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Study: Indiana should spend more to decrease smoking rate
Jun 10, 2018 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A lack of funding for tobacco control programs may be contributing to Indiana having the nation's 10th-highest smoking rate, according to a new study...
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Carvers making statue of driver killed at Indiana race track
Jun 10, 2018 7:00 am - ELLETTSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - In the bottom shelf of Gary Combs' desk is a newspaper from May 31, 2013, a week after Josh Burton's fatal accident and the day after his funer...
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Past harsh winter affects northern Indiana peach growers
Jun 10, 2018 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Some peach growers in northern Indiana are taking a hit from the past winter. The Journal & Courier reports that a number of fruit...
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Richmond native returns to lead Wayne County history museum
Jun 10, 2018 7:00 am - RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) - For Karen Shank-Chapman, the artifacts that fill the Wayne County Historical Museum are more than just relics of ages past. Each item is one passag...
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Illinois man wanted in ambush of ATF agents surrenders
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - Federal authorities say a man wanted in connection with the shooting of an U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent in Gary, I...
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Dogs, cats, pig rescued from Muncie house fire
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - Muncie firefighters have rescued more than a dozen dogs and cats from a burning house. Fire Capt. Brian Manship tells the (Muncie) Star Press that a ...
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Conservation group adds 84 acres to Indiana nature preserve
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - ELLETTSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana nature preserve is growing by more than 80 acres after a conservation group acquired a swampy tract that's home to endangere...
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Proposed coal-to-diesel plant spurs concerns about emissions
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - DALE, Ind. (AP) - Residents near the southern Indiana site of a proposed $2.5 billion coal-to-diesel plant say they'll bring their concerns about the pollution it would ...
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Teenage teacher faced challenges in 1st year before students
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - GARY, Ind. (AP) - A year after Gary teenager Raven Osborne earned her bachelor's degree before obtaining her high school diploma and garnering renown across the country,...
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Gardener keeps up Peru spot known as Cole Porter inspiration
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - PERU, Ind. (AP) - Violets, marigolds, eglantines, columbines, hollyhocks and phlox. Broadway composer Cole Porter mentioned all of them in his 1919 song called "Old Fash...