Office of Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb

Office of Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb

Indiana governor announces donation efforts for Afghan evacuees

Indianapolis-Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced today a regional collection system to sort and deliver items donated by Hoosiers to the thousands of Afghan evacuees temporarily housed at Camp Atterbury. Several state agencies will collaborate to receive, sort and deliver the…

GEICO is new sponsor of the INDOT Hoosier Helpers Patrol

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced that GEICO is the new sponsor of the Indiana DOT Hoosier Helper Safety Service Patrol. The sponsorship announcement comes just in time for the celebration of the Hoosier Helper program’s 30th…

September 16, 2021 Update from Indiana Department of Health

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 4,157 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 922,320 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the…

NASA Remembers Sept. 11

Here’s an update from our local Solar System Ambassador Pam Roller on some of the ways NASA remembered Sept. 11, 2001 on the 20th anniversary. NASA Remembers Sept. 11 Credits: ESA/NASA Remembering Sept. 11 Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett 20 Years Ago:…

September 15, 2021 Update from Indiana Department of Health

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 4,733 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 918,230 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the…

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Gov. Holcomb, Sec. Chambers celebrate Small Business Week in Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS  – Governor Eric J. Holcomb today issued a proclamation declaring Sept. 13 – 17 as Small Business Week in Indiana, celebrating the more than 529,000 small businesses in Indiana and the more than 1.2 million hardworking Hoosiers they employ. “This week, we…

The cost of freedom rings silent

By Douglas Hays, 434th ARW Public Affairs GRISSOM AIR RESEVE BASE, Ind. — The sound of freedom may be jet noise, but the cost of freedom rings silent. Silence blanketed Grissom today as the body of Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez…

Funeral arrangements for Cpl. Humberto A. “Bert” Sanchez

Funeral arrangements and transport details have been finalized for Cpl. Humberto “Bert” Sanchez. Sanchez was killed on August 26, 2021, while serving on active duty in Kabul, Afghanistan. The following information was provided by Gundrum Funeral Home in Logansport, Grissom…

Gary Richard “Dick” Chambers

Gary Richard ‘Dick’ Chambers, age 82, Logansport, passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, in Memorial Hospital. Born in Logansport, on October 30, 1938, he was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Olive Lucille (Bockover) Chambers. On June 30, 1962,…

Indiana University Kokomo honors August 2021 graduates

KOKOMO, Ind. –  One hundred nineteen Indiana University Kokomo students earned degrees in August 2021. The graduates represent 24 Indiana counties, three states, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Graduates are listed by hometown. Those earning degrees include: Albany Emily Sells,…

Betty W. (Van Meter) Zimmer

Betty W. (Van Meter) Zimmer, 91, of Royal Center passed away at 10:55 a.m., Thursday, September 8, 2021 at Chase Center. Born on March 26, 1930 in Cass County, she was the daughter of the late George and Lovie (Fiddler)…

Lawrence Edward ‘Larry’ Bender

To view the service live at 1:00 p.m., on Thursday, September 16, 2021, please click on the following link, Lawrence Edward ‘Larry’ Bender, age 76, Kokomo, formerly of Peru, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021, at Ascension St.…

Indiana partners with Gravity Diagnostics to expand COVID-19 testing

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced it has partnered with Gravity Diagnostics to increase free COVID-19 testing across the state for Hoosiers impacted by the pandemic. Under the partnership, the Covington, Ky.-based Gravity will provide the staff and…

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Residents of all counties can resume feeding birds

Hoosiers in all Indiana counties can now resume feeding birds, DNR announced today. DNR had recommended a statewide moratorium on bird feeding earlier this summer to slow the spread of a still-undetermined illness that is killing birds across the state.…