Indiana
92-year-old woman found in house during meth raid
State police say troopers found a 92-year-old woman inside a central Indiana home where methamphetamine was being produced. An agency meth squad went to the home on Muncie's south side on Tuesday, and officers report that they encountered overwhelming fumes from an active meth lab when the door was opened. ...
Bridge worker electrocuted
A coroner says a man who died while working on a project to paint a bridge in western Kentucky was electrocuted. Daviess County Coroner Jeff Jones told the Messenger-Inquirer (http://bit.ly/10TphcY ) that an autopsy on Tuesday revealed the preliminary cause of death for 35-year-old Nett Gonzales of Houston, Texas. Nett ...
Banana paint job on house near Purdue under review
A rental property near Purdue University has a new look with a large yellow banana painted along the entire length of the two-story house. West Lafayette city officials are now trying to decide whether the paint job is OK or should be considered a sign since the rental company that ...
S. Ind. tornado survivors planning Oklahoma aid
Some survivors of a deadly tornado that hit a southern Indiana town last year are making plans to help the Oklahoma community torn apart by a storm this week. Toby Jenkins is the pastor at Henryville's First Baptist Church. He tells WRTV that the devastation in Oklahoma brings back many ...
N. Ind. ambulance plant with 165 workers closing
The new owner of a northern Indiana factory that builds ambulances has decided to shut it down, eliminating 165 jobs. SJC Industries has notified the state that it will start terminating employees from the Elkhart factory in July as it completes production work there. The decision to close the Elkhart ...
Indiana accepting nominations for service awards
Indiana's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is seeking nominations for the Governor's Service Awards. The award honors residents and volunteer groups for their work in a series of categories including corporate service, youth service and national service. Nominations are due by July 19. The winners will be recognized in ...
Hoosiers advised to take care while swimming
State health officials are urging people to be careful as they head for Indiana's lakes and other bodies of water for summer recreation. The Indiana State Department of Health this week issued a list of health warnings for swimmers and others as Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer swimming ...
Evansville progresses toward IU Med School site
Evansville is making progress toward a four-year regional program of the Indiana University School of Medicine. The Evansville Courier & Press (http://bit.ly/13GkP21 ) reports the city's Redevelopment Commission contracted with an architecture firm Tuesday to help evaluate potential downtown locations for the facility. IU intends to establish an Evansville site ...
Camp will go on despite loss of federal funds
Organizers of a summer camp for children of military families say the program will go on this summer at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore despite losing federal funding. Operators of Indiana Operation: Military Kids say they are confident they'll raise the $22,000 needed for as many as 60 campers ages 9-18. ...
EPA seeks to add 3 Ind. Superfund sites to list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to add three Superfund sites in Indiana to its highest priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites. The EPA proposed Tuesday adding Superfund sites in South Bend, Indianapolis and the Bartholomew County community of Garden City to its National Priorities List. That list lets ...
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