>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," A CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT WOULD REMOVE PROTECTIONS FOR INDIANA'S WETLANDS IS ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING LAW.

>> YOU KNOW, THESE AREAS ARE JUST CRITICAL TO THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAT UTILIZE THEM.

>> COMING UP, WE'LL EXPLAIN SOME SOME CHANGES THAT LAWMAKERS MADE TO THE BILL AND WHETHER THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR CRITICS TO GET BEHIND.

>>> PLUS PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES THAT AIM TO INCREASE HOUSING OPTIONS IN DOWNTOWN BLOOMINGTON, BUT SOME RESIDENTS BELIEVE IT WILL OPEN UP TO MORE STUDENT APARTMENTS IN THE CITY'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS.

>>> IN CROWN POINT, THE RESIDENTS LINED STREET TO WELCOME HOME A POLICE CAR, THAT INFAMOUS GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER USED IN HIS PRISON BREAK.

AHEAD YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS STORY.

THOSE STORIES PLUS LATEST NEWS HEADLINES RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

♪ >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

I'M JOE HREN.

WELL, THE STATE'S MASK MANDATE AND OTHER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ENDED TUESDAY, BUT SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING ON HOOSIERS TO CONTINUE WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.

STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A QUARTER OF INDIANA RESIDENTS AGE 16 AND OLDER ARE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

ANOTHER 1.9 FIRST DOSES OF VACCINE HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED STATEWIDE BUT STATE SENATOR SHELLI YODER OF BLOOMINGTON ECHOED STATE OFFICIAL HEALTH CONCERNS THAT RELAXED RESTRICTIONS COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER SURGE.

>> WE ARE AT A CRITICAL TURNING POINT WHERE OUR STATE WILL EITHER STAY THE COURSE AND THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES WILL GO DOWN, OR WE WILL HEAD TOWARDS ANOTHER LOCKDOWN.

>> THE NUMBER OF HOOSIERS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 JUMPED BY 83 WEDNESDAY, TO 789.

THE MOST SINCE LATE FEBRUARY AND THE LARGEST ONE-DAY SPIKE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN FOUR MONTHS.

THE STATE REPORTED MORE THAN 1400 NEW CASES AND 16 NEW CONFIRMED DEATHS BRINGING THE STATE TOTALS TO JUST UNDER 700,000 CASES AND 12,700 DEATHS.

NOW WHILE VACCINES ARE HAVING A POSITIVISM PACT AN THE PANDEMIC AND -- POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE PANDEMIC.

ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS WOULD REFUSE A VACCINE IF MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

>>> WELL, AS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION DRAWSRAWS TO A CLOSE, LAWMAKERS ARE MAKING MAJOR CHANGES TO A CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT WOULD RELAX SOME PROTECTIONS FOR INDIANA'S DIMINISHING WETLANDS.

AS ADAM PINSKER REPORTS, REMOVING THOSE PROTECTIONS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS HARM TO THE ECOSYSTEM.

>> JUST A FEW MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON LIES BEAN BLOSSOM NATURE PRESERVE.

IF YOU TAKE A STROLL ALONG THE BOARDWALK, YOU MAY SEE SPECIES OF BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS UNIQUE TO THE AREA.

>> IT'S A GREAT PLACE IN THE SUMMER TO SEE WARBLERS WHICH ARE A MIGRATORY BIRD.

THEY COME UP HERE DURING THE SUMMER TO BREED.

>> JOHN LAWRENCE HEADS UP THE SYCAMORE LAND TRUST WHICH PURCHASES LAND AND EASEMENTS WHICH THEN RESTORES AND PROAL TECHSPROTECTIONS, SUCH AS BEAN BLOSSOM BOTTOMS.

>> I KNOW WE HAVE LOST, SINCE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 80, 90% OF THE WETLANDS THAT USED TO BE HERE.

>> THE AREA IS CRITICAL TO THE ANIMALS AND THE PLANTS THAT USE THEM, AS WELL AS HUMANS.

>> WE ALL REALLY RELY ON WATER, AND WETLANDS ARE JUST -- SERVE SUCH AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION IN WATER STORAGE, REDUCING FLOODING, CLEANING GROUNDWATER BY FILTERING OUT POLLUTANTS.

>> BUT A BILL PROPOSED BY STATE SENATOR CHRIS GARTEN WOULD ELIMINATE A 2003 LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANDATES THAT WOULD ENFORCE VIOLATIONS OF THOSE PERMITS AGAINST THE LANDOWNERS.

PROPONENTS SAY THE LEGISLATION STREAMLINES UNNECESSARY REGULATIONS THAT DETER DEVELOPMENT AND DRIVE UP THE COST OF HOUSING.

BUT DEMOCRATS AND EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS SAY LIFTING THE RESTRICTIONS WOULD JEOPARDIZE THESE PROTECTED ECOSYSTEMS.

>> YOU KNOW, THESE AREAS ARE JUST CRITICAL TO THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAT UTILIZE THEM.

>> ON WEDNESDAY, THE HOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE BILL, INCLUDING ONE THAT NO LONGER EXCLUDES CLASSES OF WETLANDS FROM PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.

THE AMENDMENTS ALSO EXCLUDE CROPLANDS AND TEMPORARY STREAMS FROM BEING CATEGORIZED AS WETLANDS.

>> RATHER THAN TRYING TO TAKE A MEAT CLEAVER TO THIS WE WERE A LITTLE MORE SURGICAL.

>> THE AMENDED BILL PASSED THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY.

BUT SOME MAY VOTE AGAINST IT IN THE NULL FULL HOUSE.

>> THE SENATE BILL WAS A MUCH STRONGER BILL, A BETTER BILL.

YIDEM IS AN AGENCY THAT'S OUT OF CONTROL.

>> SENATOR GARTEN'S STAFF SAID HE WAS UNAVAILABLE NOR COMMENT, BUT HE PROVIDED US WITH THIS STATEMENT: I AM ENCOURAGED THAT ALL AUTHORS, SPONSORS AND COSPONSORS OF THIS BILL ARE COMMITTED TO DRAFTING A FINISHED PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT CREATES A FAIR, AND EQUITABLE WETLANDS STATUTE THAT CONTINUES TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT INDIANA'S NATURAL RESOURCES.

LAWRENCE SEES THIS DEBATE AS A CHANCE TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE STATE'S WETLANDS BEFORE THEY ARE GONE.

>> MAYBE MORE EDUCATION, SPREADING THE WORD ON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT WETLANDS, NOT LOSE THE ONES WE HAVE.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAYBE CHANGE THINGS IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ADAM PINSKER.

>> WELL, WETLANDS IS FAR FROM THE ONLY ISSUE BEING DEBATED AT THE STATE HOUSE AS THE SESSION NEARS A CLOSE.

WE'RE JOINED BY INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATE HOUSE REPORTER BRANDON SMITH, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER LEGISLATION MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE BOTH CHAMBERS.

HELLO, BRANDON.

STATE'S MACES MACE MASK MANDATE ENDED THIS WEEK.

NOW THE HOUSE HAS APPROVED A BILL THAT WOULD LIMIT THE POWER OF LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS DURING EMERGENCIES.

WHAT WOULD THAT NEW BILL MEAN?

>> YEAH, IT WOULD -- IT WOULD COME INTO PLAY WITH THOSE MASK MANDATES IF THEY CONTINUE ON AND THIS BILL BECOMES LAW.

WHAT IT SAYS IN PUBLIC EMERGENCIES LIKE THE ONE WE ARE UNDER, THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY THAT THE GOVERNOR DECLARED 13 MONTHS AGO.

LOCAL OFFICIALS COULD ONLY IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THAT ARE AS STRICT AS WHAT THE STATE HAS STATEWIDE, BUT NOT ANY STRICKER.

SO IN THIS CASE, THE NEW MASK MANDATES THAT WE SEE -- OR THE MASK MANDATES WE SEE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL GO FARTHER THAN THE STATES BECAUSE GOVERNOR HOLCOMB ENDED STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE.

IN THAT CASE, LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES -- SO IF IT'S A COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIAL, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, IF IT'S A CITY HEALTH OFFICIAL, THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY WOULD BE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT GO FURTHER.

SO ALL OF THESE MASK MANDATES NOW IN PLACE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE BY THOSE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN THEY WANT TO REMAIN IN EFFECT.

>> THE STATE WILL RECEIVE $3 BILLION IN FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF.

WHAT PLANS DOES THE SENATE GOP HAVE FOR THAT MONEY IN ITS BUDGET?

>> YEAH, WE STARTED TO SEE LAWMAKERS START TO SPEND THAT NEW $3 BILLION THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO GET FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, AND THEY ARE NOT -- THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED HOW TO SPEND ALL OF IT YET.

THEY ARE SPENDING IT ON A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE, STATE POLICE, BODY CAMERAS, LOCAL CODE BODY CAMERAS.

WE SAW $100 MILLION IN MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF USES.

AND THEY HAVEN'T -- THEY HAVEN'T SAID WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND ALL OF IT ON AND THEY DO WANT AT LEAST SENATE LAWMAKERS SAID THIS WEEK, THEY WANT TO KEEP SOME MONEY BACK SO IF THERE ARE FUTURE NEEDS, FUTURE EMERGENCIES, WE CAN SPEND THAT MONEY IN THE FUTURE.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

SENATE GOP BUDGET MADE CHANGES K-12 EDUCATION.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES?

>> THERE'S TWO BIG CHANGES THE SENATE REPUBLICANS MADE VERSUS THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET.

THEY SPEND MORE ON COMPLEXITY, WHICH INCLUDES CHILDREN IN POVERTY AND LESS MONEY ON PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS WHICH THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY.

>> ALL RIGHT, BRANDON THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOOKING FORWARD TO REPORTING NEXT WEEK.

>> THANK YOU, JOE.

>>> INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD ROKITA ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY HE'S LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION INTO TECH GIANTS AMAZON, FACEBOOK, APPLE AND TWITTER.

BROCK TURNER SAT DOWN WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S TO DISCUSS WHAT THE INVESTIGATION DO MEAN FOR HOOSIERS.

>> THE PROBE WILL EXPLORE WHETHER COMPANY POLICIES HARMED INDIANA CONSUMERS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE POLICIES THAT REMOVED CONTENT OR LIMITED SPEECH.

ROKITA SAYS IT STEMS FROM COMPLAINTS AND HIS OWN OBSERVATIONS.

>> THESE PLATFORMS CENSOR INFORMATION GIVEN TO CONSUMERS.

NOW IS THAT CENSORING ABUSIVE, DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR?

IF IT IS, THEY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF INDIANA LAW.

>> THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PAST ELECTION RESULTS BUT RATHER UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CRAFT POLICIES AND WHETHER THEY VIOLATED CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS IN INDIANA.

THE PROBE COULD BE CHALLENGING.

>> IF THERE WAS ANY PARTICULAR ACTION BY HIS OFFICE OR LAWSUITS FILED, THE BIG TECH FIRMS AND THEIR LARGE ATTORNEYS WOULD IMMEDIATELY JUMP IN TO REFEREE WHETHER THERE'S A STATE ROLE IN REGULATION OR WHETHER THAT'S ENTIRELY LEFT UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED PATH THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL ROKITA IS HEADING DOWN.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S WORTH DISCUSS.

>> ROKITA BELIEVES IT'S A FIGHT WORTH TAKING UP.

>> WE ARE PREPARED FOR A LONG FIGHT.

BUT THERE'S FUNDS DEDICATED HERE IN THE STATE OF INDIANA TO MAKE SURE CONSUMERS ARE PROTECTED.

>> PROVING HARM TO HOOSIER CONSUMERS MAY BE DIFFICULT.

SCOTT SHACKLEFORD AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY SAYS COURTS HAVE GENERALLY ADOPTED A THREE-PART TEST TO ASSESS WHETHER A COMPANY COULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TYPE OF HARM.

>> THE INJURY, RIGHT, THE CONSUMER INJURY, BOTH THE NUMBERS AND THE SEVERITY.

NUMBER TWO THERE, WOULD BE LOOKING MORE BROADLY AT, YOU KNOW, CONSUMER ADVANTAGES AND HAVING ACCESS TO THIS TECHNOLOGY ALONG THE WITH THE EXPENSE AND DIFFICULT ON THE BUSINESS AFTER VOIDING THE INJURY OR KIND OF THE HARM.

AND THEN THE THIRD PART THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, HOW EASY WAS IT FOR CONSUMERS TO HAVE AVOIDED BEING HUR >> DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, McCALL SAYS ROE ROKITA COULD HAVE BENEFITS FOR THE REPUBLICAN.

>> THE INITIATION OF THIS STUDY ARE RESONATE WITH MANY OF HIS CORE SUPPORTERS IN INDIANA.

HE'S ANNOUNCED THIS AS AN INVESTIGATION, AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT ALL THAT MIGHT REALLY ENTAIL.

BUT IT DOES GIVE ROKITA A RAMP, SO TO SPEAK TO ENGAGE IN THE NATIONAL DISCUSSION OF WHAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC, PARTICULARLY FOR RIGHT OF THE CENTER PEOPLE.PLE.

>> THERE'S NO TIMELINE ON WHEN THE INVESTIGATION WILL CONCLUDE, NONE OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED IN THE INQUIRY COMMENTED FOR THIS STORY.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M BROCK TURNER.

>> COMING UP NEXT, ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES ALLOWING FOR DUPLEXES BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD OPEN UP BLOOMINGTON'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS TO MORE STUDENT HOUSING.

>>> AND THE POLICE CAR CAR NOTORIOUS GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER USED IN HIS ESCAPE FROM A CROWN POINT JAIL NEARLY 90 YEARS AGO RETURNS HOME.

THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, REZONING BLOOMINGTON'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS BY LEGAL SIZING DUPLEXES HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE.

THE CITY TRIED DOING IT IN 2019, AND IT FAILED BUT THIS WEEK THE PLANNING COMMISSION PASSED NEW CHANGES THAT PUTS IT BACK ON THE TABLE.

OUR ETHAN BURKS HAS THE FULL STORY.

>> BLOOMINGTON'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, BETTER KNOWN AS THE U.D.O., DRAWS THE CITY'S ZONING DISTRICTS AND SAYS WHAT BUILDINGS AND HOUSING TYPES CAN AND CANNOT GO IN CERTAIN AREAS.

THE CHANGES BEING PROPOSED WILL ALLOW MULTIPLEX HOUSING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IN AB EFFORT TO CREATE -- IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE MORE HOUSING DIVERSITY AND AFFORDABILITY.

>> STATUS QUO WILL NOT GET US THERE, BUT W NEED TO TAKE A STEP, IT'S A SMALL INCREMENTAL STEP.

>> MULTIPLEX HOUSE INCLUDING DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXS AND FOURPLEXES.

THE BIGGEST PROPOSED CHANGE IS MAKING DUPLEXES LEGAL IN MANY OF THE CITY'S CORE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED.

>> IT ALSO OPENS UP OUR HIGHLY DESIRE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FOR MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE AND WALK AND BE CLOSER TO WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

>> BUT THE MEASURE IS EXTREMELY POLARIZING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE, THOSE IN FAVOR SAY IT WILL CREATE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS WITHIN BLOOMINGTON'S EXPENSIVE HOUSING MARK AND THOSE AGAINST IT SAY THEY ARE FEARFUL THAT DUPLEXES WILL TAMPER WITH PROPERTY VALUES AND DESTROY THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THE CLOSE KNIT POPULATIONS.

>> THIS ALLOWS THE COZY LITTLE ONE-BEDROOM, TWO-BEDROOM DUPLEX AND THE SIX BEDROOM, RENT BY THE ROOM MONSTER.

>> MULTIPLEXES ARE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

>> BLOOMINGTON NEEDS TO REJECT THESE MAP AMENDMENTS AND THE PREVIOUS PLEX AMENDMENTS SO BLOOMINGTON CAN HAVE HAVE A FAIR, OPEN AND PARTICIPATORY DISCUSSION.

>> THEY ARE ALSO IN DISAGREEMENT AND DO NOT BELIEVE THE SEQUENCES OF SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE HAVE BEEN FULLY VETTED.

>> THIS IS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT BY CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION BEFORE THE EEL LEKKED OFFICIALS IN THE -- ELECTED OFFICIALS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THIS AND GET IT RIGHT.

>> BUT AFTER TWO WEEKS OF DELIBERATION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS WEEK PASSIONED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE CHANGES.

IT IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ETHAN BURKS.

>> AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL WASTE NO TIME IN TAKING UP THE LEGISLATION.

DISCUSSIONS WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK AS THERE ARE TEN SEPARATE ORDINANCES THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IN THIS ROUND OF U.D.O.

CHANGES.

COUNCILMEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE SOME LAST SECOND ADJUSTMENTS.

>> WELL, 1934, NOTORIOUS GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER ESCAPED FROM A PRISON IN CROWN POINT, INDIANA.

HE STOLE THE SHERIFF'S PERSONAL POLICE CAR AND FLED TO CHICAGO WHERE HE LATERRED LATER ABANDONED IT.

THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO CROWN POINT.

>> EXACTLY 87 YEARS AND ONE MONTH TO THE DAY, THE SHERIFF'S CAR JOHN DILLINGER STOLE IN A 1934 JAIL BREAK RETURNED TO CROWN POINT, INDIANA.

[ CHEERS ] >> DILLINGER'S RELATIVES AND OFFICERS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JOINED THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE TO WATCH AS MARK LOVE AND JOSH GATE DROVE THE 1934 FORD V8 THROUGH THE TOWN SQUARE AND THROUGH MAIN STREET.

>> THE DILLINGER STORY IS BIG FOR US HERE.

WE WERE HERE WHEN THEY WERE FILMING THE MOVIE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO NOW, 16 YEARS AGO.

WE WANTED TO COME BACK AND SEE THE CAR.

>> DILLINGER WAS AT THE JAIL WHEN HE WAS WAITING FOR THE TRIAL OF OFFICER WILLIAM PATRICK O'MALLEY.

HE USED ONLY A WOODEN GUN.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL JAIL AND WHAT HE DID TO GET OUT, I MEAN IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING THING, AND YOU ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT HOW CHARISMATIC HE WAS, AND FOR HIM TO BREAK OUT WITH A FAKE GUN.

THE WHOLE STORY IS VERY COOL.

>> DILLINGER HELD SEVERAL OFFICERS AND INMATES HOSTAGE IN HIS FIRST FLOOR CELL BLOCK BEFORE MAKING HIS WAY OUT OF THE BUILDING.

>> IN 1934, HISTORIC GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER, BROKE OUT OF THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL AND STOLE A POLICE CAR AND DROVE STRAIGHT UP MAIN STREET AND WENT TO CHICAGO.

>> AFTER HE DIED IN 1934 IN CHICAGO, LOCAL POLICE CONFISCATED THE CAR AND LATER AUCTIONED IT.

>> A GENTLEMAN FROM MILWAUKEE ACQUIRED THE CAR.

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE CAR WAS.

HE RELOCATED TO MAINE.

DECADES LATER, HE SUE CUMMED.

HE DIED.

>> BUT BEFORE HE DIED, THE MAN PURCHASED A TEN-YEAR PLATE NOR THE CAR AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HELPED DILLINGER ENTHUSIASTIC MARK LOVE FIND IT.

HE WAS SO MUCHING FOR THE CAR AUTHOR THREE DECADES WHEN HE TRACKED IT DOWN USING DMV DECADES.

IF HE WAITED ANOTHER FEW YEARS IT COULD HAVE BEEN LOST TO HISTORY.

>> WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE LOST FROMLOCATE THE CAR.

IT WENT FROM MILWAUKEE TO MAINE, TO ARIZONA WHERE MARK LIVES AND BACK HERE.

MARK DROVE IT IN PARADE.

HE PLANNED THE ROUTE, RETRACING DILLINGER'S EXACT PATH WHEN HE ESCAPED.

>> HE WENT NORTH ON MAIN STREET AND TURNED LEFT ON 93rd.

OUR POLICE PROCESSION HERE CAME ON 93rd AND THE DIRECT ROUTE WHERE DILLINGER ESCAPED.

>> WITH THE EXCEPTION THE FRONT SEAT, ALMOST ALL OF THE CAR'S ORIGINAL FEATURES ARE STILL IN FACT, INCLUDING THE LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND WIPER BLADES.

THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT LOCATION FOR THE CAR BUT THEY KNOW WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

>> WE'RE NEGOTIATING A POLICE RIGHT NOW FOR IT TO BE HELD HERE IN CROWN POINT.

THIS IS THE PLACE FOR THIS CAR TO BE.

SO WE ARE NEGOTIATING FOR A PLACE SO PEOPLE CAN VIEW THE CAR AND SEE SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND DILLINGER ELEMENTS.

>> THE CAR WILL BE USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT EVENTS TO HONOR HOLLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

ANY MONEY THAT IS RAISED WILL BENEFIT THE CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS WHICH IS DEDICATED TO ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILIES.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M HOLDEN APSHIRE.

>>> WELLM.

HAVE ENJOYED THE SOOTHING VOICE AND WELCOMING PRESENCE OF BOB ROSS IN 4903 THE 403 EPISODES OF "JOY OF PAINTING."

BUT UP UNTIL NOW, NO ONES HAS SEEN WHERE THE HAPPY TREES WERE PAINTED.

>> IN THE MUNCIE PBS STATION, CURATORS OPEN AN EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO BOB ROSS IN OF COURSE 2020.

THE BOB ROSS EXPERIENCE IS AT MINNETRISTA, A CULTURAL CENTER WITH GARDENS AND EXHIBITS IN MUNCIE.

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COLLECTIONS AND STORYTELLING FOR MINNETRISTA, JENNIFER JENKINS SAYS IT WAS CREATED TO BRING BACK THE HISTORY BOB ROSS HAS IN THE MUNCIE COMMUNITY.

BUT HIS REVIVAL IN POP CULTURE HAS ADDED A LEVEL OF CURRENCY TO THE EXHIBIT AS WELL SIGNAL WE HAVE HAD VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES ALREADY.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER INDIANA, BUT ALSO PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, COAST-TO-COAST AND ACTUALLY SOME INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AS WELL.

>> JENKINS SAYS DESPITE OPENING THE EXHIBIT DURING THE PANDEMIC, ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN GOOD.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS INCLUDING LIMITED CAPACITY AND INCREASED SANITATION HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

JENKINS THINKS THERE IS A NEED FOR ROSS AMIDST ALL THE UNCERTAINTY.

>> I THINK PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR A SENSE OF CALM, A SENSE OF AREASSURANCE AND FAMILIARITY AND BOB IS THAT.

>> HE CAME TO LOVE MUNCIE WHILE WORKING THERE.

MANY OF THE CREW THAT WORKED ON "THE JOY OF PAINTING" STILL LIVE IN THE MUNCIE AREA.

THEIR STORIES OF ROSS INFORM MUCH OF THE EXHIBIT.

VISITORS CAN TOUCH ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THE EXHIBIT, MAKING THE EXPERIENCE ENGAGING FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE.

THE HOUSE WHERE ROSS FILMED FROM 1983 THROUGH 1988 FEATURES TWO MAIN ROOMS.

ONE IS A REPLICA FOR THE SET OF ROSS' SHOW, WITH REAL TV CAMERAS FROM THE '80s, AND ROSS' ORIGINAL EASEL AND PALATE.

THE OTHER IS A REPRESENTATION OF AN '80s LIVING ROOM WHERE BOB ROSS FANS WOULD HAVE WATCHED "THE JOY OF PAINTING" ON TELEVISION.

>> FOR INSTANCE, HERE, THIS IS BOB AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE SHOW.

THIS IS SALLY SHANK.

AND SO SALLY'S PICTURE IS UP HERE ALONGSIDE THESE LITTLE COULD YOUS AND THESE LITTLE MINI MOUSES BECAUSE -- COWS AND THESE LITTLE MINNIE MOUSES BECAUSE YOU WILL TIE IT TO THE LABEL ABOUT HOW BOB WAS FRIENDS WITH HIS CREW.

AND HE OFTEN BOUGHT GIFTS FOR THEM.

>> JENKINS SAYS VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIT ON THE COUCHES IN THE LIVING ROOM AND LOOK THROUGH BOOKS AND OTHER OBJECTS ON COFFEE TABLES AND SHELVES.

SHE SAYS, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PUT ROSS BEHIND CLASS IN A TRADITIONAL MUSEUM FORMAT, BECAUSE OF HOW WELL PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW HIM FROM WATCHING "THE JOY OF PAINTING."

JENKINS SAYS THE MESSAGE SHE HOPES VISITORS COME AWAY WITH IS EMPOWERMENT TO TRY NEW THINGS AND BE CREATIVE.

>> THE PEOPLE ASK ME A LOT, OH, "THE JOY OF PAINTING" WAS ABOUT PAINTING, IT WAS BUT IF YOU BOIL IT DOWN, IT WAS ABOUT BOB WANTING TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TRY NEW THINGS.

TO TAKE RISKS AND TO JUST BE FEARLESSLY CREATIVE.

>> THE MUSEUM ALSO OFFERS PAINTING CLASSES TAUGHT BY BOB ROSS CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS TWICE A MONTH.

ALL WORKSHOPS ARE SOLD OUT THROUGH AUGUST.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M LILY St. ANGELO.

>> TIME TICKETS ARE REQUIRED TO SEE THE BOB ROSS EXPERIENCE AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT MINNETRISTA.NET.

TICKET RESERVATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH AUGUST 31st.

>>> WELL, BLACK VULTURES HAVE BEEN HARASSING AND SOMETIMES KILLING CAVS SOMETIMES KILLING CATTLE FARMERS.

THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO INDIANA FOR RECENT YEARS POSSIBLY DUE TO A WARMER CLIMATE.

AS INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S REBECCA THIELE REPORTS, PURDUE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS NEED FARMERS HELP TO STUDY THE PROBLEM TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.

>> MARION WALLS SAYS VULTURES ARE IMPORTANT.

THEY HELP TO CONTROL DISEASES LIKE RABIES.

THOUGH THEY PARTICULARLY SCAVENGE, THEY SOMETIMES ATTACK ITEMS LIKE NEWBORN CALVES.

>> THEY WILL HANG AROUND AND WAIT UNTIL IT TIES.

>> BLACK VULTURES ARE A PROTECTED SPECIES AND CAN'T BE KILLED WITHOUT A PERMIT.

PURDUE IS LOOKING AT WAY A TO DETER THEM, AS FAR AS USING CATTLE DOGS AND QUICKLY DISPOSING OF DEAD ANIMALS.

THEY PERFORM FREE AUTOPSIES ON LIVESTOCK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THEM.

FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M REBECCA THIELE.

>>> THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIUNEWS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

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