http://www.news-sentinel.com State News headlines from News-Sentinel.com. en-us Copyright, News-Sentinel.com Newspapers http://www.news-sentinel.com/grafix/ns_rss.gif http://www.news-sentinel.com http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619647 INDIANAPOLIS — A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 after she confessed to her part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher has been released from an Indiana prison after spending a quarter century behind bars. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:42:00 EDT 20130617-130619647 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619646 INDIANAPOLIS — A lawsuit filed against Indiana's social services agency claims it wrongly barred a developmentally disabled woman from Medicaid waiver programs and left her without enough income to survive. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:44:00 EDT 20130617-130619646 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619672 A Marion teen drowned at Salamonie Reservoir Beach on Sunday. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:12:00 EDT 20130617-130619672 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619669 INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Homeland Security and state police are reminding state residents to be alert for safety concerns when attending county fairs and other local festivals. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:16:00 EDT 20130617-130619669 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619673 INDIANAPOLIS — Firefighters remain at the scene of a smoldering blaze at an Indianapolis recycling facility two days after a huge tower of billowing black smoke over the city. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:09:00 EDT 20130617-130619673 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619671 LAFAYETTE — A dazzled deer left a trail of damage behind as it invaded a food festival in Lafayette. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:13:00 EDT 20130617-130619671 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619668 CORYDON — A southern Indiana cave that's part of one of the nation's largest cave systems has opened for the summer with the addition of a large chamber where explorers found a trove of ice age fossils. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:18:00 EDT 20130617-130619668 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619670 VINCENNES — An Indiana man is due in court next month on charges he impersonated a state conservation officer. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:15:00 EDT 20130617-130619670 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619681 INDIANAPOLIS — Hundreds of people were allowed to return to their homes Sunday morning as Indianapolis firefighters watched over the smoldering ruins of a sprawling warehouse where a fire had unleashed a tower of billowing black smoke, raising concerns over possible toxins. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:59:00 EDT 20130616-130619681 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619682 TERRE HAUTE — Indiana drivers who have to show proof of insurance to police after an accident or traffic violation can do so electronically starting July 1 under a new law that signals an increasing use of technology in insurance laws. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:58:00 EDT 20130616-130619682 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619699 YORKTOWN — Two central Indiana children and their babysitter had to rescued by firefighters from a rain-swollen river after their canoe drifted out of control in the river's swift current. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:04:00 EDT 20130615-130619699 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619700 INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities say a fire that engulfed a sprawling building near downtown Indianapolis has prompted the evacuation of a five-block area and rattled surrounding neighborhoods with exploding propane tanks. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:01:00 EDT 20130615-130619700 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619698 MUNCIE — Ball State University has appointed a review panel to investigate allegations that an honors course exploring the nature of the universe is religion disguised as science. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:06:00 EDT 20130615-130619698 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619705 INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is unlikely to hit its goal of having 60 percent of adults earning college degrees or certificates by 2025 if it continues to make gains at its current slow pace, state leaders say. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:35:00 EDT 20130615-130619705 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619703 INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana woman who was sentenced to 100 years for the shotgun slayings of her roommates could get help with an appeal from an unlikely source — the man who put her behind bars. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:40:00 EDT 20130615-130619703 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619704 WAYNESVILLE — Authorities investigating the deaths of four people in a Bartholomew County home are remaining tight-lipped about their investigation even as some nearby residents have taken to sleeping with guns at the ready. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:37:00 EDT 20130615-130619704 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619725 INDIANAPOLIS — One of Republican Gov. Mike Pence's new appointments to the State Board of Education has openly questioned the state's adoption of a national set of reading and math education standards. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:53:00 EDT 20130614-130619725 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619761 CHICAGO – Jeffery Lynn Berry, who as leader of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan led marches on town squares that cost municipalities thousands of dollars in security costs and once held a Kentucky news crew hostage, has died at age 60. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:04:00 EDT 20130614-130619761 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619750 WEST LAFAYETTE — Authorities have charged three men with illegally logging into their Purdue University professors' computer accounts and changing their own grades. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:08:00 EDT 20130614-130619750 http://www.news-sentinel.com/article/2013130619752 INDIANAPOLIS — The Bureau of Motor Vehicles is closing its license branches and website for a day so state technology staff can upgrade its computer system. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:05:00 EDT 20130614-130619752