White County, IN

Sheriff Brooks told News 18 the current jail cannot accommodate space for mental health or substance abuse counseling. Sheriff says mental health resources for incarcerated inadequate in White County. White County Sheriff Bill Brooks says of the last six homicide suspects in White County, drug use was a factor in...

A woman was shot to death late Sunday in White County, and the person believed to be responsible was placed under arrest, police say.

WHITE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — A 21-year-old suspect is in custody after what police say was a homicide in White County. According to the White County Sheriff's Office, officials responded to a 911 call Sunday night around 7:30 p.m. of a female who was shot. Arriving on scene they found 30-year-old Cayla Moore of Rockville in need of immediate medical aid She was transported to a nearby hospital but succumbed to her injuries.

MONTICELLO, Ind. — White County deputies have arrested Randall R. Chamberlain of Monticello while they investigate Sunday's killing of Cayla L. Moore, according to the White County Sheriff's Office. White County deputies were called to the 4400 block of Northwest Shafer Drive about 7:25 p.m. Sunday on a report...

WHITE COUNTY — On Monday morning, the White County Sheriff's Department and the Indiana State Police responded to a fatal crash at the intersection of County Road 1250 South and County Road 100 East. A preliminary investigation showed that a 2020 Ford Edge was traveling westbound on County Road...

Roger Westerhouse braked his westbound Ford Edge at the stop sign at White County Roads 1250 South and 100 East about 9:30 a.m. Monday, then drove into the intersection and into the path of a southbound Dodge Durango, according to Indiana State Police. The Durango, driven Shannon Lank, 50, of...

WHITE COUNTY, Ind. — A 69-year-old Monticello woman is dead after a collision between two vehicles in White County early Monday. According to Indiana State Police, the deadly crash occurred at the intersection of County Road 1250 South and County Road 100 East in White County, south of Brookston. Police said a 70-year-old man from […]

WHITE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — White County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police are investigating a fatal crash at the intersection of County Road 1250 South and County Road 100 East in White County on Monday. According to White County Sheriff’s Department, around 9:30 a.m., a 2020 Ford Edge stop at the intersection of County Road 100 East before continuing through the stop sign.

BROOKSTON, Ind. (WISH) — A woman riding passenger in an SUV died Monday morning after being struck by the driver of a 2017 Dodge Durango, according to Indiana State Police. Monday just before 9:30 a.m., White County Sheriff’s Department and ISP responded to a fatal crash at the intersection of County Road 1250 South and County Road 100 East, police say. That’s about a mile southeast of the town of Brookston.

WHITE COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana State Police responded to a fatal crash that happened at the intersection of two county roads in White County Monday morning. State Police say Roger Westerhouse, 70, from Monticello, was driving west on County Road 1250 South with a passenger in his car. He stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of County Road 100 and when he started driving again, a car on County Road 100 hit the passenger side of Westerhouse’s car. His car was knocked off the road and rolled over into a field.

An Indianapolis man was arrested in Starke County Monday night after leading White County Sheriff’s Department police on a 40-mile pursuit that spanned three counties. White County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy David Roth told WKVI News that a man operating a 2022 black Kawasaki ZR9 motorcycle was traveling approximately 130 mph when he passed a White County Sheriff’s Department patrolman on U.S. 231 around 6:45 p.m. ET. A traffic stop was attempted on U.S. 24 between Wolcott and Reynolds but the man allegedly kept driving north on U.S. 24.