Indiana State Police have declared a statewide Silver Alert for a missing Brownsburg woman.

The Brownsburg Police Department is investigating the disappearance of Troy Lynn Kalnajs. She is an 74 year old white female, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 200 pounds, brown hair, and blue eyes.  She was last seen wearing a dark colored sweatshirt, peach colored dress pants, and a blue toboggan hat. She was last seen driving a Beige 2005 Buick Lacrosse with Indiana Handicap plate D414ES.

She was last seen Monday at 11 am in Brownsburg and is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.

Brownsburg is 22 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

If you have any information on Troy Lynn Kalnajs, contact the Brownsburg Police Department at 317-839-8700 or 911.

The state’s Healthy Indiana Plan has received a reprieve from federal officials. Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Monday that the HIP has received an extension to continue through Feb. 28. The program was set to expire on Wednesday.

“We had hoped to receive approval of our expanded HIP program by Wednesday. We’re close but we are still working through the final details of our new plan with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,” said Gov. Holcomb. “This extension allows us to continue HIP until the waiver application is approved. Our more than 400,000 HIP participants will see no change in service.”

Indiana submitted a HIP waiver application in January 2017 and filed an amendment in the summer. When the waiver is approved, state officials say that Indiana will expand treatment options to Hoosiers impacted by the drug epidemic, enhance opportunities to connect eligible HIP participants to meaningful employment and community engagement, and ease administrative burdens for HIP members.

HIP was created in 2007 by Gov. Mitch Daniels. The program focuses on improving health outcomes and reducing the costs of healthcare delivery for all who participate. Gov. Mike Pence expanded the program in 2015 as Indiana’s alternative to traditional Medicaid expansion.

An Edinburgh man was arrested early Sunday morning after he was seen traveling northbound in the southbound lanes on US 31, nearly struck a Columbus Police Department patrol car who then tried to stop him. Lt. Matt Harris, CPD spokesman, says that at approximately 4:40 a.m., Officer Danielle Stigers attempted to stop the vehicle when it nearly struck her patrol car and sped past her at a high rate of speed. Stigers was able to get the vehicle stopped on US 31 near Market Street and took the driver, 52-year-old Johnnie K. Streeval, into custody.

Harris says that Streeval refused all field sobriety tests as well as a blood test. Officers later received a search warrant for a blood test and Streeval was eventually arrested on preliminary charges of Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated with a Prior Conviction Within Five Years, and Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated with a BAC of .15% or Greater.

The driver of an SUV was intoxicated when he crashed into a front porch on the east side of Columbus last night according to police.

51 year old Angel Mendoza of Columbus was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating a vehicle without ever receiving a license after the crash at about 10:30 p.m.  last night on Reo Street.

Police report that Mendoza appeared to be staggering and was unable to keep his balance after the crash. After having his blood drawn and tested at Columbus Regional Hospital, he was arrested and taken to the Bartholomew County Jail.

Columbus police had an unexpected complication as they worked at the scene of a fatal accident Saturday night — a driver plowing into the back of a patrol car.

The police car, with its emergency lights activated, was blocking traffic on State Road 46 at about 9:45 p.m. Saturday night, when the car was struck in the rear.  Police say that 22-year-old Jacob D. Voelker,of Sidney, Ohio, was driving the vehicle that crashed and as he spoke to officers after the accident, they noticed that he had glassy eyes and smelled of alcohol, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department.

After being treated for injuries at Columbus Regional Hospital, he was arrested on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with endangerment.

The race to replace State Representative Milo Smith is getting crowded.

Three Republicans have filed to run in the May primary and two Democrats, according to records in the Bartholomew County clerk’s office. Recently filing on the Republican side for the House District 59 race are Jo Flohr and Lew Wilson, the current county assessor. They join Ryan Lauer for the Republican primary.. On the Democratic side Mary Kohen and Dale Nowlin are both in the running for the seat.

Smith, a Columbus Republican,  has announced that he will not run for re-election.

In other recent election filings, Democrat Hanna Omar has filed to run for the District 1 seat for Bartholomew County Council. Republican Marcus D. Speer has also filed for that race.

In Hope, Chelsea Warriner is the first person to file for the at-large seat on the Town Council. Warriner, a Democrat, is the director of the Hope Community Center.

Filing continues until noon on February 9th.

A two-year-old child was airlifted to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis after an off-road vehicle accident yesterday in Jennings County. Indiana conservation officers report that the crash happened at around 2:25 p.m. Sunday, when 25-year-old Casey Kissich was driving the ATV in the 4100 block of South County Road 350W near Lovett.

Neither the driver nor the child were wearing helmets or other protective gear when the ATV overturned, throwing them both off.

The child was taken first to St. Vincent Hospital in North Vernon and then flown to Riley. Conservation officers say the extent of the child’s injuries are not yet known.

Conservation officers want to remind you to always wear a helmet and safety gear if you are operating an off-road vehicle.

Columbus police are asking that you hold off from contacting the evidence room, if you are hoping to recover some of your stolen property.

Last week Columbus police say that they recovered more than $100,000 in stolen property from several area communities after arrests and searches recently in an ongoing investigation.

But now the department is getting flooded with calls to the property room from people looking for their stolen items. They say that the voicemail is full. Instead of calling the property room, they suggest that you leave a comment on the department’s Facebook page, or stop by the front desk Monday through Friday at the police headquarters in City Hall.

You can also call the department’s front desk at 812-376-2600 to leave your name and description of stolen property.

The investigation started with a suspicious vehicle at a property in the 2800 block of Riverside Drive earlier this month. After finding out that the two people in the vehicle were not authorized to be on the property, the driver tried to flee.

Police arrested 35 year old Brian J. Stewart and 34 year old Norma J. Holley, both of Columbus. A search of the car allegedly revealed a handgun, more than 70 syringes, methamphetamine and several stolen items.

Officers later served search warrants at a storage facility and a garage, where they recovered more stolen items including tools, lawn equipment, stereo equipment, televisions and a shot gun. They also recovered a vehicle stolen from Rensselaer. Other items had been reported stolen from Columbus, Edinburgh, Franklin, Seymour, Freetown  and Whiteland.

A Columbus man died in a Saturday crash on Jonathan Moore Pike.

35-year-old Patrick Neal Bowman was pronounced dead at the scene by County Coroner Clayton Nolting. Nolting said that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the chest.

The accident at Johnson Boulevard happened at about 7:40 Saturday night and involved five vehicles including a tow truck, according to Columbus police, who are investigating the accident.. The eastbound lanes of the state highway had to be closed for more than three hours due to the crash and police asked residents to stay away from the area.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department called out its bomb squad after a stranger left  suspicious bucket at the end of the a driveway.

But instead of a bomb, the water-filled cat-litter bucket turned out to also contain a cell phone and cables.

The incident started at just after 4 p.m. on Friday when a resident called deputies after a man driving a car with a temporary plate dropped the two and a half-gallon bucket off beside a trash can on a cul de sac in Greenwood. The man then sped away from the scene.

The bomb squad investigated the suspicious package and after making sure it was safe, they opened the water-filled jug to discover the phone, wall cord and USB cable submerged inside.

Deputies report that they have no indication on why the package was left there, says Sheriff Doug Cox.