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Three more Hamilton Southeastern High School athletes signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers in college: Nathan Kinney (swimming, Louisville), Pat Robinson (wrestling, Purdue) and Kelsey Lamb (basketball, Bellarmine). Kinney has...
Indianapolis man to appear on 'Millionaire' show
North Central graduate Brian Starks will continue his streak of correct answers Tuesday on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.” He correctly answered the $5,000 question at the end of today’s episode. He will start Tuesday with the $7,500 question...
Lafayette hunter shot in abdomen
ROCKFIELD, Ind. — Authorities say a man was hospitalized after being shot while deer hunting during the weekend in Northern Indiana. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Department says 42-year-old Joe Irwin, Lafayette, was shot in the abdomen...
Indianapolis detective fires at car in church parking lot
An off-duty Indianapolis Metropolitan Police detective fired shots at a motorist who he said tried to run him over in a church parking lot Sunday morning on the Northeastside. Det. James Carver had been attending services at the Castleton Christian...
Indianapolis attacks city street cracks
After coming up with a better way to fix a pothole, city leaders today announced they’re going to spend some money on a better way to prevent them in the first place. That’s the city of Indianapolis’ strategy to avoid those...
Career, social life are Indy's biggest draws for never-married people
Percentage of people who have never wed is among tops in state The Crossroads of America could be called “Marriage Junction,” but the Circle City seems more like “Singles City.” A glimpse at the most recent survey figures...
'Abandoned' kids were dismayed, angry, judge says
It’s a scene often found in fiction: A desperate woman, usually dressed in dingy clothes, places an infant, swathed in a blanket, on the stoop of a building. She rings the doorbell, kisses the child goodbye and dashes out of sight just as the...
To get help for a mentally ill child, families can be forced to make heartbreaking choices
Megan Byers started showing signs of mental illness at age 2 with violent temper tantrums. At age 3, she was kicked out of day care. At age 4, she became abusive to her parents and brothers. By age 10, after seven hospitalizations and several suicide...
Carmel student newspaper unknowingly runs ad from hate group
Carmel High principal apologizes for HiLite’s ‘inadvertent mistake’ Students working on Carmel High School’s newspaper accepted an ad thinking it offered free music, only to find out last week it led to the Web portal of a...
2006 North Central grad is named a Rhodes Scholar
A former North Central High School basketball player has been named one of the recipients of a Rhodes Scholarship for 2010. Darryl W. Finkton Jr., a senior majoring in neurobiology at Harvard College, is a 2006 North Central graduate. While at...
Schools without pools scramble to swim
Weeks into swim season, Broad Ripple High School athletes hadn’t touched the water. The Rockets are one of four swim teams without a home pool that had rented lanes at the Indiana School for the Blind on Indianapolis’ Far Northside....
Game helps students navigate world of business
Familiar simulation technology eases teens into learning concepts such as self-discipline, ethics Wesley Edmonds, a self-described gamer, never dreamed that he could pursue his passion in a classroom setting. But he and 18 of his classmates are...
Inhaling smoke may have killed woman, 94
** A 94-year-old woman died in an early-morning fire Sunday in her Downtown apartment. Willa Mae Fossett was found about 4:30 a.m. in her bathroom at the Indiana Avenue Apartments, 825 Indiana Ave., according to Indianapolis Fire Department...
Groups and restaurants offer a full plate of Thanksgiving dinners open to the public
Here is a list of community meals open to the public Thursday: Mozel Sanders/Lawrence United Methodist Church Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner: Noon to 3 p.m. Lawrence United Methodist Church, 5200 N. Shadeland Ave. Satellite site for Mozel Sanders...
Cityhood for Fishers likely to go to a vote
Fishers — A group that wants Fishers to become a city says it has gathered enough signatures on a petition to bring the proposed switch to voters. Greg Purvis, who leads the City Yes political action committee, said the group has collected more...
Food giveaway, fair to help 1,000 families
Martin University will host its “Hoosiers Helping Hoosiers” on Tuesday, a food giveaway to 1,000 pre-selected families from the Martindale-Brightwood area. The event, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., also features speeches by Algeania Freeman,...
Abductor had done well in prison, he and others say
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Family and friends thought convicted sex offender Michael Lindsey had made significant strides during his 25 years behind bars. Lindsey was a model prisoner, espousing deep religious beliefs, completing law courses and...
Hunters get, give a little help
States’ incentives boost donations of deer meat to food pantries, manage animal population CINCINNATI — Hunters are donating more venison to strapped food banks as Ohio and other states offer financial aid aimed at managing high deer...
IU prof who fled Nazis returns to his hometown
Bloomington — An Indiana University professor who escaped from the Nazis seven decades ago is being honored by his German hometown. Menahem Pressler is a renowned pianist and a faculty member at IU’s Jacobs School of Music. Pressler, 85,...
History buff cleans up part of Civil War history
Albany — A former autoworker has tapped his love of history to restore a Civil War soldier’s marble gravestone. Doug Cross, Albany, came across Thomas Kent’s grave in September in Randolph County in east-central Indiana, while he...
Lottery
Here are Sunday’s Indiana numbers . Daily Three-Evening: 3-8-6; Daily Four-Evening: 6-5-4-6; Lucky Five-Evening: 7-17-24-25-36; Quick Draw: 13-20-22-25-35-39-41-44-45-51- 53-55-56-63-67-69-75-77-78-79. Saturday’s Hoosier Lotto jackpot had...
Barbara Barr
NOBLESVILLE — Barbara “Rose” Everling Barr, 81, Noblesville, died Nov. 22, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Barr worked for Central Indiana Weight Watchers as a clerk for ten years. She was born Jan. 16, 1928, in Elwood, the daughter of...
India association donates $10,000 to homeless shelter
A nonprofit Asian-Indian group has raised money for a Downtown homeless shelter. The Northwestside-based India Association of Indianapolis has raised $10,000 for the Wheeler Mission Ministries. Dr. Vijay Reddy, the association’s chairman, said...
Robert E. Blake
CICERO — Robert E. Blake, 77, Cicero, died Nov. 20, 2009, at Harbour Manor Care Center, Noblesville. Mr. Blake was employed at Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors. He was also a farmer. He was born Feb. 25, 1932, the son of Harry...
Rev. Charles Edwin Voit Jr.
NOBLESVILLE — The Rev. Charles Edwin Voit Jr., 64, Noblesville, died Nov. 20, 2009, in Noblesville. Mr. Voit was ordained into ministry in Aug. 1971 at Christ Lutheran Church in Jeffersontown, Ky. He served in St. Michaels Lutheran...
Dads, sons invited to flag football on Thanksgiving
BROWNSBURG — A flag football event is designed to help fathers and sons bond and have a little fun on Thanksgiving. Connection Pointe Christian Church is hosting its first father-son flag football tournament Thursday to promote family healthy...
After bridge upgrade, Lafayette Road reopens
A main thoroughfare for Northwestside motorists has reopened. Lafayette Road from 71st Street to 79th Street closed in March to replace an aging bridge over Eagle Creek. That stretch of road accommodates about 8,000 vehicles per day, said Kit Werbe,...
Boone County jobless rate at 7 percent
Boone County received some good and bad news last week regarding unemployment. According to numbers released last week by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, the number of unemployed residents in the suburban Indianapolis county dropped...
Drive-through meals at The Refuge part of Southside holiday offerings
Thanksgiving dinner is going to be available a few days early for some folks — drive-through style. The Refuge, a food-and-clothing pantry that serves southern Marion County and all of Johnson County, will be distributing preordered boxed...
Noblesville Thanksgiving dinner needs more cash
NOBLESVILLE — Nancy Chance said she’d dip into her own pocket to pay for the Communitywide Thanksgiving Day Dinner if she doesn’t receive enough donations. It’s the first time Good Samaritan’s annual Thanksgiving dinner...
