Twenty states require teens to have 50 hours of driving practice before they get a license, and Indiana is one of only 10 states that have no practice requirements at all. So this seems reasonable:
Teenagers would be required to complete at least 50 hours of supervised driving practice and wait longer before getting an Indiana driver's license under a proposed bill unveiled by lawmakers Monday.
Police run into some classy people:
An Evansville man being arrested on accusations of public intoxication and disorderly conduct received a new charge when he allegedly offered to buy the arresting officers dinner if they would let him go.
On Monday, I did a post taking The Journal Gazette to task for not identifying those quoted in a story about illegal immigration:
I wonder if the JG would pull that “first names only” stunt if this were a bank robber or a burglar. As a matter of fact, would law enforcement let them get away with it, or would some reporter be hauled in front of a grand jury?
Even if they don't go to jail over the truancy, these parents probably deserve a little time for sheer stupidity:
A rural Richmond couple is facing a possible jail term for refusing to obey state truancy laws.
The case involves the alleged failure of Eli and Stephanie Collins, 3398 N. Salisbury Road, No. 44, to make their child go to school.
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This Associated Press story about a certain problem at the Madison Correctional Facility has a wonderfully understated line -- "A fenceless prison presents some security problems." Gee, do ya think?
The Madison Correctional Facility announced Wednesday it's putting up a fence because joggers, bicyclists and even parents pushing baby strollers inadvertently enter the grounds of the minimum-security women's prison.
You may now keep God with you on your car trips, which, considering the skill and attentiveness level of Indiana drivers, is probably a good thing:
Hoosier drivers don't have to pay extra to sport In God We Trust license plates, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
Our editorial today remarks on the inevitability (though not necessarily the desirability) of a statewide public smoking ban, because of rather than in spite of the 36 counties or communities that already have smoke-free ordinances of some kind:
But the ironic truth is that the more local smoking ordinances there are, the more likely there will eventually be a statewide ban.
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You know, you just try to do what you can, make the best of a bad situation, then along comes The Man and shuts you down:
You'll be glad to know Indiana isn't being left behind in the great cultural battle of the moment:
SOUTH BEND — Every time a car honked, they cheered. A group of about 20 people stood at the corner of Main Street and Jefferson Boulevard in downtown South Bend on Saturday, waving signs in support of same-sex marriage.
Wow, 20 people -- that's some rally. Honk if you love gays, then let's go burn a Mormon church!
By now, should be used to bad parents offering lame excuses for their failure and neglect. Still, some are so outrageous that we can't help but be repelled:
INDIANAPOLIS - A northern Indiana woman who left her 8-year-old son at a Nebraska hospital under that state's safe haven law says she did so because she doesn't trust Indiana's child welfare system.
