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Body found at Carmel storage facility
Carmel Police are on the scene where a body has been discovered at a storage facility. It's happening at 1099 North Rangeline Road. The cause of death is unknown. This story will be ...
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St. Vincent Health announces job cuts
One of Indiana's largest health systems says it's cutting an undisclosed number of jobs by June 30 because of increasing economic and competitive pressure on the health care industry. ...
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Crash prompts calls for more inspections
ORANGE COUNTY, Ind. - A three-vehicle crash that left one woman injured is reigniting calls for more state inspections of commercial trucks. On May 6, a 2004 trash truck lost two of its rear wheels while traveling on US150/SR56 in Orange County. Prior to the crash, the truck had never received an inspection from Indiana State Police, records show. After falling off the trash truck, the wheels ...
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Crime knocks out Internet cable in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS - Brazen thieves in search of power supply batteries have been causing neighborhoods across Indianapolis to temporarily lose Internet and cable television service. Indianapolis police reports obtained by the Call 6 Investigators show several neighborhood utility boxes have been targeted within the past week on the northwest side, with thieves sometimes knocking out cable service to ...
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Heat Pacers say Game 2 should be even better
Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) is congratulated by Dwyane Wade (3) after defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Miami. The Heat won 103-102 in overtime. (AP Photo/Lynne ...
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School bus crashes rekindle debate about seat belts
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A state lawmaker hopes two high-profile collisions involving school buses in a week that left more than 60 people injured will spur parents to urge Indiana lawmakers to make seat belts on buses mandatory. State Rep. John Bartlett of Indianapolis introduced a bill requiring seat belts on buses that was referred to the Committee on Education during the legislative session ...
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Man says missing students parents harassing him
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- A man who was one of the last people to see an Indiana University student before she vanished in 2011 says the student's parents are harassing ...
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Sign makes David Moore pantry official
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A sign to identify a new local food pantry in a fallen officer's name was dedicated Thursday. The official dedication for a food pantry sign named in Officer David Moore's honor was dedicated on Virginia Avenue. The David S. Moore Foundation and partners of St. Joan of Arc Holly Family Ministry and Community Court in Fountain Square dedicated and placed the David ...
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License confusion lands man in jail
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Braxston Hughes says his license was wrongly suspended and that the mistake landed him in jail. "It's a nightmare no one is willing to help," he said. His story begins three years ago. He'd just moved to Indianapolis from Illinois and still had an Illinois driver's license when he was stopped by police on I-465 for driving too fast. Records show ...
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Diabetes doesnt slow down driver
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball is living out his dream, racing in the Indy 500 on Sunday. But in order to see that dream become reality, he is overcoming a major obstacle -- his diabetes. Kimball won't let this illness slow him down. "I always say that when I am driving, diabetes is just along for the ride; it's not in the driver's seat. It may be in the ...
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Crawfordsville High School student 18 dies in early morning crash
A Crawfordsville High School student died in a crash early Thursday morning. Police say his brother was driving. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department says Michael McCord, 18, was killed when ...
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Heat and Pacers ignite NBA playoffs
The Indiana Pacers fell just short in the Eastern Conference finals opener but their gritty display pumped life into the NBA playoffs and let the defending champion Miami Heat know they have a battle on their hands. The ease with which the top-seeded Heat have brushed aside opponents during the regular season and playoffs has given an air of inevitability to this year's postseason, ...
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Pence urges Congress to vote on media shield law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is urging congressional leaders to bring a revived federal media shield law to a vote on the floors of the U.S. House and ...
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22-hospital St. Vincent Health cutting jobs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- One of Indiana's largest health systems says it's cutting an undisclosed number of jobs by June 30 because of increasing economic and competitive pressure on the health care ...
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Memorial service honors Gov. Bowen
Former Indiana Gov. Otis Bowen is acknowledged by Gov. Mitch Daniels during the State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, in this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/AJ ...
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Paul George named to All-NBA third team
New York Knicks' Pablo Prigioni tries to steal the ball from Indiana Pacers' Paul George during the first half of Game 3 of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series. (AP Photo/Darron ...
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Cops 4 dancers arrested on sex charges
The Kokomo Tribune reports Jasmine Neal, 21, and Chelsey E. Smith, 22, both dancers at Little Daddy's, and Angel McClain, 18, and Tonda Lockridge, 29, who work at Big Daddy's were arrested on sex charges. Neal, Smith and Lockridge face at least one preliminary charge of prostitution. McClain faces a preliminary charge of indecent exposure. Police say they have been investigating the ...
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Off the Dribble Pacers Lapse Wasnt Coachs Alone
Pacers center Roy Hibbert had one of the cruelest rejections of the postseason when he blocked a Carmelo Anthony dunk attempt in the fourth quarter of ...
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Child abuse suspect arrested after Muncie standoff
Muncie Police and Henry County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend and abusing her young child. Officers surrounded the house over concerns that Elliott ...
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Student killed brother hurt in crash
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ind. - A high school student was killed and his brother was injured Thursday morning when the driver crashed a pickup truck on a rural road. Indiana State Police said Mitchell McCord, 18, of Wingate, was southbound on Old State Road 55 south of County Road 500 West when he drove off the road and overcorrected before going across the road and rolling the truck. Michael McCord, ...
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Rossman Spierer parents harassing me
INDIANAPOLIS - One of several people who had been with Indiana University student Lauren Spierer on the night she was last seen in 2011 told a newspaper that Spierer's parents have been harassing him. In ...
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Fort Wayne foundation sends aid to Oklahoma
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8 arrested on drug charges in Adams
Eight people in Adams County were arrested Wednesday on drug-related charges.Arrest warrants were issued after informants purchased a variety of controlled substances including methamphetamine, prescription medicines and marijuana, the Adams County Sheriffs Department said.The following Decatur residents were arrested: Mark A. Shaffer, two counts of dealing a controlled substance; Pierce C. ...
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Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
(AP Photo/Ayako Wada-Katsumata). This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut ...
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Mayor issues police fire hire halt
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) - The mayor of Portage has caught police and fire leaders by surprise by ordering a hiring freeze for the departments until the city's revenue picture is ...
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Indiana's rats are struggling
Indiana’s Allegheny woodrat population has been in decline for many years, but a new state program has been introduced with the intention of stabilizing the endangered species population in the state to levels by which it can be self-sustained.
Rodents such as rats are generally regarded to be an ugly nuisance that spread disease, thrive in dirty conditions and take up residence where they’re not wanted, such as in the attic or basement of some homes. The Allegheny woodrat, however, is different because it is no common rodent, it is a member of the pack-rat family and is particularly cute in its appearance, it is also heavily endangered in Indiana and in significant decline throughout the United States. Read more
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