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Criminal justice center likely dead

For the second time in as many months, City-County Council Republicans on Monday opted not to call for a vote on the facility, instead allowing the clock to run out on a contractual deadline. As a result, Marion County's aging, crowded jail facilities ...

Monon, other Indianapolis trails could go 24-7

A decision on whether to keep the Monon Trail and other greenways open around the clock was expected “within the next few days,” the chairman of the Indianapolis Parks and Recreation Board said Thursday. “I'll decide after I've had time to digest what ...

For pioneers, farming started with stump clearing

"At 5 o'clock in the morning they were out there, and they were there until 6 at night. When it was dark, they walked home. They worked 10 hours a day, sometimes more," dad added. Today tree stumps can be dug out with a stump grinder or chopper, and ...

Indianapolis Zoo welcomes baby dolphin

So, no birth announcements heralded the new arrival. The only sign zoo visitors had that anything was up was the temporary cancellation of all dolphin shows. Behind the scenes, staff worked round the clock to ensure that Kalei and her daughter were ...

Eli Lilly and Co. sales rep, son dead in Texas flooding

In an interview with Gannett's Austin affiliate, McComb's sister, Julie Shields, said she had been texting with her sister about the storm on May 23 and that around 11 p.m. Laura mentioned floodwaters had started coming into the house. "One o'clock in ...

Coaches Who Care: Waterloo's Christal Kent

As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back — For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack." Her players repeat the last line back to her each time. "It's (about) having each other ...

Munson: Iowa's entire history in a single road trip

It was far more inspiring than a presidential candidate stump speech. Why care? Yes, we're proud of natives Ashton Kutcher and Chris Soules, but let's not forget the only Iowan who was leader of the free world. Link: http://www.hoover.archives.gov/....

For pioneers, farming started with stump clearing

"At 5 o'clock in the morning they were out there, and they were there until 6 at night. When it was dark, they walked home. They worked 10 hours a day, sometimes more," dad added. Today tree stumps can be dug out with a stump grinder or chopper, and ...

You'll Go Cuckoo For This Gigantic Clock Carved Out Of A Single Tree

A remarkable cuckoo clock forged from a single maple tree is being used to crow about Portland, Oregon. Designed by Nicolas Gros and carved by chainsaw sculptor J. Chester Armstrong, the 24-foot-high, 7,000-pound clock is being shown off around the ...

Brice Stump: Walnuts are their own time machine

The thud of the hulls was the striking of nature's clock. Was it fall already? With a well-worn and a slightly wobbly tomato basket, I would pick the hulls out of the crabgrass and weeds under the trees and fill the basket. Because they are so large ...

Nashville Then: August 1963

Nashville Then: August 1963 NASCAR driver David Pearson, front, with veteran NASCAR flagman Johnny Bruner, browsers through a program while resting next to the pool at Mercury Motel in Nashville Aug. 1, 1963. Pearson will drive for the first time at the ...

Residents campaign to protect privacy

The News and Mail reported two weeks ago that residents stood by a tree stump that contractors were about to remove to prevent the work taking place. They lost their fight to save the stump after common services manager Mike Smith called the police to ...