Coats, Senators to introduce alternative gun legislation

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 9:56am

(FOX19)- Indiana Senator Dan Coats, along with two other U.S. Senators, plan to introduce alternative gun legislation.

Coats will join Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other senators in a press conference to introduce a substitute amendment to gun legislation currently being considered in the U.S. Senate. T

he proposal preserves the Second Amendment while fixing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, provides resources to help address mental health and school safety, protects veterans from false health determinations and addresses gun trafficking and straw purchasing.

The Senators plan to announce the legislation on Wednesday.

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State Police crime scene technician retires after 34 years

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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013, 12:25pm

State Police crime scene technician retires after 34 years

IN (FOX19) - A State Police Crime Scene Technician who has dedicated the last 34 years of his life to the service of the citizens of the State of Indiana has announced his retirement from the Department.

Sergeant Michael E. Trittipo, 62, IS a 1970 graduate of South Bend Central High School in South Bend, Indiana. Following high school, Trittipo served in the United States Air Force from 1971 to 1975 which included one tour of duty in Vietnam and an honorable discharge at the rank of Sergeant. He was accepted to the 36th Indiana State Police Recruit Academy and on April 15, 1979 he was appointed to the Department as a Trooper and assigned to the Ligonier Post. Trittipo worked patrol duties, serving the citizens of DeKalb County until the closing of the Ligonier Post in 1982.

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Pair accused of several armed robberies throughout IN

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Monday, April 15th, 2013, 12:57pm

RIPLEY COUNTY, IN (FOX19)- A pair of Indiana men have been arrested following an alleged crime spree that began in Ripley County.

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Boil advisory issued in Blooming Grove area

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Sunday, April 14th, 2013, 2:44pm

FRANKLIN COUNTY, IN (FOX19)- Authorities from Franklin County Indiana have issued a water boil advisory in the Blooming Grove area.

All Franklin County Water Association users from north of Hileah Drive to the Fayette County line will need to boil water before drinking. The advisory includes Lucas, Davis and Shay Roads.

The Franklin Co. Water Association is hoping to lift the advisory sometime on Tuesday.

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SAVE THE DATE: Arts Alive! An Arts Fair

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Friday, April 12th, 2013, 12:07pm

LAWRENCEBURG, IN (FOX19) - Organized entirely by volunteers of the Dearborn Highlands Arts Council, the Arts Alive! Arts Fair is a place to relax, explore, and take in the works of painters, ceramicists, sculptors and other local artisans.

“Join us for the Arts Alive! Arts Fair on Saturday, October 12” said Dan Toon, Arts Alive! chair, “Agner Hall in the Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds will be open from 10 am to 4 pm and will include all your favorite artists.” Local and regional artists will perform. The booth area will have 40+ local and regional artists displaying and selling their works. Expect to see paintings, pottery, jewelry, fabric arts, photography and much more. There will be food available. Free admission.

The Arts Alive! Arts Fair offers something else, as well--a chance for residents and visitors to come together, connect or reconnect, and celebrate the talent in our midst.

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Survivors: Teen driver sped-up to "catch" other truck before deadly crash

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Friday, April 12th, 2013, 6:20am

Survivors: Teen driver sped-up to "catch" other truck before deadly crash

RIPLEY COUNTY, IN (FOX19)- An Indiana State Police report on a deadly crash that killed three teens from South Ripley High School last month is revealing that the driver of the white Dodge pickup intentionally sped-up to try to beat the other pickup through an intersection just moments before they collided.

Both drivers and their passengers had been attending a Future Farmers of America event at nearby Hopewell Church that morning but were approaching the intersection from different roads. Therefore, they didn't crash head-on. The white Dodge hit the driver's side of the red Ford pickup, according to a crash report Indiana State Police made public Thursday, five weeks to the day that the driver of the red Ford, one of his passengers, and a passenger in the white Dodge were killed.

"(The Dodge's driver) said that he was going to beat him to the stop sign and sped-up," an investigator wrote, based on what a surviving passenger told him.

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Investigators face new questions in Markham's death

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Thursday, April 11th, 2013, 6:34pm

Investigators face new questions in Markham's death

CEDAR GROVE, IN (FOX19)- The discovery of Katelyn Markham's skeletal remains has lead to a new investigation into her death.

Indiana State Police say the focus of their investigation now is to answer the questions of how Markham died and where she died.

While those questions might be painful and painstaking to answer, investigators now have the key piece to the puzzle they have been searching for; a gruesome discovery for one man that could turn the page on the mystery of what happened to Katelyn Markham.

Andy Hicks and his wife were the one who came across the Fairfield woman's remains near Cedar Grove in Indiana.

"I just hope the family gets closure, you know what I mean? I'm glad that they know where their girl's at now and I hope they get closure," Andy Hicks told FOX19.

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