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The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least 10 tornadoes touched down in Indiana during a wave of severe storms that injured at least 34 people earlier this week. The most powerful tornadoes Wednesday included one in Dubois about 75 miles west of Louisville, one in a rural area east of Bedford about 25 miles south of Bloomington and one in Newton County in northwest Indiana. Seven other tornados touched down, including another one in Newton County, another in Dubois County, one near Bloomington, two in Jasper County, one in Pulaski County and one in Lawrence County. Other possible tornadoes hit Gibson, Vanderburgh and Pike counties in southwest Indiana.
 

Police say a Muncie grandmother was lucky to be alive after her 11-year-old grandson and 12-year-old foster son allegedly jammed her bedroom door shut and set the house on fire. The pair hatched the plot Tuesday after they were sent to bed early for misbehaving. The boys taped the door shut with duct tape and used cooking oil to start the fire, police said. Fortunately, the blaze did not get out of control before the woman woke up, smelled smoke and escaped. The boys are in a juvenile detention center and face arson charges.
 

Speedway police are investigating an early Friday morning shooting at the Denny's restaurant in the 6200 block of Crawfordsville Road. Police said a fight in the restaurant preceded six shots fired in the parking lot. Police said they found a gunshot victim in a car one block east of the restaurant trying to drive to the hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening. Police believe five people may have been in a car that opened fire on the victim.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the pace of mortgage loan activity increased 1.1 percent for the week ended May 20, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The rate for 30-year mortgages increased to 4.69 percent from 4.60 percent the previous week. The rate for 15-year mortgages increased to 3.78 percent from 3.75 percent.