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Plane lands missing part of propeller
HOWE, Ind. — Police say a small plane made an emergency landing in a northern Indiana farm field after part of its propeller sheered off.Kosciusko County police say that two men were flying from Howe to Goshen shortly before noon today when one side...
Carr resigns from Zionsville Town Council
David Carr resigned today as a member of the Zionsville Town Council, effective immediately.Carr, 50, waited until the end of the meeting this evening to make the announcement. The 10-year-member said a major reason for his decision to step down is...
Carmel to hire consulting firm to audit Keystone project
The Carmel City Council tonight approved hiring an outside consulting firm to audit the Keystone Avenue project.Mayor Jim Brainard originally planned to spend $90 million on the project, which involves reconstructing six intersections along Keystone...
Victims in Tenn. plane crash from Warsaw
WASHBURN, Tenn. — The crash of a single-engine plane in eastern Tennessee has killed a northern Indiana couple, returning home from a visit to Gatlinburg.The 1974 Piper craft went down shortly after noon on Saturday near Washburn, about 35 miles...
IU law professor tapped for Justice
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate an Indiana University law professor to be an assistant attorney general in his administration.Obama announced that he is tapping Dawn Johnsen, who teaches and writes about constitutional law...
Lotto, Powerball jackpots grow
None of the tickets sold for Saturday’s Hoosier Lotto game matched all six numbers drawn, so the jackpot is an estimated $3.5 million for Wednesday’s drawing.The winning Hoosier Lotto numbers Saturday night were: 10, 29, 33, 40, 42,...
More Fishers city-vs.-town talks likely
FISHERS – A committee advocating switching Fishers to a city was so impressed with the turnout and discussion at its first public meeting that it has promised to hold more public meetings.More than 30 residents of the state’s eighth-largest community...
Wait til you see what movies are coming in '09
this will be the best movie year ever dear...
Promoter wants Goshen to end UFC ban
GOSHEN, Ind. — A fight promoter is asking Goshen’s city council to change an ordinance banning unsanctioned ultimate fighting after his venue was annexed into the city limits.The council voted in 2006 to ban the no-holds-barred bouts unless they were...
Muncie city official faces 3rd DUI charge
MUNCIE — Jessica Koons, 24, the superintendent of Prairie Creek Reservoir, was arrested early Saturday by state police on a charge of drunken driving.It was her third such arrest since 2006.State police Trooper Coley McCutcheon stopped Koons’ vehicle...
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 is an estimated $3.5 million for Wednesday’s drawing.The winning Hoosier Lotto numbers Saturday night were: 10, 29, 33, 40, 42,...
Soldiers deployed to Iraq
About 75 soldiers bound for Iraq participated with their families in a deployment ceremony today in Shelbyville.The Indiana 137th Aviation Brigade assault helicopter company will leave next week to train in Fort Sill, Okla., before departing for...
Inmate plans new start in Indianapolis
HAMMOND, Ind. -- A man who has spent 26 of his 43 years in prison for participating in the decapitation slaying of his father is preparing for life on the outside and hoping for a new start in Indianapolis, far from home.Paul Komyatti Jr. was 17...
Bridge projects aid archaeologists
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Preconstruction work by archaeological experts at the sites where two new Ohio River bridges will be built has produced a wealth of information about people who lived there as long ago as 3,500 B.C.Without the costly and...
Dog operation ordered to halt its business
Cloverdale » An Owen County puppy business has been ordered to stop conducting operations in Indiana, Attorney General Steve Carter said in a news release issued Friday.Kritter Haven owner Tammy Gilchrist has until Wednesday to pay $192,960.28 in...
Kids with lighter started deadly fire
Anderson » Investigators say children playing with a lighter caused a fire that killed a 2-year-old girl and her 1-year-old sister.Anderson Fire Department arson investigator Guy Bodenhorn says officials determined that two of the girls’...
Lucky 5 player wins twice in 3 months
Anderson » An Anderson woman on Friday claimed her second $50,000 prize in three months.The Hoosier Lottery said in a news release that Maxine Thomas won $50,000 in the Lucky 5 drawing Wednesday. She bought the ticket from the Meijer store at 6610...
The long ice-storm cleanup
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Weeks of cleanup remain for Fort Wayne-area tree services after an ice storm that sent trees and limbs crashing to the ground.Removing debris from the Dec. 19 ice storm will take one to two months, said Dan Mudrack of Mudrack...
Painter's door-to-door poster sales aid IPS
Step by step and door to door, Adele Schluge is reaching her goal of raising $20,000 for Indianapolis Public Schools.Inspired by Superintendent Eugene White’s call for adults in the community to get involved, Schluge set out in November 2007 to...
2 children die in Anderson house fire
ANDERSON, Ind. — Anderson’s fire chief says a 2-year-old girl and her 1-year-old sister died in an overnight house fire.The fire broke out just after 11 p.m. Wednesday in the city 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Family members believe it started...
Judge orders Indiana adult bookstore closed
ROCKPORT, Ind. — A judge has ordered a southern Indiana adult bookstore to close its doors until it pays more than $360,000 in fines and attorney and witness fees.Tuesday’s order came after Spencer Circuit Judge Wayne A. Roells found 231 Adult Plaza...
Welders linked to fire at IU gymnasium
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A fire that damaged the roof of an Indiana University gymnasium named for a trustee who advocated racial segregation may have been ignited by a “hot spot” left by workers who had been welding, the fire chief said.The fire at the...
No winners in Powerball, Hoosier Lotto
INDIANAPOLIS — None of the tickets sold for Wednesday’s Hoosier Lotto game matched all six numbers drawn, so the jackpot is an estimated $3 million for Saturday’s drawing.The winning Hoosier Lotto numbers Saturday night were: 19, 31, 39, 40, 46,...
Troop deaths lowest since '03
BAGHDAD — As 2008 ends, Hoosier and U.S. troop deaths for the year in Iraq and Afghanistan are the lowest combined total since the Iraq war began in 2003.Still, Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, warns against complacency as the...
Heavy winds hit Downtown Indianapolis
High winds whipped through the Indianapolis metropolitan area Tuesday night and early Wednesday, making travel difficult.In Downtown Indianapolis, a section of Massachusetts Avenue was closed after winds knocked construction fencing into the...
Protest set tonight over Israeli attacks
Palestinian Americans and their allies intend to gather at Monument Circle tonight for a second day of protest over Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.The demonstration will begin at 6:30 p.m. said one participant, Mina Khoury.Monday evening about...
Reasons for foster home's shutdown in dispute
I think Sister Pat is a WONDERFUL PERSON I have...
Fire shuts down part of Pendleton Pike for nearly 2 hours
I was at Taco Bell when it happened. You could...
Indy trumpeter Freddie Hubbard dies
Freddie Hubbard, the Indianapolis native who represented the next step in modern trumpet playing after Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, died Monday in Sherman Oaks, Calif.Hubbard, 70, died from complications of a heart attack he suffered Nov....
Woman in crash remains in serious condition
An Elwood woman in one of Friday’s fatal crashes on a slick Hamilton County highway today remained in critical condition at an Indianapolis hospital.Freezing temperatures and thunderstorms with heavy rain caused slide-offs and crashes Friday morning...
