Next Tuesday is the monthly Town Hall meeting in Brownsburg spearheaded by Brownsburg Town Councilor Rob Kendall. This will be the 5^th Town Hall meeting this year.Kendall of coarse plans to be in attendance along with Council President Dwayne Sawyer and invited town officials. Kendall and Sawyer say they are pleased with the way the Town Hall meetings have been going since they started in January.

Sawyer: I’m overjoyed with it. The Meetings have been great. It provides an opportunity to come and speak. The goal is for our mouth to be closed and our ears open. We have had several people come and talk and express their oppositions and opinions in a different format than the town council setting.

Kendall: I have no problem coming on these shows or appearing at the town hall meetings. I have nothing to hide from the taxpayers. If you’re confident in what your doing and saying, you’ve got no problem showing up at the 7:30am in front of a group of people answering those questions. I do it, Dwayne Sawyer does it, our town manager is there, and my hope is that eventually the other town council members will join us. If not, that’s fine. We are about progress, moving this town forward and about saying ‘what was done in the past, that didn’t work. New dawn, new day, new Brownsburg’.   

The meeting will take place in the Town Hall at Eaton Hall at 7:30am June 5^th in Brownsburg. Councilors Sawyer and Kendall will appear on “Plain Speaking in Brownsburg” this Saturday at 10am here on XRB.

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The Hendricks County Arts Council and Gallery on the Square say they will celebrate their third anniversary with a month-long gallery exhibit of "Squares on the Square."

Many of the co-op artists will create and display artworks that are in the dimensions of a square.

Gallery on the Square, in the middle ofHendricksCountyon the courthouse square, is the home of the Hendricks County Arts Council. It is the home ofHendricksCounty's first co-op gallery, and has classroom space for fostering art in the county and community.

An opening reception for Squares on the Square is set for 5 to 8 p.m. June 2 at the gallery, 51 W. Washington St., and is open Tuesday through Saturday. For more information on the HCAC, visit the website at HendricksCountyArts.org.

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This morning at 8:26, Vigo County Central Dispatch gave a radio broadcast to local and state officers requesting they attempt to locate aVermillionCountyman wanted for questioning in a protective order violation that had just occurred at a localTerre Hautebusiness oneast Wabash Avenue. The man was suspected of trying to force his way into the business to contact a female acquaintance, when employees of the business dialed 911 for help. The suspect left the scene prior to Terre Haute Police Officers arriving and was last seen driving a gray 1990 Subaru 4-door passenger car (Indiana registration plate number provided to law enforcement), possibly on his way to the Vermillion County area. Officers were also alerted the man was wanted on warrant stemming from a priorVigoCountydomestic battery investigation.

At 8:38 a.m., Indiana State Police Senior Trooper Ty Lightle was patrolling southbound on State Road 63 nearPennington Roadin northernVigoCountyand spotted the suspect vehicle northbound on SR 63. The suspect vehicle turned east ontoTrinity Avenueand was stopped by Lightle at the intersection ofTrinity AvenueandHutchinson Street. The suspect was taken into custody without incident.

Charles E. Griffin III, age 39, ofClinton, IN. was arrested on a Vigo County Division 4 warrant for Domestic Battery, A misdemeanor, Invasion of Privacy, A misdemeanor and Criminal Recklessness, A misdemeanor. The warrant was for a previous domestic battery investigation and not related to the event from this morning.

The Terre Haute Police Department is working the original complaint from this morning concerning the localTerre Hautebusiness and the female acquaintance. Questions concerning this investigation should be directed to the THPD at 812-238-1661.

This arrest is just one of the many examples of a trooper being at the right place at the right time and the benefits of an integrated police radio network which allows allIndianalaw enforcement agencies to communicate valuable information in real time.

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On Friday during Carb Day, Indy Car television announcer Bob Jenkins announced that he had decided to retire from television at the end of this season after tne Fontana race in September. He said several reasons have let to the decision, but mostly it was his wife's serious health issues. He also said he feels "It's just the right time". XRB spoke with Bob yesterday afternoon and he had this to day:

“Originally the report was that I was retiring at the end of May, but that is not true. I will continue until the middle of September. Another thing I think people have been confused about is that I hope to never to have to retire from the Speedway. I plan on doing the public address work as much as the Holman George family will allow me. From that respect I’m not retiring, but I will be retiring from television where I have been for the last 34 years, in the middle of September.”

Jenkins says he and his wife are temporarily relocating to be closer to where his wife is taking Proton Radiation therapy. He wants to thank everyone for the kind words that have been sent to his family since making the announcement. Right now he plans to spend all his free time in the next few weeks devoted to my wife of 44 years. Bob also said he will continue doing the “50’s Flashback Party” show Mondays right here exclusively on XRB. We will have the entire interview with Bob on this week’s “Community Focus” this Friday at 12:15pm

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Indiana Conservation Officers on Tuesday morning took possession of four tigers, plus a lion, bobcat, and mountain lion that were housed at a licensed facility in White County pending an administrative review of alleged violations of state laws.

The animals were taken from Great Cats of Indiana in Idaville after Conservation Officers conducted a wild animal permit inspection at the facility. The inspection was conducted after DNR Law Enforcement received an anonymous complaint that the facility was in violation of state laws regulating the enclosures and various animal health and care requirements.

The facility's director, Rob Craig of Idaville, has permits from the DNR to possess the animals, but the inspection by ICO Cpl. Todd Pekny found violations of laws governing those permits.

The seven animals were transferred to another facility licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The White County Sheriff's Department and White County Animal Control assisted with Tuesday's operation.

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Indianapolis, IN- This afternoon at 2:53 p.m., Indiana State Police responded to a semi-tractor trailer, passenger car, personal injury crash on east bound I-74 at the 94.2 mm (approximately one mile east of I-465 on the south east side.)

Preliminary investigation revealed that Scott E. Baldwin, 52, ofDecaturINwas parked on the emergency shoulder of I-74 E.B. at the 94.2 mm in an International semi- tractor pulling an empty box trailer. The refrigerator door had opened in Baldwin’s cab as he exited the curve onto I-74 E.B. and he had pulled to the side of the road to remove cans form under his feet in the driver’s compartment.

The collision occurred when Jennene Scott, 42, ofIndianapolisdrove her 1995 Toyota Corolla into the rear of the parked semi-trailer. Scott suffered head injuries and was transported toWishardHospital. A nine year old female front seat passenger and a six year old rear seat passenger were transported toRileyHospitalwith reportedly non-life threatening injuries.

Officer’s reported that seatbelts were in use by all occupants and the air bags did deploy. The rear seat six year old passenger was belted, but not in a child restraint seat.

Investigator’s stated the evidence at the scene indicated that Scott did not attempt to evade the crash until she was within approximately thirty five feet of the semi-trailer. Tire marks indicate that she attempted to steer to the left but was unable to avoid the crash. There were no witnesses to the crash and officers did not locate a cell phone in the wreckage.

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Megan Brown, a senior at Avon High School, was recently awarded with the $1,000 Hendricks County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Tourism and Hospitality Scholarship. Megan plans to study business and tourism event management/planning at Tulane University in New Orleans. Read more

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Police are investigating an fight overnight that left one man stabbed and another hospitalized after pre-race partying got out-of-hand early this morning. Read more

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Secretary of State Connie Lawson is pleased to announce Indiana auto dealer plates are now linked to the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, a national database for law enforcement officers. Linking Indiana auto dealer plates to the national database provides law enforcement nationwide with access to real time information, greatly reducing the appeal of Indiana plates for illegal purposes. Read more

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