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• Flu season is Indiana's worst in 5 years

  January 25, 2013 2:52 PM

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The seasonal flu outbreak that has killed 40 people so far in Indiana is the state's deadliest in half a decade. State records show that past years have been tamer, with only three people dying of flu last season. The last such severe flu outbreak occurred during... more »

• 12 states now have high obesity; Colorado the lowest

  August 13, 2012 12:25 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - A new government survey shows 12 states now have very high obesity rates. Overall, more than a third of adults are obese but rates vary by state. The latest figures are based on a 2011 telephone survey that asked adults their height and weight. For the first... more »

• Man arrested after strapping children to hood

  May 8, 2012 9:53 AM

  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Police in northeast Indiana say a man who drove three blocks with four children strapped to the hood of his car has been arrested on a drunken driving charge. Fort Wayne police spokesman John Chambers says a witness called police Monday evening after seeing a... more »

• Sugarland plays in Indiana for survivors of stage fair collapse

  October 29, 2011 9:45 AM

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Survivors and those still traumatized by the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse heard some musical healing as country band Sugarland returned to the state for a benefit concert. The Grammy-winning duo performed Friday night's free concert at Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis. It's a few... more »

• 'Survivor' fan favorite to run for Indiana governor

  October 22, 2011 7:21 PM

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Rupert Boneham earned a nifty $1 million as the fan favorite on 2004's "Survivor: All-Stars." Now the bushy-bearded, tie-dye-wearing Boneham is hoping Indiana voters will find him just as charming. The 47-year-old Boneham announced Saturday that he's seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for Indiana governor. He told... more »

• Summer snow at the summit

  June 20, 2011 7:07 PM

  It's the kind of weather you'd expect to see in December, not June. At least 4 inches of snow fell on the summit of Pikes Peak Monday morning. There was enough ice and snow on the Pikes Peak Highway that rangers closed the road halfway up. The Eldred family,... more »

• Convicted spy not allowed at father's funeral

  June 20, 2011 11:43 AM

  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel has not been allowed to attend his father's funeral in Indiana. The White House had spurned requests by Israel to let Jonathan Pollard visit his father before he died Saturday. Morris Pollard was... more »

• Indiana VFW post named for fallen Fort Carson soldier

  May 3, 2011 6:16 PM

  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - A Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Indiana has been renamed for a Fort Carson soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. The Journal Review in Crawfordsville, Ind. reports the post was formally designated the Brian Bowman VFW Post 1431 on Saturday. Bowman, a... more »

• Cold blast strands motorists in Indiana

  December 13, 2010 11:01 AM

  WANATAH, Ind. (AP) - Authorities are frantically searching for an untold number of motorists in snow-covered northwest Indiana who have been trapped in their cars in biting temperatures. LaPorte County sheriff's Deputy Andy Hynek said Monday officials don't know how many people were stranded, but that some had been... more »

• 10 states sell half of imported crime guns

  September 27, 2010 8:23 AM

  A report being released Monday by a mayors group finds that nearly half of the guns that crossed state lines and were used in crimes in 2009 were sold in just 10 states. Colorado is not one of the states. Those states accounted for nearly 21,000 guns connected to... more »

• Hometown honors fallen Fort Carson soldier

  September 13, 2010 8:50 AM

  About 1,000 mourners filled a northern Indiana school auditorium for the funeral of a 26-year-old soldier killed in Afghanistan. Army Spc. Chad Clements was deployed from Fort Carson. Firefighters used two snorkel trucks to hoist a garrison-sized flag over the entrance to Huntington North High School for Sunday's funeral for... more »

• Pipeline leak pollutes major Michigan river

  July 28, 2010 8:56 AM

  Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up more than 800,000 gallons of oil that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, coating birds and fish. Authorities in Battle Creek and Emmett Township warned residents about the strong odor from the oil,... more »

• Teen survives shark attack

  July 27, 2010 12:20 PM

  A 16-year-old tourist is recovering after a shark bite on South Carolina's Isle of Palms. Alex Stamm and his best friend's family are visiting from Indiana. They arrived on Isle of Palms Sunday and immediately went to the beach. Alex said he was in the water waist deep... more »

• Colorado officials suspend search for missing tuber

  June 1, 2010 8:10 AM

  Rescue crews have ended their search for a 25-year-old Indiana man who fell from an inner tube into Colorado's Cache la Poudre River. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office says Brandon Bowie of Gary, Ind., was tubing behind a friend Sunday afternoon when they hit a rough area. Authorities say... more »

• Colorado couple dies in Indiana plane crash

  May 3, 2010 12:32 PM

  Southern Indiana officials say the two people killed in plane crash near the Ohio River were a Colorado couple en route from Georgia to Kentucky. David and Elizabeth Schump of Windsor, Colorado, died Sunday night when their turboprop Piper crashed into a soybean field. Floyd County Coroner Leslie... more »

• Police find suspect neck-deep in manure pit

  April 24, 2010 9:43 AM

  Police said that officers searching for a man wanted on methamphetamine charges found him hiding neck-deep in a liquid manure pit at a northeastern Indiana farm. Noble County sheriff's deputies thought they'd lost the man until an officer spotted him in the tank beneath an outbuilding floor on the farm... more »

• Fugitive from Indiana nabbed in Fountain

  April 8, 2010 6:33 PM

  The Colorado Springs and Fountain police departments worked together today, to take a wanted man into custody. Matthew Robert Behmke is wanted out of Scherervill, Indiana. He is facing child molestation charges with a nationwide extradition. Detective had reason to believe Behmke was staying with a friend in Fountain.... more »

• Colorado shut out of All-America City finalists

  April 6, 2010 12:07 PM

  More than two dozen communities have been named finalists for the National Civic League's 2010 All-America City Awards. The Denver-based organization says the cities were selected for addressing such issues as diversifying the labor force and funding services during the recession. Finalists are Chandler, Ariz., Bentonville, Ark., Dublin,... more »

• Ammonia leak forces Ind. residents to flee homes

  March 30, 2010 12:54 PM

  A dangerous ammonia gas leak led to the evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes in a suburban Indiana town and sent at least three people to hospitals. Bartholomew County Sheriff Mark Gorbett says the leak early Tuesday morning near Taylorsville was likely caused when three people tried... more »

• Official: Gun charges after FBI raids in Midwest

  March 29, 2010 11:17 AM

  Some of the suspects from the FBI's weekend raids in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio are expected in court today. The FBI says the raids resulted in at least three arrests. Federal warrants are sealed, but a federal law enforcement official said some of those arrested face gun charges... more »

• Obama tries to buck up Democrats on health care

  January 28, 2010 9:32 AM

  Some congressional Democrats are seizing on President Barack Obama's latest appeal for a sweeping health care overhaul as a call to get the legislation passed. But doubters remain. The legislation is stalled in Congress after Democrats lost a Massachusetts Senate seat last week and, at the same time,... more »

• Three Fort Carson soldiers die serving in Afghanistan

  January 5, 2010 7:51 AM

  The Defense Department says three Fort Carson soldiers were killed in an attack by insurgents in Afghanistan. They were identified Tuesday as 24-year-old Sgt. Joshua A. Lengstorf of Yoncalla, Oregon, 24-year-old Spc. Brian R. Bowman of Crawfordsville, Indiana, and 19-year-old Pvt. John P. Dion of Shattuck, Oklahoma. The military says... more »

• Trial starts in slayings of 7 at Indianapolis home

  October 12, 2009 12:14 PM

  A defense attorney says prosecutors were wrong to charge her client with murdering four adults and three children during an Indianapolis home invasion three years ago. A Marion County judge heard opening arguments Monday in the trial of 31-year-old Desmond Turner. Attorney Lorinda Youngcourt says seven family members were killed... more »

• Stimulus takes on stubborn foe -- lead in homes

  October 9, 2009 9:54 AM

  Anthony and Carolyn Hunt don't know how many jobs a $3 million federal stimulus grant to prevent lead poisoning in young children will bring to their county, but to them that's beside the point. Three years after learning that one of their four sons had dangerously high levels of... more »