Peru's 1st female police chief says sense of community, not gender, guides...
PERU, Indiana - The city of Peru has its first female police chief, but Jonie Kennedy says gender has never been a factor in her career decisions.
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PERU, Indiana - Peru Police Chief Jonie Kennedy said as a kid she loved baseball, and the fact that it was a sport for boys didn't stop her from playing it.
View ArticleInjured Indiana veteran finds outlet at Warrior Games as he works to rebuild...
MADISON, Indiana - Sgt. Evan Davis could talk for hours about the intricacies and techniques behind competitive air-rifle shooting. But he can summarize it best as "90 percent mental and 10 percent...
View ArticleSpace shortage forces Lafayette food program to turn away donations; new...
LAFAYETTE, Indiana - A Lafayette food program is so strapped for space that it's being forced to turn away food donations at least once a week.
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LAFAYETTE, Indiana - In between the doors to the loading dock and at the end of aisles stood stacks of wire totes full of canned goods and boxed meals.
View ArticleSouth Bend considers easing beekeeping restrictions amid mysterious colony...
SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Proposed changes would make it easier for South Bend residents to keep bee hives in the city.
View ArticleParents of students at charter schools that weren't renewed hold out hope for...
FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Parents of students enrolled in charter schools that Ball State University decided not to renew are hoping the schools find new sponsors so they don't have to move their children.
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FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Mary Staples has been a strong supporter of Imagine MASTer Academy, but she feels she's in limbo now, pulled between her desire to send her kids to the school and her need to...
View ArticleKey legislators say Indiana unlikely to adopt proposal for tighter drunken...
INDIANAPOLIS - Some key Indiana legislators don't expect the state to adopt a federal safety board's recommendation that the threshold for drunken driving be cut nearly in half.
View ArticleLarge mural depicting life along Wabash River
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana - Artists have started painting a 96-foot wide mural depicting various scenes of life along the Wabash River that will cover a two-story wall of a downtown Terre Haute building.
View ArticleSouthern Indiana stream gauge falling victim to federal budget cuts in stream...
VERNON, Indiana - Indiana will lose a stream gauge that has been used for research and to alert communities about impending flooding under federal budget cuts to a program that collects data from...
View ArticleIndiana troopers: Man dies from shooting at southern Indiana home; autopsy...
RAMSEY, Indiana - Authorities say a man has been found fatally inside a southern Indiana home.
View ArticleEx-Indianapolis councilman gets 2 years for fraud
INDIANAPOLIS - A former Indianapolis City-County Council member and minister was sentenced to more than two years in prison Monday for helping squander a doctor's $1.7 million charitable donation in...
View ArticleNorthern Indiana man lying on dark road after crashing mo-ped run over,...
PIERCETON, Indiana - Authorities say a northern Indiana driver swerving to avoid a crashed mo-ped on a dark rural road ran over the mo-ped's driver lying in the middle of the road, fatally injuring him.
View Article2 children reported dead from Indianapolis fire
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis-area mother was less than two months from breaking ground on a new home designed to accommodate her three autistic children when a fire swept through the family's...
View ArticleSeptember trial set or hairstylists seeking shares of ex-co-worker's $9.5M...
INDIANAPOLIS - A judge has set a Sept. 10 trial date for a lawsuit brought by seven hairstylists who are fighting for a share of a $9.5 million lottery prize won by a former co-worker at an...
View ArticleIndiana politician denies federal corruption charges, slams 'relentless'...
HAMMOND, Indiana - A longtime northwestern Indiana politician indicted on eight federal corruption counts pleaded not guilty Monday and proclaimed his innocence.
View ArticleOff-duty officer working security shoots man outside NW Indiana Planned...
MERRILLVILLE, Indiana - A northwestern Indiana police officer has shot a man while issuing a citation for an illegally parked semitrailer.
View ArticleNational Weather Service: Weak tornado struck Hendricks County west of...
INDIANAPOLIS - The National Weather Service confirms a weak tornado struck west of Indianapolis and caused minor damage.
View ArticleGroup claims Ball State prof teaching creationism
INDIANAPOLIS - An atheist organization has complained to Ball State University that an honors course curriculum exploring the nature of the universe is religion disguised as science. University...
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