Hoosier Happenings

Indiana welfare
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s human services agency likely will roll out its new “hybrid” welfare intake system in 10 southwestern Indiana counties next week, a spokesman said. The Family and Social Services Administration announced last month that it would roll out the hybrid system in 10 counties around Evansville sometime in January without specifying when. Agency spokesman Marcus Barlow said the change probably would occur during the last week of January.

Public gun permits
INDIANAPOLIS – Public access to the state database of people with permits to carry guns would be closed under a bill on its way to the floor of the Indiana House. The bill was filed following complaints over newspaper stories that used data from the database to scrutinize how gun permits are issued, including one that found a permit wound up in the hands of a man who had pressed the barrel of a loaded handgun into the chest of a woman holding a baby.

Ex-mayor back taxes
CROWN POINT – A former northwest Indiana mayor with one of the most expensive homes in Crown Point also has one of the city’s biggest back-tax bills. Former Hammond mayor Thomas McDermott Sr. is behind by nearly $120,000. His $1.6 million home in one of Crown Point’s most affluent neighborhoods escaped the county treasurer’s tax sale in July.

Federal judge nominations
INDIANAPOLIS – The nominees for three vacancies on the federal bench in Indiana include a woman who could become the state’s first black federal judge. Marion Superior Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt is one of the three nominees announced Monday by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.

Crows  invade Terre Haute
TERRE HAUTE – Thousands of crows have descended on Terre Haute, making a mess of downtown and causing trouble for business owners. A researcher estimates that at least 32,000 crows are roosting in the city this winter, leaving sidewalks and trees covered in droppings.
- From AP Reports

Well check
WHEN 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20
WHERE College Mall
WHAT Blood pressure and blood sugar screening. Twelve-hour fast required for blood sugar screening.
For more info No appointment necessary. Call 812-353-3244.