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Beach report shows increased closing, advisory days

Crowds enjoy the Indiana Dunes State Park beach Saturday.

Beach report shows increased closing, advisory days

Crowds on Saturday enjoy the Indiana Dunes State Park beach. A national report states beach closing and advisory days hit the second-highest level in more two decades.

Time of transition in Porter

Liberty Schultz, 5, of Carbondale, Ill., works on her sand sculpture  at the Indiana Dunes State Park beach last summer. Officials in the town of Porter hope they can lure park visitors to their quaint downtown to shop, eat and stay.

Jackson weighs in on Oct. jobs report

After running an all but silent re-election campaign, his name still ringing in the testimony of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. weighed in Friday on the October 2010 jobs report from the Department of Labor that indicated the economy added 151,…

Child deaths in Indiana

Forty-six children died from abuse or neglect in 2008 in Indiana, according to the state's Department of Child Services annual report. Presented here are the death totals since 2003. Click on a year to highlight counties where deaths occurred. Run your mouse over each one to learn more infor…