On Sunday, March 26, Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter promoted Detective Craig Starr as a Trooper Detective to serve the Special Investigations Section, Organized Crime and Corruption Unit. 
 
Starr is a native of Orange County and a 2003 graduate of Paoli High School.  After high school, Starr attended Indiana University, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Affairs in 2006.
 
Starr graduated from the Indiana State Police Recruit Academy as a member of the 67^th Academy in 2007. 

He was assigned to the Jasper District, where he patrolled Crawford and Orange Counties. 

In November 2014, Starr was promoted to district detective, investigating cases in Daviess, Martin, and Orange Counties. 

As a member of the Indiana State Police, Starr has served as a Field Training Officer, is certified to perform truck inspections under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) and is a School Safety Specialist, serving the department as an Unarmed Response to an Active Shooter Event (URASE) presenter. 

Starr has also completed the basic and advanced Reid Interrogation Courses.
 
Detective Starr and his wife Jessica reside in Orange County.

A 34-year-old Salem man is in jail after a two-hour standoff with police surrounding his house after he fled a traffic stop earlier in the morning.

Indiana State Police Emergency Response Team, and the Indiana State Police hostage negotiator, arrived on scene at 04:20 am. 

At 06:54 am, Russell Vickers 605 Public Road Salem, IN, exited his residence and was taken in to custody by Indiana State Police ERT. 

Vickers was then placed into the custody of Captain Cauble, and was transported to the Washington County Detention Center and was charged with Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle. 

Several more charges may be pending.

On Sunday morning April 9, 2017 at 02:45 am, Captain Chris Cauble an Officer with the Salem Police Department initiated a traffic stop on a white Chevrolet truck, on the bridge near the intersection of West State Road 56 and West State Road 60.

Captain Cauble approached the vehicle and spoke to the driver.  

Cauble advised the driver the reason he stopped his vehicle was for a taillight out and no working license plate lights.

The driver handed Captain Cauble his drivers license and the vehicle registration. The driver was identified as Vickers. 

While Cauble was speaking to the driver, he could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Vickers. 

Cauble asked the driver to exit the vehicle so he could administer field sobriety test. 

Lieutenant Chad Webb arrived on scene of the traffic stop at this time. 

Lieutenant Webb exited his patrol car and observed Cauble speaking to Vickers. 

Vickers refused to exit the vehicle and Captain Cauble opened the drivers door of the vehicle. 

Captain Cauble attempted to remove Vickers from the vehicle.  Vickers was able to place the vehicle in gear and drive off.

At 02:50 AM, Lieutenant Webb notified dispatch that units were in pursuit of the white Chevrolet truck. 

The truck headed West on West State Road 60. 

The vehicle then turned onto Public Road and puled into the residence at 605 Public Road. 

Lieutenant Webb exited his patrol car and pursued the driver on foot. 

Vickers entered the front door of the residence and dead bolted the door. 

Lieutenant Webb attempted to kick in the front door.  While attempting to kick in the front door, threats were made and Lieutenant Webb returned to his patrol car. 

Officers of the Salem Police Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Department, and the Indiana State Police, set up a perimeter around the residence.

Captain Cauble contacted Washington County Deputy Prosecutor Blaine Goode and applied for a Search Warrant for the residence. 

Assistant Salem Police Chief Tim Miller contacted the Indiana State Police and requested assistance from the Indiana State Police ERT.

Indiana State Police ERT, and the Indiana State Police hostage negotiator, arrived on scene at 04:20 am. 

At 06:54 am, Vickers exited the residence and was taken in to custody by Indiana State Police ERT.

The Salem Police Department was assisted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police, Indiana State Police ERT, Indiana State Police Hostage Negotiator, and Washington County EMS.

St. Vincent Salem Hospital is now taking applications for teen volunteers during summer break.

St. Vincent Salem Hospital’s teen volunteer program is designed to provide teens with experience in the healthcare field.

This serves as an opportunity to gain experience in healthcare, develop job skills, take an active role in community service, meet new friends, develop new interests, and develop high self-esteem.

This opportunity is available to all students between the ages of 12 and 17 years of age. Teen volunteers will sign-up to work 4-hour shifts from 8:00a.m. – 12:00p.m., or 12:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Orientation to the program will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on June 2, 2017. Because of the overwhelming response from our community teens we will again be offering two four week volunteer sessions this summer. Session one will begin on June 5, 2017 and will end on June 30.

Session two will begin on July 5, 2017 and will end on July 28.

Teen volunteers can learn valuable job skills. Some of the job skills teen volunteers learn are customer service, appropriate dress for the workplace, the importance of a positive and helpful attitude, how and when to take initiative and managing increasing levels of responsibility.

Please note, space is limited and based on a first come, first apply basis. Deadline to apply to become a Teen Volunteer is May 27, 2017.

To apply to become a teen volunteer, please stop by the Marketing office at the Hospital to fill out an application or contact Melissa Richardson at mlricha1@stvincent.org.

According to Washington County Historian Jeremy Elliott, this picture was taken in 1919 after the conclusion of WWI, when the 5th Liberty Loan drive was launched to help fund our war debts. 

The U.S. Army sent the tank in on the Monon train, it gave full demonstrations of it’s capabilities in both Salem & Campbellsburg, to large crowds, who were then highly encouraged to buy Liberty Bonds.

You can find more information about this interesting exhibition in the upcoming issue of The Historian magazine, coming out this summer!

Last night around 8:17 pm, Indiana State Police Trooper Brandon Farias conducted a traffic stop on a 2001 white Cadillac.

The traffic stop was made on U.S. Highway #150 near Old Vincennes Road for exceeding the speed limit. As trooper Farias continued his traffic stop investigation he discovered that the vehicle had expired license plates and the driver of the vehicle, Jessica J. Hopper, 35, from Nubian Road in Salem, IN, was suspended.
 
A search of the vehicle was conducted and inside the vehicle was located over 100 assorted pills that were identified as Schedule II and Schedule IV Controlled Substances, (Xanax, Oxycodone and Oxycontin).  Also located in the vehicle were two glass smoking pipes.
 
Jessica J. Hopper was transported to the Floyd County Jail and charged with Dealing in a Schedule Two Controlled Substance; Dealing in a Schedule Four Controlled Substance; Possession of a Schedule Two Controlled Substance; Possession of a Schedule Four Controlled Substance; Maintaining a Common Nuisance and Possession of Paraphernalia.