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The Indiana Blood Center has put out an urgent request for blood donations. Supplies are so low that an especially tragic traffic accident could strain capabilities of caregivers, said spokeswoman Shannon Jordan. Type O and negative blood types are in particularly short supply. Donations can be scheduled through 4 p.m. Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, at donorpoint.org. Or donors can call 916-5150.
 

Justin Carter was sentenced to 120 years in prison Thursday for the murder of a Greenwood couple. The Indianapolis man was 28 in July when he fatally shot Steven Konchinsky, 57, and Julia Konchinsky, 54, in their home. Police said he went to the couple's home in search of drugs and money.
 

A Broad Ripple High School math teacher was arrested at the school Thursday for allegedly possessing child pornography. Robert Fowler, 43, was preliminarily charged with nine counts of child exploitation, class D felonies. Police say the illegal photos were found on a computer at Fowler’s home in Noblesville. They found no evidence of child pornography on his school computer. Indianapolis Public Schools said Fowler has been suspended with pay pending the investigation.   
 

Ronnie Clark, 46, died early Friday morning after a shooting on the east side of Indianapolis. Clark was found in the 200 block of North Gray Street by police who answered a call about gunshots just after midnight. Clark was taken to Wishard Hospital but died a short time later. Several people were taken to police headquarters for questioning, but no arrests were immediately made.
 

Paul Ricketts, who served as mayor of Lawrence from 2008 to 2011, died Thursday at age 58. Ricketts, a former Lawrence Township assessor, had suffered heart problems in recent years. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard called the fellow Republican “a friend of mine whom I admired for dedicating his life to public service and always doing the right thing to improve quality of life for everyone.”