Competition stiff for bike trail funding

By Lauri Harvey Keagle lauri.keagle@nwi.com, (219) 852-4311

Bike trails have grown to become a mini highway system in the region in the past 20 years, but the funding used to build them has some interes…

Rose-Hulman renames center for late president

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is renaming its Student Innovation Center after late President Matt Branam.

Thousands attend 500 Festival parade in Indy

Thousands of people have braved hot conditions in downtown Indianapolis for the 500 Festival Parade.

Former Indiana coach Lou Watson dies at 88

Former Indiana coach and player Lou Watson has died at the age of 88.

Dry spring causing concern over holiday weekend

By TOM COYNE

A dry and hot Memorial Day weekend forecast has everyone from farmers to the state fire marshal concerned, as parts of Indiana, particularly i…

Ivy Tech eyes Marion aquaponics center, greenhouse

Ivy Tech Community College is looking to build a greenhouse and aquaponics center in Marion that would supply its culinary program in Muncie w…

Manufacturers bemoan low Ind. recycling rates

Indiana manufacturers say the state's low recycling rates are putting the squeeze on makers of glass, plastic and aluminum beverage containers…

Columbus weighs shift in tornado siren policy

An effort to get Columbus residents to take emergency warning sirens more seriously and eliminate confusion over when they sound could lead to…

Indy 500 wide open as Penske tries to go 5-0

JENNA FRYER

Marco Andretti knows how much heartache his family has suffered at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He needs no reminders that IndyCar could use a…

IndyCar relishing rivalry with 2 familiar names

By PAUL NEWBERRY

When Bobby Rahal was racing, he hung a picture of Michael Andretti in his workout room.

Human remains found at camp linked to missing man

Authorities have discovered human remains near a campsite believed to have been used by a hiker from Chicago who has been missing since October 2010.

Prosecutor talks about evils of meth

By Jennifer Wheeler The (Galesburg) Register-Mail

WILLIAMSFIELD, Ill. | The Knox County state's attorney's office has taken a new approach toward deterring students from using methamphetamine.

Student endures despite cancer battle

By Edward Husar The Quincy Herald-Whig

QUINCY, Ill. | During his first two years at Quincy University, Luke Weaver became a familiar figure to many of his fellow students.

Cancer survivor helps support others

By Pam Keyes Pekin Daily Times

PEKIN, Ill. | Feb. 28, 2000, is a day Venita McCart will never forget.

Central Illinois' Soper-Burr house restored

By Mary Ann Ford The (Bloomington) Pantagraph

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. | Michael Manna has renovated about 10 buildings in or near downtown Bloomington over the last few years but his latest proj…

20 years later, Dickson Mounds keeps adapting anew

By David Mercer The Associated Press

LEWISTOWN, Ill. | Hanging on a wall not far from the entrance to the Dickson Mounds Museum, several posters remind visitors of the controversy…

Ill. growers: Mild winter means earlier peaches

By JIM SUHR

When it comes to southwestern Illinois orchards' peach crops this year, Chris Eckert and other growers have every reason to feel a bit warm an…

Ill. man jailed for beating girl who turned off TV

A central Illinois man who beat a 13-year-old girl with a belt because she turned off a television has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Police: Suburban Chicago man had 4 machine guns

Police in a northwestern Chicago suburb say they've arrested a man who had four machine guns and chemicals used in making explosives.

Woman's body pulled from Lake Michigan harbor

Chicago police say the body of a 36-year-old woman was pulled from Lake Michigan's 59th Street harbor.

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