Articles filed under Indiana

• Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday.
  

   

• Indiana secretary of state warns of real estate scamMay 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is warning potential home buyers about a new scam. Lawson says scammers are using authentications from her office to create the illusion they own vacant property and trick Indiana residents into fraudulent real estate deals. Lawson says the scammers identify abandoned homes and create documents claiming they own the property.
  

   

• Orthopedics company makes job cuts in N. Indiana May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Orthopedic products maker Zimmer Holdings has cut some jobs from its northern Indiana workforce. The company didn't specify how many workers were let go, saying only that "less than 50 full time employees were impacted" at its Warsaw operations.
  

   

• Both sides in Indiana Camm trial to test DNA on his shirt May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Both sides in the third murder trial of a former Indiana state trooper will test DNA on the shirt he wore on the day his wife and two young children were killed. The DNA is linked to a dispute over how blood got on David Camm's T-shirt. Prosecutors say it spattered onto the shirt when he shot the victims. Camm's lawyers say the shirt was bloodied when he tried to give his son CPR.
  

   

• ‘CHiPs’ star talks online safety in Indiana return May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• 2 found fatally shot at Indianapolis retail plaza May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Housing group plans vacating old Terre Haute hotel May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• WGU Indiana to provide $100,000 in scholarships May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Pence sets new rules for more ‘Sagamore’ awards May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• New leader named for Indiana administration agency May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Ice Age animal bones found in S. Indiana cave May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  Visitors to a southern Indiana cave this summer could see bones of animals up to 50,000 years old in what experts say is one of the best-preserved collections of Ice Age remains in the state. The bones were found in 2010 by a group of cavers in a remote section of the Binkley Cave system in Harrison County. Remains of a bear, a bison, an owl, snakes and peccaries were found.
  

   

• Retrial of Indiana man charged in 1979 killing begins Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  The retrial of a convicted sex offender charged in the 1979 slaying of a 20-year-old woman and the attempted killing of her young son has begun in western Indiana. A Vigo County jury heard opening arguments Monday in the trial of 55-year-old Richard Boswell Jr., who's charged with murder in the May 1979 strangulation death of Kathy Jo Baker and attempted murder for attacking her then-2-year-old son, Ryan.
  

   

• Former Indiana housing official charged with theft Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Coroner: Deaths of mom, 2 kids may remain mystery Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Remains found in Indiana woods identified as missing woman Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Indiana Senate blocks high-fence deer hunting bill Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   
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  Boston Marathon victims vow to dance, to run again Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  Mornings are the hardest for Adrianne Haslet because the 32-year-old professional ballroom dancer forgets at first that her left foot is gone. Beth Roche wakes up knowing she can't feel sorry for herself, that she has to focus on rehabbing her ravaged left leg. But despite life-changing injuries, both women have vowed that the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and left them among the ranks of more than 260 injured will not define their lives.
  

   

• Grand jury to review deaths of Ind. mom, 2 kidsApr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  The mystery surrounding the deaths of a woman and two children whose bodies were found in a southern Indiana creek last month is heading to a grand jury. Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson tells Louisville, Ky., television station WAVE that he has no new information about the investigation into the deaths of 35-year-old Jaime Clutter and her children, 10-year-old Brandon and 6-month-old Katelyn.
  

   

• Volunteers to hang posters of missing IU student Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  Volunteers will gather in Bloomington this weekend to put up posters seeking tips about the disappearance of an Indiana University student nearly two years ago. Lauren Spierer vanished June 3, 2011, after a night of partying with friends. The 20-year-old apparel merchandising major from Greenburgh, N.Y., would have graduated from IU next month.
  

   
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  Midwest awaits retreat of floods, bloated rivers Apr 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  Flood-weary residents fortified their homes against the rain-swollen Illinois River and considered whether to stand their ground as waterways remained in flood stage across the Midwest. Even as some of the renegade rivers showed signs of cresting, forecasters said the recovery would not be fast or easy. The National Weather Service expected many of the waterways to remain high into next month, straining levees during the river's expected slow descent.