Today, at approximately 1:27 p.m., Kosciusko County Dispatch received a call of CPR in progress on an unresponsive juvenile male that was pulled from a pond near the 11000 Block of N 1000 W, near Nappanee, Indiana.

The juvenile was transported to Memorial Hospital in critical condition. 

This incident is still under investigation by Indiana Conservation Officers and updates will be released as they become available.

Assisting agencies included: Indiana State Police, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department and Nappanee Fire & EMS.

Salem Community Schools will be closed for two weeks due to the positive tests of several students and staff at Bradie M. Shrum Elementary, Salem Middle, and High School.

The schools will move to remote learning for two weeks through Sept. 4, which is the start of Labor Day weekend.

According to Superintendent Jon Acton, multiple students and staff have tested positive for Covid-19 in all three school buildings.  

The school released information yesterday that several on the school’s volleyball team were quarantined as well as one of its coaches. 

Those individuals who were in close contact with those who tested have been notified and school officials said that all impacted areas have been deep cleaned. 

Salem halted all volleyball activity until Sept. 3.

The county volleyball tournament was to have taken place this Saturday at West Washington High School. 

That has been rescheduled for October 3. 

Acton did not reveal the number of teachers and students who had tested positive or a number of those who had close contact and have been asked to quarantine. 

“Based upon our current quarantine numbers and the recommendation of the Washington County Health Department and the Chief Medical Officer [Dr. Jeff Morgan], ALL Salem Community Schools will move to remote learning for the next two weeks.”

Acton said due to extenuating circumstances, the Online Lions digital learning platform will be reopened for K-12 enrollment until Monday, August 24 at 3:30p. 

To join the program, please contact John Skomp at jskomp@salemschools.us or your building principals via email.

“At this time, all extra-curricular activities will continue as scheduled but will be closely monitored to maintain the safety of our student-athletes,” said Acton. 

Tonight’s football game has been limited to 250 in attendance per set of bleachers, or 500 total at Paul A. Graves Athletic Field. 

WSLM 97.9 FM will broadcast the game live for those who cannot attend. 

Acton and the school board had plans drafted up and ready before the start of school in case an outbreak took place. 

“We look at multiple factors to determine whether we remain “in-person” instruction or move to remote learning,” he said. “If only small numbers of individuals are impacted and they can be quickly isolated, we can continue traditional instruction.”

Acton said factors that could necessitate a move to remote learning may include: substantial numbers of positive or quarantined students, teaching staff, custodial staff, food services staff and/or bus drivers. 

Just before 1:30 am, a 2014 red Chevrolet 4-door truck was seen driving southbound on State Road 37, south of Bedford approaching Riverview Add Road.

The accident sent a Bedford man by helicopter ambulance to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. 

The driver was Kyle R. Ollis, 30 of Bedford, IN. 

An OWI Investigation is ongoing, causing serious bodily injury, endangering, and reckless driving.

Witnesses told troopers the vehicle passed them (at what was estimated to be over 100 mph), on the right shoulder, drifting off the roadway and sliding sideways through the grass for several hundred feet, before impacting the end of a guardrail near the Hubler Car Dealership.

The investigation revealed the vehicle was airborne for approximately 130 feet, knocking over a large highway road sign and breaking tree limbs over 20 feet off the ground, before landing in a ditch where it sheared off several 10-foot trees, coming to rest in a deep ravine.

Ollis was found inside the vehicle, on the floorboards, partially entrapped and barely conscious.

Marion Township Volunteer Firefighters utilized Jaws of Life to extract the driver.

Trooper Samuel Wagner is the investigating officer. Trooper Chance Humphrey and Officer Shaun Cabral of Mitchell PD assisted at the scene.

Indiana State Police detectives now have a “person of interest” regarding the roadside shooting of a husband and wife and their 16-year-old daughter, which occurred Wednesday evening near the O’Bannon Woods State Park. 

The Indiana State Police in Sellersburg would like to locate and speak with Timothy E. Sargent from Ohio. 

Timothy Sergeant is described as a white male, 41 years old, 5′-10″, 190lbs, with brown hair and hazel eyes, according to Sgt. Carey Huls.

Sargent is wanted out of Ohio for attempted murder and is a person of interest in a murder, both of which occurred earlier this week.  

Investigators would also like to speak with Savanna L. Emich, also from Ohio. 

Savanna Emich is described as a white female, 20 years old, 5’06”, 245lbs, with blond hair and blue eyes.

Emich is believed to be traveling with Sargent.

Both may still be in the silver 2000 Chevrolet Silverado listed in the news release below. 

A surveillance photo of the truck is also attached. The truck was last plated with Indiana registration TK667LJB.

If you see any of these individuals or observe the vehicle in question, please call 911 immediately and provide authorities with their location. 

These individuals are considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached. 

The vehicle the suspect was driving — a white Dodge Avenger — was later found in a cornfield near a church approximately 15 miles away, near Carefree, Indiana.

Huls said Sargent then stole a silver 2000 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck from a nearby home with an Indiana truck license plate of TK667LJB. If you see that vehicle, call 911 immediately. 

ISP continues to investigate the shooting that happened at about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Huls said that’s when the family of three from Kentucky was driving away from O’Bannon Woods State Park in Harrison County after a hike.

He said the white Dodge sped up behind them on State Road 462, flashing its lights.

The father pulled over to let the car pass, and that’s when investigators believe the driver of the car fired several shots.

As the shooting started the father tried to speed away but crashed into a tree, and the suspect took off from the scene.

The father was shot several times and was flown to U of L Hospital.

He is now reported in stable condition.

His wife was also hit by gunfire and taken to the hospital.

She is in stable condition.

Their 16-year-old daughter was in the backseat. She was not shot but may have suffered minor injuries from the crash, according to Huls.

Includes S.R. 356 and S.R. 203 over Town Creek in Lexington, and S.R. 135 over Martinsburg Rd. in Salem

Indiana Department of Transportation contractor RAM Construction Services plans to begin work next week on a nearly $160,000 bridge deck overlay contract in Scott and Washington Counties.

The contract includes three bridges, two of which will close during construction.

Traffic restrictions and closures at each location are expected to be in place for up to one week.

Crews will start on the S.R. 356 bridge over Town Creek in Lexington.

The bridge, located .34 miles east of S.R. 203 in Scott County, will close on or after Monday, Aug. 24. The official detour will follow S.R. 3.

Following work on S.R. 356, crews will move to the S.R. 135 bridge over Martinsburg Rd. near Salem.

The bridge, located .79 miles west of S.R. 60 in Washington County, will be reduced to one lane with a temporary signal. Traffic on Martinsburg Rd. will not be affected.

After the location on S.R. 135 is complete, crews will return to Lexington and begin on the S.R. 203 bridge over Town Creek.

The bridge, located .44 miles north of S.R. 356, will also close while work is in progress.

The official detour will follow S.R. 56 and S.R. 62. 

Work at all three locations, with the exception of permanent pavement markings, is anticipated to be complete prior to the Labor Day holiday (Monday, Sept. 7), barring weather delays or unexpected circumstances.

Pavement markings will be applied under lane closures with flagging.

Motorists are reminded to slow down, use extra caution, and drive distraction-free through all work zones. All work is weather dependent.

Two candidates filed this afternoon setting up a race between seven candidates for four seats on the Salem Community School Board, according to Washington County Clerk Stephanie Rockey.

Two more filed today — J. Michael Davisson and Dustin Davidson, incumbent, are both certified.

As a reminder, the filing deadline for all three county schools is Friday, August 21^st at noon.

So far the race for Salem School Board involves

1. Rebecca (Becky) Humphrey.
2. Christopher A. Hunt.
3. Allison Jean Ezzell.
4. Constance (Connie) Young.
5. Aaron (Spud) Schocke
6. J. Michael Davisson
7. Dustin Davidson

There are a total of four spots open on the Salem board representing Gibson, Jefferson, Monroe, & Washington Townships. 

Those in the Salem district that currently hold the four seats are Mark “Bubba” Abbott, Ericka Garloch, Ron Haendiges, and Dustin Davidson, who was appointed to finish out former board member Steve Motsinger’s term. 

Abbott and Garloch are not running for re-election and Haendiges and Davidson have yet to file. 

Additional filings to date are:

Sal Sama filed on July 27^th and is certified to run for West Washington School Board- Vernon Twp. seat.

Aaron Dennis filed on the 28^th and is certified to run for West Washington School Board- Madison Twp. seat.

Both are currently board members.

Jeff Clem, Jr.- East Washington School Board- Town of Pekin

Thomas K. Coats- East Washington School Board- Polk Twp.