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Democrats taking council control in Pence's Indiana hometownDec 28, 2019 6:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - Democrats will enter 2020 with a City Council majority in Republican Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana hometown for the first time since the 1980...
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Deaths of southern Illinois man, boy ruled murder-suicideDec 28, 2019 6:00 am - HERRIN, Ill. (AP) - The deaths of a man and his young son in southern Illinois have been ruled a murder-suicide by authorities. Firefighters discovered their bodies earl...
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Northern Indiana county eyes saving 125-year-old courthouseDec 28, 2019 6:00 am - WINAMAC, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana county's 125-year-old courthouse will be saved from demolition and renovated as part of a $6 million preservation project. Pulask...
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Indiana utility to retire 2 of 4 remaining coal-fired unitsDec 28, 2019 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis utility that operates a large southwestern Indiana power plant environmentalists call a 'œsuper polluter'ť plans to retire two of th...
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Big voices, Tina Fey's signature wit animate 'Mean Girls' national tourDec 27, 2019 2:00 pm - “Mean Girls” - ★ ★ ½ In its initial moments, “Mean Girls” asks: “How far would you go to be popular and hot?” The question, of course, is rhetorical. There's no limit to...
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Former Satan Disciple member sentenced in ChicagoDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a longtime member of the Satan Disciples street gang to 12 years in prison on narcotics and gun possession convic...
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Woman charged with neglecting son found in washing machineDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - ELWOOD, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana woman who told police in August that she found her 5-year-old son injured inside a running washing machine now faces a child neglec...
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Opinion says Indiana gun rights restored after expungementsDec 27, 2019 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana residents who've had felony convictions expunged from their criminal records are eligible, in most circumstances, to again buy and obtain a l...
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Hanover Park girl shot in Chicago in critical but stable conditionDec 26, 2019 11:10 am - A 7-year-old girl who was shot and critically injured early Wednesday in a house on Chicago's South Side is from Hanover Park, according to a crisis responder working wi...
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Chicago-area freeway closed after truck crash, acid spillDec 26, 2019 6:00 am - NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois freeway was shut down after a semitrailer rolled over and leaked acid onto the roadway, authorities said. The 33-year-old driver was h...