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Last news: January 1, 1970 00:00:00

Federal investigators continue to look for a convicted murderer who escaped from the Rockville Correctional Facility one month ago. - [Read more]

Your electric bills will likely be higher this fall. Most Hoosier homeowners can expect to see as much as a 21 percent jump as temperatures drop. - [Read more]

Hundreds of people gathered at Greenwood Christian Church Friday to honor a fallen hero. - [Read more]

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A two-alarm fire damaged a landmark Indianapolis car dealership Saturday evening. The eastside Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealership in the 7500 block of East Washington Street was originally owned by Tom Wood but was sold recently. - [Read more]

A weekend fire destroyed the Hamilton Avenue house where seven family members were gunned down in 2006. - [Read more]

Indianapolis Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire on Rural Street Wednesday morning. - [Read more]

Some Fishers police officers are shaving their heads, all in support of a fellow officer stricken with cancer. - [Read more]

Indianapolis ranks 9th on the list of cities hardest hit by foreclosures. - [Read more]

A man who played the lottery for years using the same combination of numbers representing the birthdays of his five children says he finally won it big because of his poor eyesight. - [Read more]

Former Indianapolis Colts player Chijioke "Chukie" Nwokorie, 33, faces sexual assault charges. - [Read more]

A former postal employee will spend two years probation and pay $8,000 restitution for stealing money fro the post office. - [Read more]

Former President Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife at rallies in four Indiana cities Wednesday. - [Read more]

A former Westfield Police lieutenant accused of stealing about $1,000 in shakedowns of Hispanic motorists has pleaded guilty to a bribery charge. - [Read more]

Eli Lilly says four more deaths have been attributed to their diabetes drug Byetta. - [Read more]

Franklin Police say they have made a major move in the war against drugs with 14 recent arrests. Among those arrests is 24-year old Johnson County jail officer Brandon Bay. - [Read more]

The state human services agency has reversed course and will seek federal approval for presumptive Medicaid eligibility for low-income pregnant women that would help them get prenatal care, agency chief Mitch Roob has told lawmakers. - [Read more]

The states human services agency is seeking to move to federal court a lawsuit that would block the state from extending changes in welfare eligibility screening to 13 northern Indiana counties. - [Read more]

Indiana has one of the higher infant mortality rates in the nation, but lawmakers and state Medicaid officials dont see eye-to-eye on the best way to get prenatal care to low-income pregnant women to reduce the number of those deaths. - [Read more]

The Girl Scouts of Central Indiana is celebrating the 88th anniversary of womens suffrage in our country by encouraging women to vote in the upcoming election. - [Read more]