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Indianapolis -- Indianapolis organizers appear poised to bid on hosting second Super Bowl.

Troas P. Jacoby, 92, of Kendallville, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 197 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 136 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013 TORNADO WATCH 197 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL INDIANA BOONE CLINTON HAMILTON HENDRICKS HOWARD MARION MORGAN TIPTON IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ... (more)

A tornado watch has been issued for several counties in central and western Indiana.

Indiana utility regulators have started an investigation of an Oklahoma-based cellphone company after it set up 30,000 accounts in the state for a federal subsidy program in less than a year.

Construction crews are busy this month reinforcing ground anchors along 80 miles of Interstate 65 through Bartholomew and neighboring counties to boost the stress that wire guardrails installed in the highway median can withstand.

It said the following students have been selected to receive a scholarship to an Indiana college of their choice and a $900 yearly book stipend for books and equipment: Hannah Liechty, Leo Junior-Senior High School, who plants to attend Ball State University and pursue a degree in architecture.

INDIANA GOVERNOR CANCELS STATE'S INCENTIVES TO PROPOSED NEW FERTILIZER FACILITY May 20, 2013 IndyStar.com reports: The fate of a controversial $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in Southern Indiana remains unclear after Gov.

Thirteen-year-old Sean Ives is from Crown Point. The seventh grader is also one of 12 Indiana students that will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee next week Among that group is a Granger seventh grader, Margaret Flaherty Peterson .

That amounted to the largest one-month decrease in the unemployment rate in more than one year.

After all, his supervisor at the Texas Department of Public Safety had worked for his company’s competitor and had approved his outside job.

In this April photo, teacher Lindsey Landis plays with 1-year-old Haelynn House at The Learning Community, the IPFW-affiliated child-care center.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A little more than a year after tornadoes ripped across southern Indiana, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes and businesses, the state has seen a relatively quiet tornado season.

A reprise of "Hoosiers" it isn't, although this week's planned filming of a commercial on the Indiana University-Bloomington campus does feature two of the moviemakers who elevated Indiana hoops to the silver screen.

Northstar Lottery Group, which was hired in 2011 to manage the Illinois Lottery, will miss its revenue target by $180 million, according to the newspaper's analysis of the company's performance during the first 10 months of the fiscal year.

Many school buses across Indiana are on the road despite serious safety violations that could put thousands of students at risk, according to an investigation by an Indianapolis television station.

Officers say the body of 37-year-old Jamie Fleenor was recovered about 5:30 a.m. Sunday after The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department received a report that a female had fallen into a quarry Officers say Fleenor was reported to have been walking a trail at the quarry pit next to an 80-foot-high cliff when she lost her footing, slipped over the ... (more)

This is an important story on many levels, from today's subscription-only Bloomington Herald-Times . Here are some quotes from Jon Blau's lengthy story: When Perry Township Trustee Dan Combs took a recent call from an agent at the Bloomington parole district, he was faced with what he interpreted as an ultimatum.

Now that the 2013 legislative session has wrapped - including gubernatorial action on all the bills - it's time to review the term by the numbers.

But fast food - which is sold on dozens of street corners around town - isn't enough to draw people to the city's core.