The Ford County collector’s office has issued notice that real estate tax bills have been mailed to property owners.

The bills were in the mail Monday, May 13. The first installment is due June 14; the second installment comes due September 6^th

Taxes may be paid by mail, at any Ford County bank or in the treasurer’s office at the courthouse on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There is also a drop box located in front of the courthouse.

Property owners who do not receive a tax bill by May 20 are asked to call the treasurer’s office.

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A Monticello, IN man is jailed in White County, Indiana after leading police on a chase Sunday thru two counties..

Indiana State Police say a pickup truck driven by 23-year-old Bradley Ayers was speeding across the Washington Street bridge about 10:30 Sunday night. Troopers say Ayers kept driving along U.S. 24 in White County before turning off onto several different county roads. Investigators say he lost control and wrecked his car in a field off a County Road in Carroll County.

A K-9 unit located Ayers about 45 minutes later along a creek under a bridge.

Ayers has outstanding warrants in White, Knox and Montgomery Counties.

As of Monday night, he is being held in the White County Jail on felony charges of Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle and Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated with a Prior Conviction within Five Years. Authorities say his license was suspended at the time of the pursuit.

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Murder suspect Andrew Condon claims police investigators acted recklessly in their search of his property last fall, resulting in Condon’s arrest for the murder of a Gilman gas station attendant.

Condon’s attorney is contesting the validity of search warrants used to gather evidence in the case against the defendant.

The 34-year-old Condon is jailed on a $1-million bond for the fatal shooting of gas station attendant Jonathan Rubin of Danforth. Condon’s charged with 2-counts of 1^st-degree murder for the shooting death of Rubin October 27, 2012.

Condon was arrested after police search his rural Ashkum property.

Judge Gordon Lustfeldt set another court hearing for May 30^th at 1:30 pm.

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A Danville man was killed and another hurt when two vehicles collided head-on along East Voorhees Street in Danville.  It happened about 1:30 Monday afternoon. Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson identifies the victim as 22-year-old Aaron Bryant of Danville.  A second man driving a pickup truck was taken to Presence United Samaritans Medical Center for treatment of injuries.

Both men were alone in their vehicles when the crash occurred where Voorhees Street turns into Lynch Road.

Coroner Johnson says Aaron Bryant was traveling eastbound when, for some unknown reason, he drifted into the westbound lane and crashed into the pick-up truck.  Danville Police and the Vermilion County Coroner's Office are continuing to investigate.