Articles filed under Indiana
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Indiana sees thousands of students leave public schools on vouchers programAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Weeks after Indiana began the nation’s broadest school voucher program, thousands of students have transferred from public to private schools, causing...
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Indiana food pantries lose federal grantAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Some of southwestern Indiana’s food banks are facing tough times following the loss of a federal grant many of the pantries had relied on. The Evansvi...
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Goshen High freshmen given laptopsAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - GOSHEN, Ind. — Goshen High School is going digital. The Elkhart Truth reports that nearly 480 freshmen at Goshen High School have been given laptops to use for school wo...
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Purdue to host discussion of 9/11 aftermathAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University will host a panel discussion on how the nation has changed since 9/11. The discussion organized by the Purdue Committee on Peace...
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Indiana high schools sought for Poetry Out LoudAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Arts Commission is encouraging high schools to participate in the annual Poetry Out Loud recitation contest sponsored by the National Endowmen...
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Woman kills self at N. Ind. elementary schoolAug 28, 2011 11:00 pm - CONVERSE, Ind. — Police say a woman who killed herself outside a northern Indiana elementary school doesn't appear to have any ties to that school. The Miami County Sher...
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Michael Jackson's kids visit Ind. boyhood homeAug 28, 2011 11:00 pm - GARY, Ind. — Michael Jackson's children and father visited the late pop star's boyhood home as his Indiana hometown celebrated what would have been his 53rd birthday. Hu...
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Adult children living with parents on riseAug 28, 2011 6:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Christy Landrigan never expected to be living with her parents at 25. But she doesn’t regret it. “I don’t have any debt right now, and I don’t know ho...
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Invite gives gifted boy chance to belongAug 28, 2011 12:00 am - GARY, Ind. — He is about half the age of other students in the room. Yet 13-year-old Noah Egler is completely in his element, wearing powder blue medical scrubs and answ...
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Implosion topples 2 towers that were Indy eyesoreAug 28, 2011 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Hundreds of people watched from nearby as explosives brought down a long-shuttered Indianapolis apartment tower near the Indiana State Fairgrounds that ha...