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Indiana appeals court upholds axing of Obama suit
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GOP leaders to push district map proposal
Senate President Pro Tempore David Long said today that he, along with other Senate Republicans, will push for changes in how Indiana draws legislative districts, including changing the constitution to create an independent commission to draw the...
Youth minister charged with sexual battery
A youth minister has been charged with sexual battery for making sexual advances toward two women. Byron Alston, 46, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday and charged with two counts of felony sexual battery and one count of felony criminal confinement....
Soldiers & Sailors Monument repairs go on
Work to repair and renovate the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Downtown Indianapolis is taking longer than expected. The landmark was closed in mid-September for what was expected to be a monthlong project to fix damage caused by rain leaking into...
Facebook alibi frees NYC robbery suspect
NEW YORK — A 19-year-old New York City man arrested on robbery charges has been exonerated thanks to his Facebook page. Rodney Bradford was held for 12 days on suspicion of robbing two people on Oct. 17 in the Brooklyn public housing complex...
Environmental group plans green forum
Indiana’s largest environmental group is hosting a forum this weekend focusing on what the state’s upcoming legislative session could mean for renewable energy, mass transit and other “green” policies. The Hoosier...
Evansville principal accused of shoplifting
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An elementary school principal has been suspended with pay in an alleged shoplifting case. Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Deputy Rob Clark cited and released Patricia Edwards following the Tuesday incident at a...
Soldier's casket brings somber air to parade
TERRE HAUTE — It was the largest Veterans Day Parade anyone here could remember — and the quietest. Soldiers from every conflict since World War II marched down Wabash Avenue or rode on flatbeds. A crowd of about 2,000 people lined the...
Purdue professor's blog post sparks debate
Remarks about gays spark debate about free speech at Purdue A Purdue University professor has landed in hot water with students protesting his personal blog — a conservative Web page on which he posted an “economic case against...
Vera Bradley Foundation to give another $10M to IU cancer center
Last month, the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer finished a decadelong effort to donate $10 million to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center. But that was just the half of it. Today, the Fort Wayne-based foundation will...
Shooting victim was to start new job
Food, wine expert is passionate about his career, friends say Gabe Jordan rose from busing tables six years ago at one of the city’s fanciest restaurants to opening one himself. Jordan, a self-taught expert on wine and food, helped esteemed...
Stealing the show with a mink stole
Beverly Hills supper club glamour of the 1930s and 1940s was the style of the evening Saturday at The Christamore House Guild’s 35th Annual Gala, called “The Sapphire Supper Club.” Palm trees, white sofas for lounging and old-school...
Services set for Fort Hood victim
PLYMOUTH, Ind. — Funeral arrangements have been announced for a Plymouth, Ind., native killed in last week’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. Visitation for Army Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday in Plymouth...
Charges allege priest raped boy in Ireland
South Bend — An 81-year-old Catholic priest living in Northern Indiana faces possible extradition to Ireland on charges that he raped a teenage boy in 1968. A federal magistrate on Tuesday ordered that the Rev. Francis Markey remain jailed...
Police: Man kills himself after killing ex-girlfriend
Michigan City — Police say a man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend in front of their two children as they waited for a school bus in Northern Indiana. Officers found the man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot a half-mile away about 10...
Terre Haute parade salutes slain soldier
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — An Indiana soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan was remembered on Veterans Day as a happy-go-lucky athlete apt to burst into song at any moment who was as comfortable handing out coloring books to Afghan children as he...
S. Indiana inmates face jail sex charges
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Crash victim's fatal injury puzzles police
Police were investigating how a man in a minor car accident suffered a fatal head wound on the Northeastside. Manuel Maldonado, Indianapolis, died at Methodist Hospital this morning, said spokesman James Wide . Maldonado suffered...
Indy pauses to thank veterans
Thousands of Hoosiers attended a Veterans Day service at the Indiana War Memorial today, then lined Pennsylvania Street to cheer service members and high school bands playing patriotic music for a parade under crisp, sunny skies. The annual service...
Power outage strikes Riley, IU hospitals
Parts of Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children went on emergency power this morning after a leaky steam pipe caused an outage. The electrical failure forced the hospital to reschedule surgeries that weren’t emergencies,...
Indiana priest faces extradition to Ireland
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — An 81-year-old Catholic priest living in northern Indiana faces possible extradition to Ireland on charges that he raped a teenage boy in 1968. A federal magistrate on Tuesday ordered that the Rev. Francis Markey remain...
Police chase ends with Eastside crash
Police arrested two suspected robbers after a brief chase in a stolen car that ended in a crash into a Eastside fast-food restaurant Tuesday. The men, who were still being questioned by detectives, are suspected of robbing Joseph Manson, 28,...
Robbers hit pizza delivery driver
A 21-year-old pizza delivery driver in Lawrence was robbed at gunpoint of $80 in pizza and $80 in cash Tuesday night. The four suspects struck Ashley Reed, Lawrence, on the back of the head and pointed a gun at her head before fleeing from 12500...
Pain of budget cuts is hitting home
Some predict drop in hospital care; prison guards lose automatic OT State budget cuts will begin to take a tangible toll on Hoosiers, from the pay in prison guards’ pockets to possibly the level of service people receive at hospitals. Faced...
Bayh calls for focus on national debt
Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh says it’s time to get serious about reducing the nation’s record $12 trillion national debt. The Democrat said Tuesday that he will not support an upcoming vote to raise the debt limit unless Congress commits to a...
Mom slain at Michigan City school bus stop
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Police say a man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend in front of their two children as they waited for a school bus in northern Indiana. Officers found the man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot a half mile away about...
For loved ones of MIA vets, uncertainty excruciating
At 9:30 p.m. Sept. 8, 1971, Spec. 5 Michael Lautzenheiser sat down to write a letter to family. “One more week + I’ll be 20! Ugh! I’m aging fast,” Lautzenheiser wrote. “My teeth have begun falling out already. I...
Fallen soldier's body will ride in Terre Haute parade
Terre Haute, like a lot of places, has an annual Veterans Day parade — vintage convertibles, dignitaries, high school bands playing Sousa marches, soldiers from long-ago wars wearing bits of their old uniforms. But this year’s will be...
Wounded officer relieved by verdict
Man who shot cop in head is convicted of attempted murder Shortly after hearing the verdict he had hoped for, Indianapolis police officer Jason Fishburn embraced several jurors outside the courthouse in Valparaiso. It was his way of saying thanks...
Veterans Day activities today
Veterans Day Cut-a-Thon Benefit , 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at area Sport Clips locations. The “Biggest Haircut Day of the Year” will benefit the VFW’s Operation Uplink, a program that offers free call days and calling cards for deployed and...
