The Herald Bulletin State News

Eight indicted in Indiana-Kentucky gambling ring

2012-05-30T17:26:20-04:00

The owner of a Jeffersonville auto shop and seven other Louisville, Ky.-area men were arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging they ran an interstate sports bookmaking operation.

No links seen in missing Louisiana, Indiana student cases

2012-05-30T06:37:00-04:00

Investigators in Lafayette, La., don't believe there are links between the disappearance of a college student and that of a student who has been missing for a year from Bloomington, Ind., a Lafayette police spokesman said Tuesday.

Indiana coroner: Texas man in standoff killed himself

2012-05-30T06:33:00-04:00

A coroner says a Texas man who held a northwestern Indiana realty office hostage during an hours-long standoff died from two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head.

Hundreds pay respects to slain Indiana soldier

2012-05-29T20:24:04-04:00

Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of a northeastern Indiana soldier who was killed by enemy rocket fire in Afghanistan.

Allisonville Road bridge project in Indianapolis begins Wednesday

2012-05-29T17:16:18-04:00

The already rough commute on the Northeastside of Indianapolis will only get longer this summer.

To complete a $19 million road improvement as quickly as possible, state highway officials Wednesday will close the Allisonville Road bridge over I-465 for up to 110 days.

Delaware County grandstand likely done by July

2012-05-29T12:17:54-04:00

Delaware County says the show will go on this summer with new fair grandstand after it demolished the old one because of safety concerns found during an inspection prompted by the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse.

Fort Wayne officials give tax breaks another look

2012-05-28T23:22:02-04:00

Officials in a northeastern Indiana city are taking another look at their policy on property tax abatement, which critics consider too generous but supporters contend is needed to attract businesses.

Police probe similarities in missing IU student

2012-05-28T17:37:18-04:00

Police in Bloomington say they have contacted authorities in Louisiana about their search for a college student whose disappearance has similarities to that of an Indiana University student who has been missing for nearly a year.

Census: Hispanics boosting Indiana's small towns

2012-05-28T07:09:29-04:00

Hispanics are fueling population growths in many small Indiana towns that are seeing their white populations shrink, census figures show.

Indy 500 in the books, but heat isn't a record

2012-05-28T00:16:43-04:00

Fans sought shade under the grandstands and beneath umbrellas. Misting stations got a healthy workout. But Sunday's Indianapolis 500 won't go down in the record books as the hottest in the 101-year history of the race.