'Bath Salts' Spark Powerful Paranoia, Doctors Say
GREENSBURG, Ind. -- An emerging drug known as bath salts is gaining popularity in Indiana, where police and doctors are dealing with users suffering from powerful delusions.The stimulant, which ...
View ArticleMuncie, Delaware County Take Step Toward Consolidation
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Delaware County and Muncie took a big step Tuesday night toward consolidation.City and county officials voted unanimously in favor of the merger. The bill would eliminate the mayor ...
View ArticleIndiana Doctors Weigh In On Womb Transplant Surgery
INDIANAPOLIS -- A Swedish woman is preparing to undergo an experimental and controversial transplant surgery, Indiana doctors said.Sara Ottoson, 25, was born without a uterus and will receive her ...
View ArticleFormer Funeral Director Found Guilty Of Forgery
INDIANAPOLIS -- A former funeral director was found guilty late Tuesday of forgery, but the jury couldn't reach a decision on the other 13 charges he faced.Marvin Boatright, 53, had been ...
View ArticleWoman Posed As Tornado Relief Fundraiser
AUSTIN, Ind. -- A woman was arrested Tuesday after she was caught falsely claiming to represent the American Red Cross, trying to raise money for tornado victims, police said.Amanda Barrett, 21, of ...
View ArticleInd. Congressman Suing Obama Over Libya Strikes
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers, including an Indiana congressman, is suing President Barack Obama for taking military action against Libya without war authorization from ...
View ArticlePolice Suspect Woman In String Of Robberies
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis police said Wednesday they arrested a woman in connection with a string of robberies and gas station drive-offs.Letitia Johnson, 28, was taken into custody on Tuesday ...
View ArticleDisappearance Of Girl, Grandma May Not Be Related
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Police are looking for the great-grandmother of a girl who was found hours after being abducted from Tipton on Tuesday night, but investigators don't think the cases are ...
View ArticleCanoeist rescued from White River
MORGAN COUNTY - Firefighters with the Paragon Fire Department rescued a man whose canoe became stuck in the water. It happened on the west fork of the White River Tuesday afternoon. A single ...
View ArticleColumbus church collects donations for Kenya project
Every other year since 2006, Joshua Kiilu and church members have gone to Katisaa to begin the first phase of the building project and establish a temporary health ...
View ArticleCity denies claim that public safety funding is in jeopardy
INDIANAPOLIS - There are concerns about the number of officers working city streets, and now it's become a political issue. Residents of a near-east side neighborhood live in fear of crime and ...
View ArticleFire officials warn about dangers of fire pots
FISHERS - Fire investigators are warning of a serious danger to you and your children from something many of us have on our decks and patios. On a beautiful summer night, they can seem like the ...
View ArticleMonon Bob celebrates 90th birthday
INDIANAPOLIS - It's not everyday you see a birthday party on the Monon, but it's not everyday Monon Bob turns ninety. Friends of Robert E. Lee, better known as Monon Bob, threw a surprise ...
View ArticleMental test ordered for teen suspect in bus fires
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a 14-year-old boy charged with setting a fire that destroyed four school buses parked outside an elementary school near ...
View ArticlePalladium needs more subsidies
The Palladium just opened this year. But it may ask the city of Carmel for more money to keep the doors open. Our partners at the Indianapolis Star report that the Palladium isn't even close ...
View ArticlePolice nab woman suspected of robbing fast food restaurants
Officers caught Leticia Johnson Tuesday night aAs she walked out of a Subway restaurant on Southport Road. She had a handgun in her waistband. Police think Johnson is connected to five robberies ...
View ArticleMost arrested in Marion County test positive for drugs
More than two-thirds of all people arrested in Marion County test positive for drugs at the time. According to the National Drug Control Policy 69 percent of the men arrested last year tested ...
View ArticleMissing Tipton girl found, now great grandmother missing
TIPTON - Police have found a 10-year-old Tipton girl who went missing Tuesday evening. Police say she was taken by a man she describes as "tall," white, about 40 years old and thin with ...
View ArticleTeen pleads not guilty in Indianapolis east side murder case
INDIANAPOLIS - 19-year-old Anthony Shockley pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of murder. Shockley is charged with shooting and killing 61-year old Clayton Battice. Battice was shot outside ...
View ArticleNorthern Indiana communities prepare for 9/11 beam arrival
ANGOLA - Northern Indiana communities are preparing for several thousand motorcyclists to accompany a beam from the World Trade Center as it completes the trip to be included in a memorial to the ...
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