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One limb at a time, the locally famous leaning tree came down Sept. 3. For more than 150 years, the tree stood at a 30-degree angle about 3 miles south of Franklin in the 3500 block of Airport Road. The tree’s removal was initiated after a citizen submitted a formal complaint asking the highway department to look into the safety of it. On June 4, Airport Road, also known as Nineveh Road, was closed after an initial inspection determined the tree was unsafe to drive under. Then, in June, two master arborists determined the tree was at “extreme risk” of falling. So, the Johnson County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 to remove the tree. County officials and local artisans are still looking at ways to preserve the tree, such as a memorial.
Investigation continues after Christmas Eve shooting that killed two
12/28/20 4:53 PM
The main person of interest in a double homicide Christmas Eve at a gas station on the county’s far westside remained at large Monday.
Bargersville police made progress toward locating Levi Bradley Camplin, 18, of Morgan County, in the days following the shooting, but have not located him, said Jeremy Roll, spokesperson for the Bargersville Police Department.
Investigators are working closely with the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office, but have not recommended any charges be filed or requested any warrants for Camplin or anyone else’s arrest, Roll said.
Police want to speak with Camplin about the Christmas Eve shooting that killed Ethan Bell, 20, of Indianapolis, and a 17 year old whose identity has not been released yet. A survivor, Devon McHugh, 18, of Martinsville, is recovering from a gunshot wound at Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis. He was in stable condition Mond
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Tim Evans, Emily Hopkins and Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star
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5:19 pm UTC Jan. 23, 2021
For more than nine months, Indiana officials reassured the public that nursing homes were receiving the help they needed to handle the pandemic and protect vulnerable residents.
But the state never really got it under control.
The weekly death toll inside nursing homes is as bad as it has ever been. In all, more than 3,100 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19. Many died alone, their families unable to offer comfort or even say goodbye.
It didn’t have to be that way.
An IndyStar investigation has found longstanding, systemic problems left thousands of Hoosiers in nursing homes that are among the most poorly staffed in the nation. In some, even the simplest aspects of care are too often ignored. Now, Indiana’s long-term care residents are dying of COVID-19 at a rate that is among the highest in the U.S.
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