–The Vincennes City Council appropriated funds last night for the purchase of 14 new bulletproof vests for members of the police department. Police Chief Dusty Luking says they were awarded a grant for 4-thousand dollars through the Bulletproof Vest Partnership program. He told council members that they’ve also been awarded a grant for 6-thousand dollars through the same program so they can replace additional vests for the department.
—-The City of Vincennes is preparing to tear down nine more homes that have been deemed uninhabitable. The city’s Board of Works yesterday received one bid totaling over 72-thousand dollars from Mullins Supply of Bicknell to demolish all nine structures.The city previously received over 400-thousand dollars from the state’s blight elimination program and have targeted more than 30-homes for demolition. Mullins bid was taken under advisement. City Inspector Phil Cooper hopes to have the structures torn down by the end of the year.