The team would report to the state health department who is dying from drug overdoses, circumstances surrounding each death and any commonalities between cases.

Indiana legalized syringe exchange programs in 2015, but requires county governments to re-approve them every two years.

The county plans to also operate a mobile exchange on weekends in addition to the stationary location, as a means of reaching a still-rising number of patients.

The goal is for the committee to help in the criminal prosecution of people who neglect animals.

Reporters were able to talk with public health nurse Khala Hochstedler until a few minutes before 1 p.m. Friday, when she claimed they had to leave the building.

Police in Lafayette and the sheriff's office in surrounding Tippecanoe County said that high water early Thursday forced some roads to be closed in the area.

Tippecanoe County has become Indiana’s ninth with a declared public health emergency – an intermediate step in establishing a needle exchange in the county.

Unlike many races this fall, this one has remained focused on the issues, with consistent civility between the candidates. That’s left more time for talk of mental health care improvements.

After a lengthy and spirited public debate, the Lafayette City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an amendment adding gender identity protections to the city’s human relations ordinance.

Higher Society of Indiana Inc. says the county violated the First Amendment when the commissioners denied the group’s request to hold a June 17 rally on the courthouse grounds.