During the chase, the officer's vehicle went off the road and hit a tree in the front yard of a home.

The growing number of women in the jails brings challenges to spacing and increased health costs associated with women, especially pregnant inmates, jail officials said.

An EF-1 tornado with winds of 100 mph touched down Friday in central Indiana's Madison County, destroying a barn and damaging trees.

Assistance could include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property and other programs.

Officials in Floyd and Clark counties are working to vaccinate more people, with a focus on high-risk populations such as homeless people and jail inmates.

The Indiana State Department of Health said Monday that 17 cases of hepatitis A have been confirmed statewide in the past month, including 11 in Clark and Floyd counties.

Clark County's needle exchange had been open each Thursday, for six hours, since it began operations in Jeffersonville in January 2017.

Overdose deaths in southern Indiana's Clark County dropped from 90 to 60 between 2016 and 2017, a 33 percent decrease, according to preliminary data.

The Clark County Health Department is waiting on final numbers but said tests so far show 60 drug-related deaths in 2017. That compares to 90 in 2016.

Clark County commissioners on Thursday night voted unanimously to extend the program for another year. The program now will be up for renewal at the end of August 2018.