Pulaski County Sheriff Jeff Richwine continued pleading his case for higher wages last week. “Our people are the lowest paid in every category with dispatch, jail, and the deputies, except the jail staff and our dispatchers make more than Cass County,” Richwine told the county council. “The deputies are at the bottom. The dispatch and the jailers are next to the bottom.”
Continue readingA Winamac man is dead, after a crash on State Road 14 in Pulaski County Tuesday morning. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department says it happened around 4:45 a.m. at County Road 200 West.
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A Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department detective who’s under investigation for evidence room cash discrepancies has resigned. Sergeant Jason Woodruff’s resignation has been accepted by the Sheriff’s Office.
Continue readingA Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department detective has been suspended, after discrepancies were reportedly found in the accounting of cash in the Justice Center evidence room.
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The Winamac Police Department will soon be adding two new officers. The town council voted last week to offer the two vacant full-time positions to Andrew Speer and Aaron J. Zimmerman.
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A Medaryville man was arrested January 4 following a lengthy sexual assault investigation in Ohio.
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High winds led to some hazardous driving conditions in Pulaski County Thursday afternoon. The Sheriff’s Department says a large dust storm was reported on State Road 14 between county roads 1100 and 1175 West. Near zero visibility was reported.
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A Silver Alert for a missing Winamac man has been canceled. Pulaski County dispatchers say Morton Goble, 70, has been located.
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A stretch of State Road 39 will officially be dedicated in memory of a fallen Pulaski County sheriff’s deputy tomorrow. Shadron K. Bassett was killed in a single-vehicle crash on State Road 39 near Pulaski County Road 300 North while responding to a call on October 7, 2005.
Continue readingA Winamac teen died of blunt force trauma to his head and abdomen in a single-vehicle accident in Winamac on Memorial Day, according to Pulaski County Coroner Jon Frain, who confirmed that determination after an analysis of an autopsy and toxicology test results.
Continue readingTwo people died in a motorcycle accident three miles west of the area of Pulaski Sunday evening.
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Emergency responders were called to a house fire in Monterey Thursday evening. The Monterey Fire & Rescue Team Facebook page says firefighters were called to the scene just after 6:00 p.m. and remained on the scene for over three hours.
Continue readingThe identity of the victim in a fatal vehicle accident in Pulaski County on Monday, May 25 has been released.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Coroner and the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a fatal car accident that occurred on Monday, May 25, on 700 N. west of U.S. 35 in Pulaski County. According to lawyers for auto injuries, the accident happened about a mile west of the intersection.
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Four suspects were detained in a traffic stop in Winamac on Friday, March 13 on suspicion of their involvement in an alleged armed robbery incident in Knox earlier that night.
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The Indiana Department of Transportation was recently urged to memorialize fallen Pulaski County Sheriff’s Deputy Shadron Kiley “Shad” Bassett by naming a stretch of State Road 39 in his honor.
Continue readingA group of juveniles who were caught vandalizing the Winamac Town Park will have to clean it up, according to the town’s park board president.
Chris Schramm, who’s also a detective with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department, told the rest of the board Thursday that town police apprehended the juveniles for spray painting last weekend.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department released details surrounding Sunday morning’s fatal accident.
Continue readingGetting body camera footage from the Winamac Police Department will now cost $150. The fee was approved as part of an ordinance by the town council Monday.
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The Pulaski County Council will take steps to balance line items in the 2019 budget, as the end of the year approaches. Several budget transfers will be up for the council’s approval tonight , including $240,000 for the Highway Department, and almost $47,000 for the Sheriff’s Department.
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