Honest, I wasn't going to post about this. But I just can't get the image out of my head:
Covered with a carpet, a 750-pound woman who died Tuesday was taken from her home on a flatbed wrecker, outraging her loved ones and leading the Marion County coroner to concede that his office could have handled the situation better.
Teresa Smith's boyfriend remains distraught over her death and the incident.
A community activist in Muncie whose two firefighter brothers died in the line of duty many years ago says the mayor's announced plans to lay off 40 firefighters because of a budget shortfall is "pretty dirty." Call me a cynic, but I agree with him. Just consider that this isn't an isolated case but part of a trend:
It is not surprising in the face of reality of the economy and revenue shortfalls that all communities are facing," said Hiatt.
If you're planning on doing a lot of driving over the weekend, count yourself lucky for living in Indiana. According to research by the National Motorists Association, only seven states rank better that ours when it comes to treatment of motorists:
Bet this moron can't even spell autism:
A Paoli man convicted of battery and criminal confinement after trying to exorcise demons from a 14-year-old boy with autism was sentenced to house arrest on Thursday.
Monroe Circuit Judge Teresa Harper sentenced Edward Uyesugi to three years in jail, with all but six months suspended. He will serve those six months under house arrest at parents' home in Orange County.
You probably like our Main Street. In fact, you might even think our Main Street is pretty hot stuff. Vehicles can move back and forth on it. Pedestrians can stroll beside it on sidewalks, even cross it! There are storefronts facing it that people can go inside. What more could we possibly ask of a Main Street? Well, it's not accredited, for goodness sake:
Indiana's stimulus money for education has been tallied up, sort of, and -- wow:
It's nice to know the youth of today are still enterprising and creative enough to live by the "necessity is the mother of invention" principle:
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department arrested two men Tuesday for allegedly using counterfeit money.
"They were low on money so they decided to print money," Detective Chad Hill of the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department said
This probably isn't a good time to be overbuilding hotel capacity, huh?
Call it the frugal fan 500.
Ticket sales for Sunday's Indianapolis 500 are holding steady, but race fans and sponsors appear to be cutting corners this year, opting for cheaper choices that could put a pinch not only on local hotels but on the economic impact of the city's most significant tourism event.
The fight over closing the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home always seemed to be about money. The facility was aging, the enrollment was shrinking, and spending millions a year on the place, it was argued, didn't make a lot of sense. The state didn't really respond to the arguments of home supporters, who said it was much more effective for troubled youth than the dismal foster-care system or those mythical community-based solutions that are always promised.
All but two (31 of 33) of Indiana's Republican state senators are urging Sens. Lugar and Bayh to oppose the nomination of Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen for a senior position in the U.S. Department of Justice. It's hard to tell from news stories whether the senators are expressing a reasonable pro-life objection to a pro-choice candidate or being just this side of loony.
