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CDC Ranks Indiana Highly
(UNDATED) - The Indiana Health Department says it is ranked highly by the Centers for Disease control and Prevention when it comes to the state’s preparation for a massive medical response.
Dead Body Identified
(RICHMOND) - A body found in Wayne County last month has been identified as a Muncie man.
Fiery Crash Kills Woman
(CHESTERTON) - Indiana State Police say an unidentified woman was killed in a fiery crash after a semi trailer crushed her vehicle Wednesday on the Indiana toll road.
TB Patient To Recieve Care In Denver
(UNDATED) - A man who triggered an international hunt for people he may have exposed to a rare form of tuberculosis will be heading to Denver for treatment.
Fighter Jet Pilot Safe After Crash
(VINCENNES) - A military spokesman says the pilot of an F-15 fighter jet that crashed Wednesday near Evansville ejected safely.
Hoosier Electric Companies Prove Surplus To Regulators
(UNDATED) - Indiana power companies are assuring customers that they will have plenty of electricity to handle the demand in the summer heat.
Study Shows Drop In Minor Tobacco Sales
(BLOOMINGTON) - Tobacco sales to minors in Indiana dropped for the sixth year in a row.
Plea Bargain For Trucker Who Killed Taylor U. Students/Faculty
(PORTLAND) - A Michigan trucker has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an April 2006 crash that killed four students and a staff member from Taylor University.
Suspect Leads Police To Body
(GARY) - Authorities gathered in a Gary neighborhood Tuesday to search for a woman’s body.
Police Searching For Owner Of Rescued Animals
(LAKE STATION) - Authorities rescued 36 dogs and cats from a Lake Station home after neighbors complained about the stench.
Voluntary Manslaughter Charge Upturned By State Court
(STATEHOUSE) - The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a Pendleton Correctional Facility inmate’s voluntary manslaughter conviction.
Hoosier Soldier Laid To Rest In Hometown
(SCOTTSBURG) - A fallen Indiana soldier returned home to a hero’s welcome in southern Indiana Tuesday.
Indianapolis Man Faces Murder Charges
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A 23-year- old Indianapolis man is facing murder charges for allegedly stabbing and dismembering his girlfriend.
Police Take Steps To Conserve Fuel
(UNDATED) - Police departments are doing their best to cut back on gasoline consumption.
Boy Killed When ATV Flips Over
(EVANSTON) - A seven-year-old boy is dead of injuries he suffered when the ATV he was driving flipped over on his father’s Southern Indiana property.
Teens Face Charges After Faking Kidnapping
(GREENSBURG) - Two teenagers face criminal charges for faking a kidnapping in a Greensburg Wal-Mart parking lot.
Social Worker Is Honored After Fighting Cancer
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana University Cancer Center is honoring its patients as part of National Cancer Survivors Day.
Hazardous Materials Scanner Unveiled
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - A company headquartered in the Purdue Research Park has come up with a scanning device to detect hazardous materials inside sealed containers.
Killer Of Officer's Daughter Arrested
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indianapolis Metro Police say the man arrested this weekend on charges of killing an IMPD officer’s daughter admitted burning and dismembering the corpse, and disposing of the remains in garbage bins along the city’s southeast side.
ISP Says Chain E-mail Urban Legend
(INDIANAPOLIS) - State police say a chain e-mail claiming they’re issuing tickets for going as little as six miles an hour over the limit is an urban legend.
No Challenges Sought In Marion County Elections
(INDIANAPOLIS) - There will be no challenges to Marion County’s problem-plagued election.
Truck Driver To Change Plea
(PORTLAND) - A truck driver charged with causing a crash that killed five people may change his plea to guilty Tuesday on charges stemming from the crash.
Look, Don't Touch Wildlife
(UNDATED) - Indiana Conservation Officers wish to remind people who encounter offspring of wildlife this spring, to look but not touch.
Motorists Not Phased At Higher Gas Prices This Holiday Weekend
(UNDATED) - Record high gas prices don’t seem to be stopping Indiana motorists from hitting the road this holiday weekend.
Leave Your Wood At Home
(CONCORD, N.H.) - If you’re camping this summer, state and federal forest agencies want you to leave your firewood at home.
Livestock Advisory Board Sought For Indiana
(UNDATED) - The Indiana State Department of Agriculture is seeking applicants for the new Certified Livestock Producer Program Advisory Board.
War Veteran Receives HS Diploma 62 Years Later
(MADISON) - A man scheduled to be part of the Madison High School class of 1945 has finally received his diploma.
Lack Of Rain A Concern For Farmers
(UNDATED) - May is normally one of the rainiest months of the year, but rainfall in most of western and central Indiana is two inches below normal.
Police Looking For Gunman
(WARSAW) - A double murder is under investigation in Kosciusko County.
Police Reopen A Cold Case
((NEW ALBANY) - Two teenage boys have discovered the body of a missing New Albany woman in a wooded area in Floyd County.
ISP Troopers Begin Operation C.A.R.E.
(UNDATED) - Indiana State Police are beginning increased patrols during the Memorial Day Weekend to make the highways safer.
Dr. Pushes For Healthier Indiana
(STATEHOUSE) - Indiana Health commissioner Dr. Judy Monroe has brought medical professionals and public health providers to the Statehouse to push for a healthier Indiana.
$2-Billion Power Plant To Be Built In So. Indiana
(EDWARDSPORT) - Plans for a new power plant in southern Indiana to turn coal into natural gas are dividing the environmental community.
Federal Lawsuit Not Stopping Nerve Gas Shipments
(NEWPORT) - Truckloads of caustic wastewater continue to roll out of the Army’s Chemical Depot near Newport, in spite of a recent lawsuit filed to stop the shipments.
Time Capsule To Be Opened After 100 Years
(NEW CASTLE) - A ceremony will be held June 22nd to open a time capsule buried a century ago at Metaldyne Corporation’s New Castle plant.
Convicted Man Runs From Courthouse
(CRAWFORDSVILLE) - Montgomery County authorities are looking for a man convicted Monday of criminal recklessness.
Bees Disrupt Charity Walk
(LIGONIER) - About three-thousand honey bees delayed a fund-raising walk in Ligonier over the weekend.
Auction To Sell Hemingway's Rolls-Royce
(AUBURN) - A 1929 Rolls-Royce owned by Ernest Hemingway will be among the cars sold at the Kruse International Auburn Spring Motorfair.
Body Discovered Near Indianapolis Speedway
(SPEEDWAY) - The body of a 23-year-old Indianapolis man was found Sunday in his overturned vehicle near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Indiana's Do Not Call List Deadline Is Near
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The next deadline to register for the state’s Do Not Call list will be this Tuesday.
IDNR Highlights Emerard Ash Borer Awareness Week
(UNDATED) - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has declared May 20th - 26th as Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week.
Courses Offered In Boating Safety
(UNDATED) - This is National Boating Safety Week.
High Gas Prices Are Changing Consumers Habits
(UDATED) - With gas prices reaching their highest level in recent history, a majority of consumers plan to take steps to combat the hit to their wallets.
Elementary Student Writes Grant For Butterflies
(BROWNSBURG) - Brownsburg will cut the ribbon Sunday on a rest stop for monarch butterflies.
Indy 500 Parade Set For Saturday, May 26th
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A star-studded Indianapolis 500 parade is scheduled to take place May 26th.
Air Transportation Focus Of Expo
(FORT WAYNE) - More than 6,000 people are expected to attend the Crossroads of Innovation Business/Industry Expo and Conferences in Fort Wayne.
Crawfordsville Fire Deemed Suspicious
(CRAWFORDSVILLE) - Police are describing the cause of a Crawfordsville fire that killed a man last week as suspicious.
Groups Oppose New Coal Energy Plant
(VINCENNES) - Several environmental and consumer groups are partnering to oppose plans for a new two-billion dollar coal-fired generating plant in Southwest Indiana.
Safe Snatched From Indy BMV
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Was it an inside job? Bureau of Motor Vehicles officials say they aren’t sure how the suspect or suspects were able to break into the Indy West BMV branch.
Tracks Decide Where To Place Slots
(STATEHOUSE) - For Indiana’s horse-racing tracks, the hard part is over: Governor Daniels last week signed the law letting them install slot machines.
Hoosiers Can Track Offender Status
(UNDATED) - Indiana residents can now track the custody status of more than 27,000 offenders in the Department of Correction and four county jails.
Police Continue To Investigate Skateboard Death
(FISHERS) - Police say they’ve ruled out foul play in the death of a Fishers man killed in a Sunday afternoon skateboarding accident.
Theives Take Off With Safe From Indy BMV
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indianapolis Metro Police are investigating a burglary of a 500-lb. safe from a west side Bureau of Motor Vehicles office.
Thunderstorm Causes Problems In Northern Indiana
(UNDATED) - A spring storm roared across northwest Indiana Tuesday and caused power outages for about 52,000 electric customers.
Indianapolis Looking At Building Largest Convention Center
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association officials are proposing the largest convention center hotel for downtown Indianapolis.
Click It Or Ticket Ad Campaign To Target Age Group
(UNDATED) - The Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving has begun is statewide “Click It or Ticket” advertising campaign.
Daimler-Chrysler To Sell Major Part Of Company
(UNDATED) - Daimler-Chrysler says it will sell an 80.1% percent stake in its Chrysler unit to an affiliate of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management for $7.4-billion.
Strawberry Quick Spreading Across Country
(UNDATED) - Indiana State Police are warning parents of a new version of methamphetamine.
Elderly Woman Jumps For Her Birthday
(FLORA) - An 80-year-old Indiana woman celebrated her birthday and Mother’s Day a bit early by jumping out of an airplane.
Henry County Prosecutors Find Catholic Church Arsonist
(NEW CASTLE) - After more than a month without any answers, officials with the Henry County Prosecutor’s Office say they have the man they believe set fire to the only Catholic church in New Castle.
Body IDed In Crawfordsville
(CRAWFORDSVILLE) - The Montgomery County Coroner on Thursday identified the body found following the fire in downtown Crawfordsville this week.
Police Searching For Columbus Arsonist(s)
(COLUMBUS) - Columbus police are searching for the people responsible for nearly a dozen trash fires which have flared up in the past week.
Local Governments May Be Liable For Unsafe Roads
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana’s Supreme Court is pondering whether to make it easier to sue local governments for failing to keep the roads safe.
Cicadas To Appear In Northern Indiana
(UNDATED) - Some northwestern Indiana residents may soon hear the mating call of an insect that appears only once every 17 years.
Training At Muscatatuck Begins Today
(BUTLERVILLE) - Jennings County’s Muscatatuck Urban Training Center will be targeted in a simulated nuclear attack.
Officials Attempt To Identify Body Found In Fire Rubble
(CRAWFORDSVILLE) - Officials are working to identify the body found in rubble of several burned-out buildings in Crawfordsville.
Study Shows Hoosier Manufactoring Jobs Falling
(UNDATED) - An annual study by Illinois-based Manufacturers’ News, Inc. reports that Indiana has lost more than 17,000 manufacturing jobs since March 2006.
Crawfordville Fire Kills At Least One
(CRAWFORDSVILLE) - Authorities say a body was found inside one of three downtown buildings damaged Tuesday in an early morning blaze in Crawfordsville.
Taylorsville Police Looking For Woman's Killer
(TAYLORSVILLE) - Police now say a woman found dead in a Taylorsville ditch had been hit by a car more than a day before her body was discovered.
Hoosier City To Help Namesake
(GREENSBURG) - Greensburg residents hope to help those recently devastated by a deadly tornado in a community that carries a familiar name.
Police Easily Find Cemetery Thief
(MERRILLVILLE) - Authorities say it didn’t take long to locate a man suspected of recently vandalizing a Merrillville cemetery. Thief
Hoosier Sentry Drill At Muscatatuck Urban Training Center
(MUSCATATUCK) - A simulated ten-kiloton nuclear bomb explosion will draw thousands of first responders to Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Jennings County this week.
Suicide Rate Rising for Hoosier Teens
(UNDATED) - A new report shows the suicide rate for Indiana teenagers has surpassed the number of adolescents who die in homicides.
Large Primate Exhibit Planned For Indianapolis Zoo
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indianapolis Zoo is designing a massive exhibit leaders hope will bring Hoosiers in close contact with chimps and other primates.
Indy Teen Admits To Shooting
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A teenager has been arrested and charged with a gun murder on Indianapolis’ northeast side.
American Idol Show To Come To Indiana
(INDIANAPOLIS) - American Idol fans will surely make it to the Indiana State Fair this year.
Indiana DNR Holding Public Input Meetings
(UNDATED) - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry is hosting three public meetings this month to gather input on activities in a new five-year strategic plan.
Dead Fish Closes Park Lake
(RICHMOND) - State and local officials are still trying to identify what has killed fish in Springwood Lake Park in Richmond.
Indiana Death Row Inmate Executed Friday Morning
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Governor Mitch Daniels says he denied David Leon Woods’ petition for clemency after reviewing the case.
Escapee Rides With Sheriff 30 Years Later
(BLUFFTON) - A man on the lam from the Wells County jail for nearly three decades has been returned to his cell.
Bird Flu Vaccine May Become A Reality
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - The Purdue Research Foundation is licensing new technology to a San Diego company that could be mass-produced into a bird flu vaccine.
Web Site To Feature Training Exercises
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A new web site is allowing curious Indiana residents to monitor a military training exercise that will simulate the aftermath of a nuclear explosion.
Teen Admits To Killing Fellow Student With Jeep
(CLARKSVILLE) - An 18-year-old girl admitted in court Monday that she had too much to drink when her jeep hit an oncoming vehicle last October in Floyds Knobs, killing a fellow student.
Donation Helps Hospital Build New Care Facility
(INDIANAPOLIS) - St. Vincent Hospital officials in Indianapolis have announced a $2.4-million naming gift for the new primary care center currently under construction.
Magazine Ranks Southern Indiana Towns
(UNDATED) - Madison and Nashville have been listed in the 2007 edition of the 100 best small-town getaways as chosen by Midwest Living Magazine.
Hoosier Evangelist Dies
(CHATTANOOGA, TENN.) - An Indiana native who founded Tennessee Temple University has died.
South Bend Officer Remembered
(SOUTH BEND) - South Bend police officer Nick Polizzotto was remembered yesterday as a caring father, son and brother at his funeral.
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