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State of your money Missing state property
You paid for it. Now the question is, where is it? Tonight at 11:00 pm, 13 Investigates has discovered the State of Indiana has thousands of items classified as lost or missing. Some of it is stuff ...
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Police break up high-end prostitution ring at Indianapolis hotel
Undercover police detectives revealed a high-end call girl sting Wednesday. According to police, the women involved met their clients at exclusive hotels in one of the most popular places in the city. ...
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Demand up for underground shelters
Superior Safe Rooms , which sells and installs in-ground storm shelters. The company says that sales soared after the deadly southern Indiana tornadoes in March 2012 that heavily damaged Henryville and tore through its high school, and the damage in Oklahoma has re-ignited those fears. "Now people are like, this is hitting too close to home," Wharff said. "The weather's so ...
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Several suspended after school sexting
FRANKLIN, Ind. - Several Franklin Community High School students have been suspended for five days following a "sexting" controversy. School administrators say they took action when a circulating picture of a partially nude student caused a major classroom disruption. "He was like, 'You're getting suspended because you showed your friend. You did it at school,' and ...
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Mayor suspends land bank after indictments
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard on Wednesday suspended a city program that sells vacant and tax-delinquent properties, one day after federal prosecutors indicted two of its top officials for allegedly accepting bribes and kickbacks. Ballard said he learned of problems at the Indianapolis Land Bank "when I got the phone call" just days ...
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Man in coma after going to repo car
BEECH GROVE, Ind. (WISH) - Beech Grove police say a man is in a fight for his life after he and a co-worker went to repossess vehicles at a business. Police say 32-year-old Bradley Jones and his co-worker Johney Greer, went to Expert Collision on Churchman Avenue, around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Johney Greer tells them they'd approached the owner of the business to recover a number of vehicles and ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Tornado damage could exceed $2 billion
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak said insured losses from the tornado that hit Moore, south Oklahoma City and Newcastle on Monday could surpass $2 ...
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2013 Pacers First Round Game 6 Viewing Locations
Anheuser-Busch and Zink Distributing will be hosting four viewing locations for Friday night's First Round, Game 6 playoff game between the Pacers and Hawks ...
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Pacers take halftime lead in Game 1
MIAMI - The Indiana Pacers have taken a halftime lead in the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals in Miami. The Pacers lead the Heat 42-37 at the break. David West leads all scorers with 18 points and Roy Hibbert has added 11 to lead Indiana. LeBron James leads Miami with nine points. The teams have combined for 25 turnovers in the first half.Game 2 is Friday night in Miami, with ...
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More than 50 hurt in Ind. bus crash
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. (AP) - Northern Indiana authorities say about 50 middle and high school students were injured and a bus driver was seriously hurt in a chain-reaction crash involving four school buses. Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Chad Hill says the crash about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday injured 55 people, including three of the four bus drivers. Most have gone to Kosciusko ...
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Pacers bring the heat lead at halftime
Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert (55) during the first half of Game 1 in their NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series against the Miami Heat, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne ...
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Pacers Look to Take Command
ATLANTA - The history of the NBA playoffs is clear on one point more than any other. Whenever a team has fallen behind 3-0 in a seven-game series, it has lost. Every single time. That's why the Pacers are expecting the best Atlanta has to offer in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series at Philips Arena tonight. Their 2-0 advantage, earned with decisive victories at Bankers Life ...
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Increased Security at Fieldhouse for Pacers
Due to recent events, security measures have been enhanced at most public venues including Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Ticketholders may see additional security personnel and might possibly experience some delay at entry, so they should plan accordingly. Fans attending the Pacers game on Wednesday, May 1 are reminded that tip-off is at 8:00 p.m. and doors will open at 6:30 p. m. We trust everyone ...
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Pence might take 2nd look at I-69 route
INDIANAPOLIS - After years of the state refusing to budge on its plans for pushing Interstate 69 through southern Marion County, Gov. Mike Pence said he's now willing to talk about it. I-69 was Pence's focus Wednesday as he spoke to an auditorium full of highway contractors and designers who want the job of building the I-69 segment from Bloomington to Martinsville. "I want to be ...
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Child 8 in home when robbers arrive
COLUMBUS, Ind. (The Republic) - Eight people, including two teenagers and an 8-year-old child, were inside of a home when armed robbers struck early Wednesday morning. Three suspects wearing ski masks kicked in the door of a home shortly before 12:30 a.m. One suspect was carrying a stun gun and another had a handgun, 24-Hour News 8's news ...
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Flooding yields damage reveals bone
VIGO COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) - Weeks after flood waters receded along the Wabash River, highway crews are considering the future of one road destroyed by water. A large section of Watson Road in southern Vigo County was wiped away when a nearby levee broke last month. Parts of the former roadway have given way to large washed-out holes, while parts of the pavement have washed into piles nearby. Dan ...
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Pacers need to bring the heat at Miami
Miami Heat forward LeBron James, left, shoots over Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert during the second half of Game 6 of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Indianapolis, Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael ...
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Dozens hurt when Indiana school buses crash
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. -; A school bus slammed into the back of another bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving dozens of middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously ...
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IRS official plans to take the 5th
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and ...
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Guide to the 2013 Indianapolis 500
The 97th Indianapolis 500 shapes up as wide open with one of the deepest fields in history. For the first time since 1987 there are two drivers who have won the race three times. Dario Franchitti and Helio Castroneves will be trying to join the exclusive club of four-time winners: A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears, Both are still on top of their games and they drive for two powerhouse teams. ...
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Indiana school bus crash leaves dozens injured
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. – A school bus slammed into the back of another bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving dozens of middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured. Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Chad Hill said the bus driver was taken by helicopter to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. ...
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Memories of Millers Time Return to the Garden
Miller's Magic Moment » The scab on the wound of Knicks fans will be picked at again tonight, when Miller sits courtside as a broadcast analyst for Game 2 of the Pacers' second-round series at Madison Square Garden. It just happens to be the 18th anniversary of his feat, creating a tidy harmonic convergence for ...
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Business owners angered by Broad Ripple homeless camp
A homeless camp in Broad Ripple has long been a safety concern for people visiting, working and living in the north side Indianapolis neighborhood. Several young people live under the bridge at ...
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Cost a factor in building tornado protection into schools
It's been 24 hours since news broke of a Federal Bureau of Investigation raid at the City-County Building confiscating files from the Indy Land Bank program. The federal investigation also led to the ...
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Once-rowdy infield goes corporate at IMS
The Indianapolis 500 has not completely sold out in a more than a few years. Old-time fans say that the track has "sold out" to corporate sponsors. There was a time not long ago when the infield of ...
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Indianapolis mass transit system no closer
Indianapolis is the 14th largest city in the world, but in the area of mass transit, its ranked 100th in terms of the quality of public transport in the city and surrounding regional areas. This is a state of affairs that lawmakers and city leaders have acknowledged cannot last, but finding the money and the necessary will of leadership to implement the construction of a mass transit system has proven difficult and recent events suggest the project may never find traction.
The value of mass transit on a regional level has never been in question, for twenty years the city has been exploring the idea of an integrated mass transit system incorporating the city’s already existing bus system with light and heavy rail lines, with commuter (heavy) rail systems connecting the city of Indianapolis with the wider region and light rail providing an intra-city, urban transport service. Read more
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