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Columbus taps conservator to preserve architecture

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:01:05 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - The city of Columbus is hiring an Indianapolis Museum of Art conservator to help preserve historic buildings before their past is lost.

Many Ind. schools to lose out on funding increase

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:06:26 -0400

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana - The new state budget that increases funding for schools the next two years won't benefit every Indiana school district.

Lawmakers, AG seek more oversight of casino grants

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:04:05 -0400

CONNERSVILLE, Indiana - Indiana officials want more oversight of a grant program that distributes riverboat casino revenue to communities for economic development.

Indy fires 2 officials in alleged kickback plot

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:26 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Two city of Indianapolis officials have been fired amid allegations they took bribes and kickbacks in their roles in a city program that sells vacant and tax-delinquent properties.

Indianapolis man dies when hit by squad car

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:04:18 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Police say neither speed nor alcohol appear to have been a factor when a squad car struck and killed a pedestrian who had walked into traffic on an Indianapolis street.

Settlement calls for refunds to Indiana consumers

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:43:07 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says state residents who bought E-books published by Penguin Group would receive $1.15 million in refunds as part of a multistate investigation into price-fixing and collusion.

E. Ind. man gets 37 years in prison in son's death

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:13:13 -0400

RICHMOND, Indiana - An eastern Indiana man has been sentenced to 37 years in prison in the starvation death of his 3-month-old son.

Indiana U. proposes 1.75 percent tuition increase

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:46:47 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is recommending tuition and fee increases of 1.75 percent for Indiana residents in each of the next two years at the school's Bloomington campus.

Chief justice urges diligence to Ind. alma mater

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:34:52 -0400

LAPORTE, Indiana - U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday told graduates of the northern Indiana Catholic boarding school he graduated from 40 years ago that persistence is the most essential quality to success and is the only trait each person controls when facing life's challenges.

Red Skelton museum gets $65K for July opening

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:27 -0400

VINCENNES, Indiana - A museum devoted to the comedy of Indiana-born comic Red Skelton has received a $65,000 boost for its planned July opening in southwestern Indiana.

Postal Service: Dog bites on Ind. carriers rising

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:15:17 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - A recent increase in dog attacks on Indiana letter carriers has prompted the U.S. Postal Service to urge dog owners to do a better job of controlling their canines when the postman approaches.

Hearing ends in retrial bid in IU student's death

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:19:02 -0400

MARTINSVILLE, Indiana - It will likely be months before a judge rules on whether to order a retrial for the man convicted of killing an Indiana University student who disappeared during a 2000 bike ride.

'Hoosiers' team reunites for IU commercial

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:50 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - The last time Angelo Pizzo and Fred Murphy saw each other was in 1985, and Murphy was leaving the "wrap party" for the just-completed filming of the movie "Hoosiers."

'Hoosiers' team reunites for IU commercial

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:11:24 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - A creative team that helped make the movie "Hoosiers" has reunited to create a 60-second commercial touting the benefits of an Indiana University education.

Ex-Chicago officer sentenced in Latin Kings case

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:05:55 -0400

HAMMOND, Indiana - A former Chicago police officer has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in armed robberies of drug dealers for the Latin Kings street gang in northwestern Indiana and Chicago.

Southern Indiana garden honors Thomas Jefferson

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:58:47 -0400

JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana - Jeffersonville CityPride, a local steel production company, and students from Spring Hill and Maple elementary schools have created a new garden at Warder Park that pays tribute to the city's namesake.

Southern Indiana garden honors Thomas Jefferson

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:08 -0400

JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana - Elementary school students in southern Indiana have worked with a volunteer beautification group to create a garden honoring Jeffersonville's namesake and the nation's third president.

Ind. man charged in estranged girlfriend's killing

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:28 -0400

PRINCETON, Indiana - A southwestern Indiana man accused of fatally shooting his estranged girlfriend outside of a restaurant where their son had celebrated his eighth-grade graduation had been ordered off the premises by police before he returned with a shotgun, authorities said.

Home birth supporters praise new Ind. law

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:10 -0400

LAFAYETTE, Indiana - Sitting at a table in a downtown Lafayette coffee shop, four mothers, all experienced in home births, talked about what they consider a long-overdue law - House Bill 1135 - concerning midwife-assisted home births.

Home birth supporters praise new Ind. law

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:17 -0400

LAFAYETTE, Indiana - A new Indiana law that will create standards of care and open opportunities for midwives is winning praise from supporters of home births.