Southern Indiana teacher explores 'grain of truth' behind ghost stories for...
FLOYDS KNOBS, Ind. - Through tales of the dead reaching out to the living and sharing messages or terrorizing them from the other side, a Highland Hills Middle School teacher did some digging into the...
View ArticleFast-growing noxious weed found in 5 NW Ind. counties; farmers urged to...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A fast-spreading weed that can grow up to 7 feet tall and clog up cropland has gained a foothold in five northwestern Indiana counties.
View ArticleSupporters of museum honoring comic Skelton launch donation campaign ahead of...
VINCENNES, Ind. - You don't have to have deep pockets to be a contributor to the opening of the new Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy.
View ArticleWork at inn serves up hands-on experience for career center's culinary arts...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Ask Andrea Smith what she likes about the Hoosier Hills Career Center's Dew Drop Inn, and she'll mention its baked chicken and prompt customer service.
View ArticleSweet venture: New owners of Hagerstown candy shop embrace tradition as they...
HAGERSTOWN, Ind. - A tradition spanning more than 120 years, Abbott's Candies is continuing to create familiar treats - and will add some new specialties - under new ownership.
View ArticleHammond school nurse uses family experience, training to help students with...
HAMMOND, Ind. - Along with her lab coat and stethoscope, Tracy Tucker's work supplies include a stuffed fabric pancreas and Rufus, a teddy bear with diabetes.
View ArticleIndiana Board of Education gives 60 percent of public schools grades of A or...
INDIANAPOLIS - About 60 percent of Indiana public schools are getting A or B letter grades for student progress, while about 7 percent received failing grades that could position them for state...
View ArticleSouthern Indiana man convicted of fatally beating woman found dead in church...
BLOOMFIELD, Ind. - A jury has convicted a southern Indiana man of murder for the beating death of a woman whose body was found in a church cemetery near where her younger brother was buried.
View ArticleIndiana schools superintendent candidate calls for independent audit of...
INDIANAPOLIS - The Democrat running against Indiana's top schools official is calling for an independent audit of the state grades of public schools' annual progress.
View ArticleTruck's raised grain bin causes Shelbyville power outage, interrupting...
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. - The power is back on in Shelbyville after a truck's raised grain bin downed several utility poles.
View ArticleUniversity of Notre Dame offering to move main road that goes through South...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The University of Notre Dame has proposed moving a busy road that crosses part of its campus, saying it will fund the construction to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and...
View Article660K former Anthem policyholders to share $90M settlement over conversion to...
INDIANAPOLIS - About 660,000 former policyholders in Anthem will receive shares of a $90 million that parent company WellPoint will pay to settle a claim that it underpaid them when the company...
View ArticleGun prank backfires in fatal shooting of Indianapolis 14-year-old; 2 other...
INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis police says two teenagers were trying to scare a friend as a prank when one shot him in the neck.
View ArticleDemocrat Donnelly walks careful line after foe's abortion comment in Indiana...
INDIANAPOLIS - Seeking to become the first Democrat in nearly four decades to hold an Indiana Senate seat, Joe Donnelly's television ads depict him as an earnest moderate while slamming his tea...
View ArticleLouisville man waives extradition on Indiana charges in fiery Floyd County...
NEW ALBANY, Ind. - A Louisville, Ky., man facing four counts of reckless homicide in a southern Indiana crash that killed four people will return to Indiana to face prosecution.
View ArticleDemocratic group's talking mailer replaying Mourdock comment on abortion,...
INDIANAPOLIS - Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comments about pregnancy resulting from rape being God's intention are being replayed for voters in a new talking mailer from a Democratic...
View ArticleFewer Indiana residents are casting early ballots this year than in the...
INDIANAPOLIS - After a strong start, fewer Indiana residents are taking advantage of early voting for this year's election than in 2008, when a record quarter of all Hoosiers voters cast ballots...
View ArticleAd spending tops $25 million in Indiana Senate race as groups make final buys...
INDIANAPOLIS - Spending on television ads in the race for Indiana's open Senate seat between Republican Richard Mourdock and Democrat Joe Donnelly topped $25 million this week, nearly five times what...
View ArticleCombine-van crash leaves 3 dead in southern Tippecanoe County
ODELL, Ind. - A collision involving a combine and a passenger van has left three people dead in western Indiana.
View ArticlePolice say man drove for more than mile on rail line before stopping at old...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Police in Fort Wayne say a man drove his car on a railroad line for more than a mile before stopping at an old elevated train station in the city's downtown.
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