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Reptile show draws 1,000 to fairgrounds
While most girls her age probably would be in tears, a 12-year-old Columbus girl was all smiles as a 14-inch ball python wrapped around her tiny fist today at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.More than 1,000 people looking for a new pet or wanting to...
No winners in Powerball, Hoosier Lotto
INDIANAPOLIS — None of the tickets sold for Saturday’s Hoosier Lotto game matched all six numbers drawn, so the jackpot grows to an estimated $4.5 million for Wednesday’s drawing.The winning Hoosier Lotto numbers Saturday night were: 9, 18, 24,...
1 dies on icy U.S. 20 in northeast Indiana
MUNCIE, Ind. — One person was killed Saturday in a crash along snow- and ice-covered U.S. 20 in northeast Indiana, police said.The driver’s name was being withheld pending notification of relatives. Police said a heavy snow was falling at the time...
Girl, 16, is killed in skiing accident
Cedar Lake » Authorities say a 16-year-old Indiana girl has died after hitting a tree just off a ski slope at Michigan's Treetops Resort.Michigan State Police told the Traverse City Record-Eagle that the accident happened Thursday night at the...
Indiana lawmakers want better criminal checks on teachers
Lawmakers propose wider criminal checks and other steps to weed out unsuitable educators Four bills before the General Assembly could strengthen Indiana's precautions for keeping teachers with checkered pasts out of the classroom.At least one...
Cattle spill onto I-69 when trailer crashes
Auburn » A cattle trailer flipped on its side on I-69 in northeastern Indiana, spilling more than two dozen cattle onto the roadway and closing the highway for several hours.State Police say the crash happened about 6 a.m. Friday near Auburn, about...
Ice causes slide-offs in Delaware Co.
MUNCIE — Five Delaware County Highway Department trucks slid into ditches this morning while applying sand and salt to icy roads.“It’s bad,” said Duke Campbell, manager of the highway department. “You can’t even stand up on the roads. After we...
Driver, aide fired after leaving child on bus
RICHMOND, Ind. — A driver and an aide have been fired for leaving a 4-year-old boy unattended inside a parked school bus.The child apparently fell asleep and was overlooked after the bus arrived at Highland Heights Elementary School on...
One-stop recycling event a hit
Four city parks served as one-stop recycling locations today.Hundreds of residents took advantage of the city’s efforts to recycle Christmas trees, electronics and cardboard at Broad Ripple, Ellenberger, Garfield and Krannert parks.The event...
Westfield pulls plans to discuss free health clinic
WESTFIELD, Ind. -- The City Council today pulled from next week's meeting agenda the discussion of plans to set up a free health clinic in a city-owned building.The announcement of the agenda change came without explanation from an assistant to...
Sweet thought: Lawmaker wants sugar cream to be Indiana's official pie
Lawmakers have plenty on their plates now that they’re back in session, but one legislator hopes there still will be room for dessert.Make that pie. Sugar cream pie.State Sen. Allen Paul, R-Richmond, wants his fellow lawmakers to bestow the...
Greenfield wants to add 4 roundabouts
Greenfield Mayor Brad DeReamer hopes to see the construction of four roundabouts to help improve traffic flow at major intersections in the city before the end of his term in December 2011.Officials have been impressed with how traffic moved more...
Ind. crash deaths drop 10 percent for 2008
INDIANAPOLIS — Figures from state police show that there were 90 fewer deaths on Indiana roadways in 2008 than the previous year — a decline of about 10 percent.State police said today that a preliminary count shows Indiana had 808 crash deaths in...
Reports: Bloomington police shoot teenager
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Police in Bloomington say an officer shot a teenager wielding a knife when he ran at the officer with the weapon.The teen, who police say was a 16-year-old boy, underwent surgery following the shooting Wednesday. Police say...
Official: Church cash was used for vasectomy
MARION, Ind. — A former church official has been charged with stealing more than $276,000 from church accounts and using some of the money to pay for a vasectomy, motorcycles and cars.William Jeremiah Six, 28, faces eight counts of theft and one...
Finances doom Writers Center of Indiana
The Writers’ Center of Indiana will close next month because of financial problems, but will keep its non-profit status in hopes of continuing to support and promote local writers.The center will shut down its administrative operations, and three...
Bloomington Guard unit prepares for Iraq
National Guard troops from Indiana are getting ready to head to Iraq.About 170 members of the Bloomington-based 384th Military Police Company and additional members of the 381st Military Police Company from Plymouth are headed overseas.State...
Parents sue over fatal medical copter crash
CHICAGO — The parents of a toddler killed in an October medical helicopter crash in suburban Chicago filed a wrongful death lawsuit today, claiming known safety measures could have prevented the girl’s death.The emergency transport company, its...
Indiana to get $18M more in disaster aid
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana will receive an additional $18.1 million in federal disaster funding to help communities recover from storms and flooding that hit the state last year.Gov. Mitch Daniels announced the aid from the U.S. Department of Health and...
IMA cutting budget, delays art park
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has announced a raft of cost-cutting measures and project delays as it braces for a tough 2009.The museum board agreed to $1.7 million worth of in-year cuts, as well as a similar reduction plan for the next fiscal year,...
Pauley joins Ind. Journalism Hall of Fame
GREENCASTLE, Ind. — Former NBC “Today” host Jane Pauley and Craig Klugman, editor of The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, are among five people who will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in April.The others selected are James Brown,...
IU names law school after Indy businessman
Saying he wants to help train better lawyers, Indianapolis businessman Michael “Mickey” Maurer and his wife, Janie, will donate $35 million to Indiana University Law School-Bloomington.In an announcement Thursday, the university said it...
Brizzi spokesman leaves post for law school
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi’s spokesman announced today that he is leaving the office to finish law school.Matthew Symons became director of public affairs after managing the Republican prosecutor’s successful re-election bid in 2006....
Soldiers sue over exposure to toxin
Managers for a large defense contractor wore protective suits when they visited a water-pumping plant guarded by Hoosier soldiers in Iraq five years ago. A month later, the company shut down the site because it was so contaminated.Now, a federal...
Report: Indiana flunks in college affordability
Skyrocketing tuition and sagging family incomes threaten to price too many Hoosiers out of college even as Indiana has more than doubled its investment in college scholarships for the needy.And for that, a nonprofit advocate for higher education...
W. Lafayette man charged in crash that killed student
Authorities believe that a West Lafayette man ran two red traffic lights the night his sport utility vehicle crashed into another car on U.S. 52 West, killing a Harrison High School student.Joseph L. Welch, 30, has been in the Tippecanoe County Jail...
W. Lafayette man charged in crash that killed student
Authorities believe that a West Lafayette man ran two red traffic lights the night his sport utility vehicle crashed into another car on U.S. 52 West, killing a Harrison High School student.Joseph L. Welch, 30, has been in the Tippecanoe County Jail...
Daniels mostly backs Obama stimulus plan
GREENFIELD, Ind. — Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday he generally supports a federal stimulus package that would include some money for Indiana and other states, particularly for infrastructure projects such as highways and bridges.Daniels was among...
Ind. soldier dies in Alaska shooting
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anderson native who served as an M.P. in Iraq was fatally shot outside a bar during the weekend.Witnesses told police the man, 24-year-old Sgt. Evan Minnear, was shot Sunday morning as he tried to stop another man who was...
Bayh backs Obama’s pick for CIA chief
WASHINGTON — Sen. Evan Bayh said today that he supported President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for CIA director.The Indiana Democrat is a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which will hold the confirmation hearing for Leon Panetta...
