The proposed solar farm in northern Madison County would generate 120 megawatts of electricity, but officials with developer Invenergy say that not obtaining the tax abatement could make the project financially impossible.

Officials had suggested a regional jail for Madison and Henry counties in what could have been the first such shared jail in Indiana.

Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings is calling the demotion of Anderson Police Chief Tony Watters over a confrontation with state troopers who were arresting the chief's son.

Officials say the festival that runs next Tuesday through Saturday at Pendleton's Falls Park won't divert resources from storm recovery efforts.

The county's needle exchange aims to prevent the spread of diseases such as hepatitis C and HIV through the sharing of infected needles.

Madison County employees moved out of the downtown Anderson building late last year when it was closed for asbestos removal.

The Madison County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a contract with Aspire Indiana to manage the program for two years.

A nonprofit group is negotiating to take over the Madison County program, which was stopped last summer.

Crews plan to open to three lanes in each direction on a heavily traveled stretch of I-69 northeast of Indianapolis by Friday morning.

Scott County opened the state's first syringe exchange program in 2015 after then-Governor Mike Pence declared a public health emergency.