Bridging The Gap

10/14/2025

Oldham County Fiscal Court

10/14/2025

City of Madison IN - City Hall
No reason was given for replacing Madison Police Chief Shawn Scudder.
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LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AT MPD | Mayor Bob Courtney announced today a leadership transition within the Madison Police Department. Effective immediately, Shawn Scudder will no longer serve as Chief of Police.

Assistant Chief of Police Rick Mundt, a 30-year veteran of the department, will serve as Interim Chief of Police. Mundt has held multiple leadership roles throughout his career and brings years of experience and institutional knowledge to the position.

“The safety and well-being of our residents remain our top priority,” said Mayor Bob Courtney. “We are grateful to the men and women of the Madison Police Department for their ongoing commitment to protecting our community. As we move forward, I have full confidence in Assistant Chief Mundt’s leadership. I will continue to support our officers and ensure that essential public safety services remain strong and effective.”

The City will begin the process of selecting a permanent police chief in the coming weeks. During this transition, public safety and the department’s ongoing commitment to serving the residents of Madison will continue without interruption.

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10/14/2025

Jennings County Sheriff’s Office
On October 14th 2025 at approximately 12:54am Jennings County Deputies were dispatched to an active Burglary in Progress at a residence in Country Squire Lakes. The 911 caller informed Jennings County Dispatch that someone had broken and pushed in an exterior window of a bedroom on the residence. While enroute Jennings County Dispatch informed responding units that the suspects had left in a vehicle.
Jennings County Deputies located a vehicle traveling on County Road 300 North that matched the description of the suspect vehicle. When Deputies provided Jennings County Dispatch with the license plate information on the vehicle, it was confirmed that the vehicle was stolen out of Jackson County.

Jennings County Deputies along with assistance from the North Vernon Police Department conducted a high-risk traffic stop on North State Street in the area of Taco Bell. 5 adults and 4 teenage juveniles were removed from the vehicle and detained. The teenage juveniles were transported to the Jennings County Sheriffs Office to await legal guardians’ arrival. All adults were immediately interviewed on scene and were remanded to jail staff on each of their own respective preliminary charges.

*All of the following individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty*

Koltin Martinez-22 of Seymour Indiana:
Attempted Residential Entry- Level 6 Felony
Criminal Mischief- B Misdemeanor
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor- A Misdemeanor

Zella Watkins-18 of Seymour Indiana:
Possession of a Stolen Vehicle- Level 6 Felony
Minor Consumption- C Misdemeanor

Mikkah Mccory-19 of North Vernon Indiana:
Minor Consumption- C Misdemeanor
Possession of a Legend Drug- Level 6 Felony

Allan Olmos-20 of Seymour Indiana:
Minor Consumption- C Misdemeanor

Jason Griffith Jr.-18 of Seymour Indiana:
Minor Consumption- C Misdemeanor

10/14/2025

City of Carrollton KY

10/12/2025

Entering and exiting Vernon is 30 MPH.
Going south it is 30 until you get to the speed limit sign that says different.

10/12/2025

States with hunter-submitted CWD samples
Be sure to check your states requirements through their official website.

🦌 Montana: Hunters can take their own samples and mail them in, or drop them off at a regional office or sampling station.

🦌 Iowa: The state has a hunter submission pathway for samples, available to both in-state and out-of-state hunters for cervids harvested in Iowa.

🦌 Mississippi: The state allows hunters to pull their own samples and drop them off in designated freezers across the state.
Wyoming: Hunters can submit their own samples, even if they are not hunting in a designated focus area.

🦌 Idaho: Hunters can collect their own samples and place them in designated freezers across the state, which have instructions and tags attached.

🦌 Alabama: Hunters can drop off heads at mobile sampling stations or freezer drop-off locations.

🦌 Kentucky: Hunters can drop off heads at designated CWD sample drop-off sites

The video below shows how hunters in Mississippi can pull their own CWD sample.

10/07/2025

'I watched the dog take her face off': Ohio mom, 4-year-old daughter recovering after pit bull attack.

A pit bull attacked a 4-year-old in Mentor, Ohio, causing severe facial injuries requiring reconstructive surgery.

MENTOR, Ohio — Alexis Higham and her 4-year-old daughter Carina are traumatized.
"I said, 'We're going to die. We're going to die right here,'" Higham recalled. "I'm damaged for her because she has to live with that for the rest of her life."
Over the weekend, the two were walking on a trail to Veterans Park in Mentor, Ohio, when Higham says a pit bull, roaming the area by itself, latched onto Carina's face.

"I watched the dog take her face off," Higham said. "So I picked her up and I stuck her on top of my head — literally. Like, her whole body was up and the dog had this hand (of mine on my left), and I'm screaming, 'Help! Help! Somebody help us!'"
Terrified and in shock, Higham dragged the dog to a nearby street, where she says it finally let go of her hand and folks who live nearby called 911. She and Carina were rushed to an area hospital, where Carina underwent facial reconstructive surgery. She'll need additional cosmetic surgery in about six months.

"The dog rips from up here (under Carina's chin) all the way up on the side of her nose, her lip," Higham said of her daughter's injuries. "She already has people pointing and looking, and a little girl already said to her, 'Mom, what's wrong with her face?'"
Higham needed stitches in both of her hands. She says she's been in contact with police and plans to press charges. On Monday, reporters went to the house that a police report shows belongs to the dog's owner, but no one answered the door.
As the two recover and wrap their heads around the brutal attack, Higham is currently missing work, while Carina's missing school. A GoFundMe has been set up to support them.

"It's not going to be the same ever again," Higham lamented.
The Mentor Police Department confirms the case is under investigation.

WTHR-TV
Author: Natalie Clydesdale
Published: 7:20 PM EDT October 6, 2025
Updated: 7:20 PM EDT October 6, 2025

10/07/2025

City of Madison’s 23rd Annual Soup, Stew, Chili and Brew map is COMPLETE!

Check out the full list of participants below, and get ready to plan for a day full of live music, food, drinks, shopping, and fun 🎶

A HUGE thanks to Manning Design Works MDW for creating a new map that's much easier for attendees to read and better showcases all our downtown businesses and festival vendors!

We have several returning vendors, as well as some new - all who are excited to bring you the best SSCB experience yet! Sponsored by Ivy Tech Madison, we can't wait to see you THIS SATURDAY, October 11th on Madison Main Street!

10/07/2025

JENNINGS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS A COMMUNITY ALERT UPDATE IN REGARDS TO A DANGEROUS TIKTOK CHALLENGE

As we begin our Jennings County Schools Fall Break this week, the Jennings County Sheriffs Office would like to notify our community of a new “TikTok” trend that is circulating. The “TikTok Challenge” consists of juveniles approaching random homes and attempting to make entry by kicking the door open while being armed with an airsoft weapon.

For those unfamiliar, an airsoft gun is a replica firearm that shoots small non-lethal plastic BBs.

It seems that there are a couple different outcomes to this trend. If the door is forced open the juveniles will shoot the airsoft gun into the home in rapid succession before running away. However, if the door is unable to be forced open the juveniles will stand at the side of the residence and shoot the airsoft weapon at the homeowner when they exit the home.

The Sheriffs Office was dispatched to an incident similar to this early Saturday morning and have tracked down all individuals involved. We fear this has the potential of growing more popular as time goes on.

This trend presents an extreme danger to everyone involved. Parents, please take this opportunity to speak with your children about the dangers of partaking in activities like this and most importantly everyone have a safe and enjoyable week of Fall Break!

10/07/2025

Rebel Boys Soccer beats Shawe 3-2 to advance to the semi-finals of the sectionals in Shelbyville.
Rebels play again on Wednesday at 5:30

10/06/2025

Judge denies Brett Hankison's request to delay start of his prison sentence

Former Louisville Metro Police Department officer Brett Hankison's attempt to delay the start of his sentence has been denied.

10/06/2025

Canaan Vol Fire Dept was paged out at 8:57 pm 10-5-25 to an electric car fire at the corner of state rd 62 and 325. We were on scene for about an hour. The fire was completely extinguished before loading onto a roll back, due to potential reigniting of electric vehicles engine 24 followed the roll back to Madison as a safety precaution. Engine 24, Tanker 24 and squad 24 along with 11 members responded to the fire. Thank you to Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department , River town towing and our dedicated members of the fire department.