State attorneys are defending Indiana’s punitive damages limit against a man who won a $150,000 jury award against a Roman Catholic priest he alleged sexually abused him when he was 17. Lawyers for the attorney general’s office asked the Indiana …
Residents in Miami County, Ind., could find themselves stranded unless officials find a way to replace a deteriorating bridge before it collapses. The 20-foot bridge spans Weesau Creek on a dead-end road with six houses at the end of it. …
Few laws in Indiana govern the operation of farm machinery on roads, such as the combine that ran into a van and killed three people this week, police said. Anyone can drive tractors or other large agriculture equipment on state …
The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations in Indiana that the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by severe storms, high winds and large hail on July 31 is only weeks away. …
Floodwaters from Haw Creek, Ind., cost Cummins Inc. an estimated $220 million dollars in property damage in 2008. The company is making an investment to make sure that never happens again. South of Haw Creek, near the intersection of State …
A computer server outage created problems at Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicle branches for about three hours until the problem was fixed. BMV spokeswoman Julie Fletcher tells The Indianapolis Star the agency was unable to complete many branch or online …
No one has been injured after flames gushed from a ruptured natural gas line near downtown Columbus, Ind. Columbus Fire Department spokesman Matt Noblitt tells that homeowner Harold Lockhart and another man were using a motorized auger to dig holes …
Explosions might have preceded a fire in a grandstand at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Indiana. Shelbyville Fire Chief Tony Logan says his department received reports early Saturday of a couple of explosions in the area of the fairgrounds about …
A state plan to stabilize funding for 911 emergency services would equalize the fees tacked onto most landline and cellphone bills. But some county officials worry that it won’t raise as much money as the current fees and won’t make …
Indiana officials said Tuesday that they would love to require safety belts on every school bus, but they just can’t afford it. The comments from Michael LaRocco, the state education department’s director of school transportation, came a day after a …