It’s the start of a new school year.

Every school year the Indiana State Police receives numerous complaints about school bus stop arm violations from school corporations around the state. The Indiana Department of Education surveys school corporations annually for stop arm violations on one given day, and reports those numbers to the National Association of State Directors for Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS).

There are just over 16,000 school buses on the road in Indiana, and according to the yearly statistics, as the number of school buses on the road has increased, so has the number of school bus stop arm violations.

The Indiana State Police would like to remind motorists of the Indiana law concerning school buses, flashing lights and stop arms. Remember, when approaching a school bus, from any direction, which is stopped with its flashing red lights activated and its stop arm extended, motorists are required to STOP, even on multiple lane highways.

Motorists who are on a highway that is divided by a barrier or unimproved median (i.e. a concrete or cable barrier, or a grass median) are required to stop only if they are traveling the same direction as the school bus. If there is no unimproved median or barrier, then all lanes in all directions must stop. When approaching a school bus always be prepared to stop and watch for stopped traffic.

Disregarding a school bus stop arm is a serious violation and one that school bus drivers are quick to report. Violation of this law is a Class “A” infraction and is punishable by a maximum fine of up to $10,000.

The Indiana State Police is committed to the safety of our children, motorists and highways, and will continue our enforcement and education efforts to ensure that safety. To learn more about national stop arm violation statistics you may access the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services web site at http://www.nasdpts.org/StopArm/index.html

To contact the Indiana State Police Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division with questions about stop arm violations you may click on the link https://secure.in.gov/ISP/BusInspections/Public/Index then click on email ISP.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Department is hiring.

They are accepting applications for the following positions:

• Deputies
• Correction officers
• Dispatchers

Anyone interested may stop be the Sheriff’s Department any day of the week and pick up a job application, fill it out and return it to the Sheriff’s Department.

Indiana Department of Transportation Department maintenance personnel will install a new drainage pipe under State Road 335 north of Greenville during daytime hours Thursday, August 3.

Excavation and installation will require closure of S.R. 335 between U.S. Highway 150 and New Cut Road. 

The hard closure on S.R. 335 will be 0.6 miles north of U.S. 150 in northwest Floyd County.   

The new 60-inch drainage pipe is 20 feet in length.   

Thursday’s installation is expected to begin at 8 a.m. S.R. 335 should reopen late in the afternoon. 

Indiana Department of Transportation’s contractor is accelerating its schedule to begin full- and partial-depth patching along State Road 56 in Washington County to Friday, August 4.  

Pavement repairs between Salem and Livonia are expected to continue for two weeks.  

Flaggers will direct motorists around moving worksites. 

E & B Paving is the state’s contractor for this $870,000 patch and rehabilitation project which includes repairs on S.R. 111, S.R. 211 and S.R. 335.     

Pavement striping will occur later August.   

Yesterday, at approximately 7:11 pm, the Indiana State Police and Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of two people shot at a residence located at 9388 State Road 48, in Dearborn County. 

The shooting resulted in the death of one person while a second victim was transported to a Cincinnati area hospital with life threatening injuries.

Shortly after 7:00 pm, Brittany Black, age 30, was shot and killed in the yard of her residence located at 9388 State Road 48, in Manchester Township. 

Her husband, Kyle Black, age 37, was also shot outside of the residence. 

He was transported to a Cincinnati hospital where he remains in critical condition.

A neighbor, Terry Storey, age 55, remains in the Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center on preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder.

The initial investigation indicated that police responded to the address after receiving a 9-1-1 call that two people had been shot at the residence. 

Upon arriving on scene, an adult female was found deceased in the yard and an adult male victim was found injured near the residence.  Both victims appeared to be suffering from gunshot wounds.

The female was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Dearborn County Coroner’s Office.  

Early this morning, the investigation led to the arrest of Terry Storey, age 55, who lives at 9432 State Road 48.  

Storey was arrested at his residence which is located just west of the residence where the shooting occurred. 

Storey was arrested on charges of Murder and Attempted Murder. 

He was additionally charged with resisting law enforcement and battery on a law enforcement officer when he forcibly resisted arrest and battered a Dearborn County Deputy.  He was transported to the Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center where he was remanded to the custody of the jail staff pending his initial appearance in the Dearborn County Circuit Court.

The investigation is ongoing.

A single vehicle crash along Interstate 64 in Posey County Saturday evening injured three Warrick County residents.

Around 6:40 PM Central Time, 31-year-old Sheila Wiseman of Boonville was driving westbound on I-64 near the 12 mile marker, near the Poseyville exit, when her pick-up truck left the roadway, rolled twice, and came to rest in the median.

Wiesman and her two passengers, 58-year-old Dee Ann Folz and an 8-year-old child, both of Boonville, were all injured as a result of the crash.  They were transported to Deacconess Hospital in Evansville where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

While the crash remains under investigation, Troopers believe the crash was caused by a flat front tire.

All three occupants of the truck were wearing their seat belts, which greatly reduced the severity of their injuries.

Investigating Officers:  Trooper Brandon Deig and Trooper Tyler Widner