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ISDA Announces Winners of 2024 Indiana Agriculture Photo Contest
The winners of the 2024 Indiana Agriculture Photo Contest have been announced by Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. The winning photographs will be displayed in the lieutenant governor’s Family of Business offices in Indianapolis throughout the next year. The winning photos were chosen...
The share of uninsured Hoosiers has dropped in the last decade
The number of Hoosiers under 65 without health insurance dropped by more than 41% from 2006 to 2022, according to new Census Bureau data. Why it matters: Just 8.2% of Indiana residents were uninsured as of 2022, a notable improvement over 2006 when the rate was 14.3%. Indiana has a...
Federal court forbids Mega Liquor & Smoke owner from engaging in employee retaliation
SOUTH BEND, IND. — The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a permanent injunction and order forbidding the owner and operator of 61 Mega Liquor & Smoke stores in Indiana and Michigan from retaliating against workers who cooperate with U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigations and otherwise exercise their rights under the […] The post Federal court forbids Mega Liquor & Smoke owner from engaging in employee retaliation appeared first on Leader Publications.
Boys & Girls Club of Valparaiso: Sensory Room
The LIFERS spend a day at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Northwest Indiana's Valparaiso location. The GreatNews.Life team learns everything they have to offer. From sensory rooms, to rockwall climbing, children of all ages are sure to be entertained and educated all day. After a long day of...
Superintendents on the move: Vets and first-timers land new posts
A Texas leader has landed his fourth superintendency in this week’s moderately busy round of superintendents on the move. The Carroll Independent School District named Jeremy Glenn the lone finalist to replace retiring Superintendent Lane Ledbetter. Glenn, who is also a published author and university lecturer, has been superintendent of Granbury ISD for the past six years and previously led Waxahachie and Nacogdoches-Central Heights ISDs. Prior to his 17 years as a superintendent, he was an assistant superintendent at Trinity ISD.
Michiana Crime Stoppers presents Fugitive Friday for Aug. 9, 2024
Michiana Crime Stoppers presents Fugitive Friday for Aug. 9, 2024. If your anonymous tip leads to the arrest of one of these features, you could receive a Speedy Reward of 300 dollars cash!. Quervo Taylor is wanted for Failure to Appear for the original charges of Unlawful Carrying of a...
City of La Porte hosts annual “Cheeseburger in Paradise” event for community fun downtown
The City of La Porte invited the community for another edition of their Friday Night Live events. Local residents came to celebrate the “Cheeseburger in Paradise” event downtown on Friday, August 9. The name is a homage to the Jimmy Buffett song and came into fruition as a tribute to the legendary artist.
Students head back to school with new cellphone rules
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Across Indiana, students are returning to classrooms as the new school year begins. Most school districts and charter schools have already started classes, ushering in a set of updated regulations concerning cellphones. The new rules reflect a growing trend across the United States. In Indiana, recent changes to policies are part of […]
New USI scholarships to focus on enhancing healthcare quality
New USI scholarships to focus on enhancing healthcare quality for Indiana’s aging population. The University of Southern Indiana Foundation has received a $100,000 grant from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to fund scholarships for USI undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the Administrator-in-Training (AIT) residency program or any academic major, minor or certificate program offered in gerontology. The scholarships will increase educational and career opportunities for students interested in working with older adults and bolster the healthcare workforce in Indiana.
‘The data space is growing’: why the Management Performance Hub encourages agencies to embrace data
The Indiana Management Performance Hub (MPH) is encouraging state agencies to embrace data in their work through a new artificial intelligence (AI) policy and data proficiency course. Jeff Mullins, communications director for the MPH, said the agency helped the state’s chief data officer create and release a policy on using AI in state government. The […]
Fewer Indiana kids are getting vaccinated
INDIANAPOLIS — As students head back to school, doctors are concerned that fewer kids are getting their routine vaccinations. The latest numbers show 56.4% of Hoosier children 19-35 months old have received all of the recommended immunizations. That's down from 58% in 2022 and 61% in 2021, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.
ISP trooper shares experience after deadly semi crash
"We don't hesitate to stop and help people we have to do it," Indiana State Police trooper Austin Slone said. Slone was driving in Warsaw with his family when he saw a semi go off of State Road 15, almost hit his car and then crash into the nearby Texas Roadhouse.
High speed chase ends in crash at Adams and Portage in South Bend
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday witnesses say a vehicle sped through the intersection of Adams and Portage Roads while fleeing from authorities. No official report has been released as of 5 p.m., but eyewitnesses at the scene report the crash was the result of a high-speed chase that ended with the suspect crashing into a vehicle, sending it into the tree line near the three-way intersection.
2 people charged in connection to 2023 South Bend shooting in 17 month-long investigation
SOUTH BEND — More than 17 months after Justin Gerhard ”Stewie” Stewart’s death, South Bend Police arrested a man and a woman in July in connection to his murder. Following their arrests, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s office charged Christopher Cornelius Brown with murder and conspiracy to commit murder and London Davis with conspiracy to commit murder. ...
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