INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Aaron Jason Strong, 47, a former Lieutenant with the New Castle Police Department, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for using excessive force against people in custody and obstructing justice by attempting to deceive investigators. On Oct. 4, 2024, a federal jury convicted Strong of three counts of deprivation of rights under color of law and one c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: A former Lieutenant with the New Castle, Indiana, Police Department was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for using excessive force against people in custody and obstructing justice by attempting to deceive investigators. On Oct. 4, 2024, a federal jury convicted Aaron Jason Strong, 47, of three counts of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of witness tampering. At t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today announced nearly $24.7 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Capital Investment Grants Program drives transformative improvements in transit infrastructure, including IndyGo's Blue Line, which will provide dependable, efficient transit service * * * The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a grant award of $149.9 million to the Indianapolis Public Transpo  more