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Indiana paramedic buys sensory bags for kids with autism
Jan 19, 2020 6:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A few months ago, Matt Kodicek saw a Facebook post about firefighter paramedic Eric Henry in Springboro, Ohio. The Clearcreek Fire District fir...
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Southern Indiana town's marshal supersizes public service
Jan 19, 2020 6:00 am - BIRDSEYE, Ind. (AP) - In a very real sense, Birdseye's 6-foot-6, 285-pound town marshal has taken a family business built around public service and supersized it. Benton...
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Northern Indiana county seeks to overturn dam repairs ruling
Jan 19, 2020 6:00 am - PERU, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana county is seeking to overturn a court ruling that puts it on the hook for costly repairs to six aging dams in a lake-filled subdivis...
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Data: Gary's 2019 homicide count highest since 2007
Jan 19, 2020 6:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - The northwest Indiana city of Gary reported 58 homicides in 2019, which is the highest since 2007 when there were 71, officials said. The murder count...
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Authorities: Child, 6, dies after being hit by falling tree
Jan 19, 2020 6:00 am - BOONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A 6-year-old southwestern Indiana child hit by a falling tree has died, authorities said. Authorities were called Saturday afternoon, according t...
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The first president of University of Southern Indiana dies
Jan 18, 2020 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - David Rice, the first president of the University of Southern Indiana, has died at age 90. The school in Evansville was a regional campus of Indi...
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Young Indiana musician's song spotlights suicide prevention
Jan 18, 2020 6:00 am - JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - For local musician Jackson Snelling, songwriting has been an outlet for addressing difficult topics and losses he has faced in his own life. ...
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Areas in 2 Indiana parks receive designation for rare tree
Jan 18, 2020 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Portions of two Indiana parks are getting a special designation because of a rare tree species. Areas in Brown County State Park and Yellowwood ...
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Indiana lawmaker seeking end of state's US Senate primaries
Jan 18, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A Republican state senator is pushing for the elimination of Indiana's primary elections for U.S. Senate and proposing that political parties select ...
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Work begins on NW Indiana war memorial delayed by recession
Jan 18, 2020 6:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - Work is underway in northwestern Indiana for a war memorial that was delayed for years by the Great Recession after the 2008 financial crisis. C...