Local arrests, VU and Purdue team up in their engineering programs, John Mellancamp’s sons are sentenced in a battery case.
ARRESTS
21 year old Brian R. Austin of Washington was arrested Friday by the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department and charged with criminal recklessness with firearm. Bond was set at $3500.
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24-year-old Brittney Noeth Durocher of Washington was arersted Friday on out of county warrants.
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46-year-old Robert Young of Washington was arrrested by city police on Friday for possession of paraphernalia, possession of meth, purchase of precurosrs, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of a syringe and conspiracy to manufacture meth. No bond was set.
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45-year-old Eric Meyer of Winslow as arrested overnight by Washington City Police for operating while intoxicated and five counts of operating while intoxicated involving endangerment.
JASPER TROOPERS HONORED
Two Troopers from the Jasper District were honored Friday at an an awards ceremony at the Indiana Government Center.
Trooper Michael Allen was awarded as the 2014 Jasper District Trooper of the Year for his service to the community and state police.
The O.W.I. award was presented to Trooper Jeremy Galloway for his efforts in removing impaired and intoxicated motorists from Indiana’s roadways. Trooper Galloway was awarded for his efforts of arresting 40 impaired drivers in 2014.
Students majoring in engineering at Vincennes University will benefit under a new partnership with Purdue University.
The agreement will allow Purdue to offer the final two years of its bachelor’s degree
in engineering program on the V-U campuses.
V-U President Dick Helton says
the program will provide tremendous benefits to the region and expand opportunities for graduates seeking work in industrial manufacturing and other job related fields.
Helton says the program is designed to attract both traditional full-time students and working professionals through a mixture of distance education, traditional classroom learning and internships.
Under the proposal, faculty hired by Vincennes and approved by Purdue would teach courses at the Vincennes, Gibson County and Jasper campuses, and the universities would pay proportional shares of faculty salaries.
BUCSHON MILITARY ACADEMY
Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (IN-08) will hold an informational session for all high school students interested in applying to one of the U.S. Service Academies on Saturday, April 18th at the Vincennes University Gibson County Center for Advanced Manufacturing &Logistics on South U.S. Highway 41 at Fort Branch. The event will offer 8th District high school students the opportunity to learn more about the United States Service Academies, the application process, congressional nominations, and the everyday life of a Service Academy Cadet. Each year, Dr. Bucshon has the privilege of nominating a limited number of high school students to attend four of the five service academies. The application process for a congressional nomination from Bucshon’s office for the class of 2020 runs until October 1st.For more information, Congressman Bucshon’s Evansville District Office, 812-465-6484.