September 23, 2011
The Indiana Department of Transportation will install new caution lights at a southern Indiana intersection where three teenagers were killed under a legal settlement with the families of two of the teens. The settlement Wednesday halted the third day of …
September 16, 2011
An emergency response plan drafted 10 months before the Indiana State Fair’s deadly stage collapse details how staff should handle evacuations, but it doesn’t spell out the precise scenarios that would trigger an evacuation, newly released documents indicate. The 71-page …
September 14, 2011
The state is facing more than 20 potential lawsuits one month after the deadly outdoor stage collapse during the Indiana State Fair. An attorney general’s office spokesman says that through Monday the office had received 21 tort claims stemming from …
September 9, 2011
Only those who were physically injured in last month’s state fair stage collapse and the families of those who were killed will likely get a cut of the $5 million the state is legally liable to pay out, Indiana’s attorney …
August 31, 2011
Indiana’s attorney general wants a judge to dismiss one of the lawsuits filed over the Indiana State Fair’s deadly stage collapse. Attorney General Greg Zoeller asked a Marion County judge Monday to throw out a suit filed by Indianapolis law …
August 22, 2011
Two of what are expected to be many lawsuits were filed Friday on behalf of people injured when wind toppled a stage at the Indiana State Fair, sending metal scaffolding flying into fans waiting for the country band Sugarland to …
August 17, 2011
Nathan Byrd was known as a daredevil, a wiry stagehand who would take on jobs no one else wanted. But one thing scared him: the quality of the canvas roof covering the stage at the Indiana State Fair. “He said …
August 11, 2011
Police in northeastern Indiana say a package delivery driver was killed when a tree crashed onto his truck during a thunderstorm. The UPS truck was hit Tuesday evening as the storm moved through Auburn. The tree fell onto the truck’s …
July 29, 2011
A federal panel says driver error probably caused the crash of a propane tanker that burst into flames, closing parts of Interstate 465 and 69 in Indianapolis. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a report Tuesday into the October 2009 …
July 28, 2011
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a man’s conviction for operating a motor vehicle while suspended, saying the state didn’t prove the moped he was riding was a motor vehicle under state law. Court documents say Michael Lock was …