Methamphetamine – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Marijuana – Class B Misdemeanor, Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor, Neglect of a Dependent – Level 5 Felony.

 

Jonathan Neil Hayes, 31, 3732 Pixley Knob Road, Henryville, was arrested and charged with Possession of Methamphetamine – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Marijuana – Class B Misdemeanor, Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor, Neglect of a Dependent – Level 5 Felony.

Eva M. Campbell, 25, 3732 Pixley Knob Road, Henryville, was arrested and charged with Possession of Methamphetamine – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Marijuana – Class B Misdemeanor, Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Level 6 Felony, Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor, Neglect of a Dependent – Level 5 Felony.

On April 9, Indiana State Trooper Brett Walters and Detective Scott Stewart of the Indiana State Police were investigating Walton, a convicted sex offender, for failing to properly register his current place of residence as required by law.

Walton, along with Hayes, and Campbell were residing at 3732 South Pixley Knob Road in eastern Washington County. Campbell’s five year old child was also staying at the residence.

Shortly after beginning their investigation, troopers from the Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Unit advised that they were also investigating Walton, as well as Hayes, for possible drug charges. Officers then combined their efforts as they continued their investigations.

After meeting with the suspect at his current place of residence, officers obtained a search warrant and conducted a search of the residence.

Officers from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Salem Police Department and Washington County Child Protective Services also assisted in the investigation.

During the search officers located methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.

As a result of the investigation, all three subjects were arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail.

Due to the nature of the charges, the five year old child was placed with a family member by Washington County Child Protective Services.

 

Salem City-Wide Clean Up April 25

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Get a t-shirt, lunch and help keep Salem beautiful! Come celebrate Earth Day with Kimball Office-Salem on Saturday April 25rd, 2015 from 9:00 AM until 11:30 AM

” We are going to have a city clean up event,” said Shawn McCormick, event organizer. “Our mission is to recruit as many volunteers from residents and businesses.”

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The group will be meeting at Center Peace and will be working on various areas of Salem.

Help Make the Earth and Salem a better place to leave by working together.

Each volunteer will receive a t-shirt and lunch.

Prizes will be given out after the event from our generous sponsors

Preregister and RSVP to: shawn.mccormick@kimball.com

Plan on getting wet and a little dirty!

INDOT Closes U.S. Highway 31 Between Henryville-Scottsburg

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The collapse of a 36-inch drainage pipe under U.S. Highway 31 near the 28 mile marker has flooded the north-south roadway in both directions by as much a three feet.
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Shortly before 5 p.m., Indiana Department of Transportation officials closed U.S. 31 to all traffic.
 
Motorists are advised to use these alternate routes:

 

  • U.S. 31 SOUTHBOUND traffic take State Road 56 to Interstate 65 at Scottsburg
  • U.S. 31 NORTHBOUND traffic take S.R. 160 to I-65 at Henryville

 

 No timetable for repairs has been established at this time.  Officials do not believe the highway will fully open to traffic within the next 24 hours.
 
For highway information, monitor social media sites: www.Facebook.com/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast.  Verify travel plans at TrafficWise:  http://www.trafficwise.in.gov.
 

HIV, Health Ranking Bring Task Force To Scott County

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Scott County is in the middle of an HIV epidemic,and is ranked as one of the “Least Healthiest Counties” in Indiana, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

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“The county health rankings are an important tool for local health departments as they prepare for national public health accreditation,” said Dr. Greg Larkin, state health commissioner. “Health departments can use these data as part of the community health assessment and community health improvement plan, which are both required documents for public health accreditation.”

The report indicated that the 10 healthiest counties in Indiana are Hamilton, Dubois, Boone, LaGrange, Hendricks, Warrick, DeKalb, Wells, Whitley and Marshall.

The county with the poorest health outcomes was Scott, followed by Starke, Pike, Switzerland, Fayette, Sullivan, Martin, Jennings, Lake and Jay.

Scott County has come in last for the past six years and community leaders have created a task force in response.

On Tuesday, there were 89 confirmed cases of HIV in Scott County.

A temporary needle exchange program designed to get dirty needles out of the hands of heroin users began last weekend. That program required special authorization from Governor Mike Pence, as needle exchange programs are banned in Indiana.

However, the state House passed a bill this week that would allow “high risk” counties to create needle exchanges.

Counties with high rates of Hepatitis C would be eligible.

Supporters hope the programs would help prevent diseases from spreading. Opponents want to see how the 30 day program works in Scott County first.

The bill now heads back to the Senate.

TORNADOS CONFIRMED IN PERRY COUNTY TUESDAY

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The National Weather Service says an F1 tornado with speeds of up 95 mph was spotted in Perry County on Tuesday afternoon.

Dark clouds roiled and tornado sirens sounded from Western Indiana through Southeast Indiana and Kentucky. Several counties including Perry and Harrison Counties were under Tornado Warnings for a brief period Tuesday afternoon. f1%20tornado-1

The twister started about 2.5 miles northwest of Branchville, IN and was on the ground for about 3 minutes and about 2.6 miles
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado first touched down just east of Lake Celina where one tree was uprooted and others were snapped.

The tornado then continued east across IN-37 where it uprooted and snapped several
dozen trees along Old IN-37, according to a statement from the Louisville NWS.

The damage continued east towards Ottoman Road where a carport was destroyed, along with additional trees that were snapped and uprooted.

From there, the tornado took a jog to the northeast across Orchid and St. Croix Roads where it
caused substantial tree damage, uprooting and snapping the trunks 15-20 feet high on approximately 100 trees.

The tornado then lifted just east of Saint Croix Road.

INDOT Schedules Bridge Repairs In Jackson & Harrison Counties

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The Indiana Department of Transportation met with its contractor this morning (APRIL 8) at Seymour District offices to schedule maintenance and repairs at three area bridges—two in Jackson County and one in Harrison County.
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OLCO of Batesville, the state’s contractor for this $132,211 bridge preservation project, will replace expansion joints and repair bridge decks.  Work will begin after June 1 and be completed by July 31. 
 
INDOT anticipates bridge repairs to occur at these locations in the following order:

 

  • U.S. Highway 50 in Jackson County at Brownstown at Smallwood Ditch
  • State Road 135 in Jackson County south of Freetown at Kiper Creek
  • State Road 462 in Harrison County at S.R. 62 west of Corydon in Harrison County

 

Traffic will be directed by flaggers during repair operations.  
 
For area highway information, monitor social media sites: www.Facebook.com/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast.  Verify travel plans at TrafficWise:  http://www.trafficwise.in.gov.
 

INDOT to Resurface S.R. 56 In Downtown French Lick/West Baden

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The Indiana Department of Transportation will be resurfacing a section of State Road 56 next week in downtown French Lick/West Baden.

Weather permitting; crews will begin work on April 14 with the goal of being finished with the project by mid-May. About 1.6 miles of roadway on will be resurfaced on S.R. 56 from S.R. 145 to just west of U.S. 150.

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Traffic will be affected in both directions. The road will not close, but flaggers will be present. Motorists should expect delays.

For area highway information, monitor social media sites: www.Facebook.com/INDOTVincennesDistrict and Twitter @INDOTSouthwest.  Verify travel plans at TrafficWise:  http://indot.carsprogram.org.

 

Thunder air show line up released

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The Kentucky Derby Festival has released the line-up for this year’s Thunder Over Louisville Air Show.

The 2015 show, set for 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 18th, will be non-stop with both military and civilian air acts.  A full list in alphabetical order is below.thunder-2-201304205251-304

The show includes an appearance by the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds.  The Air Force Team will send 2 jets for this year’s show.  Although the jets will not be able to perform the aerobatics of the Thunderbirds demonstration due to changes with the air box, they will still be a featured air craft in the air show. While in town, the Thunderbirds will also participate in a Civil Air Patrol class, visit local schools and make an appearance at the Air Force recruitment booth on the South Great Lawn at Thunder.

“We’re thrilled to have the Thunderbirds return after nearly 20 years,” said Kentucky Derby Festival President and CEO Mike Berry. “We have always appreciated the support our show receives from all branches of the military. And this year is no different.”

Also on tap for this year’s show are the U.S. Army Golden Knights, performing two parachute demonstrations; the Kentucky Air National Guard returns with their C-130; as well as the U.S. Marines Harrier demonstration.

Other acts in this year’s line-up include Team AeroDynamix – the world’s largest air show team with 11 aircraft, as well as Trojan Horseman, Bill Leff Nightshow, among others.  A complete list of this year’s air show performers is below:

Acemaker

http://www.acemaker33.com/

Bill Leff

http://info.billleffairshows.com/

Billy Werth

http://www.grayout.com/

Canadian Harvards

http://www.canadianharvards.com/

Cliff Robinson

http://cliffrobinsonaerobatics.com/

F-86 Sabre

http://fsxf86demoteam.weebly.com/index.html

Flash Gordon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros

Harrier Demo

http://www.marines.com/operating-forces/equipment/aircraft/av-8b-harrier-2

Kate Kyer

https://www.facebook.com/katekyeraerobatics

Kentucky Air National Guard C-130

http://www.123aw.ang.af.mil/

Lee Leet’s Super Tucano

http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft_trainers_tucano-leet.asp

Nick Coleman T-Craft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylorcraft_Aircraft

P-51 Demo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang

Team AeroDynamix

http://teamaerodynamix.com/

U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds

http://afthunderbirds.com/site/

U.S. Army Golden Knights

http://www.goarmy.com/events/golden-knights.html

Trojan Horsemen T-28

http://www.trojanhorsemen.com/

UPS 767

http://www.ups.com/aircargo/using/services/services/domestic/svc-aircraft.html

90-Day Restriction Begins April 27 At U.S. 31 Bridge In Scott County

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The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to restrict traffic for up to 90 days at the U.S. Highway 31 bridge over Stucker Ditch and the Louisville & Indiana Railroad tracks in Scott County—located approximately two miles north of State Road 56. Bridge-Closed-630x472
 
American Contracting of Jefferson is the state’s contractor for this $886,833 Seymour District preservation project that will implement repairs and install a bridge deck overlay on the U.S. 31 I-beam structure which measures 479 feet in length with 44 feet of clear roadway side-to-side. 
 
Temporary signals at either end of the bridge will allow motorists to maintain alternating access to a single lane crossing the U.S. 31 bridge during construction operations.  Phase I calls for work to be done on the east half of the bridge while traffic is channeled to the southbound side.  Phase II, shifts traffic to the northbound side while work is completed on the west half of the bridge.
 
American Contracting is charged with milling away the existing bridge deck overlay, using hydro-demolition to remove residual materials, placing full-depth deck patching, replacing bridge joints, pouring new pavement approaches and installing a 1¾-inch latex modified concrete overlay on the bridge’s deck. 
 
The contract completion date is August 31.
 
For highway information, monitor social media sites: www.Facebook.com/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast.  Verify travel plans at TrafficWise:  http://www.trafficwise.in.gov.
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