INDIANAPOLIS — Police officers in Indianapolis will be getting body cameras. The announcement made by Mayor Joe Hogsett Tuesday that the city will be spending $1.2 million that had already been approved by the city-county council to be used for body cameras. That’s not enough money to outfit every officer in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indy Metro Police will be wearing body cameras by September. IMPD plans to outfit 100 officers a week with body cameras, and expects to equip the entire force by September. Mayor Joe Hogsett says the introduction of body cameras was already in the works, but with the controversy over the shooting of Sean […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health has hired Maximus, a health and human services company, for contact tracing to interview Hoosiers who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Indiana will have at least 500 contact tracers in place in the next couple of weeks. When a person tests positive for the virus, they […]
STATEWIDE–An additional 73 Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) branches will open by appointment Monday, May 11. That brings the total number of branches open by appointment to 128. Customers are now able to schedule an appointment for transactions that are not available online at all of those locations. “We are encouraging Hoosiers to use our […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The order keeping Indianapolis churches closed for two more weeks has the support of Governor Holcomb. Holcomb’s loosening of coronavirus restrictions still bans gatherings of more than 25 people, but it exempts houses of worship, starting Friday. A full lockdown remains in place in Indiana’s two largest counties, Marion and Lake, for an […]
MARION COUNTY, Ind.–Traffic court in Marion County is one of the many things the coronavirus has changed. “We normally have hundreds of people there per session. Many of those individuals are representing themselves and so they have to have face-to-face interactions with the court staff, the prosecutor, the public defender, and the judge. We have […]
WASHINGTON — The Senate reconvened this week after a weeks-long break because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sen. Todd Young has been an ardent supporter of the Paycheck Protection Program, which he said has helped many small businesses in Indiana stay on their feet. “The thing that I have heard most consistently from people is that […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Workforce Development says it’s addressing the surge in unemployment filings by hiring more workers. Chief of staff Josh Richardson said the department has hired an additional 160 people to work their call center and has tripled the number of claims investigators. Richard Clark from Jay County told News 8 that […]
BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Public schools across Indiana are sitting in waiting for what to do next as Governor Eric Holcomb considers whether or not to reopen the state’s economy from his stay at home executive order due to coronavirus. Dr. Jim Snapp, superintendent of Brownsburg Community Schools tells “The Rob Kendall Show” on WIBC the […]
The Indiana Secretary of State’s office has introduced an online application to request an absentee ballot.
