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House GOP elects Pence to No. 3 job
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans Wednesday picked Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., to take the lead role in shaping and selling their message in the next Congress.Republicans elected Pence conference chairman, the No. 3 GOP leadership position in the...
Dem officials: Daschle accepts Cabinet post
WASHINGTON — Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said today.The appointment has not been announced, but these officials said...
Noblesville police investigate rape case
Noblesville police are investigating a rape reported this weekend by a stranded motorist.The alleged incident occurred early Sunday near 156th Street and Boden Road, according to a news release from Lt. Bruce A. Barnes, a spokesman for the...
Indianapolis woman convicted in murder-for-hire case
A jury Wednesday convicted an Indianapolis woman of conspiracy to commit murder in a case brought after she paid an undercover police officer to kill her ex-husband.D'Antonette Burns, 35, was locked in a custody dispute over the couple's son....
Indianapolis woman convicted in murder-for-hire case
A jury Wednesday convicted an Indianapolis woman of conspiracy to commit murder in a case brought after she paid an undercover police officer to kill her ex-husband.D'Antonette Burns, 35, was locked in a custody dispute over the couple's son....
Group honors philanthropists
The 2008 Philanthropy Awards showed, once more, just how generous people can be with their time, talent and money.The current economic crisis didn’t go unnoticed during the annual dinner Tuesday at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, but...
'This is a time of renewal and regrounding for Republicans'
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Pence, new chairman of the House Republican Conference, said his party has to return to conservative principles to retake Congress.“This is a time of renewal and regrounding for Republicans on Capitol Hill,”...
Appeal is denied in girl's '92 slaying
MADISON, Ind. -- A woman who was 16 when she pleaded guilty to murder in the 1992 torture slaying of a 12-year-old has lost another bid to have her deal with prosecutors thrown out.The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a Jefferson County judge's...
Lotto, Powerball prizes increase
None of the tickets sold for Wednesday’s Hoosier Lotto game matched all six numbers drawn, so the jackpot grows to an estimated $4 million for Saturday’s drawing.The winning Hoosier Lotto numbers Wednesday night were 3, 17, 32, 38, 39 and...
Two gunmen kill man in Eastside house
A 19-year-old man was fatally shot late Wednesday night at his home on the city's Eastside.Police responded to a call of shots fired in the 3800 block of East Michigan Street about 11:30 p.m., Sgt. Paul Thompson, an Indianapolis Metropolitan...
Police watch northern Indiana high school
BOURBON, Ind. -- Tight security will remain in place through Friday following the third death threat at Triton Junior-Senior High School, authorities said.Only about 40 percent of the Triton School Corp.'s 600 students attended classes Wednesday,...
Indiana University trustees leave controversial name on gym
Indiana University trustees tabled a proposal Wednesday to add the name of IU's first black basketball player to a gymnasium named for a trustee who advocated racial segregation in the 1940s.Instead, a new plan to be considered by the trustees'...
New snowstorm aims at Northern Indiana
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Weather forecasters say another blast of snow is headed to northern Indiana.The National Weather Service has issued a lake effect snow warning for LaPorte and St. Joseph counties through Friday.Snowfall is expected to be...
Appeal denied in girl's torture-murder
The ringleader in the brutal torture and murder of a 12-year-old New Albany girl nearly 17 years ago has lost her latest bid to have her 60-year prison term thrown out.Melinda Loveless, then 16, was one of four teenage girls convicted in the killing...
Police release sketch in Brown Co. killing
Indiana State Police have released a sketch of suspect in the killing of an elderly Brown County man who was shot along with his wife when their home was invaded last weekend.Richard W. Voland, 84, died Sunday evening following the shooting early...
Parent of HIV-positive student files lawsuit against Washington Township
A lawsuit has been filed by a parent of an HIV-positive student against the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township.The suit alleges that the district violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in...
No injuries as plane makes emergency landing
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Authorities say no one was injured when a small plane made an emergency landing in a field near Bloomington and hit a tree.The Federal Aviation Administration was investigating.The Federal Aviation Administration was...
Ex-bookkeeper gets house arrest for theft
Crown Point » A former bookkeeper has been sentenced to house arrest for stealing more than $200,000 from the Merrillville clerk-treasurer's office.Rosemary Barath, 68, admitted Thursday in court that her gambling addiction had led to the thefts....
Happy holidays; here's the tax bill
After months of delays, Marion County property tax bills could go out next week, with payment due less than 10 days before Christmas.Then again, computer problems could delay the bills again, and they wouldn't be due until early January.Still, the...
Zionsville grad faces charges in theft
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — A 2006 Zionsville Community High School graduate is one of three people who police say took seven band instruments from the school, planning to sell them on the Internet.Shawn P. Blankenship faces charges of burglary and...
IU prof to help Obama on transition team
Bloomington » An Indiana University law professor who helped President-elect Bill Clinton make the transition to power in 1992 before serving in his administration has joined President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.Dawn Johnsen is a member...
Hells Angel from Indiana acquitted in 2006 gunfight
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- After deliberating for most of three days, jurors acquitted two Hells Angels bikers -- one an Indiana resident -- of attempted murder in connection with a 2006 gunfight that injured rival Outlaws Motorcycle Club...
For the GOP, a page from Daniels' playbook
Gov. Mitch Daniels won't be spending a lot of time advising the flailing national Republican Party, but what he is saying is worth heeding.Many in the GOP, and in the national media, are looking to Indiana's top boss for clues on how Republicans...
Snow builds around South Bend
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Icy roads and poor visibility are reported in northern Indiana due to the second round of lake effect snow this week.St. Joseph County authorities reported several slide-offs overnight, but no injuries were reported.The...
Purdue's Cordova to join science board
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The U.S. Senate has confirmed Purdue President France Cordova's appointment to the National Science Board.President George W. Bush appointed Cordova to the 24-member board, which governs the National Science...
New shoes and socks for an entire school
A Kroger official and his family presented new shoes and socks to nearly 350 students at an Indianapolis Public School today.Kroger Central Division President Bob Moeder, his wife Marsha and son Christopher, made the donation at School 46, 1450 S....
Neighbor, burglar trade gunshots
A Northwestside man and a burglary suspect exchanged gunshots this morning.Witnesses told police they saw two men kick in a door of a house at 3600 block of North Donald Drive about 9 a.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police spokesman Lt. Jeff L....
Marion Co. tax bills head for mailboxes
Long-awaited Marion County property tax bills will be sent in the mail next week, with payment due on Dec. 16.The bill will be the first installment of 2008 property taxes. It will be a provisional, or conditional, bill based on previous...
Panel backs removing judge over delayed release
INDIANAPOLIS — A state commission on Friday recommended removing a Marion County judge who it said mishandled the release of a man who remained in prison for two years after DNA cleared him in a rape case.The Indiana Commission on Judicial...
Courtroom outburst earns judge 3-day suspension
INDIANAPOLIS — A judge who stunned a courtroom by calling a defendant a drug dealer has agreed to serve a 3-day suspension and pay court costs for the proceedings against him.A panel of three judges named by the Indiana Supreme Court to hear a...
