Salem Police say there is no foul play suspected after a body was found inside a vehicle near Luke’s Tavern, on Salem’s West Side early Sunday morning. 

Officers were dispatched to the area of Luke’s Tavern at 8:55a Sunday morning along with Washington County EMS. 

According to SPD Officer Nigel Smith, while enroute, officers were advised the callers believed the subject was dead. 

Upon arrival, Washington County EMS advised Washington County Coroner Peg Schell to be called. 

Once Schell arrived on scene, she proceeded with her investigation and took possession of the body. 

Smith said police believe no foul play was involved. 

Additional information with the name of the subject will be released at a later time, said Smith. 

Shortly after 5:00 pm this afternoon, Louisville, KY Metro Police Department entered the State of Indiana pursuing a red Ford Ranger pickup truck in which the driver was wanted for Robbery.

When the pursuit entered the state of Indiana the Louisville Metro Police Department requested the Indiana State Police assume the lead in the pursuit.

The pursuit traveled from Interstate 64 onto Interstate 265 and then onto several city and county roads in and around New Albany before officers were able to set spike strips at the intersection of St. Joseph Road and State Road 111 in Floyd County.

The driver of the red Ford Ranger ran over the spike strips and his tire deflated. The driver then drove into an open field on St Joseph Road where the pursuit came to a stop. After a short struggle, the driver was taken into custody. 

Arrested was Robert G. Ellis, II, from Moorman Road in Louisville, KY.

His Indiana charge is Fleeing/Resisting Law Enforcement.

He was transported to the Hospital in Floyd County by Floyd County EMS complaining of pain.

Troopers are at the hospital awaiting his release so he can be transported to the Floyd County Jail.

This pursuit lasted approximately 30 minutes in the state of Indiana. During the pursuit in Indiana there were no serious injuries.

No Indiana police cars were damaged however, contact the Louisville Metro Police Department to check for damage to their vehicles.  

An escaped convict lead Indiana State Police on a chase through Washington and Scott Counties this afternoon. 

Today at around 2:15 pm, a trooper from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg began to initiate a traffic stop on a tan Nissan Altima on State Road 56 near Salem for a traffic violation.

When the trooper got behind the tan Nissan Altima he noticed it matched the description of a vehicle that he had received information on a couple of days earlier that could be driven by or occupied by an escaped convict out of the state of Kentucky.

As the trooper turned on his emergency lights the vehicle pulled into a driveway then it fled east on State Road 56.

As the trooper pursued  the fleeing vehicle it travelled into Scott County and then turned south on Boatman Road in Scott County.

Shortly after turning south on Boatman Road the driver of the vehicle pulled off of the road and the driver and female passenger fled into a wooded area. A perimeter was established by officers and shortly after this both of the subjects were taken into custody.

No one was injured and no vehicles were damaged during the pursuit. 

Arrested #1

Driver and escapee from Kentucky, Anthony Ray White, 49, from Mt. Washington, KY. He was wanted from the state of Kentucky for Escape and his Indiana charges are Fleeing Law Enforcement. 

Arrested #2

Passenger, Kelly Ann Dooley, 40, from Mt. Washington, KY. She was charged with Escape from the state of Kentucky and with Fleeing Law Enforcement in Indiana. 

All information about both subjects Kentucky charges must be obtained from the Kentucky State Police. 

Both subjects were incarcerated at the Scott County Jail awaiting their first court appearance in Indiana and extradition to Kentucky. 

The victims of yesterday’s crash in Henryville have been identified as a brother and sister from the area.

Adalynn Noel Fouch, 5, and her brother, Wyatt James Isaac Fouch, 4, were pronounced dead at the scene about 1:30p Wednesday 

Their mother Ericka J. Fouch, 29, from Henryville, was driving the vehicle when it struck a CSX train at a crossing near State Road 160 and Pennsylvania Street in Henryville,

Her current condition is serious but stable, according to Clark County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Colonel Scottie Maples. 

Investigators say a CSX train hit the white SUV, but it’s not clear why the SUV was stopped on the tracks.

Witnesses said the children were in the backseat.

Maples said the Indiana State Police was working to reconstruct the scene.

When asked if they were wearing a seatbelt in the backseat of the vehicle, he said “We may never know.”

Henryville Community Church Pastor Denny Dillman said the community will gather Friday at the Henryville Tornado Memorial (next to New Washington Bank( at 7 p.m. for a candlelight vigil.

This picture is from the early 1960’s from the Tarr Lumber Company on South Main St. 

According to Washington County Historian, Jeremy Elliott, they are advertising an old stainless vinyl floor covering and were so certain it could stand up to your household traffic, they stretched some across Main St. to let real traffic drive on it to prove it was tough! 

Standing with Charles in the pic is a representative of the vinyl floor covering manufacturer. 

“Previously, I believe this property was a part of the John Colglazier Lumber Yard,” recalled Elliott. “Then Charles Tarr Sr. opened this business in late 1948, as the Tarr Coal & Lumber Yard, later Charles Sr.’s son, Gary, converted it into the Goodyear Tire Center and since it has been the sight of our Goodwill Store.”