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Dozens of people slept in temporary shelters Monday morning after fire ripped through their homes at Arrowwoods Apartments
in Pike Township on Sunday. Two minor injuries were reported at the complex, at 7135 Warrior Trail. The Red Cross is providing
assistance to 33 people who were displaced.
The man accused of shooting a pregnant bank teller in 2008 is scheduled for a court appearance Monday. Police say Brian Kendrick
shot teller Katherin Shuffield in the lower abdomen during a robbery attempt at an east-side Huntington Bank branch, killing
the twin girls she was carrying. Kendrick faces charges of robbery, attempted murder and feticide.
Las Vegas oddsmakers list the Colts as 4-point favorites to beat New Orleans in Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7 in Miami. The team
grounded the New York Jets on Sunday, 30-17, to clinch a spot in the Super Bowl. This is the team’s second berth in the big
game in four years and fourth in franchise history. FOX59 will have reaction from players and more at 4 p.m.
Home sales statewide rose 4.1 percent in December compared with the same month in 2008, although Marion and Hamilton counties
reported sizable slides.
The president’s proposals include bigger tax credits for child care and retirement savings; caps for student loan payments;
and boosting aid for families caring for elderly relatives.
The fate of a bill that would delay unemployment tax increases on businesses remains unclear in the Democrat-controlled Indiana
House.
Greenwood Mayor Charles Henderson says his city is willing to pay up to $8 million toward construction of a new Interstate
65 interchange in order to speed up the project.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Indiana Department of Child Services from cutting state subsidies to foster and
adoptive parents and residential treatment centers that help provide for children.
The House Natural Resources Committee voted 10-1 to advance the bill last week amid strong support from the National Rifle Association and opposition from business interests and domestic violence advocates.
U.S. stocks sank again Friday, extending the market’s biggest three-day tumble since March, as financial shares slumped on
President Obama’s plan to rein in banks.
From a TV ratings standpoint, a Minnesota Viking-N.Y. Jets Super Bowl match-up could be the biggest winner for CBS and Super
Bowl advertisers paying $3 million for a 30-second spot.
Anti-tobacco advocates worry cost-cutting move could seriously diminish state’s efforts to curb Hoosier tobacco use.
University will cut employee benefits, retirement contributions and information technology services to partially close a $67
million budget deficit for the West Lafayette campus
Indiana State Police officials say public safety wonâ??t be compromised when they close a police post in Seymour in the next
few months. The department has confirmed the post will be consolidated with the one in Versailles. The move affects troopers
working in three southern Indiana counties. Officials say no troopers will lose their jobs in the move and the public will
not notice a difference in service.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley did not live up to the public wager he made on the outcome of
last weekendâ??s Colts-Ravens playoff game. Part of the bet called for the loser to put the opponentâ??s team flag on his
vehicle for a week. After the Colts beat the Ravens, O’Malley used a Baltimore Colts pennant instead of an Indianapolis Colts
flag. O’Malley honored part of the bet by sending crab cakes to Indiana.
A substitute Perry Township bus driver has resigned after finding a sleeping child on a bus earlier this month while returning
to the bus lot. The driver admitted he didn’t follow proper procedures and check the bus at Rosa Parks Edison Elementary after
dropping off students. School administrators admitted the mistake Thursday night. The child was driven back to the school
unharmed. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
A report by an influential Republican pollster could send a disruptive ripple through Indiana.
Indiana’s jobless rate made its biggest increase since mid-2009. Department of Workforce
Development Commissioner Teresa Voors attributed the rise, in part, to a decrease in construction in December.
Converting the U.S. trucking industry to natural gas will benefit manufacturers including Columbus-based Cummins Inc., T. Boone Pickens says.
