State lawmakers discuss expanding screening for teachers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – State lawmakers are proposing legislation they say will help strengthen Indiana’s system for running background checks for teachers. The Indianapolis Star reports...
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Large doll resembling Trump hung by noose at Fort Wayne home
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A large doll resembling President Donald Trump has been hung by a noose, from a tree, located in a Fort Wayne...
Man convicted in deadly blast faces murder-for-hire trial
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ A man serving two life sentences in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion faces trial on a murder-for-hire charge. Prosecutors say 47-year-old Mark...
Protest held at Indianapolis airport after immigration order
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – More than 600 people, including lawmakers and best-selling author John Green, gathered at Indianapolis International Airport to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration...
Speaker’s GOP social media advice: ‘You’re not Donald Trump’
INDIANAPOLIS (AP): Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma says Rep. Jim Lucas has met with domestic violence prevention advocates after posting misogynistic jokes on Facebook. Bosma...
Indiana group raising money for care of wounded police dog
GARY, Ind. (AP): A northwestern Indiana group is raising money for the veterinary care of a police dog wounded last week by gunfire following a...
Lawmakers consider funding for lead crisis in East Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS (AP): State lawmakers will be considering two plans allocating a total of $15 million in state funds for the lead crisis in East Chicago....
Indiana pain medicine doctor faces 55 felony charges
PERU, Ind. (AP) – An Indiana doctor faces 55 felony charges after federal investigators say he traded pills for work on his farm among other...
Fire destroys grandstands at western Indiana fairgrounds
CAYUGA, Ind. (AP): A wind-whipped fire destroyed the grandstands at a western Indiana county’s fairgrounds. The fire broke out Thursday night at the Vermillion County...
House Speaker wants to hold pothole “contest” to highlight tax increase issue
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma says lawmakers need to “continue educating the public” about the need for a tax increase to pay...