NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A suburban Indianapolis teacher who was shot while tackling and disarming a student inside his classroom said Monday that his swift decisions “were the only acceptable actions” to save his seventh-grade students. Jason Seaman, speaking publicly for the first time since the shooting Friday, thanked the Noblesville community for its support […]
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Free money: Brinks truck drops thousands of dollars on Indiana highway
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State police say drivers clamored to pick up cash on an interstate in Indianapolis after the back doors of a Brinks armored truck swung open and hundreds of thousands of dollars flew out. State police spokesman Sgt. John Perrine says investigators don’t know exactly how much cash was in the truck when […]
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Mike Pence used an AOL email account to conduct state business
Vice President Mike Pence pauses while speaking before administering the oath of office to Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday, March 2, 2017, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct public business as Indiana’s governor, according […]
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Donald Trump to visit Ohio and Carrier plant in Indiana
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is poised to take a victory lap on Thursday, appearing first in Indiana to salute workers at a factory where he says he saved hundreds of jobs from moving to Mexico and then in Ohio on the first stop of a “Thank You Tour” to honor the supporters in […]
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Colman L. Sanders
1924 – 2015 CANAL FULTON, Ohio — Colman L. “Coke” Sanders, 91, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, passed away early Sunday morning, June 7. He was born in Evansville, Ind., on Feb. 20, 1924, a son to the late J. Stanley and Annie (Johnson) Sanders. Coke spent his boyhood in the village of Turner before arriving […]
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Ruth E. Marstaller
1929 – 2015 CENTER BARNSTEAD, N.H. — On Tuesday, May 5, with a smile on her face and peace in her heart, Ruth Esther Hadley Marstaller took firm hold of her Lord’s hand as He guided her into Heaven’s Paradise. Ruth had been residing in Center Barnstead, N.H., in the home she shared with her […]
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Betty Lavena Tyler
1951 – 2015 LEWISTON — Betty Lavena Tyler, 64, of Auburn, died on April 18, 2015 in the arms of her family and her Jesus. Betty was born the daughter of D.S. Weaver and G. Marie Kellar on Jan. 27, 1951, in Kokomo, Ind. Betty thoroughly enjoyed her family and helping others. She loved the […]
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Rich Lowry: Indiana law creates perfect storm of hysteria
Indiana is experiencing its two minutes of hate. It is doubtful that since its admittance into the union in 1816, the heretofore inoffensive Midwestern state has ever been showered with so much elite obloquy. Indiana’s sin is that its Legislature passed and Gov. Mike Pence signed into law a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, setting out […]
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Junior shooters fundraising for Indiana championship
WILTON — Four junior shooters from Wilton Fish & Game will be going to the 2014 National Match Smallbore Rifle Championship in Bristol, Ind., this year. Jared Roy, Connor Maurais, Lindzee Ridley and Bailey Morrell will travel there as their own team, The Rim Fires. This is the third year that the club will have […]
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Ball State board picks Ferguson as next president
MUNCIE, Ind. — A veteran college administrator with experience in fundraising was selected Thursday to become the 15th president of Ball State University. Paul Ferguson, president of the University of Maine since 2011, was unanimously approved by the Ball State Board of Trustees during a special meeting before an audience of students, alumni, faculty and […]