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(Indianapolis, Ind.) - Local unemployment rates for the month of January were released on Tuesday.
According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Franklin and Ripley counties had a jobless rated of 3.6 percent, which is below the state s unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in January.
Ohio County also came in below the state s rate at 3.8 percent. Dearborn County followed with an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent.
Lastly, Switzerland County reported a jobless rate of 5.1 percent.
Of the five counties, each saw a slight increase in unemployment during January.
For more information, visit www.hoosierdata.in.gov.
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(Frankfort, Ky.) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet s Office of Highway Safety is reminding motorists to designate a driver this St. Patrick s Day.
Over the past two years, KYTC reports 34 crashes statewide related to a drunken driver on the St. Patrick s Day holiday, resulting in 14 injuries and one death.
“Impairment begins with one drink,” said KYTC Secretary Jim Gray. “Alcohol not only impairs your driving skills – it hinders your judgment – so don’t wait until you’ve been drinking to find a sober driver.”
According to NHTSA, on average, one person is killed every 52 minutes in a drunken-driving crash in the United States. Last year, more than 15 percent of deaths on Kentucky roadways were due to drunk driving.
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(Indianapolis, Ind.) – The Indiana General Assembly is considering two bills that could fall into the controversial category.
State Representative Randy Frye (R-Greensburg) joined Eagle Country 99.3 on Monday morning to provide an update on the 2021 legislative session.
The first topic discussed was House Concurrent Resolution 18, which would remove COVID-19 mandates put in place by the state.
“I don’t think that particular resolution is going to move,” said Frye. “The current stimulus package coming from the federal government has a provision in it that says if the state doesn’t have the state of emergency in place, we are not eligible for the billions of dollars the federal government is sending Indiana. That would be quite a mistake for Hoosiers for us to make that decision and cost us that money.”
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(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – A Lawrenceburg man remains at-large after being charged with attempted murder.
Dearborn and Ohio County Prosecuting Attorney Lynn Deddens announced today that Daniel Widener, 45, has been charged with Attempted Murder, Attempted Resisting Law Enforcement, Attempted Aggravated Battery, and Attempted Criminal Recklessness after he attempted to run over a Dearborn County Sheriff Deputy.
Widener came under investigation on March 8 for his alleged involvement in a large methamphetamine trafficking case.
On March 15, a warrant was issued for Widener’s arrest. That same day, Dearborn County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop Widener’s vehicle, but he fled at a high rate of speed.
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(Batesville, Ind.) – The City of Batesville has been ranked among the safest in Indiana.
AdvisorSmith, a business insurance resource, used FBI data to determine the safest large, midsize, and small cities in the state.
Batesville checked in as the 10th safest small city.
Rankings were based on a crime score for each city by calculating the number of violent and property crimes reported. The crimes considered were murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft.
For small cities across the state, the average crime score was 43.
Batesville’s crime score was far below that average at 18.9.