Region
-
Former first lady promotes literacy to Ind. crowdOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - WINONA LAKE, Ind. — Former first lady Laura Bush promoted the importance of literacy and a college education during a trip to northern Indiana. Bush drew applause from a...
-
Procession, funeral planned for slain Ind. soldierOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - PORTER, Ind. — Plans are being made for procession and funeral to honor a soldier from northwestern Indiana who was killed in Afghanistan. Twenty-one-year-old Army Spc. ...
-
Search scaled back for missing S. Ind. spelunkerOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - LEAVENWORTH, Ind. — Authorities are scaling back searches of a southern Indiana forest for a spelunker who hasn’t been seen since last weekend. Conservation Officer Cora...
-
Court clears teacher who OK’d restraintsOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled a teacher can’t be prosecuted for giving a classroom aide permission to strap a disruptive autistic student into a ...
-
21 deaths now linked to listeria in cantaloupeOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Federal health authorities say a nationwide outbreak of listeria in Colorado cantaloupes is now responsible for 21 deaths and the number may continue to gro...
-
Officials hope for action on NW Indiana rail junctionOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - PORTER, Ind. — Indiana transportation officials hope that federal officials will help improve a congested rail junction in northwestern Indiana now that grants aimed at ...
-
Indiana man arrested in child-selling schemeOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. — Police have arrested a Kokomo man who they say was involved in a scheme to trade a 2-year-old boy for money, drugs and a car. Stephen P. Lynch Jr., 31, wa...
-
Iowa GOP tentatively sets caucuses for Jan. 3Oct 07, 2011 12:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa is tentatively slated to hold its GOP presidential caucuses on Jan. 3. That’s the word from a member of the Iowa Republican State Central Committ...
-
Study: Defense spending means 56,000 Indiana jobsOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - CRANE, Ind. — A new report says that federal military and security spending resulted in $4.4 billion in contracts for Indiana companies last year, although analysts expe...
-
Charges filed in embezzlement from Ind. development groupOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - NEW CASTLE, Ind. — Prosecutors have charged the former associate director of an eastern Indiana economic development group with a $150,000 embezzlement that has threaten...