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.

A 35-year-old Salem man is dead after a shooting in Grassy Fork yesterday evening.

Dustin L. Robbins, 35, of Salem, was found shot in the abdomen with a shotgun. He was treated at the scene and then transported to Schneck Medical Center in Seymour by Jackson County EMS where he later died from his injuries.

On April 5, 2017 at 6:59 PM Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to 8049 East County Road 400 South in reference to a reported gunshot wound.

While en route Deputies were advised that at least one subject had sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

Deputies were also told the injured male was outside the residence and the suspected shooter was inside.

Upon arrival, Sheriff’s deputies along with units from the Crothersville Police Department, Brownstown Police Department and the Indiana State Police made contact with and arrested Darrell E. Stanton (56) of Grassy Fork Township in connection with the shooting.

It has been determined that Robbins is the son of Stanton’s girlfriend.

An altercation occurred when Stanton arrived at home and found Robbins, and Robbins’ wife at the home visiting his (Robbins’) mother.

It is alleged that Stanton threatened Robbins and his wife with a shotgun. A struggle took place which resulted in Robbins death.

Stanton was  arrested in connection with the shooting death of Robbins and is currently being held in the Jackson county Jail without bond pending an initial hearing.

All persons arrested are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.