For the sixth consecutive year, Jeffersonville High School will play host to the Semi-State round of the 45th Annual Indiana High School Athletic Association Girls State Basketball Tournament, presented by the Indiana Pacers and the Indiana Fever, on Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 at the William S. Johnson Arena.

Jeffersonville joins Jasper High School
as the Southern Semi-State hosts, while LaPorte High School and Logansport High School will host the Northern Semi-States.

The Class 3A Semi-State Championship game, slated to tip-off at 1pm EST will feature two old Mid-Southern Conference rivals as the Brownstown Central Braves (26-3), ranked #16 in Class 3A, take on the Salem Lions (24-3), ranked #1 in Class 3A.

You can listen to the game on WSLM 1220 AM and WSLM 97.9 FM as well as watch the WRLW LIVE VIDEO STREAM on Facebook.

Brownstown Central captured their fourth Regional Championship in school history, and first since 2011 this past Saturday at Greencastle as they knocked off Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter 54-40 in the morning semi-final and then knocked out seven-time State Champion Heritage Christian 54-42 in the Championship game to advance to Jeffersonville.

The Braves come into the game riding a 12-game winning streak, with their last loss coming on January 7th at home to Madison, 49-40.

The Lady Lions won their second consecutive Regional title last Saturday at Charlestown, downing Washington 62-48 in the
morning semi-final, and then survived a late rally by Greensburg to post a 53-52 victory in the Championship game.

The Lions come into the contest riding an 8-game winning streak and are looking to avenge a loss to the Braves earlier this season, as they lost 54-50 decision on their home floor on December 10th.

The Class 4A Southern Semi-State Championship will tip at around 3:30pm EST and pit the Bedford-North Lawrence
Stars (21-5), ranked #14 in Class 4A against the Lawrence North Wildcats (24-4), ranked #8 in Class 4A with a trip to Indianapolis
on the line.

Bedford-North Lawrence, the 2013 and 2014 Class 4A State Champions, are making their first trip to the Semi-State
since that season and come into the game having won 14 out of their last 15 games.

They advanced to Jeffersonville by defeating Evansville North 55-40 last Saturday in the Columbus North Regional, and then knocked out East Central 54-48 in the Championship contest.

Lawrence North won their fourth Regional Championship earned their second consecutive trip to Jeffersonville this past Saturday at Decatur Central as they defeated fellow Metropolitan Conference foe Ben Davis 38-31 in the morning game,
and then hung on to down Brownsburg 58-57 in the Championship game.

The Wildcats, last year’s Class 4A State Runner-Up won their first 19 games of the season and are looking to make a return trip to the State Finals.

Doors will open at 12:00pm EST, with the Semi-State tickets costing $10 for both games.

All ages (pre-school and up) will require a ticket, as per IHSAA regulations. Each school has been given an allotment
of pre-sale tickets and additionally, tickets will be sold at the door on the day of the event.

The winners of both of these match-ups will advance to the 2020 IHSAA Girls State Finals to be held next
Saturday, February 29th at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The Class 3A Championship Game is slated to tip at
approximately 6:30pm EST and will play the winner of the LaPorte Semi-State contest, either NorthWood or Benton
Central, while the Class 4A Championship Game will tip around 8:15 EST, taking on the winner of the LaPorte
Semi-State, either Penn or Northwestern.

Tickets for the State Finals will be $15 per session.

A former Southern Indiana child care provider has been charged with recklessness in a battery investigation of a two-year-old child who was at her daycare, which began in December of last year. 

Regina M. Sabens, 49, Salem, Indiana, was charged with Reckless Supervision by a Child Care Provider, a Class A Misdemeanor, after Indiana State Police (ISP) Detective Travis Baker forwarded his investigation to the Washington County Prosecutors Office. 

ISP in Sellersburg was first contacted by the Salem Police Department to assist in a possible battery case involving a two-year-old child who was in Sabens care at the Learning Center Preschool and Childcare located on East Hackberry Street in Salem. 

After conducting the investigation, all information was provided to the Washington County Prosecutor, resulting in the recklessness charge on Wednesday of this week. 

The photo attached is from a prior arrest in January 2019 for Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury. 

Yesterday, troopers with the Indiana State Police-Versailles Post arrested a 21-year-old Jennings County man on charges of Child Molesting and Child Solicitation.

The investigation by Indiana State Police Detective Andrew Mitchell began when allegations of child molesting were made against Jon W. Anthony, age 21, North Vernon, Indiana.

On February 18, 2020, Deputy John Smith conducted an investigation in Austin in reference to a complaint of invasion of privacy.  The investigation led to the arrest of two people.  Aaron Dunn, 31, of Austin was arrested for Invasion of Privacy.  Ashley Dunn, 31, of North Vernon, In. was also arrested for Invasion of Privacy. 

On February 19, 2020, Deputies Zach Brown and Kenton Makowsky conducted a traffic stop in Austin.  An investigation led to the arrest of Chasity Samson, 25, of Austin for Possession of a Schedule I, II, III or IV Controlled Substance, Possession of a Legend Drug and Maintaining a Common Nuisance. 

On February 19, 2020, Deputies Keith Hartman and Christopher Bowling went to an address on Main Street in Austin in an attempt to serve an outstanding arrest warrant.  Upon arrival Otis Bishop, 37, of Austin was arrested on an outstanding warrant for Failure to Appear if the Charge was a Felony. 

Tuesday night a traffic stop for failing to signal a turn led to the arrest of a Muncie couple on felony drug charges.  Last night (2/18/2020) around 10 p.m. Trooper Jacob Ridgway was driving through Muncie when he observed a green Ford Explorer on East Highland St. at North Penn St. fail to signal a turn and with no functioning license plate light.

Ridgway got the vehicle stopped and made contact with the driver, Travis Hoover, age 49, of Muncie, and his passenger Kassandra Rankin, age 30, also of Muncie. Troopers Ratliff, Tinch and Garcia were nearby and came to assist Ridgway.  Trooper Ratliff took his K-9 partner “Tora” around the outside of the Explorer and the dog alerted to the presence of contraband.

Further investigation by the troopers turned up white powder believed to be Methamphetamine, a liquid believed to be Fentanyl, a baggie with suspected Heroin and pills identified as Suboxone in the vehicle.

Both Hoover and Rankin were arrested and charged with Level 6 Felony charges of Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of a Narcotic Drug, Possession of a Legend Drug and Possession of a Hypodermic Syringe.

In addition, the couple was charged with misdemeanor Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Paraphernalia.  Hoover and Rankin were lodged in the Delaware County Jail.