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Pizza Helps Nab Crooks
(COLUMBUS) - The smell of stolen pizza helped police catch two people connected to the armed robbery of a delivery woman in Columbus.
Jury To Decide Myers Fate
(MARTINSVILLE) - Final arguments in the murder trial of John R. Myers will begin today, after his defense rested Friday having called only two witnesses.
Hoosier Businessman Dies In Plane Crash
(UNDATED) - The National Transportation Safety Board has spent hours in Lawrence County, Illinois, investigating the crash of a small airplane that killed a Vincennes businessman.
Warrant Service Sends Woman To Jail
(DUBOIS) - A warrant service in the town of Dubois netted the arrest of resident 53-year-old Tessa Zehr.
BMV Braches To Be Open Election Day
(UNDATED) - The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles says it will extend license branch hours on November 6th and 7th.
Ghost Walks At I.U.
(BLOOMINGTON) - Indiana University’s Bloomington campus is the scene of literally hundreds of ghost stories and legends.
Hoosier Farmers See Good Yields On Soybeans
(UNDATED) - Indiana farmers say this year’s soybean yield appears better than average.
FFA Convention Held This Week
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The 79th FFA National Convention is underway in Indianapolis.
Indiana's Do-Not-Call Law Wins Again
(STATEHOUSE) - A federal court has upheld the state’s ability to prosecute violators of its Do-Not-Call law.
FBI Warns Of New E-Mail Scam
(UNDATED) - Another e-mail scam has popped up in inboxes across the U.S., referencing the FBI.
Statewide Test Held For Pandemic Flu Outbreak
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Officials are generally pleased with Tuesday’s statewide pandemic influenza tabletop exercise.
Egg Salad Recalled In Indiana
(UNDATED) - Ballard’s Farm Sausage of West Virginia is recalling its egg salad in Indiana and sixteen other states because of possible contamination.
Intermodal Facility May Come To Indiana
(UNDATED) - CSX Corporation says it has narrowed its list of states in which to locate its new intermodal facility to two.
V.P. Cheney Makes A Trip To Camp Atterbury
(EDINBURGH) - Indiana Air and National Guard troops at Camp Atterbury got a visit this morning from Vice-President Dick Cheney.
Marsh To Begin Closing Stores
(INDIANAPOLIS) - With the change in management of the Marsh ownership, officials Thursday announced that some stores will be closing.
Hoosier Soldiers To Return Home From Iraq
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A group of about 150 Hoosier soldiers who’ve been serving in Iraq are due to fly into Indianapolis this weekend.
Annual Film Festival In Indianapolis
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The 15th annual Heartland Film Festival is underway.
Courthouse Locked Down For Guilty Plea
(COLUMBUS) - The Bartholomew County Courthouse was locked down for a short time Tuesday following the guilty plea of a man charged with sexually abusing at least three young girls.
Police Continue To Look For Child Abductors
(HENDERSON, KENTUCKY) - Henderson, Kentucky police say they’ve received several hundred calls, from people who think they’ve spotted 33-year old Renee Terrell and her 23-year old boyfriend, Christopher Luttrell.
Jewelry Store To Pay Out Millions
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana is one of 18 states which has settled a dispute with a jewelry purveyor which defrauded its customers through insurance fees.
Soccer Star Arrested After Accident
(FLOYDS KNOBS) - A girls’ soccer star at Our Lady of Providence high school in Clarksville has been charged with drunken driving in a crash which killed a Jeffersonville teenager.
Emergency Capital At Camp Atterbury
(CAMP ATTERBURY) - Indiana’s year-old state-of-the-art military training center at Camp Atterbury could also be an emergency state capital in case of disaster.
Hoosier City Of One Receives Road Money
(UNDATED) - Friday’s distribution of $75-million in road and bridge money to Indiana cities and counties includes the princely sum of $6.86 for the town of New Amsterdam in Harrison County.
New Student Program Helps Dropouts
(UNDATED) - The Indiana National Guard is launching a new program to combat the high school dropout rate in our state.
Cummings Adds 600 Jobs
(COLUMBUS) - Cummins Engine Company’s announcement it will add 600 jobs in Columbus gives Indiana an economic victory at a time when the state’s manufacturing base had been turning wobbly.
Hoosier Soldier Returns Home...After 56 Years
(RISING SUN) - The remains of a soldier from southeastern Indiana who died in the Korean War have been found.
Heating Bills Could Be Down More Than 10%
(UNDATED) - Natural-gas bills should be down an average of 13% this winter as compared to last winter, that according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
New Diesel Fuel Available Sunday
(UNDATED) - Environmentalists and industry leaders are touting a new diesel fuel that will be available at all Indiana gas stations this Sunday.
AT&T Offers Hoosiers 5-Year Services
(INDIANAPOLIS) – AT&T has signed a new deal with the state to provide telecommunications services for the next five years.
INDOT's Roadway Plans
(UNDATED) - Indiana’s strategic highway safety plan has been finalized following approval by the federal highway administration.
New Fuel Debuts In Columbus
(COLUMBUS) - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Stephen L. Johnson will visit Columbus Tuesday to officially launch a new super-low-sulfur diesel fuel.
Columbus "America In Bloom"
(COLUMBUS) - Columbus has been named a winner in its population range for the national “America In Bloom” competition.
Pumpkin Growers Warn Of Rot
(UNDATED) - The state’s pumpkin crop could be hampered by a case of pumpkin rot.
Medicare Part-D Answers at CVS Drugstores
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indianapolis-based Wellpoint says it will partner with CVS pharmacies to try to answer the questions of seniors about Medicare Part-D.
James Dean Memorabilia On-Line
(FAIRMOUNT) - The contents of a now-closed Indiana James Dean Museum go up for auction online this weekend.
James Whitcomb Riley Now Available Electronically
(INDIANAPOLIS) – IUPUI has established a website which chronicles the works of Indiana’s most famous poet.
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