The Indiana Department of Transportation promises to provide information and answer questions about the $4.2 million State Road 56 Reconstruction Project at Salem at a public meeting next Tuesday (FEB. 17) beginning at 6 p.m. inside Salem High School’s Presentation Room.
For those who cannot attend, WSLM RADIO will provide LIVE STREAMING of the meeting through links on Facebook, Twitter and WSLMRADIO.COM
This work is in conjunction with the Wal-Mart development on East 56.
Salem will benefit from full-depth reconstruction of S.R. 56—including new sidewalks, curb ramps, retaining walls and storm sewers—within its corporate limits. In Washington County, the east-west highway will be repaired and resurfaced; passing blisters will be built, shoulders widened and small drainage structures replaced.
INDOT officials, the design engineer and representatives from prime contractor Temple & Temple will describe work that will soon take place from High Street to Heritage Chapel Road and go over specific parts of the plans with attendees.
Utility companies are currently on site relocating their services.
Meanwhile, Temple & Temple is working on water lines for the City of Salem.
Mobilization for INDOT’s project should soon take place. Road closures are expected to alter local traffic patterns by the end of March.
A three-year-old girl is dead and her six-year-old brother is in critical condition at Kosair Childrens Hospital after being shot by their father earlier on Tuesday. The father stabbed their mother several times and then killed himself.
Investigators report that after 5:00 this evening, Melissa Randolph, 33, Paoli, and her husband, Jeremy Gehl, 37, Paoli, became involved in a physical altercation inside their home at 555 North Helm Street, Paoli.
During the fight, Gehl attacked Randolph with a knife, striking her multiple times.
Upon hearing the commotion, Gehl and Randolph’s six-year-old son and three- year-old daughter came downstairs. Gehl shot both children before shooting himself.
A third child inside the residence was unharmed. WSLM does not know the age of this child yet.
When police arrived on scene, they found Randolph lying on the round, alive but hurt. She was holding a child, who was not hurt, in her arms, according to ISP trooper Phillip Hensley.
Gehl was pronounced dead by the Orange County Coroner’s Office.
Both children were airlifted to Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky; the three year old girl was pronounced dead due to her injuries and the six year old boy was listed in critical condition at the time of this release.
Randolph was airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville and was later transferred to Kosair to be with her children.
Police say Gehl and Randolph had been separated and had the three children totogether. Randolph did not have a restraining order against Gehl.
State Police investigators and crime scene technicians, as well as officers from the Orange County Sheriff’s and Paoli Police Departments continue to conduct their investigation at the residence.
Indiana State Police are at the scene tonight of a shooting in Paoli.
Investigators report that about 5:25 this evening, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of shots fired at 555 North Helm Street, Paoli. On arrival they found a female bleeding from multiple lacerations.
Upon entering the residence, officers found two small children with gunshot wounds. Additionally, they found an adult male with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The female and both children were airlifted to regional hospitals due to the severity of their injuries.
The Indiana State Police is the lead investigating agency in this case, with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department assisting.
Investigators and Crime Scene Technicians are actively processing the scene and are in the midst of their investigation.
Further details will be released as the investigation progresses.
The Republican-dominated House Monday passed a measure taking power away from Democratic State Superintendent Glenda Ritz. She could lose control of the State Board of Education as early as this summer.
The proposal would allow Republican Gov. Mike Pence’s appointed board members to elect their own chairman, removing Ritz from her current position in that role. Until now, Indiana law automatically gave responsibility to the superintendent of public instruction.
Legislative Democrats continued to maintain the proposal is politically motivated and undermines the decision of voters who elected Ritz in 2012.
In the 58-40 vote to pass the bill, a dozen Republicans broke rank and voted against it. If the Senate passes it too and Pence signs it into law, the change would take effect July 1.
The measure was prompted by the well-known friction between Ritz and Republican board members, who frequently argue over control of the education policy during the past two years.
House Speaker Brian Bosma said he has never seen a more dysfunctional system and the bill is a necessary change.
Conflict includes Ritz ending one board meeting abruptly after ruling a member’s motion out of order and walking out. She later sued the other members of the board, claiming they violated state public access laws when they sought to move calculation of the A-F school grades to legislative analysts.
Ritz supporters assert that the disputes have been spawned by Pence’s appointees who want control over programs on teacher evaluation, private school vouchers and the state takeover of poorly performing schools.
“Just because somebody disagrees with you doesn’t mean you need to stomp on them or make sure their voices are muzzled,” said House Democratic Leader Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City.
Many of these programs were championed by former Superintendent Tony Bennett, who Ritz unseated in 2012 after receiving more supporting votes than Gov. Pence.
Ritz supporters expressed their concerns about the bill on social media over the weekend, causing (hash)IStandForRitz to become a top trending hashtag in Indianapolis on Sunday. Thousands of tweets said removing Ritz from power would be ignoring the 51 percent of voters who elected her to lead education policy.
State Rep. Jud McMillin, R-Brookville, who is sponsoring the legislation, said the bill would ensure that the State Board of Education goes back to operating with “a functional governance procedure” and is not meant to be an attack on democracy.
But Democrats insisted the move was a “power grab” aimed at the only Democrat who holds an office in the Statehouse.
“The so-called dysfunction is not a clash of personalities. This is about a clash of policies,” said Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington. “You can’t pretend that it’s just some attempt to make people play nice.”
Pence called last month for the change to allow the board to pick its own chairman. The longtime state law has been that the superintendent of public instruction, who is elected statewide, is the chairman of the Board of Education, and the other 10 members are appointed by the governor.
A total of 398 Indiana high school girls basketball teams learned during Sunday evening’s draw just hard it will be to win a sectional championship.
On Sunday, the Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the pairings for the 40th Annual Girls Basketball State Tournament that will end at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for the first time since 2008.
The Salem Lady Lions, 9-13, kick things off next Tuesday evening by facing the hosting Scottsburg Lady Warriors, who have finished regular season at 11-12. Scottsburg is hosting the Class 4A Sectionals.
In the second game on Tuesday, Charlestown’s Lady Pirates, 18-3, will face the Madison Lady Cubs, 15-7.
West Washington High School will be the site of the Single A Sectional kicking things off on Tuesday evening with Medora’s Lady Hornets, 6-18, against the Lady Bulldogs, 16-5.
In the second game on Tuesday night, the Springs Valley Lady Blackhawks, 16-5, will take on the Lady Senators, who will finish their season with Orleans tonight. The Lady Senators are currently 4-16.
Paoli hosts the Class 3A sectional with the Lady Rams opening the session against the Clarksville Lady Generals. Clarksville is 4-18 on the season and the Lady Rams are sitting at 18-6.
The Lady Musketeers, 13-8, will be up against the Henryville Lady Hornets, 16-5, in the second game.
Wednesday night, back at Scottsburg, Brownstown will face North Harrison in the first game and Silver Creek will be up against Corydon in the final game of the night.
Semi-final action takes place on Friday night at Scottsburg with the winner of Game 1 and 2 first then the winners of Game 3 and 4.
At West Washington, Trinity Lutheran will face the winner of Tuesday’s Game 1. Crothersville will take on the winner of Tuesday’s Game 2 in the second game of the evening.
At Paoli, Providence will play the winner of Tuesday’s Game 1 and Crawford County will play the winner of Game 2.
The final rounds will be played Saturday at each school at 7:30p.
Each school is selling tickets for fans.
Tickets are $6 for individual session and $10 for all three nights at West Washington. If anybody would like to buy tickets early, they can buy them in the HS office during the week. Only full session tickets only for pre-sale, according to Senator Athetlic Director Phillip Bowsman.
According to Salem High School AD Hank Weedin tickets will be available at the door. ” I do have pre-sale tickets here if anyone wants to purchase early,” said Weedin. “Single session tickets are $6.00 and Season (whole tourney) tickets are $10.”
Eastern High School has tickets on sale in the High school office for $10 (all sessions) or at the door. Single session tickets are $6.
The City of Salem’s newest economic development success story is moving H&R Bakery into a larger facility — just a few dozen feet away – into the former Craft Town building in the Northeast corner of the Salem square.
The bakery, which started in 1946, when Jack and his brother, Warren “Strawberry” Mahuron returned from World War II, has been in continuous operation on Walnut Street ever since. After the Mahurons were called into duty during the Korean War, they sold the operation to an employee, who later sold the bakery to Lou and Bob Missamore, who owned the establishment until it was sold to the Daughertys.
Salem Mayor David Bower and Greg Fitzloff, Salem Marketing Director speak to the crowd at today’s press conference about the expansion of H&R Bakery.Duane and Juanita Daugherty own the H&R Bakery in Salem and the Huckleberry Bakery in Mitchell.The City Council poses with the Daughtertys while eating donuts and cookies from H&R Bakery.
Duane and Juanita Daugherty have called H&R Bakery home for the past 16 years and the couple is anxious about the new venture which will open in the new location sometime in 2016.
At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon in City Hall, Duane spoke about the need for expanding the Salem bakery.
“We were in a situation where we ran out of room about two years ago,” Duane said. “I guess you could say productivity has dropped back a notch because we’re constantly running over each other.”
He said the success of the bakery in Salem and the one in Mitchell, Huckleberry Bakery, which opened in 2010, is due to the customers.
“It’s because of our customers. We’re in a situation where our growth has been truly unbelievable,” Duane explained. “They talk about the Great Recession…We didn’t even know it hit. We went right on through it. We’ve had the bakery for 16 years. Every single year we’ve increased. In fact, this first month has been astronomical. Not many businesses can say that.”
Greg Fitzloff, Salem Marketing Director, said he has been working with the Daughterys to make this happen.
“They are bringing a lot with their expansion — an expanded display case and front store operation in the front part of the store, a drive-thru (in the alley between the Square and Walnut Street) and an expansion for their kitchen area in the rear of the store,” said Fitzloff.
Duane said the new location will allow for more room and an increase production and well as adding full and part-time employees.
“Our overall area will be much larger,” Duane said. “We’ll have the Drive through which will make it more convenient for customers. We’ll have an entrance in front and on the back side. The back side will offer access to customers with large vehicles, fishing boats, construction trailers. We didn’t want those people to have to find a place to park on the square.”
He said it could take up to 18 months to get the new location open. But, as City of Salem Mayor David Bower pointed out, there will be no disruption in the production of donuts.
“We’re not just slapping paint on the walls or cleaning the broken glass and open up….This is a major renovation,” said Duane. “But this is all because of our customers. One gentleman buys two walnut brownies each day for the past 16 years. If the quality starts to waiver a little bit, he lets me know.”
“My brother’s recipe for the doughnuts and brownies is still the same that is used today,” said Jack Mahuron. “Strawberry was a baker in the military and made them in the war. There’s nothing like them around!”
Duane said that had it not been for the Mahurons and others over the years, the business might be there today — “My hats off to them,” said Duane.
Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally are ready to take you to the SUMMER OF 69: NO APOSTROPHE. The award-winning comedians will launch their comedy tour in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15 and appear at the Louisville Palace on May 15.
The tour, promoted exclusively by Live Nation, will visit 23 cities throughout North America including shows in San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, allas, New Orleans and more. A full list of cities is below. Tickets for SUMMER OF 69: NO APOSTROPHE go on sale Friday, Feb. 13 at www.livenation.com.
Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally are yanking the britches right off of their marriage, exposing the salacious details of their fiery union for all the world to enjoy, featuring songs, funny talking, heavy ribaldry, light petting and an astonishing final act of completion. The accomplished entertainers have also won multiple awards including a Television Critics Association Award for Achievement in Comedy and two Critics Choice Television Awards for Offerman and two Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Megan Mullally. While having earned massive recognition for the work on-screen, the team also thrive on stage in front of a live audience having most recently wowed audiences with their work together in “Annapurna.”
SUMMER OF 69; NO APOSTROPHE TOUR
All dates, cities and venues below subject to change.
Wed, April 15, 2015 Oklahoma City, OK Hudiburg Chevrolet Center
Thu, April 16, 2015 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre
Fri, April 17, 2015 Austin, TX Paramount Theatre
Sat, April 18, 2015 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
Sun, April 19, 2015 New Orleans, LA Mahalia Jackson Theater
Thu, April 23, 2015 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
Fri, April 24, 2015 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Sat, April 25, 2015 Reno, NV Grande Exposition Hall at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino
Sun, April 26, 2015 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
Wed, April 29, 2015 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Thu, April 30, 2015 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Fri, May 01, 2015 Seattle, WA The Moore Theatre
Sat, May 02, 2015 Eugene, OR Hult Center for Performing Arts
Thu, May 07, 2015 Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre
Fri, May 08, 2015 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
Sat, May 09, 2015 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
Sun, May 10, 2015 St Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
Wed, May 13, 2015 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
Thu, May 14, 2015 Louisville, KY The Louisville Palace
Fri, May 15, 2015 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Sat, May 16, 2015 Indianapolis, IN The Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
On Feb. 5, RadioShack filed for bankruptcy and the company plans on closing at least 1,784 stores by March 31, with the closures coming in three waves.
Stores in the WSLM listening area include Bedford, Clarksville, Corydon, Evansville, Greenwood Madison, Terre Haute, New Albany and several in Indianapolis and Louisville.
The Salem location in Ace Hardware was not listed in the court documents which listed all closures.
The first tranche of closures includes 162 stores and is set to be complete by Feb. 17.
The second tranche includes 986 stores set to be closed by Feb. 28.
And the third tranche includes 636 stores to be closed by March 31.
As part of proceedings, the company is going to close a number of its stores, while others will survive as part of an agreement with Sprint to create a “store within a store.”
There’s some language in a court document here that says with notice by Feb. 18, certain of the second tranche stores can have their closing date extended to the March 31 deadline.
But either way, 1,784 RadioShack’s will be gone in less than two months.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music announced that three of its alumni took home a Grammy statuetteSunday night from the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
The win marked the fifth Grammy Award for double-bassist Edgar Meyer, this time for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for “Bass & Mandolin” with mandolinist Chris Thile. Watch their backstage comments.
Pianist Cory Smythe brought home the award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance, with “In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores” featuring violinist Hilary Hahn.
Early-music tenor Aaron Sheehan won for his solo work on “Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers” in the Best Opera Recording category. Watch his acceptance speech.
“I was completely stunned by the win for Best Opera Recording last night,” Sheehan said. “It was an honor just being nominated among such distinguished colleagues in the field. I am very proud of the work of the Boston Early Music Festival and honored that they have been so loyal to me as one of their singers. All in all, it was a great night for historically informed performance.”
Also appearing on “Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers” are Jacobs alumni Kathryn Montoya, oboe and recorder, and Avi Stein, harpsichord, as part of the Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble.
Meyer earned a bachelor’s degree from the Jacobs School of Music in 1984, studying with Stuart Sankey. Smythe earned his bachelor’s degree from Jacobs in 1999, having studied with Luba Edlina-Dubinsky, and Sheehan earned his master’s degree in 2001, after working with primary teacher Paul Elliott and Paul Kiesgen.
As one of the world’s premier music schools, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Musichas the most comprehensive music program in the United States and the largest resident faculty of any music education institution. Approximately 1,600 students from all 50 states and over 55 countries study in a conservatory atmosphere — amidst the academic resources of a major research university — with more than 170 full-time faculty members who are among the finest performers, scholars, composers and educators today.
A 59-year-old Lanesville man has been arrested and stands accused of Child Molestation stemming from a three month State Police investigation.
David H. Crawford, 59, was arrested by the Harrison County Sheriff’s department at his residence located at 2889 Memory Lane NE in Lanesville, IN.
In November of 2014, Detective Dave Mitchell began investigating Crawford after a former family member alleged they were molested by Crawford when the victim was between the ages of six and twelve.
The investigation concluded on February 5th when Detective Mitchell turned the case over to the Harrison County Prosecutor’s Office and was granted an arrest warrant out of the Harrison County Superior Court for four counts of Child Molestation, Class A Felony.
David Crawford was transported to the Harrison County Jail and is being held on a $100,000 cash bond.
