INDIANAPOLIS – A former longtime aide to Gov. Mitch Daniels is challenging GOP businessman Jim Wallace’s qualifications to run for governor.
Mitch Roob filed a challenge with the Indiana Elections Division on Thursday afternoon charging that Wallace had not collected enough signatures from certified voters to run against U.S. Rep. Mike Pence in May’s Republican primary.
Wallace came up 14 signatures short of the 500 needed in Indiana’s 7th District last week. The Indiana Elections Commission is scheduled to hear the Wallace challenge Feb. 24.
Woman accused of neglecting dogs
A northwest Indiana woman who police say kept more than 100 dogs in her rural home has been arrested on animal neglect charges.
The Times of Munster reports that 50-year-old Donna Montoya was arrested Wednesday on 11 misdemeanor counts of animal neglect and three misdemeanor counts of harboring a non-immunized dog.
Police served a search warrant at Montoya’s home on Jan. 11 after neighbors told health officials they feared excessive animal waste around Montoya’s farmhouse was tainting their drinking water supply.
Officers seized 82 dogs, some of them with the highly contagious and often fatal viral disease parvo.
Fishers getting ‘smart’ traffic lights
A fast-growing suburban Indianapolis community is getting a series of “smart” traffic signals that can adapt to changing traffic flow patterns.
The Indianapolis Star reports that the $2 million project in the town of Fishers just north of Indianapolis is being mostly funded through a grant from the state Department of Transportation.
The effort will equip three high-traffic corridors in the town with smart traffic signals that alter the pacing of the signals as traffic increases and decreases each day at intersections.
No measles vaccine? Stay out of school
Some teachers at two Noblesville schools have been barred from coming to work because they could catch the measles.
The Indianapolis Star reported Thursday that an unspecified number of teachers as well as students who haven’t been immunized won’t be allowed back to Noblesville Intermediate School or White River Elementary until at least March 2. Both schools are on a list of potential exposure sites published by state health officials Tuesday.
