Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 - Capsule reports

Grants awarded

Indiana Legal Services has been awarded $12.5 million in grants for its operations and sustainability.

The organization that provides free civil legal help to low-income Hoosiers received grants including a $7.5 million sustainability grant from Lilly Endowment. Other grants that come to a combined total of $5 million included $3.1 million from Indiana Criminal Justice Institute for services through Indiana Legal Services’ Immigrants’ and Language Rights Project, Legal Assistance for Victimized Adults, LGBTQ+ Project, Workers Rights and Protection Project and Domestic Violence Victims Advocacy Project.

Other grants were targeted at preventing veteran homelessness, representing those in recovery from substance use disorder, representing consumers on issues of telephone privacy and other consumer problems and supporting the “Lawyer in the School” program.

Tree hit

A Winchester resident crashed his car into a tree along county road 400 South, injuring himself about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Thomas W. Zell, 79, was driving his 2021 Ford F-150 on the road near the intersection with county road 325 East when he drove off the south of the road and struck a tree. Zell told police he wasn’t feeling well while driving home and didn’t remember driving off the road.

Zell complained of lower body pain. His vehicle was towed, with damage estimated between $50,000 and $100,000.