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English sat at the center of the June 2026 flood emergency, and it sits at the center of how Crawford County gets ambulances, roads, and fair treatment from the state. This page is for both.
The flash flooding of June 26 through 28, 2026 trapped drivers on State Road 66 and at the English cloverleaf, partially collapsed Allen Creek Road, destroyed the asphalt on Devil's Hollow Road, and took down a 94 year old bridge on Kemp Road. The commissioners declared an emergency on June 26 and extended it indefinitely on July 2.
Meanwhile the state capped its main road repair grant program at 100 million dollars a year, down from an average near 255 million, and Crawford County received $611,477 from it in 2025. A county hit by federally declared flooding in April 2025 and another emergency in June 2026 cannot repair this alone, and the state made its repair tool smaller. I will say that anywhere, to anyone.
Crawford County has no hospital, so response time is the whole ballgame, and for years the county funded EMS by moving money from other departments. Rural ambulance service needs a state answer, not another year of budget shuffling, and English, as the county seat and an EMS base, feels that math first.
Six counties share this district, and the small ones should not be an afterthought. When road money and disaster help get divided up in Indianapolis, somebody has to say the words Crawford County out loud, in the room where it happens. That is the job, and I am asking to be hired for it.
Damage assessments count culverts and bridges. They do not count a business that lost a season, or a family that lost the car it needed for work. Tell me what June 2026 took from you, so the record is complete when the state decides what recovery means here.
What am I missing?
If your road, bridge, business, or basement is still not right from June 2026, tell me. I keep records, I file requests, and I follow up. That is the whole method.
Page last updated July 18, 2026.
