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Indiana agency renews fight over gay youth group plates Jun 18, 2013 12:00 AM
Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles extended its battle this week over specialty auto license plates for a group that counsels gay and lesbian youth, ordering an administrative law judge to review her findings that the agency improperly revoked the group’s specialty license plate last year.
One of Indiana’s most dangerous convicts may be innocent Jun 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Sarah Jo Pender spends about 22 hours of most days in a solitary 7-by-11-foot cell. Inmate No. 953968, sentenced to 110 years for double murder, is considered one of the most dangerous convicts at the Indiana Women’s Prison on the Far Westside of Indianapolis. Pender, 34, has long insisted she doesn’t belong behind bars. Legal experts and the former deputy prosecutor who won the guilty verdict against her in 2002 are starting to agree.
NW Ind. road closed by fallen power towers reopens Jun 14, 2013 12:00 AM
A state highway has reopened in northwestern Indiana after being closed as utility crews dealt with three large power line towers wrecked by Wednesday night’s strong storm. State police said Friday that Indiana 2 was open again east of Interstate 65 near the southern Lake County town of Lowell.
3 charged with hacking into Purdue profs’ accounts Jun 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Authorities have charged three men with illegally logging into their Purdue University professors’ computer accounts and changing their own grades.
Some opposing logging plans for 2 Ind. forests Jun 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Indiana officials have proposing additional logging in two state forests near Bloomington that could result in the cutting down of some 1,500 trees. Environmentalists oppose the plan for logging within the 2,700-acre back country areas of the Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood state forests, The Herald-Times reported.
Students learn Ind. history through tourism course Jun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Fourth-graders in a Noblesville school are meeting the requirement to learn Indiana history by learning how to promote the state to tourists. The Indiana Office of Tourism Development has provided teachers at Promise Road Elementary School in Noblesville with a program called “Visit Indiana: 4th Grade Social Studies.”
Vera Bradley CEO retiring after 6 years in job Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
The CEO of Fort Wayne-based handbag maker Vera Bradley is retiring after six years leading the company.The company announced Michael Ray's decision on Wednesday as the company posted a 27 percent drop in net income and trimmed its yearly outlook.The Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/10SETBr ) Ray said in a call with analysts that it was time for him to spend more time with his family and pursue interests outside the retail industry.
NW Ind. city gets $331K from ex-mayor, alliesJun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
The city of East Chicago received $331,000 from the state of Indiana on Thursday, a fraction of a $108 million judgment against former longtime Mayor Robert Pastrick and his co-defendants in a civil racketeering case known as "sidewalks for votes." Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and his predecessor who brought the racketeering case, Steve Carter, presented the money to current East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland and Council President Lenny Franciski. More than $145,000 was collected from Pastrick and $186,000 was from settlements and judgments paid by Pastrick's co-defendants.
Indiana teen hurt by shotgun blast through floor Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Jury deadlocks over Indiana mom’s guilt in deaths Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Blacketor leaving school board, other terms up Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Gary to hold Clay’s funeral at convention center Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Northern Indiana animal sanctuary mourns death of lioness Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Carbon dioxide cartridge linked to Indiana blast Jun 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Ball State trustees OK 2 percent tuition increase Jun 6, 2013 12:00 AM
The Ball State University board of trustees has approved a 2 percent tuition increase for each of the next two years. The 20,000-student school says the increase approved Thursday is the lowest at Ball State in 37 years.
Indiana University board approves tuition increase Jun 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Most Indiana University students are facing an average 1.75 percent tuition increase each of the next two years under a plan approved by the school’s board of trustees.
Toyota’s Indiana plant adding more jobs Jun 5, 2013 12:00 AM
Toyota says it is hiring slightly more new workers than first expected as it increases production at its southwestern Indiana factory.
Civil War bust rededication set at Indiana Statehouse Jun 5, 2013 12:00 AM
Mom sentenced over baby’s remains at Indiana bridge Jun 5, 2013 12:00 AM
76-year-old central Indiana woman found dead in pool Jun 5, 2013 12:00 AM