Boy, Indianapolis is sure on a roll. First a second Dunkin' Donuts and now this:
INDIANAPOLIS - When you hear a siren, you know what to look for; a police car, a fire truck, or an ambulance. 24-Hour News 8 has exclusively learned that Indianapolis is about to take charge of something completely different.
While it is not something you'd expect in Indianapolis. In the next week or so, Marion County expects to take delivery of a hovercraft.
This seems like a good idea:
New legislation authored by State Senator Jim Arnold (D-LaPorte) would provide a cooling off period for individuals arrested for domestic violence in Indiana. Members of the LaPorte County Domestic Violence Task Force, a local group that helped develop the legislation, joined Arnold at a press conference today to announce details of the bill.
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Most guys who lie about being in the military do it to pick up women. This Hoosier had a different idea:
Christopher Lee Proe came to Pufferbellies nightclub in Barnstable with a taste for expensive champagne and no shortage of stories: He was an Army lieutenant fresh from a tour in Iraq who survived being shot by a .22-caliber gun. He was a Detroit police officer on leave from the National Guard.
When I lived in Wabash, it was big news when the town finally Got a McDonald's, and when K-Mart showed up, you would have thought Jesus Christ had come back. I guess that's a Hoosier thing that not even our biggest city is immune to:
Dunkin' Donuts lovers in Marion County: Circle your calendar.
We knew it was coming, and here it is:
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections in a case that could affect the way inmates are executed around the country.
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For the "cure is worse than the disease" file:
Indiana government should be rebuilt from the base. It's not merely broken — it's shattered. The Indiana Constitution was written when bison literally roamed the state's prairies. Clauses in the constitution are as rare as those bison; it's time to shred the document and write one for the 21st Century.
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What a waste of time and energy this would be:
A new statewide poll released today found strong support for moving Indiana's May primary election to January or February.
Some 61 percent of those surveyed in a WISH (Channel 8) poll said the primary should be held earlier in the year to give Hoosiers more of a voice in presidential politics.
Evan Bayh endorses Hillary Clinton, so once again we have to endure a load of this nonsense:
The backing by Bayh, a moderate Democrat, could help Clinton with those who fear her reputation is too liberal to win the general election.
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Indiana, it is said, has the strictest voter ID law in the nation. So it's not surprising that our law is going to become the test case before the U.S. Supreme Court:
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether voter identification laws unfairly deter poor and minority Americans from voting, stepping into a contentious partisan issue in advance of the 2008 elections.
St. John, Ind., apparently has a zoning ordinance that forbids persons "who are unrelated to each other" from living together in a dwelling that is in a single-family district. The town is getting grief, justifiably, for not granting a variance:
