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.

New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Schools is the first district in the state to pilot UPSTART through a federal grant.

The governor is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration for disaster loans that could help recovery from flooding that started in late May.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management issued an ozone advisory for Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Scott, and Washington counties because of ozone levels that are forecast to be high.

Judges in Allen, Elkhart, Floyd, Lake, Marion and Vanderburgh counties will preside over the commercial courts for a pilot project authorized by the Indiana Supreme Court.

The board of trustees of the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. passed the policy 5-0 Monday night.

Officials in Floyd and Harrison counties voted this week against joining the regional development authority proposed among five Indiana counties near Louisville, Kentucky.

Part of Highway 111 was closed Wednesday in Floyd County near the town of Elizabeth, restricting traffic to two 10-foot-wide lanes with a 35 mph speed limit.