Articles by Melissa Jacobs

The Indiana FFA Foundation has been awarded a $750,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Capital Project Initiative for Residential Youth Camps. The grant is one of 69 Phase 2 implementation awards designed to […]

  CCSI-SARE Intro to Soil Health is a basic course designed to provide a general understanding of soil health systems and the fundamentals of crop production. This training is geared toward newer staff and those […]

An Indiana State Trooper is recovering from injuries sustained this morning when his car was struck by an alleged drunk driver. At approximately 4:07 a.m. Trooper Keith Martin and off duty Fortville Police Officer Lee […]

The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is urging drivers to use extreme caution as slick spots and black ice have been reported throughout the county. According to officials, hazardous conditions are especially prevalent on bridges, in […]

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a Winter Weather Advisory in effect until midnight EST Sunday, as central Indiana braces for accumulating snow and hazardous driving conditions. Snow is expected to fall across […]

  A team of Purdue University professors stands in front of an electric heavy-duty truck they equipped to receive power while driving across a system they designed within a quarter-mile highway segment. Pictured from left: […]

They did it! Number 1 seed Indiana University is headed to the Rose Bowl, and now Hoosiers have extra nonstop flights from Indianapolis straight to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) just in time for the […]

On December 11, 2025, beginning around 6:00 a.m., Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputies began receiving reports of slide-offs and crashes across the county due to hazardous weather conditions. Throughout the morning, deputies responded to or […]

The winter holidays can turn deadly as research shows that more people die from heart attacks during the last week of December than at any other time of the year. While being aware of the signs of […]

All Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) branches will be closed Thursday, December 25, Friday, December 26, and Thursday, January 1 in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Branches will resume regularly […]