Новости за 16.06.2016

PITTSBURGH — The University of Notre Dame is displaying $575,000 worth of early American art that was stolen from a man 20 years ago, according to a lawsuit filed by the man’s son. Scott Leff and his wife filed the lawsuit last month, accusing the Indiana university of buying his father’s art collection more than

INDIANAPOLIS — Two top Indiana Democrats on the ballot this November released a plan Thursday for developing a state-funded preschool program that would be available to all Indiana children regardless of family income. Former House Speaker John Gregg, who is running for governor, and state schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz said their joint proposal would direct

KOKOMO, Ind. — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has begun testing around Kokomo Opalescent Glass to determine if the art-glass manufacturer is emitting hazardous amounts of potentially toxic materials. The Kokomo Tribune (http://bit.ly/1Xs3lak ) reports that the Environmental Protection Agency started investigating in February after a glass factory in Oregon was found to be

MADISON, Ind. — A southern Indiana sheriff says one person has died after a single-engine airplane struck power lines and crashed near Madison. Jefferson County Sheriff John Wallace says one body was found in the wreckage. The name of the victim hasn’t been released. Indiana State Police say the plane had just taken off Thursday

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana electric utilities report more than 7,000 of their customers had no service a day after powerful storms lashed the state, downing tree limbs and power lines. Indianapolis Power and Light Co. reported more than 6,900 customers without service around 1 p.m. EDT Thursday following the storms that struck central Indiana the previous

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas can’t keep out Syrian refugees, a federal judge has ruled, dismissing concerns state Republican leaders’ sounded over hidden extremists following the Paris attacks and revived this week by Donald Trump following the nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. Texas was the first state to sue the Obama administration over resettlements, though nearly

MUNCIE, Ind. — Fire hydrants, park benches, mailboxes and other fixtures in the Whitely neighborhood are being painted soothing colors as part of a unity, beautification and pride campaign. “We don’t want it to look like Candy Land, just a splash of color,” says Frank T. Scott Sr., president of Whitely Community Council. Participating residents

MONTICELLO, Ind. — Authorities have identified a 10-year-old Indiana boy who died when a tree branch fell on him while camping as Blaike Glassburn of Mishawaka. The White County Sheriff’s Office identified the boy Wednesday. He died Tuesday when the branch fell on his family’s tent at Indiana Beach amusement park’s campgrounds along Lake Shafer

CORYDON, Ind. — Authorities in southern Indiana say they’re investigating after someone apparently exhumed the grave of a woman buried in the 1880s. Officials say Indiana conservation officers were called to a large wooded area this spring when a landowner in Harrison County found the exhumed gravesite. The News and Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1YtPqA9 ) archaeologists

INDIANAPOLIS — Trustees at Indiana University on Friday are to consider a $53 million plan that would enclose the south end zone of Memorial Stadium. The board will take up the plan during its business meeting at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The plan calls for a more than 66,000-square-foot addition to the football stadium in

CHESTERTON, Ind. — Dozens of West Point cadets are expected to travel to northern Indiana this week for the funeral of a fellow cadet killed during training exercises at Fort Hood, Texas. Between 75 and 90 West Point cadets will attend Saturday’s funeral at Chesterton High School for fellow cadet Mitchell Winey. The 21-year-old Valparaiso

HIGHLAND, Ind. — William Bilyak, 80, and fellow veteran Phil Witham, 75, like to meet for a few hours and talk in the small room at Highland’s Lincoln Center. Mark Sawchik and Donna Bartoszek like to get together with other seniors and play cards. To the east at Lake Station Senior Center, another group of

INDIANAPOLIS — A mobile library is nothing new, but how about a library on two wheels? The Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library just rolled out its newest delivery vehicle, and it’s making the rounds to area parks and farmers markets. It’s a book bike — a bicycle and pop-up trailer that will bring the library to

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The founder of an organization that installed boxes where mothers in crisis can anonymously relinquish their infants is undeterred by a warning from Indiana that the boxes are illegal. The group intends to make sure more mothers have protected access to them. Safe Haven Baby Boxes founder Monica Kelsey said Thursday

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s minorities do not enjoy proportional representation in the Legislature or the state’s congressional delegation, according to data compiled by The Associated Press. For example, Latinos make up almost 7 percent of the state’s population, but less than 1 percent of the Legislature. The state’s nine-member congressional delegation includes one African-American, but no

INDIANAPOLIS — A southern Indiana police department will stop using body cameras because the chief thinks a new law will let too many people view the footage. Clarksville police Chief Mark Palmer told the Jeffersonville News and Tribune (http://bit.ly/21n6k2l ) that the law will let the “nosy neighbor” view footage. He also says a provision

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A 25-year-old charter boat captain in Michigan City has caught the largest lake trout in Indiana history. Tyler Kreighbaum, owner of Tightline Fishing Charters, caught the 44-inch long, nearly 38-pound fish in Lake Michigan on Saturday. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the catch breaks the previous state record by

INDIANAPOLIS — Thunderstorms packing torrential rains and winds gusting over 65 mph have lashed parts of Indiana and left more than 30,000 power customers without service. The National Weather Service says the heavy wind gusts on the west side of Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon. It says Indiana State Police reported spotting a funnel cloud over

RICHMOND, Ind. — In a story June 15, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Reid Health had abandoned the site of the former hospital in 2011. Reid Health owned and operated the site from 1904 to 2008. The land and buildings were sold to Whitewater Living Center LLC in 2006, who then sold the land