Senator J.D. Ford, D-Indianapolis, attempted to amend a bill making school board elections partisan to only include a pay raise for board members, but that amendment failed Thursday. Senate Bill 287, authored by Sen. Gary Byrne, R-Byrneville, Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, and Sen. Blake Doriot, R-Goshen, would change the school board election process to that […]
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U.S. District Judge Philip Simon sentenced Richard White to 17 years Thursday, saying he was a Sin City Deciples enforcer responsible for wounding a rival gang leader outside a Pittsburgh bar.
NIPSCO and its largest customers, along with the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor and LaPorte County, have reached a tentative settlement in the utility’s electric rate increase case before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.
In the absence of strong state and federal regulations, some suburbs have banned the sale of hemp products that get users high.
Five amendments were filed, and voted down, on the bill laying out Gov. Mike Braun’s plan for property tax cuts as it was heard for the first time by the whole Senate Thursday.
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Two Portage medics complained of pain after the ambulance they were riding in was struck by a sport utility vehicle Wednesday afternoon that was driving too fast for snow-covered roads, according to police.
Fincannon, a state-level sprinter in track, is an energetic defender.
The profound sadness over the loss of Chesterton Middle School teacher Lauren Thompson from a Nov. 8, 2022, crash continues to haunt her family and friends.