DELPHI — Crews are continuing to search a creek a month after a 4-year-old boy was swept away by high water.

State Conservation Officer Lt. Dan Dulin said a boat has patrolled Deer Creek downstream from Delphi every day since Owen Jones was caught in the rain-swollen current on May 23. Officials said the Monticello boy had been playing at a park along the creek in Delphi.

Britiney Jones said not finding her son’s body has been difficult to handle. Jones said she wants Owen found so she “can bring him home.”

Dulin says the creek’s level has been constantly changing with recent rainfalls. He urges anyone who spots something unusual along Deer Creek or the Wabash River to call police.

SPENCER — Officials said they’ve rescued 60 roosters, hens and chicks from a home in central Indiana that were apparently being raised as part of a cockfighting operation.

The investigation began following anonymous tips and the Owen County sheriff’s office searched the home last week, finding birds that had physical features consistent with cockfighting.

Investigators also reportedly found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. A man and a woman who live at the home were arrested and they’re expected to face charges.

The Humane Society of Owen County said Tuesday that four dead chickens also were found. The seized birds are being cared for until a court determines what should happen to them.

LINTON — Designs are being drawn up for new visitors center exhibits about the wildlife habitats of a popular birdwatching site.

Organizations and foundations have given $60,000 toward the project at the Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife Area near the Greene County city of Linton. That includes $45,000 from the Friends of Goose Pond.

The (Bloomington) Herald-Times reported the visitors center that opened in 2016 looks over the preserve’s main pool areas. The new exhibits are expected to highlight the area’s history, restoration work done there and describe its wildlife.

Sandhill cranes, white American pelicans and endangered whooping cranes are among the some 260 bird species that have been documented at Goose Pond. The site draws about 12,000 visitors a year.

UPLAND — Taylor University announced this week that its president, Paul Lowell Haines, will step down Aug. 15.

Taylor Trustees Chair Paige Cunningham said Haines’ resignation was neither solicited nor encouraged by the Board of Trustees. Cunningham says Haines continues to enjoy strong support from the board.

Haines, a 1975 alumnus of the university, has been president for three years. Haines returned to Taylor after a long career as a higher education lawyer and spent 15 years as a Taylor trustee. He also is a former vice president for student development at Taylor.

Cunningham said the trustees will work with Haines to ensure a smooth transition.

—Associated Press