Articles filed under Indiana
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Indiana HS graduation rate fell to 87.2 percent in 2017Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's high school graduation rate fell last year to 87.2 percent. The rate released Friday by the Indiana Department of Education compared with a...
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University's dog-human duo part of school's outreach effortsJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Zeus, a chocolate Labrador retriever, is trained to sniff out bombs and track down missing people. Last month, he took on a new role as the furr...
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The 'greatest pandemic in history' was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrongJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Richard Gunderman, Indiana University (...
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Indiana lawmakers advance plans to fix school shortfallJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's public schools would receive all the state money they expected under proposals aimed at fixing a shortfall blamed on an unexpected increase...
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3rd co-defendant in 1992 torture killing out of prisonJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A southern Indiana woman who was 17 when she pleaded guilty to the murder and criminal confinement of a 12-year-old girl has been released from priso...
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Group in talks to take over Indiana county's needle exchangeJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana county that ended its needle exchange program for drug users last summer is in talks with a local group to resume the exchange, a...
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State grant pays for SW Indiana racetrack's lighting upgradeJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - HAUBSTADT, Ind. (AP) - A state grant is helping pay for a lighting upgrade at a racetrack in southwestern Indiana. The $52,000 grant from the Indiana Economic Developmen...
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Indiana AG challenges settlement over immigration detentionsJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's attorney general is challenging a settlement barring the Marion County Sheriff's Office from detaining people in Indianapolis based solely ...
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Randolph County, Winchester mark bicentennials togetherJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - WINCHESTER, Ind. (AP) - An east central Indiana county and its seat are celebrating their joint bicentennial with events throughout the year. Randolph County and Winches...
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Defense seeks 4-year prison sentence for ex-Indiana sheriffJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A defense attorney for the former sheriff of Indiana's second most-populous county says federal prosecutors are seeking an "outrageous" prison sente...