Indiana
Groundbreaking held for new Ohio River bridge
The countdown is complete for the start of work on a new Ohio River bridge linking Louisville and Southern Indiana along a key transportation artery. "Let's build those bridges," Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear proclaimed as he marked the official start of construction Tuesday evening. A crane that will hoist steel ...
Ind. official: Lake flake material made at plant
Indiana officials say a substance found floating on Lake Michigan that led to beach closures is made at a nearby plant shipped out on barges. Indiana Department of Environmental Management spokesman Dan Goldblatt told The Times of Munster (http://bit.ly/15hJz1p ) on Tuesday that preliminary tests showed the substance is tricalcium ...
Man flags down police to surrender after robbery
Evansville police say a man flagged down police and surrendered after a convenience store robbery. Police say 36-year-old John Long flagged down a cruiser about 3:45 a.m. Tuesday and told an officer that he had robbed a store. The Evansville Courier & Press reports (http://bit.ly/19gNkZd ) a clerk at a ...
Scientists: Timber in Lake Michigan centuries old
A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, a crucial finding as crews dig toward what they hope is the carcass of a French ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th century. ...
EPA cleans up mercury inside central Indiana house
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it's cleaning up a large amount of toxic mercury found at a residence in a small central Indiana city. The EPA said Tuesday that residents of the Elwood home accidentally spilled the mercury in a detached garage when moving the belongings of a former ...
Suspect in Ind. killing of 4 under federal hold
A Columbus man identified as the sole suspect in the shooting deaths of four people in southern Indiana is under a federal hold. Federal and local authorities identified that man Tuesday as 55-year-old Samuel Sallee. Sallee hasn't been charged in the May 11 attack in which a couple and their ...
SW Ind. county allowed to develop fertilizer plant
The state won't stand in the way of a fertilizer plant that a Pakistan-based group is developing in southwestern Indiana despite reservations expressed by Gov. Mike Pence, his office said Tuesday. Pence directed the Indiana Finance Authority not to block Posey County from backing the Midwest Fertilizer Corp. plant. The ...
Catholic religious order opens abuse files
A Roman Catholic religious order released an unusually candid report Tuesday outlining how its leaders failed for decades to stop sex abuse in its schools and other ministries. The Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph, which spans 10 Midwestern states, asked experts in clergy sex abuse to provide a full ...
Suspect in Ind. killing of 4 facing gun charges
A Columbus man identified as the sole suspect in the shooting deaths of four people in southern Indiana was indicted Tuesday on federal weapons charges, ensuring that he'll remain in custody for at least the time being. Samuel Sallee, 55, hasn't been charged in the May 11 attack in which ...
Ind. BMV renews fight over gay youth group plates
Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles extended its battle this week over specialty auto license plates for a group that counsels gay and lesbian youth, ordering an administrative law judge to review her findings that the agency improperly revoked the group's specialty license plate last year. BMV Commissioner Scott Waddell late ...
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