{"id":1697,"date":"2021-12-20T12:13:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2021-12-21T05:27:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:27:55","slug":"1697","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=1697","title":{"rendered":"Local News Headlines: December 20, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Plane Crash in Monroe County Claims One Life<\/strong><br>The Indiana State Police is currently assisting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the investigation of an airplane crash. The crash took place south of the Monroe County Airport near Tower Road in Monroe County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At approximately 8:15 p.m. on Friday, December 17, 2021, Monroe County Central Dispatch received 911 calls reporting that a small plane had crashed in the area. When Troopers and first responders arrived at the scene, they located a single-engine fixed wing plane on fire and firefighters from the Van Buren Fire Department were able to extinguish the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The preliminary investigation revealed that there was one occupant in the plane who was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Monroe County Coroner. The victim&#8217;s name is being withheld until proper identification and notification has been made to their next of kin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been contacted and the crash scene will be turned over to them upon their arrival. The Indiana State Police will continue to assist the FAA, however, any determinations made relating to the cause of the crash will be released by their agency concluding a thorough investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indiana State Police were assisted by the Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Monroe County Sheriff Department, Van Buren Fire Department, and the Monroe County Coroner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Local-News-Headlines.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1277\" width=\"201\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Local-News-Headlines.png 374w, https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Local-News-Headlines-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indiana AG responds to 5<sup>th<\/sup> Circuit Court<\/strong><br>Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued the following statement following the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit\u2019s decision to dissolve the Fifth Circuit\u2019s stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s (OSHA) rule implementing the Biden Administration\u2019s vaccine mandate order:December<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will not be deterred by the Sixth Circuit\u2019s decision. I am committed to defending Hoosiers\u2019 liberty,\u201d said Attorney General Rokita. \u201cWe have already appealed this finding to the US Supreme Court. These outlandish mandates will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Two Indiana cities make \u201cMost Dangerous\u201d list<br><\/strong>According to recently released crime statics from 2020, 2 Indiana cities have made an infamous list . . . most dangerous in the US. The list was compiled based upon the number of reported violent crimes per a population of 100,000, as well as murder and poverty rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u>25. Terre Haute, Indiana<\/u><br>Violent crimes per 100k people:&nbsp;1,381.1<br>Number of violent crimes:&nbsp;837 \u2014 148th highest of 1,287 cities (tied)<br>Murders reported in 2020:&nbsp;6 \u2014 283rd highest of 1,287 cities (tied)<br>Poverty rate:&nbsp;26.4% \u2014 85th highest of 1,287 cities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u>9. South Bend, Indiana<\/u><br>Violent crimes per 100k people:&nbsp;1,728.4<br>Number of violent crimes:&nbsp;1,765 \u2014 72nd highest of 1,287 cities<br>Murders reported in 2020:&nbsp;28 \u2014 78th highest of 1,287 cities (tied)<br>Poverty rate:&nbsp;23.6% \u2014 139th highest of 1,287 cities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This Week in Hoosier History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1698\" width=\"83\" height=\"96\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>1867 &#8211; Sarah Breedlove was born in Louisiana. She went into business, and, under the name of Madam C. J. Walker, established a cosmetics company in Indianapolis. She was hugely successful and became the first American woman to earn a million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For&nbsp;more local news . . .<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?page_id=2\">Check out our archived episodes of&nbsp;<em>What\u2019s Happenin\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Talkin\u2019 Sports with Nick Jenkinson<\/em>&nbsp;here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plane Crash in Monroe County Claims One LifeThe Indiana State Police is currently assisting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the investigation of an airplane crash. The crash took place south of the Monroe County Airport near Tower Road in Monroe County. At approximately 8:15 p.m. on Friday, December 17, 2021, Monroe County Central Dispatch &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=1697\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Local News Headlines: December 20, 2021<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local News Headlines: December 20, 2021 - Bloomington News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=1697\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local News Headlines: December 20, 2021 - Bloomington News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plane Crash in Monroe County Claims One LifeThe Indiana State Police is currently assisting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the investigation of an airplane crash. 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