BRISTOL — In late December, 37 new troopers graduated from the 79th Indiana State Police Recruit Academy after completing a journey of 25 weeks of intense training. The recruits completed more than 1,100 hours of academic and hands-on training in criminal and traffic law, crash investigation, emergency vehicle operations, defensive tactics, firearms and other classes …read more.

Mike Reed, town attorney for Syracuse, took care of the first order of business at Syracuse Town Council’s regular monthly meeting by swearing in Neil Likens and Michael Bumbaugh as new police officers. The council then got down to business by approving the 2013 budget. The total budget is $3,332,796 with a total property tax …read more.