Increase in court cases could impact NCAA image

As the NCAA prepares to open its annual convention today near Dallas, NCAA President Mark Emmert and the body he governs are faced with more than a half-dozen lawsuits across the country in what could signal a new era of court activity.

Increase in court cases could impact NCAA image

INDIANAPOLIS | The NCAA will open its annual convention this week with a host of reform measures on the agenda, part of President Mark Emmert's push to address several years of high-profile scandals.

Police: Cedar Lake man wanted to kill 'as many people as he could' at elementary school

CEDAR LAKE | While the tragic slaughter of children was unfolding at a Connecticut school Friday, Cedar Lake police and the Lake County Sheriff’s Department were busy dealing with reports a man threatening to kill "as many people as he could" at Jane Ball Elementary School.

Big Ten may give commish power to fire coaches

In the wake of the scandal at Penn State, the Big Ten Conference is considering a plan to give its commissioner the power to punish schools with financial sanctions, suspensions and even the ability to fire coaches.

ACLU: 3 Griffith girls expelled over Facebook jokes

HAMMOND | The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Griffith Public Schools after it expelled three eighth-graders for posting on Facebook about whom they would kill — a conversation the ACLU and parents say was sarcastic humor.

A roundup of recent Indiana newspaper editorials

Test aims to end social promotions in Indiana schools

A roundup of recent Indiana newspaper editorials

Big challenge for new welfare process

A roundup of recent Indiana newspaper editorials

Fines are fine, but law is necessary

A roundup of recent Indiana newspaper editorials

Creationism is bad science

A roundup of recent Indiana newspaper editorials

Protection bill leaves bad smell

Excerpts from recent Indiana editorials

Lawmakers may fail cursive writing test

Excerpts from recent Indiana editorials

More isn't better with alcohol

Excerpts from recent Indiana editorials

A shot across the online retailing bow

Study: 80 percent of U.S. boys use condoms the first time

A surprising 80 percent of teenage boys say they are using condoms the first time they have sex, a government survey found in a powerful sign that decades of efforts to change young people's sexual behavior are taking hold.

With NY teen's suicide come spotlight, caution

Taunted since grade school for hanging out with girls, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer told his parents things were finally getting better since high school started. A few days later, he hanged himself.

Excerpts from recent Indiana editorials

Vouchers' critics lose first round

Pryor included in NFL draft, must sit out 5 games

Terrelle Pryor will have an opportunity to pursue his NFL dreams, with one significant caveat: The former Ohio State star must still pay for breaking NCAA rules while he was in college.

New book takes on zero tolerance fervor in schools

High-tech surveillance. Metal detectors. Zero tolerance for, well, just about any bad behavior, real or overblown.

GUEST EDITORIALS: State took major move forward with Toll Road deal

To gain a full understanding of the continued benefits to the state of leasing the Indiana Toll Road to a private operator, it's necessary to take a step back in time.

GUEST EDITORIALS: No one has handle on legislative mess

If they were Laurel and Hardy, the Republicans and Democrats could look at each other and say, "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten us into."