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.

The spray-painted images were found Monday in Floyds Knobs. Sheriff Frank Loop said authorities suspect teenagers were behind the vandalism at a retirement community and to a New Albany-Floyd County school bus.

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

Jeramy Heavrin of New Albany was convicted of killing 23-year-old Jennifer Rose Johnson in 1994. In February he petitioned Floyd Circuit Court to change his name to Jayson Lee Archer.

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.

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.