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Indiana police chief says shooting of mo-ped rider justifiedJun 25, 2012 6:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne's police chief says he believes an officer was justified in the weekend shooting of a man who ran off after the officer stopped the man's m...
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East Chicago boy, 11, drowns in NW Indiana lakeJun 24, 2012 7:31 am - HAMMOND, Ind. — Authorities say an East Chicago boy has drowned in Wolf Lake in Hammond. The Lake County Coroner’s Office identified the victim Saturday as 11-year-old A...
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Former SW Ind. town official admits embezzlementJun 24, 2012 7:24 am - POSEYVILLE, Ind. — A former southwestern Indiana official has admitted embezzling more than $53,000. Former Poseyville Clerk-Treasurer Christina Lupfer pleaded guilty to...
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Body found after boat capsizes in Lake MichiganJun 24, 2012 7:14 am - BEVERLY SHORES, Ind. — The body of a New York City man has been found off Lake Michigan’s Indiana shore after a boating accident. Thirty-one-year-old Leonel Dominguez ha...
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3 men charged in 1980 slaying of Hammond officerJun 24, 2012 7:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. — Prosecutors have filed murder charges against 3 men in connection with the 1980 slaying of an off-duty Hammond police officer during a robbery attemp...
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Man who shot father of 2 sentenced to 45 yearsJun 22, 2012 4:25 pm - A Joliet man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for opening fire on a group of men and shooting to death a father who was walking nearby with his two young sons. A...
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Report: Drought covers 70 percent of IllinoisJun 22, 2012 4:20 pm - SPRINGFIELD — About 70 percent of Illinois is in a drought, the U.S. Drought Monitor said Friday, and northern Illinois is “extremely dry,” prompting the state to activa...
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Ice cream maker plans Fort Wayne plant expansionJun 22, 2012 7:33 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Edy’s Grand Ice Cream plans on expanding its Fort Wayne plant to handle the employees that it has added in recent years. The company says it expects t...
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Judge allows closure of mental hospital to proceedJun 21, 2012 4:51 pm - A judge has denied a motion that could have required Illinois to delay Gov. Pat Quinn’s planned closure of a mental hospital in Tinley Park. Cook County Circuit Court Ju...
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Mom didn’t know kids were blindfolded, bound, attorney saysJun 21, 2012 3:26 pm - LAWRENCE, Kan. — An attorney for a West suburban mother accused in Kansas of abusing her five children told a judge Thursday that the woman was unaware of how the childr...