The Clay County Sheriff's deputy was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, state police said.

The Hoosier chapter of the Sierra Club and three other environmental groups have reached a settlement with BP for emitting too much particle pollution at its Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana.

Current state law requires a buffer of at least 15 percent in the local income tax reserve -- state accounts that hold and distribute local income tax funds. The law was passed in 2016 as a way to protect from future recessions.