Crop-dusting helicopter crashes near Lafayette
BUCK CREEK, Ind. (AP) -- Tippecanoe County authorities say a crop-dusting helicopter crashed into a cornfield as the pilot was spraying insecticide....
Miss. River spill idles ships near New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil into the nation's busy shipping waterway....
Go fish? Tiller yes, but not for JoePa
CHICAGO (AP) -- Joe Paterno isn't one to hang a "Gone Fishing" sign on his door, so don't expect him to join Purdue coach Joe Tiller on one of his good friend's treasured fishing trips when Tiller retires after this season....
Judge OKs emergency grazing program, with limits
SEATTLE (AP) -- Farmers and ranchers struggling against high grain prices got some help Thursday from a federal judge who cleared the way for an emergency federal program opening private conservation land to hay production and cattle grazing....
Cape Air to end flights between Evansville, Indy
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Cape Air, a Massachusetts-based airline, will discontinue flights between Evansville and Indianapolis after Aug. 31 because its planes have been flying at only about 50 percent of capacity, officials said....
AG won't appeal ruling in sex offender law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Attorney General Steve Carter said Thursday he would not appeal a federal court ruling overturning part of a new state law that would have allowed the computers of sex offenders to be searched long after their sentences had been served....
Coach says Lewis will have to compete for QB job
Indiana football coach Bill Lynch says quarterback Kellen Lewis will have to beat out backup Ben Chappell to regain his starting job this fall....
Children's Museum plans $15.7 million expansion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis hopes its makeover is fit for a king - even if he's been dead for thousands of years....
Grand opening celebration set at Lucas Oil Stadium
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Anyone planning to attend the grand opening celebration for the new Lucas Oil Stadium should leave their Colts jersey at home. The invitation says cocktail attire is suggested....
Spring flooding killed many crop pest insects
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Spring flooding that damaged Indiana cropland delivered an unexpected bonus to farmers and homeowners - fewer crop-eating insects....
Farmers seek more flood control for Kankakee River
LACROSSE, Ind. (AP) -- A group of northwestern Indiana farmers who say some of their cropland flooded this spring because state officials failed to repair a breached river bank are pushing for more local control over the region's flood-prone waterways....
LaPorte County woman acquitted in newborn's death
LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) -- A jury acquitted a woman of murder and neglect charges in the death of a newborn girl whose body was found in a field near her northern Indiana home after doctors could not say whether the baby was born alive....
Lilly 2Q earnings rise 44 pct as sales increase
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Double-digit sales growth from key drugs helped Eli Lilly and Co. post a 44 percent profit increase Thursday, but investor concern over the fate of potential blockbuster prasugrel held back the stock price....
Health officials warn about carbon monoxide in RVs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Health authorities are warning recreational vehicle drivers about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning as race fans arrive for this weekend's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR race....
IU, Bloomington consider bus system merger
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana University and Bloomington city transit officials say they are considering a merger of their bus systems in an effort to fight rising fuel costs....
Central Indiana homebuilder shuts down
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An Indianapolis-based home builder is blaming the weak housing market as it goes out of business....
No winners in Powerball, Hoosier Lotto
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for Wednesday's Hoosier Lotto game matched all six numbers drawn, so the jackpot grows to an estimated $1.5 million for Saturday's drawing....
No Jackpot Winner
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were:...
City won't spend money to demolish building
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) -- The city of Anderson doesn't want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to demolish a building that has no apparent owner....
