Contract awarded on contentious I-69 section
October 3, 2012BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The state highway department says it will cost less than expected to build part of a hotly contested section of the Interstate 69 extension through southern Indiana.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The state highway department says it will cost less than expected to build part of a hotly contested section of the Interstate 69 extension through southern Indiana.
BEIRUT - Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbors and prompting NATO to convene an emergency meeting.
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's lottery commission voted Wednesday to hire a private company to run the lottery's marketing, sales and distribution services in the hopes that it will boost the game's profits by about $100 million a year.
PETOSKEY, Mich. - The search for a driver who fled an accident scene in northern Michigan over the weekend was apparently a job for a dog, not a bat.
While having hors d'oeuvres and beverages, the Homecoming royalty candidates will attend this year's Homecoming Happy Hour under the watchful eyes of the judges who will pick king and queen.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Six Indiana residents have died of West Nile virus and more than 60 people have been sickened, state health officials said.
INDIANAPOLIS - A federal inspector found two strains of salmonella and unclean conditions at an Indiana cantaloupe farm's fruit-packing plant during inspections prompted by a deadly outbreak linked to the farm's melons.
In terms of voter turnout, a campus political scientist says the past four years have calmed the symptoms of "election
NACO, Arizona - A Border Patrol agent was shot to death Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation. -á
Nearly 500 public colleges that account for three-quarters of all four-year college students pledged Tuesday to produce a combined 3.8 million additional graduates by 2025, an ambitious target that would help bring the United States closer to its goal of regaining its lost global lead in college attainment.
INDIANAPOLIS- The parents of a central Indiana boy are suing Ball State University, alleging their son was subjected to "horrific sexual abuse" by three second-grade classmates at a university-run school.
A Delaware County couple with ties to Ball State's Burris Laboratory School filed a lawsuit in Delaware County Circuit Court 1 on Friday, in reference to what the couple alleges was "repeated sexual abuse, molestation and harassment" that occurred at the institution to their son. -á
A parade of students in costume ranging from Katniss Everdeen to Elvis Presley impersonators strutted across the Pruis Hall stage Monday night.
Because of his work in raising awareness about violence against women, including a three-day awareness campaign, a Ball State professor was one of eight to receive Indiana's most prestigious award for volunteer service.
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge postponed Pennsylvania's controversial voter identification requirement on Tuesday, ordering the state not to enforce it in this year's presidential election but allowing it to go into full effect next year.
DALLAS - American Airlines says passenger seats on a third flight came loose as the plane was airborne, and it's continuing to inspect other jets with similar seating.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee and federal health experts are investigating an outbreak of meningitis that infected 14 people who received steroid injections, killing two of them, the state's chief medical officer said Tuesday.
Election season is a time for debates, and Ball State has delivered with three debates in eight days.
INDIANAPOLIS - A utility opposing a planned southern Indiana coal-gasification plant estimates a deal obligating Indiana customers to pay for the plant's gas would add $1.1 billion to utility bills over eight years.
