Sunday shortly after 3::00 pm, the Indiana State Police responded to a two vehicle crash on US 50 at State Route 750 that claimed the life of an eighteen year old North Vernon man.

Dead is Caleb M. Fish, age 18, North Vernon, Indiana

The initial investigation by the Indiana State Police-Versailles Crash Reconstruction Team determined that a gray 2004 Chevrolet pickup truck being driven by Michael C. Furlong, age 53, Cynthiana, Kentucky was traveling westbound US 50 at SR 750. 

Furlong’s vehicle entered SR 750 into the path of a westbound red 1995 GMC being driven by Fish. 

The vehicles collided in the middle of the intersection.  Both vehicles then left the north side of US 50 before coming to rest.

As a result of the collision, Fish sustained fatal injuries.  He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Jennings County Coroner’s Office. 

Furlong and a female passenger sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash.  They were both transported to St. Vincent-Jennings Hospital in North Vernon, Indiana for treatment of their injuries.

The Fish family has been notified.

The Indiana State Police-Versailles Crash Reconstruction Team is continuing their investigation.  They were assisted by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, Jennings County EMS, Spencer Twp. Fire Department, Jennings County Coroner’s Office, Seymour Mack, and Hampton’s Wrecker Service. 

The Washington County Democrats will host the annual Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner will be Saturday, May 13 at 6p at the Salem Senior Citizens Center. 

The keynote speaker is Hon. Terry Goodin, Indiana State Representative who is a leading contender to run for Indiana Gov. in 2020. 

Tickets for adults are $10 or $5 for 12 and under and may be purchased from any precinct committee member or at the door. 

Sponsorships for the dinner are $15 which includes one dinner ticket. 

The Leatherbury Law Office has 20 complimentary tickets for children 12 and under.  For more information, contact Doug Leatherbury at 812.883.2291.

Police arrested a 41-year-old Louisville female last night in a vehicle stop on I-64 where $10,000 cash and cocaine were recovered. 

Nazarine Lamar Ingram, 41, from Louisville, was placed under arrest and transported to the Floyd County Jail on the charges of Possession of Cocaine/Narcotic Drug; Maintaining a Common Nuisance and Taking a Child to a Nuisance.

ISP Trooper Brandon Farias was working on Interstate #64 near the 121 Mile Marker when he stopped a 2002 silver Chrysler PT Cruiser traveling East at 100 miles per hour.

The driver was a juvenile female from Owensboro, Kentucky that did not have a driver’s license.

There were two other juvenile females in the car along with Ingram.
 
During the traffic stop, a Georgetown Police Officer and his police K-9 assisted trooper Farias with a walk around sniff of the stopped car.

The K-9 alerted on the vehicle indicating a presence of a controlled substance.

A search of the vehicle was completed with officers locating a small children’s backpack under the front passenger seat containing $10,000.00 in U.S. Currency.  

Officers also located alleged Cocaine in the vehicle.
 
The juvenile driver was cited for Reckless Driving and Operating without Ever Receiving a License.  

Holiday World opens for its 71^st season on Saturday, with a new (to the park) family ride.

Last fall, park officials decided to restore a classic Calypso ride that delighted riders at another park long ago.

“There are only a handful of these rides left in North America,” says park president Matt Eckert. “Restoring this ride for future generation to enjoy took a lot of research and months of work, but it was a labor of love. We just know families will add Firecracker to their ‘must ride’ list for each visit.”

Visitors this season will also notice:

·         New Holidog’s Treehouse play structure for children of all abilities

·         New Pick Your Price online ticket discounts, with savings up to $20 per ticket

·         International high-dive champion Cesilie Carlton will return to perform in the Dive! show

·         Additional free soft drink stations

·         New menu and “watch us make your meal” service at the Alamo

·         New slide tower for Watubee family water attraction

Both Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari are in the running for Best Park status in a current USA Today poll, which runs through May 22. (Links to vote: http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-amusement-park/holiday-world-santa-claus-ind/ and http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-outdoor-water-park-2017/splashin-safari-santa-claus-ind/)

Holiday World begins its 71st season on April 29; Splashin’ Safari’s opening day is May 11. 

Check out the contest section at wslmradio.com for chances to win Holiday World tickets. 

Official Kentucky Derby Party to Benefit the Unbridled Eve Foundation and Affiliated Charities

The Sixth Annual Unbridled Eve will kick off next Friday night with Morris Day and the Time and Taio Cruz headlining the musical action and Hollywood glam led by Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe Winner Sharon Stone, as well as Mira Sorvino and her father, Paul, as well as husband, Christopher Backus. 

Award-winning actor Beau Bridges will also attend as well as other horse racing industry professionals and celebrities from film, television, music, comedy and sports.  

From the world-class cocktail reception to dinner, dancing, live musical performances, and a spectacular silent auction, Unbridled Eve offers the best in Southern hospitality, elegance and entertainment.

All of this fun ultimately goes to help numerous great causes, including six-time beneficiary, Blessings in a Backpack, an organization that fights childhood hunger by providing needy elementary school students a backpack of food on the weekends.

A portion of proceeds will also go to sixteen other non-profit organizations. The Unbridled Charitable Foundation, Inc® and Unbridled Eve® were founded by Tonya York Dees and Tammy York Day.

 WSLM and WRLW TV will be live streaming the event beginning at 7p Friday, May 5. 

FEATURING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY:

• Morris Day and the Time
• Taio Cruz
• The Crashers
• John Elefante (former lead singer of band Kansas)
• Farewell Angelina
• Wally Palmar (The Romantics)

CELEBRITY/VIP ATTENDEES: 

• Sharon Stone (actress and producer)
• Selma Blair (film and television actress)
• Mira Sorvino (Oscar-winning actress)
• Paul Sorvino (actor, singer, writer)
• Christopher Backus (actor)
• Beau Bridges (three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winning actor and director)
• Victor Espinoza (2015 Triple Crown winner)
• Jean Cruguet  (1977 Triple Crown winner)
• Mario Gutierrez (Two-time Kentucky Derby winner, 2017 Derby Mount: Irap)
•  Mike Smith (Hall of Fame jockey, 2017 Derby Mount: Girvin)
• Julien Leparoux (Eclipse Award-winning jockey, 2017 Derby Mount: Classic Empire)
• Bob Guiney (actor, singer, talk show host)
• Bonnie-Jill Laughlin (sportscaster and scout for Los Angeles Lakers)
• Robin Meade (Anchor, HLN Morning Express)
• Warren Moon (Hall of Fame NFL Player)
• Alex Reymundo (comedian and actor)
• Nora Roberts (best-selling author)
• J.D. Shelburne (Country Music Singer)
• Bob Van Dillen (meteorologist, HLN Morning Express)
• Jennifer Westhoven (reporter, HLN)
• Bruce Wilder (photographer)
• Luke Hancock (former U of L basketball star, NCAA MVP 2013)
• Justin Rose (professional golfer, Olympic gold medalist)
• Mario Urrutia (former U of L football star and NFL player)
• Teddy Abrams (musical director of the Louisville Orchestra)
• Mark “OZ” Geist (Benghazi hero, co-author book, 13 Hours)
• Ruby Lewis (Cirque du Soleil Paramour star, Kentucky native)
• Jennifer Fowler (winner, Amazing Race)

HOSTS FOR THE EVENING:

• Tonya York Dees and Tammy York Day (Hosts and Co-Founders, Unbridled Eve Gala)
• Ben Jackey (Unbridled Eve Gala Red Carpet)
• Julie Smith (Unbridled Eve Gala Red Carpet)
• Nick Ferrara (Unbridled Eve Gala Emcee)

Two men who were shot on Salem’s Bypass last night have now been identified by police. 

The victim transported to the University of Louisville Hospital by air ambulance last evening after being shot has been identified as Delquan Edward Standard, 19, from Louisville, KY.

The deceased victim has been identified as Marty Jay Patterson, III, 18, from Louisville, KY.

Patterson was taken to St. Vincent Salem Hospital where he died as a result of nine gunshot wounds to his torso and one to the leg. 

The autopsy was completed this morning at the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville, KY preliminarily revealed Patterson died from multiple gunshot wounds to his body.

According to Indiana State Police Public Information Officer Jerry Goodin, these autopsy results are preliminary pending results from toxicology tests that usually take up to six weeks to complete.

At this time detectives are still looking for possible witnesses who may have been on the Salem Bypass from 9:15 pm to 9:30 pm.

At approximately 9:26 pm Wednesday evening, a 911 call came into the Washington County 911 center of two men injured on the side of the road on the Salem Bypass just west of State Road 60.

Police and Washington County EMS were dispatched to the scene. Officers from the Salem City Police along with deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department responded to the location.

When police arrived they discovered two male subjects on the side of the roadway that had been shot.

There was no vehicle at the scene.

According to SPD Officer Russell Wilcoxson, one of the victims had been shot nine times in the torso and the leg. The other man had been shot in the back of the head. 

“They stated they were from Louisville and they were lost and didn’t know where they were at,” said Wilcoxson. “They wouldn’t tell us names or a description of the vehicle they were in.”

It is not known if both men were shot with the same gun or with different caliber handguns. 

Wilcoxson did say the other two men in the vehicle were also reportedly from Louisville.

Wilcoxson said “the victims stated that they came up here and the two guys driving the car kicked them out…once they kicked them out, and they were on the side of the road, they started shooting them and then took off.”

Indiana State Police Crime Scene Investigators along with Indiana State Police Detectives processed the crime scene and know that at least one shooter left the crime scene.

The western portion of the bypass between State Road 60 and State Road 135 was closed last night to traffic for approx. two hours. 

There are no suspects.

If anyone has any information you are encouraged to contact the Indiana State Police Post at 1-800-872-6743 or 812-246-5424. Callers can remain anonymous.

Detectives still believe at least one and maybe more suspects are on the loose.

The Purdue University Athletic Department announced August Kim of the women’s golf team and Jake Replogle of the football team were awarded the prestigious Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor at the fifth-annual Golden Pete Awards Show at historic Loeb Playhouse on Purdue’s campus in West Lafayette, Ind.

Kim was the 2016 Big Ten champion, setting the 54-hole conference championship record with a nine-under-par 207 and becoming the sixth Boilermaker in program history to take home a conference title. She is a three-time All-Big Ten honoree, including first team honors in 2016, and earned Women’s Golf Coaches Association all-region recognition last season, as well. Kim posted a second straight top-10 finish at the 2017 Big Ten Championships, tying for eighth place and notching the 13th top-10 tournament performance of her career.

As a senior, she led the Boilermakers to a pair of tournament team titles and has played 65 percent of her rounds at par or better. Her 72.24 stroke average this year is the best by a Boilermaker since Maria Hernandez in 2007-08, and currently ranks second in school history. The St. Augustine, Florida, native will be a three-time WGCA All-Scholar team and Academic All-Big Ten honoree. Kim is an Academic All-America nominee in 2017, maintaining a 3.56 grade-point average as a biochemistry major, and she will graduate in May.

Replogle, a defensive tackle from Centerville, Ohio, was a four-year letterwinner for the Boilermakers. Appearing in 39 career games, he amassed 158 total tackles, including 35 for loss and 7.5 sacks. His tackles for loss total ranks tied for 14th in school history. Prior to the 2016 season, Replogle was named to the watch lists for the Chuck Bednarik Award, Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award. Then, despite missing nearly half of the Big Ten Conference schedule with an injury, he was voted honorable mention All-Big Ten by the conference coaches, finished second on the team with 9.5 tackles for loss and eighth with 45 total tackles.

The co-captain was Purdue’s National Football Foundation 2016 National Scholar Athlete nominee, a member of the NFF’s 2017 Hampshire Honor Society (which highlights the sport of football’s unique ability to developtomorrow’s brightest leaders) and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten recipient. Boasting a 3.49 cumulative grade-point average, Replogle will graduate in May with dual degrees in accounting and management.

The Big Ten, the nation’s oldest collegiate conference, commemorates the 103rd anniversary of a very unique tradition – the Big Ten Medal of Honor. The conference’s most exclusive award was the first of its kind in intercollegiate athletics to recognize academic and athletic excellence. The Big Ten Medal of Honor was first awarded in 1915 to one student from the graduating class of each university who had “attained the greatest proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.” Big Ten schools currently feature more than 9,500 students competing in intercollegiate athletics, but only 28 earn this prestigious award on an annual basis. In more than 100 years of the Big Ten Medal of Honor, almost 1,400 students have earned this distinction.

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and Indiana’s Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ (BMV) Commissioner Peter L. Lacy are reminding all motorists to be extra alert as warmer weather means more motorcycles on our roadways.

“In my role overseeing our Office of Tourism Development, I know that cruising Indiana’s scenic byways is a favorite rite of spring for many motorcycle riders,” said Lt. Governor Crouch. “While motorcyclists have to ride defensively, people behind the wheel in cars and trucks should do their part to help keep riders safe.”

Drivers can improve their ability to avoid a crash with a motorcyclist by giving the rider extra space on the road, by not following too closely and by taking extra care to watch for motorcycles at intersections and in their vehicle’s blind spot.

“Distracted or inattentive driving has become a major problem for those who ride motorcycles,” said BMV Commissioner Peter L. Lacy. “Texting while driving is not only dangerous for drivers and their passengers, it places motorcyclists at even greater risk.”

In 2016, 98 riders were killed in motorcycle crashes in Indiana. Statistics from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute show that in “failure to yield right of way” crashes involving motorcycles, other vehicles were at fault 85 percent of the time.

The BMV recommends that all riders, regardless of experience, wear proper motorcycle safety equipment, including an approved helmet, gloves, long pants and sturdy boots.

All riders are also encouraged to complete a Ride Safe Indiana-approved motorcycle safety course. You can learn more about how to “Rule the Road Together” or sign-up for a rider safety course at RideSafeIndiana.com, the BMV’s motorcycle safety training website.