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A former Indiana National Guard commander has died after suffering from lung cancer he believed was caused by exposure to toxic chemicals in Iraq.

Originally published November 30, 2009 at 1:16 p.m., updated November 30, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS a ' Indiana charities are hoping donations will pick up this holiday season to meet the skyrocketing demand for help during the slumping economy.

The federal government's rejection of disaster aid for Indiana following severe August storms has led Rep.

In time for holiday travel, the Indiana Department of Transportation has launched its expanded a TrafficWisea traveler Web site giving updated information on all state roads, U. S. highways and interstates around Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS - Inmates at the Indiana Women's Prison near Downtown Indianapolis have been moved into a former state detention center on the city's Westside as part of a plan to ease prison crowding.

A'A Christmas CarolA' will be presented in Batesville with the above cast and also in Brookville by a different troupe.

Single dad Robert Jones felt comfortable with his decision to hire Samantha Light as his toddler son's baby sitter.

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita is spending more than $2 million on TV and radio ad campaigns in which he appears.

Hunger is on the increase in Southern Indiana, according to those who make it their business to fight it - and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has joined the battle.

CHARLES WILSON Duke Energy: Coal-gasification power plant's cost grows to at least $2.5 billion INDIANAPOLIS - INDIANAPOLIS a ' Duke Energy says the cost of the coal-gasification power plant it's building in southwestern Indiana has risen another $150 million, boosting the project's estimated price to $2.5 billion a ' nearly twice the original ...

If the federal government approves funding for a high-speed rail line through South Bend, passengers here could travel to Chicago's Union Station in just one hour.

A northeastern Indiana man who was laid off last summer from his job with an automotive supplier has won $2 million in the Hoosier Lottery.

Indiana's public health officials are taking advantage of recent declines in the number of H1N1 cases statewide to move vaccine to college and university populations to prevent a third wave of the pandemic that killed eight last week and has killed 33 since June 1. While Indiana State Department of Health tracking of the virus indicates decreases ...

For The Herald Bulletin MUNCIE - Fickle Peach co-owner Chris Piche knows what good beer tastes like, and what it's worth for spending time with friends.

Two decades after a college student was found slain in her apartment, a rug thrown over her body, the woman's mother says she fears her daughter's killing will never be solved.

When you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner today, know there's a good chance your turkey was a Hoosier.

Police say they've arrested an Indiana truck driver who went drinking at a strip club after leaving his 5-year-old son in his semitrailer watching cartoons.

RICK CALLAHAN Ind. directing more swine flu vaccine to college campuses to head off 3rd wave of H1N1 INDIANAPOLIS - INDIANAPOLIS a ' State health officials said Wednesday they are directing more swine flu vaccine to Indiana 's college campuses in hopes of preventing or reducing a third swine flu outbreak in the state early next year.

A New Albany man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for supplying a gun that was used to shoot two Jeffersonville police officers.

When it comes to power plants that contribute to global warming, Indiana is near the top of the list, ranking fourth-worst in the nation, according to an analysis of government data released today by the citizens group Environment America.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's wine industry on Tuesday uncorked the turkey friendly Traminette as the state's first signature wine, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Authorities say a 30-year-old Indianapolis man died in a fire at a southwestern Indiana motel that left two others sharing the same room hospitalized.

California-based WindStream Technologies Inc. plans to locate a development and production facility at Purdue Research Park of Southeast Indiana, state officials said Monday morning.

Police in Northern Indiana say a pet monkey reached out and banged a 10-month-old girl's head against its cage several times.

The Indiana State Poultry Association has donated more than 145,000 pounds of eggs, chicken, turkey and duck to food pantries across the state.

A convicted child molester whose murder of a 10-year-old boy led to the creation of Indiana's sex offender registry has been resentenced to life in prison without parole.

Firefighters have found one body and rescued several people from a fire at a southwestern Indiana motel.

Indiana has lured a green startup from California that says it has the technology to capture wind energy in urban settings.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs books at a stop in Grand Rapids, Mich., earlier this week.

The Crossroads of America could be called "Marriage Junction," but the Circle City seems more like "Singles City." A glimpse at the most recent survey figures gleaned from U.S. census data shows that, not including the state's three traditional college counties, Marion County has the highest percentage of never-been-married men and women in ...

In the high-stakes game of paying for political influence, Hoosier Park and its parent company have more money on the table than nearly anyone.

A former auto worker has tapped his love of history to restore a Civil war soldier's marble gravestone.

Legislation further enhancing ethics in state government will be among proposals authored and considered by state senators during the upcoming 2010 Indiana General Assembly session.

Any Hoosier who has previously exhausted either of the first two federal extensions of unemployment or state extended benefits and remains unemployed may be eligible to receive this new federal extension.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has kicked off an effort to raise private money to help feed the needy.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller challenged Hoosier corporations today to help a statewide collection of food banks to feed the hungry this holiday season.

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Bob Knight is returning to Indiana after all. The former Hoosiers coach will speak at a Dec.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Department of Workforce Development was awarded a $4 million grant Wednesday to help transition auto workers to new careers and prepare plans for a transformed auto industry.

Civil rights groups, lawmakers critical of program at Plainfield eliminating midday meal 3 days a week The inmates at Plainfield Correctional Facility can't be accused of getting a free lunch.

A southern Indiana lawmaker has been hospitalized. Democratic State Rep. Dennie Oxley of Taswell missed the General Assembly's Organization Day on Tuesday with an undisclosed illness.

City and town courts in Indiana would be eliminated, circuit and superior court judges would be appointed rather than elected and county clerks would no longer process and hold court records under a broad plan intended to improve how Indiana courts operate.

Evergreen Indiana continues to grow with 6 new library systems live on Evergreen, the consortial, open-source library automation software.

Indiana lawmakers will get a jump start on the upcoming legislative session by holding committee meetings a month early, giving themselves more time to examine issues including property taxes, unemployment insurance and ethics.

Pick a crust, any crust...pick a sauce, any sauce. At Hot Box Pizza, there's about a hundred or different more ways to make a pizza and the choices are all up to you.

Indiana lawmakers could discuss the property tax issues, when they gather at the Statehouse in Indianapolis this week to prepare for the start of the General Assembly's legislative session.

Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan is planning a trip to Vietnam next year, returning there for the first time since his release as a prisoner of war.

Democrats on Tuesday crushed a Senate filibuster against a controversial appeals court nominee, demonstrating to Republicans they can't stop President Barack Obama from turning the federal judiciary to the left.

It's a question parents dread. But sooner or later, every youngster will want to know: "Where do mascots come from?" In my travels around the Hoosier state, I found the answer to that question from Jennifer Smith.

Updated at 5:27 p.m . WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress on Tuesday that efforts to strengthen the global financial system to prevent another deep crisis will falter if the United States drops the ball on overhauling regulation of its own banking system.

Prisoners in southern Indiana's Monroe County could no longer be forced to sleep on the jail's gymnasium floor under an agreement to settle a jail overcrowding lawsuit.

The national commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will visit a post in southwestern Indiana this week.

The leading critic of a Hoosier nominee for federal judge has it all wrong, Sen.

The Commission for Higher Education OK'd a pair of campus building projects worth nearly $110 million Friday.

A state appeals court has upheld the murder conviction and prison sentence of a northern Indiana boy who was 13 at the time of the killing.

Hundreds of people have been flocking to a northern Indiana wildlife refuge where thousands of sandhill cranes are making their annual fall migration stop.

State Rep. David Wolkins isn't shy about what he likes: golf, basketball and football.

Indiana Conservation officers say an Illinois man has died in a high-speed crash inside the Indiana Dunes State Park.

A late-night explosion that shook Beta Steel Corp.'s Northern Indiana hot-strip rolling mill injured eight workers, six of whom required medical care.

Indiana is holding about $385 million in its unclaimed property fund, some of which belongs to well-known Hoosiers like John Mellencamp and Larry Bird.

They just had to say thank you. Thank you to the lobbyists who supplied the 50 members of the Indiana Senate with popcorn, milk, soft drinks, bottled water, candy and even a Wal-mart gift card throughout the General Assembly's 2009 regular session.

Web-only op-ed column: Lobbying reform needed in executive and legislative branches and with state contractors Patrick Bauer I know it is tempting to portray the Indiana General Assembly as having a deaf ear toward ethical behavior, but I find such opinions do not match the commitment that the men and women in the Indiana House and Senate have ...

An Allen County judge active in juvenile justice matters has been named the state's outstanding judge by the Indiana State Bar Association.

Hundreds of people, many holding small American flags, lined the main thoroughfare of a northern Indiana city to watch the funeral procession of a hometown soldier killed in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting rampage.

Indiana University has received an initial supply of 980 doses of H1N1 vaccine, enough for Bloomington students and employees who made online reservations for Monday.

The Indiana Department of Transportation wants to hear from the public on its draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.

Indiana's Department of Administration has laid off 33 workers because of dwindling state revenues, the department's commissioner said Friday.

Watch your back, West Virginia. Indiana is now No. 2 -- and gaining -- when it comes to smoking.

A judge has thrown out a plea agreement for a 14-year-old boy who was scheduled to be sentenced Friday in connection with his role in the 2008 attack of a Brown County couple.

Astronaut David Wolf will discuss his experiences on the International Space Station during a live talk show next month in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS - A lawyer for a Tennessee woman who has accused the former Caesars Indiana of taking advantage of her gambling addiction told the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday that Hoosier casinos shouldn't be immune from liability for harming such customers.

State officials said Thursday during a weekly update on the H1N1 flu that there are conflicting indications as to whether the outbreak is slowing.

The state highway department might withhold tens of millions of dollars for projects around Bloomington as the agency is pushing local officials to adopt plans for the Interstate 69 extension through southwestern Indiana.

Work to repair and renovate the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis is taking longer than expected.

Indiana's largest environmental group is hosting a forum this weekend focusing on what the state's upcoming legislative session could mean for renewable energy, mass transit and other "green" policies.

Indiana is offering state government employees voluntary unpaid leave, but it's unclear how many workers might give up part of their paycheck during a recession to help the state save money.

Authorities in southern Indiana have finally arrested the suspect they've been looking for.

A federal magistrate on Tuesday ordered that the Rev. Francis Markey remain jailed pending extradition proceedings.

Extra state troopers will be patrolling Indiana highways in coming weeks as thousands of state residents hit the roads for Thanksgiving holiday trips.

FORTVILLE, Ind. - Indiana 13 will close near Fortville on Monday as crews begin work on a Major Moves Project along the roadway, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation .

Muncie police Sgt. Jay Turner picked up the dog -- named Ozzy -- last week after receiving $4,500 checks from both Ozzy and Jack Osbourne.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved a disaster declaration for 11 southern Indiana counties hit by a wave of severe storms in August.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration says $34 million in new budget cuts includes a 5 percent cut in its reimbursements to hospitals for serving patients on Medicaid.

A food production center is expanding in New Albany, creating more than 350 jobs by 2012.

State government is consolidating offices and moving some workers back to the Indiana Government Center to reduce the amount of office space it leases in the Indianapolis area.

Although it's still early to be thinking 2010, Outdoor Indiana magazine's full-color calendar, a 16-page insert to the November-December issue that's on newsstands this week, is ready when you are.

Indiana voters seem willing to pay more in property taxes to help school districts cover operating costs.

The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on whether an Ohio River casino should have allowed a compulsive gambler to play and lose $125,000 in a single night.

Indianapolis - A statewide comedy tour will benefit veterans who've been injured or experienced hardships as a result of their service to the country.

St. Joseph County election workers are preparing for a special election Tuesday, but a lot of people still don't know about it.

Indiana taxpayers may not be in the mood to pay for bigger, better schools in tough economic times, but they're more willing to help school districts make ends meet in most cases.

INDIANAPOLIS - Several Indiana state parks will be closed temporarily in the coming weeks for deer hunts.

Nine Hoosiers died from swine flu over the past week, nearly doubling the state's number of flu deaths since the pandemic started in the spring.

A former Lafayette man wounded in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood says it was the most harrowing experience of a military career that included 13 months in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.

Working adults looking to finish their college degrees may soon have another option in the area.

WASHINGTON -- Indiana's Democratic lawmakers are keeping their opinions on the House's health-care reform bill to themselves.

INDIANAPOLIS - After another summer of blue-green algae woes on many Indiana lakes, three state agencies have been asked to develop a state-wide monitoring system to track levels of the plantlike bacteria.

Nine Hoosiers died from swine flu over the past week, nearly doubling the state's number of flu deaths since the pandemic started in the spring.

State health officials are confirming the deadliest H1N1 week in the Hoosier state.

Forty-one-year-old Richard LaShure was sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years probation Thursday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis.

The body was recovered Thursday in Steuben County after an Indiana State Police airplane discovered the remains less than a half mile from 48-year-old Stuart Stalcup's home.

State police say a man involved in a police shooting in southeastern Indiana has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

Environmentalists are celebrating President Obama's signature on a bill that includes $1.15 million to expand a southwestern Indiana wildlife refuge.

Many streetlights will be going off soon in a central Indiana city in a budget-cutting move.

Indiana University economists predict a weak recovery in 2010 as the state and nation begin to recuperate from one of the worst recessions since World War II.

A man is in custody in the death of a Southern Indiana teenager. Wednesday afternoon, Indiana State Police arrested the stepfather of the victim, 15-year-old Alexis Oesterle.

Secretary of State Todd Rokita says Indiana residents voting in upcoming special elections will still be subject to the state's Voter ID law despite a recent court ruling.

The state Department of Health, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and the Indiana Minority Health Coalition are holding a Statewide HIV Awareness Program Thursday in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS - Federal emergency officials have again denied disaster aid to Hoosier victims of early August's severe weather, leaving Southern Indiana residents without the help granted to those who suffered from the same storms in Kentucky.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 1:15 pm US/Central 1 of 1 Pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for the H1N1, or swine, flu vaccine, the first time the virus has been found in such hogs, according to the USDA.

A new report says Indiana could lose $100 million in gambling taxes in the first year after four Ohio casinos authorized in a Tuesday referendum open.

What makes a good teacher -- the ability to inspire students to learn or being a master of the subject you teach? That was the crux of a debate Monday at the third and final public hearing on a proposed overhaul of the way Indiana's teachers and administrators are trained and licensed.

Sen. Jim Buck, R-Kokomo, announced today that he will run for re-election in 2010.

New Albany - Officials in a southern Indiana city must decide whether to continue a legal fight against an adult book and movie store after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider an opinion allowing the shop to remain open.

11 as the execution date for a man convicted of the 1994 slayings of his estranged wife and two of her relatives in Evansville.

Alcohol can't be sold during election hours in Indiana's second-most populous county even though no one's going to the voting booths.

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.

Relatives of 68 people who were killed in a commuter plane crash in northwest Indiana 15 years ago gathered for a memorial service for the victims.

Voters in seven school districts across Indiana will decide in referendums Tuesday whether to allow proposed building projects or property taxes higher than allowed under new statewide caps.

INDIANAPOLIS - Dozens of educators urged a state panel to reject a proposal to revamp Indiana's teacher licensing standards during the last of three public hearings on the contentious changes.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit Indiana University in December to speak at the school's winter commencement.

An Evansville hospital is awaiting tests to confirm whether a nurse who died was ill with H1N1 flu.

More than $848 million from the federal stimulus package has been spent in Indiana, supporting 18,876 jobs, according to federal data released Friday.

BLOOMINGTON - Former Indiana coach Bob Knight will not attend next week's induction into the athletic department's hall of fame.

Indianapolis, October 26, 2009 - On the eve of U.S. Senate deliberations on clean energy and climate legislation, Indiana Businesses for a Clean Energy Economy released a new economic analysis that finds the strongest federal policy could create up to 45,000 jobs in the Hoosier state, while increasing incomes by $1,200 and growing the state economy ...

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has received $1 million in federal funding to restore Good Fellow Lodge, U.S. Rep.