Haven't they learned in Posey that the Nigerians have the only legitimate big-money deals on the Internet?
Indiana State Police recently launched a criminal investigation after receiving information that a Posey County man had lost over $250,000 through a sweepstakes scam.
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A reminder to all town, city and county legislators througout the state -- it you intend for the ordinance to cover goats, put the darn goats in the darn ordinance:
A Hancock County judge has ruled that a Fortville town ordinance does not prohibit a local couple from keeping goats in their backyard.
Congressional Quarterly says Indiana is still likely to go Republican in the presidential race:
Well, here we go again. The details change every time the governor brings this up, but the essence of the plan -- using vice to fund virtue -- remains the same:
Hoosier Sandy Allen, the "world's tallest woman," died early today in a Shelbyville nursing home. She was only 53 and had suffered from several effects of her abnormal growth:
Phony coyotes set up to discourage ducks and geese from gobbling up seeds and fresh shoots from wetlands plants didn't fool the fowl, but humans were another matter.
BetUS.com has new odds out, and it's Evan Bayh on top:
I missed the column in Sunday's JG by Mindy Waldron, an administrator with the county health department, but I heard Pat White talking about it on WOWO on my drive home yesterday, so I hunted it up. The department has gotten a reputation for being a bunch of rule-obsessed, meddling busybodies because of its apparent attempt to kill outdoor cooking by restaurants.
They just don't want to give up on the red-light cameras:
Both Lafayette and West Lafayette mayors said Monday they'll lobby state lawmakers to create a law authorizing municipalities to use red light cameras.
I've decided I want a federal government job. I want a nice title, a big office, a hefty salary and an army of bureaucratic fussbudgets I can send around the country to make people's lives miserable. I shall lobby to become the Tire Pressure Minister:
