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Over half of Indiana schools met feds' academic expectations
Jan 03, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Over half of Indiana schools met or exceeded federal academic expectations based on their 2018-19 performance, state education officials said. Data r...
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Senator tries again to ban Indiana vouchers over gay firings
Jan 03, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A proposal aimed at banning private schools that discriminate against gay employees and students from receiving Indiana voucher program money is bein...
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Mayor wants Gary Schools to demolish abandoned buildings
Jan 03, 2020 6:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - The new mayor of Gary wants the city's school corporation to demolish 10 shuttered schools amid growing concerns that they have become havens for crime...
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No charges against ex-senator over Indiana lobbying contract
Jan 03, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Prosecutors have decided a former Indiana state senator won't face criminal charges over possible violations of state lobbying laws involving his wor...
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Hobart man gets 65 years for female co-worker's slaying
Jan 02, 2020 6:00 am - VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - A northwestern Indiana judge sentenced a man to the maximum 65 years in prison Thursday for fatally stabbing a female bartender at the tavern whe...
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Indiana nears 20 baby boxes for surrendering newborns
Jan 01, 2020 6:00 am - COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (AP) - Baby boxes that allow people to anonymously leave newborns at firehouses have been added in two more Indiana cities, giving the state nearly 2...
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2 charged in man's fatal beating in forest face joint trial
Jan 01, 2020 6:00 am - PERU, Ind (AP) - Two men accused of beating a man to death with a pipe in a northern Indiana forest are facing a joint trial in April. A Miami County judge recently sche...
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2 dead, 2 critical after SUV enters northern Indiana pond
Jan 01, 2020 6:00 am - MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) - Two people drowned and two others were left hospitalized in critical condition after an SUV plunged into a northern Indiana pond, authorities said...
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US OKs Medicaid funds for large mental health facilities
Jan 01, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A federal agency approved Indiana's request to use Medicaid funding to provide expanded services to residents diagnosed with serious mental illnesses...
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Indiana man driving wrong way on highway dies in crash
Dec 31, 2019 6:00 am - MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - A man driving the wrong way on the Indiana Toll Road was killed when his car collided head-on with a truck hauling a load of bread, police sai...