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The auto body repair business is considered recession-proof: When the economy is bad and people don't have money to buy a new car, they repair their old one.

Among the faces depicted this month on CrimeStoppers of Central Indiana's "Most Wanted" poster are the usual suspects -- folks wanted for murder, arson, drug dealing and robbery.

Customers and associates at the Greensburg Walmart store, along with other South Central Indiana stores, helped to contribute more than 5,569 pounds of food to area food banks during Indiana Senior Senator Richard G. Lugar's statewide "Hoosiers Fighting Hunger" food drive.

If this were a normal economic slowdown, companies would have eliminated temporary workers in droves beginning last year.

A Central Indiana high school student riding his bike late Monday night has died after being hit by a semi.

Many counties in Central Indiana are canceling clinics due to a vaccine shortage.

Small rural businesses -- especially those that have been turned down for traditional bank loans -- could get federal funding through a loan program announced this week.

A Central Indiana man is facing auto theft and drug charges following a police chase on the citya s west side Wednesday morning.

One of the largest school systems in Central Indiana planned to offer the H1N1 vaccine to their students next week, but those plans are now on hold.

The H1N1 and seasonal flu share symptoms. They also have another thing in common: Vaccines against both are hard to find.

The Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority, IndyGo and other Indianapolis-area transit groups are the subject of a study that could result in them being reorganized.

Maybe it's a sign that we lack excitement. Maybe it's the power you feel after you stare fear in the eye and come out on top.

Congratulations to Gov. Mitch Daniels for acknowledging that the experiment in wholly privatizing the delivery of welfare services by the state's Family and Social Services Administration was not working as he had hoped and for taking positive steps to correct the situation.

In just 11 days, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" will oversee the demolition of one house and the construction of another.

Local child-advocate and domestic-violence leaders were dismayed Wednesday by a report ranking Indiana as the state with the eighth-highest rate of child deaths due to abuse or neglect.

Q: It seemed like such a cool summer. My tomatoes ripened much later than normal.

See Who East Central Indiana voted for! Thanks for all the votes on the 5 Ugly Tattoo finalists.

A H1N1 vaccination clinic is scheduled for Thursday, October 22 at 8 a.m. until Noon at Lafayette Square Shopping Mall, 3919 Lafayette Road, inside the former Steve and Berrya TMs retail clothing store.

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