Purdue Extension is hosting a CORE Exam training for anyone wanting to obtain their private and/or commercial applicators license on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm at the Purdue Extension – Floyd County office (3000 Technology Ave., New Albany).

The training will prepare participants to take the CORE Exam. Exams must be scheduled separately.

The training is $50 per person and includes the study guide.

Registration is required by Wednesday, November 26, 2025 by contacting Purdue Extension – Jackson County at rbeckort@purdue.edu or 812-358-6010.

On Friday, October 31, 2025, Indiana State Police Superintendent Anthony Scott named two from the Sellersburg District to the position of Detective. Trooper Robert Caudill and Trooper Mackenzie Benham were both re-assigned as detectives at an official promotion and re-assignment ceremony in Indianapolis on Friday.

Detective Rob Caudill is a 1992 graduate of Charlestown High School and an eight-year veteran of the U.S. Army having served as a paratrooper with the 82^nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Caudill was appointed as a trooper with the Indiana State Police (ISP) in December 2007 and assigned to the Sellersburg Post. In his time with ISP, Detective Caudill has served as a field training officer, an emergency vehicle operations and PIT instructor, and as a member of the Meth Suppression Unit. Rob Caudill has also served on the ISP South Zone Dive Team and as a dive instructor. Detective Caudill resides in Clark County with his wife, Jeri.

Detective Mackenzie Benham graduated from Corydon Central High School in 2008 and received her associate’s degree in office administration from IVY Tech Community College in 2010. Benham was appointed to the Indiana State Police in December 2018 and assigned to the Sellersburg Post.  Since her appointment as a trooper, Mackenzie Benham has also served as a background investigator and as a trained investigator assisting the Internet Crimes against Children Taskforce. Detective Benham is a native of Harrison County where she resides with her husband, Casey, and two daughters, Tatum and Havyn.

Please join us in congratulating Detectives Caudill and Benham on their new investigative assignments.

Indiana State Police, Warrick County Sheriff’s Office, and the Department of Natural Resources have identified the woman’s body located Monday afternoon near a boat ramp in the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife area on New Harmony Road near Klippel Road.

The female has a tattoo of a heart with a ribbon that covers the front lower part of the heart. The heart is only an outline with no color. The ribbon is also an outline and extends from the heart on both sides. There are no words on or near the tattoo.

Physical Description:

• White female
• Age: Late teens to early 30’s
• Dark hair
• Approximately 5’ tall
• Approximately 130 lbs.