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Indiana State Police News Release: The Indiana State Police were proud and flattered to have three state troopers as special invited guests at the January 2nd Indiana Pacers basketball game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Pacers organization publicly recognized these troopers for their life saving actions at a Notre Dame Football game this past October.
Pictured are the three troopers on the basketball court with Pacers mascot Boomer as Pacers fans cheered the trooper’s service to Hoosiers. And...
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Porter County Community Foundation News Release: Valparaiso - The Porter County Community Foundation in partnership with Valparaiso University is sponsoring the “Spirit of Competition” exhibit at the Valparaiso University Center for the Arts from January 9 through February 7, 2013. Created by Indiana Humanities and designed in partnership with the Indiana Historical Society, the exhibit celebrates both unknown and well-known Hoosier competitors.
“We’re really excited to bring th...
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http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
The latest information from the Centers for Disease Control says Indiana and Illinois are among sixteen states reporting high influenza-like illness activity levels, and experts say flu outbreaks are being seen across the country. ABC News reports there hasn't been a flu season hit this hard and fast in over a decade, with many cases coming from a subtype of influenza that was not included in this year's vaccine Widespread flu activity is now being reported in mu...
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“Fish attractors tend to bring fish and fishermen together,” said Bill James, chief fisheries biologist for the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife. “They provide cover but don’t necessarily grow more fish.”
Better options include taking the tree to a designated Christmas tree recycling site in your...
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A 56 year old man who pleaded guilty last month to murdering his estranged wife at her Portage business was sentenced today to 45 years in prison. The Times reports Frederick Cashner Junior received the minimum time called for in a plea agreement, which does not allow him to appeal the judgment, but that he is eligible to reduce his sentence by more than half. Published reports say Cynthia Cashner was repeated shot at Mystic Moon Herbal Shop on Easter, April 24, 2011.
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Read more: Man gets 45 years for in Death of his Estranged Wife
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Read more: Center Twp Man Gets 4 years for Killing Motorcyclist
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Authorities say a man died after falling through the ice at Wolf Lake in Hammond Wednesday night. Police Chief Brian Miller says the subject, whose identity has not yet been released, was ice skating on Wolf Lake near the old Illiana Yacht Club building, off Wolf Lake near the Indiana Toll Road. The Hammond Fire Department Dive Team was able to free the man and bring him out, but Chief Miller says he was in the water for at least 20 minutes, and was unable to be resuscitated.
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In Hammond this morning, just blocks from the police station, Hammond Police Chief Brian Miller tells us just before 8-o'clock this morning a car struck the Calumet Tap in the 5200 block of Calumet Avenue. Chief Miller says the driver was conscious, taken to a local hospital, and they believe a medical condition might be involved, but they are still investigating.
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Response from the Region, as well as across the country and around the world, to the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting tragedy has been overwhelming. So much so, handmade snowflakes are no longer being accepted by the Connecticut Parent Teachers Association to decorate the students new school. Mark Wilkins, Senior Pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Crown Point, was able to persuade the Association to still accept snowflakes the church plans to make at an event this...
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Incoming Representatives Walorski, Brooks, Messer
The new Congress has more than 80 new members, with a few new faces from Indiana. Democrats still control the Senate in the new Congress,and Republicans still control the House. Today's Freshman class includes Republicans Jackie Walorski of northern Indiana's 2nd District, Susan Brooks 5th District, and Luke Messer 6th District in Indiana. Walorski will take the place of 2nd District Congressman and Indiana U-S Senator-Elect Democrat Joe...
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News Release Indiana DNR: As Hoosiers craft their New Year’s resolutions, they should take a cue from two Indiana University graduate students and a pair of Sheridan High School teachers.
Laura Harman and her boyfriend Nathan Haffner, both originally from Fort Wayne, resolved this time last year to visit all 24 state parks in Indiana in 2012. They completed their resolution in late December when they visited Brown County State Park, the last on their list.
Jesse and Abby Linville, the...
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The Lake County Prosecutor's Office has charged Margarito Valdivia with murder, battery with a deadly weapon, and battery resulting in serious bodily injury, in relation to the death of his estranged wife Erica Valdivia. Munster Police report they were called to the scene on the eight-hundred block of Boxwood Drive, at 5:45 Tuesday morning, and found Erica's boyfriend standing outside the residence with a large laceration to his head. Officers were unable to gain entry to the home, but a SWAT...
Read more: Man Charged with Murder in Death of Estranged Wife
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An investigation continues into the Saturday evening fire at Finer Foods in Newton County. Morocco Fire Chief Corrie Myers says due to the damage from the fire, the State Fire Marshal's Office has been called in. Chief Myers says they were called out just before 8:30pm Saturday, and spent about 15 hours at the scene, located on the five-hundred block of South Polk Street. Myers says no one was injured, and no further information is available at this time.
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The Porter Co. Sheriff’s Department wants the public to know that as of January 14, 2013 everyone that lives in unincorporated Porter Co., and is applying for a gun permit, must have their fingerprints submitted electronically by L1 Solutions.
Once an applicant applies online with the state they must complete the next two steps in any order within 30 days. Both steps must be completed but it doesn’t matter which is done first.
Schedule an appointment with L1 Solutions online – no walk-ins are a
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A Valparaiso Police Officer responding to a vehicle crash involving injuries this morning, at the intersection of U.S. 30 and State Road 49, was herself struck by a westbound vehicle as she proceeded through the intersection to head east. The Valparaiso Police Department says Officer Cassidy Kenyon was in a fully-marked squad car, with all emergency lights and siren activated, just after 8:30, when she was struck by a vehicle driven by 35 year old Sarah Wood, of LaPorte. Police report both...
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- Two Crashes in Valpo, One Involves Squad
- Visclosky Statement on Fiscal Cliff Deal
- How Indiana Voted on 'Fiscal Cliff'
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- Munster Police Investigate Homicide
- Visclosky Appalled Congress Can't Avoid Fiscal Cliff
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