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.

Late last night, the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg received a telephone call from Louisville Metro Police Detectives stating they had possibly tracked an armed robbery suspect, James R. Daugherty, Jr., 48, from Jeffersonville, IN, to the Pilot Truck Stop in Memphis, IN.
 
Troopers from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg met with Louisville Metro Police Department detectives at the Pilot Truck Stop in Memphis, IN.

Louisville Metro Police detectives assisted troopers at the truck stop by identifying the vehicle James R. Daugherty, Jr. was in.

Troopers approached the vehicle, which was parked in the parking lot. They made contact with the occupant, who in fact turned out to be James R. Daugherty, Jr.

During the troopers contact with James R. Daugherty, Jr., they found out he was wanted in Harrison County, IN for Armed Robbery.

The vehicle he was occupying, a white 2016 Hyundai, also came back as being stolen out of Clark County, IN.
 
James R. Daugherty, Jr. was placed under arrest at the scene and a subsequent search of the vehicle, yielded four syringes, Marijuana, a digital scale, a rubber tourniquet, distilled water, small cotton balls and several small plastic baggies.
 
It is believed, James R. Daugherty, Jr., is responsible for several Robberies over the month of March, 2017 at businesses located in Owensboro, KY, Scottsburg, IN, Louisville, KY, Elizabethtown, KY, Lagrange, KY and Corydon, IN.
 
James R. Daugherty, Jr. was incarcerated at the Clark County Jail on the charges of Auto Theft, Felony; Possession of Syringes, Felony; Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor and the warrant for Armed Robbery out of Harrison County, IN

The Indiana State Police is looking to hire a Criminal Intelligence Analyst II position to serve within the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center.

The successful applicants would serve as a civilian employee of the Indiana State Police whose primary responsibility is to perform all analytical tasks on criminal intelligence in order to support law enforcement functions relating to all Crimes, all Hazards mission of the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center, as described in Executive Order 13-22.

Minimum requirements for this position are a high school graduate or possess the equivalent GED. Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field; or a minimum of ten years prior law enforcement in intelligence analysis, or equivalent military experience in intelligence analysis, or a combination of law enforcement and military experience. Must be able to obtain and maintain a minimum of “Secret” level security clearance from the US government (federal). Must be able to evaluate information from various reports. Must be able to perform background intelligence checks for various agencies. Must be able to subject information to correlation and analysis in order to discern patterns, recurring events, identities and activities of suspected criminal groups and their members. Must be able to examine raw data in order to assemble it into a focused collection of information to be used for investigative leads or court proceedings.
 
Interested applicants must be able to maintain concentration on numerous tasks in a busy environment and be able to remain seated for extended periods of time. Applicants must be able to remain calm in emergency situations and will be required to work multiple or rotating shifts, on a 24/7/365 basis, requiring weekends and/or holidays.
 
The hire salary for this position is $49,010.
 
For more information contact Brandon Lowe at the Indiana State Police Human Resources Division, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis IN. 46204. (317) 232-8238.
 
To be considered for this position the applicant should apply online at www.careers.in.gov. Applications will be accepted until midnight April 22, 2017.
 
The Indiana State Police is an Equal Opportunity Employer.