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  • Police make arrest in Franklin drug store robbery

    State police are warning Indiana residents to be wary of people seeking donations for tornado relief because scammers often try to profit after disasters. Police say people should be skeptical of ...

  • Book review Snappers characters are meticulously crafted in this ode to Indiana

    comes across as Brian Kimberling's love-hate letter to his home state of Indiana. The story of Nathan Lochmueller, a field researcher or "professional bird watcher", is peppered with colourful characters, historical accounts, travel directions, recipes, mathematical equations, jokes and improbable anecdotes. Nathan's tepid life includes trudging off to the forest six days a ...

  • PD Man taped urinating spitting on boy

    HENRY COUNTY, Ind. - A Muncie man is accused of videotaping himself abusing his ex-girlfriend's 3-year-old son, hitting, trying to choke the boy and urinating and spitting on him as he slept. Elliott J. Reynolds, 25, was charged this week with five counts of battery, two counts of battery by bodily waste, two counts of strangulation and one count each of stalking and invasion of privacy. ...

  • ISP 10 people arrested in drug bust

    BARTHOLEMEW COUNTY, Ind. - Ten people were arrested in Bartholomew County Wednesday after police received an anonymous tip about suspicious activity at two Columbus homes, Indiana State Police said. Detectives said a home on Spring Valley Road was under surveillance and that multiple vehicles were seen coming and going. Troopers said they suspected hand-to-hand drug transactions and stopped a ...

  • One block in Moore Okla.

    MOORE, Okla. – Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing – and it was trying desperately to get in. Huddled beside him in the darkened 5-foot-by-6-foot hole were his wife and 91-year-old mother, along with five neighbors and two friends from a mile away – 10 people and two dogs, ...


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Movie Review

The People vs. Larry Flynt

The People vs. Larry Flynt

It's unfortunate that "The People vs Larry Flynt" is so drastically misunderstood by groups like the National Organization for Women. Their constant criticisms and even taking out pages in trade magazines against the film probably cost it several deserved Academy Award nominations. It's a classic example of not being able to see the forest through the trees, or hating the messenger so much you nev ... ...

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  • Wabash flooding reveals 17-pound bone

    TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Crews cleaning up from Wabash River flooding in western Indiana came across a 17-pound bone that they believe might have come from an ancient mastodon. The Vigo County highway department is keeping the bone that’s a couple feet long in an office for now and has informed researchers from the Indiana State Museum. Assistant highway superintendent Dan Bennett told ...

  • Celadon acquires Canadian trucking company

    Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Canadian truckload carrier Hyndman Transport Limited, the company announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Celadon is making the deal through its Celadon Trucking Services Inc. ...

  • U.S. unemployment aid applications show decline

    The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 last week, further evidence that the job market is showing some improvement. Applications for unemployment aid declined to a seasonally adjusted 340,000 in the week ending May 18, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s down from 363,000 the previous week and a level consistent with some job gains. The ...

  • Police 2 arrested for pharmacy robbery

    Davonte Hubbard was arrested Tuesday on a preliminary charge of armed robbery. Devan Twitchell was arrested Wednesday on a preliminary charge of aiding in the armed robbery. During the investigation, police say a third suspect, Hayden Glass, died of an overdose the day after the robbery. According to a release, around 10:20 a.m. May 16, two male suspects entered Henderson Pharmacy, 100 E. ...

  • Man confesses to role in drug slaying

    RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) - An eastern Indiana man has confessed to his role in the brutal slaying of a man he and four co-defendants allegedly stabbed and shot to death during a robbery. A Wayne County judge accepted 19-year-old Robert Campbell's guilty plea Wednesday to a murder charge in the March 2012 killing of 48-year-old Michael Sekse of Richmond. Campbell told the judge he had agreed to ...

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