Monroe News

Blacks have suffered disproportionately from HIV/AIDS for a long time, and lately the gap has widened.

Think of the H1N1 flu virus as a roller coaster. At the beginning there's always a pretty big drop or "peak." But, that's never the end of it, there's always a few more along the way.

The scenario involved an airliner crash on the state line that required multiple emergency responses.

Right after her nursing shift at Community Hospital East ended at 7:15 Thursday morning, Jackie Worley drove to Lafayette Square Mall.

Despite a new study from the Institute of Medicine, smoking bans still strike up old debates from three years ago when Abilene enacted its own ban.

A national campaign to inoculate tens of millions of Americans against H1N1 influenza began Monday, with health care workers in Indiana and Tennessee targeted as the first recipients, federal health authorities said.

Little Bit, a foal born at the Adams County Fairgrounds, dashes around a barn. Her sire and dam, along with 35 other horses, were rescued from a Decatur farm.

Indiana has ordered its first batch of swine flu vaccine, and the 28,700 doses the state is due to receive should start arriving next week, said Judy Monroe, Indiana's health commissioner.

Nearly 200 of the state's top women -- in education, business, government, medicine and other fields -- gathered Tuesday for polite conversation they hope will translate into powerful messages.

With her are, from left, the goat's owner, Helena Hirschy of rural Monroe' Grace's mother, Lana Shoaf; her sister, Josie, 4; her twin brother, Jackson; and another sister, Ally, 9.

State health officials prepare to vaccinate Hoosiers in October Immunizations for the 2009 H1N1 influenza, the most predominate virus in Indiana, will be available to Hoosiers in mid-October, said State Sen.

A rural Monroe man who came up with a way to improve how a crop sprayer is refilled so no plant damage results won the Idea of the Month contest for the August issue of Successful Farming, a national publication.

Recent suspected cases of H1N1 flu at four Indiana schools are prompting a flurry of questions from parents.

An Indianapolis woman has died from West Nile virus, the first death attributed to that illness in Indiana in 2009.

On August 5th the ILB had a long entry headed "Ind. Law - New golf cart law, as amended, may work a hardship on those outside Culver town limits." If you haven't read it, you may want to check it out.

On August 5th the ILB had a long entry headed "Ind. Law - New golf cart law, as amended, may work a hardship on those outside Culver town limits." If you haven't read it, you may want to check it out.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 622 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA LAWRENCE MONROE IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA DAVIESS GREENE KNOX MARTIN SULLIVAN IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA OWEN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEDFORD... BLOOMINGTON AND VINCENNES.

"Folks that truly have the flu right now, it's almost 100 percent that it's going to be H1N1," Scary words from Dr.

A Dearborn County teen has died from complications due to the H1N1 influenza virus.

"Big crowd discusses golf carts" is the headline to this July 8th story by Bob Shraluka in the Decatur Daily Democrat.