http://www.heraldbulletin.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:46:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311204710.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311204710.html BUTLERVILLE — The military is continuing to transform a former facility for the developmentally disabled in southern Indiana into an urban combat training site. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311204553.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311204553.html INDIANAPOLIS — After another summer of blue-green algae woes on many Indiana lakes, three state agencies have been asked to develop a statewide monitoring system to track levels of the plantlike bacteria. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:42:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311204323.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311204323.html FORT WAYNE — Fort Wayne has paid nearly $300,000 to lawyers since last year in a legal battle with Indiana Michigan Power. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:40:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311204142.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311204142.html LAFAYETTE — A former Lafayette man wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, described it as the most harrowing experience of his military career — which included 13 months in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:38:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311103415.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_311103415.html INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana soldier who trained others to help new veterans with paperwork was among the 13 people killed after an Army psychiatrist opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, his family said Friday. Army Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, 32, left behind his wife and high school sweetheart, Marikay DeCrow, and a 13-year-old daughter, Kylah DeCrow. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:08:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_310121008.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_310121008.html INDIANAPOLIS — Three central Indiana men have been sentenced to federal prison after they pleaded guilty to burning a cross in the yard of a black family's home in 2008. Forty-one-year-old Richard LaShure was sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years probation Thursday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_309103609.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_309103609.html LIBERTY, Ind. — An eastern Indiana woman says her family's dog deserves a special treat after his barking saved her family from an early morning house fire. Laura Sizemore says Dash, a 2-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd mix, began growling and barking about 3 a.m. Wednesday, awakening her and her husband, Stacy. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:37:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_309073714.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_309073714.html MUNCIE, Ind. — Muncie may decide to accept federal stimulus money to put laid-off police officers back on the street after initially turning the money down. Mayor Sharon McShurley rejected the three-year $1.2 million grant to cover officers' pay and benefits in July because the city had no way to pay those costs in the fourth year. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:01:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_308110242.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_308110242.html SPENCER, Ind. — A judge told police he heard a commotion coming from his central Indiana courtroom and rushed inside to find a man beating up a woman. Police say 31-year-old Mark Winders and the woman were at the Owen County Courthouse for a child custody hearing and were alone in the courtroom when the attack happened Thursday. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307222254.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307222254.html LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a Purdue University counselor in his estranged wife's bedroom. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307221656.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307221656.html INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett on Tuesday dismissed criticism of his plan to revamp the state's teacher licensing standards, saying some in higher education oppose it because they fear how they eventually could be impacted. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307221310.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307221310.html LAKEVILLE— The clerk-treasurer of a northern Indiana town has surrendered to police a week after failing to appear in court on charges he beat his girlfriend. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307103759.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307103759.html MUNSTER, Ind. — Alcohol can't be sold during election hours in Indiana's second-most populous county even though no one's going to the voting booths. The state Legislature passed a bill mandating a referendum in Lake County and three others on creating a northwestern Indiana transportation district. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:43:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307064446.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_307064446.html VALPARAISO, Ind.— An Indianapolis police officer shot in the head in 2008 could be the first witness to testify in the trial of the man accused of pulling the trigger. A Porter County jury of seven men and five women will decide whether 37-year-old Brian Reese is guilty of attempted murder in the shooting of Officer Jason Fishburn. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_306224155.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/statenews/local_story_306224155.html WASHINGTON — General Motors Co. said it has received permission to use $2.8 billion of its government aid to help buy part of troubled auto parts supplier Delphi Corp., the automaker’s former parts division.