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State Rep. Kevin Mahan of Hartford City has authored a House Bill which addresses staffing needs for the Indiana Department of Child Services. The legislation passed out of the Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs with a 12-0 vote this week. The bill requires DCS to hire additional employees by Jan. 1, 2014. The bill will now move to the House Ways and Means Committee for further discussion and debate.
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A Muncie woman was struck and killed by a moving train late yesterday morning. 51-year-old Shailor L. Keys was pronounced dead at the hospital about an hour-and-a-half after the accident, which was reported just after 11 a.m. at the tracks along Willard Street, just east of Hoyt Avenue. Police say Keys was walking eastbound on [...]
An 18-year-old Marion man has drowned at the beach area of a state-run park. Witnesses say Jordan Laute of Marion began having trouble after he swam past the roped barrier into deep water at Salamonie Lake Reservoir. Conservation officers using a sonar device found Laute in 9 feet of water nearly three hours later.
The wife of a horse-farm owner was injured early yesterday afternoon after she was trampled. The incident was reported around 12:45 p.m. at Stoney Creek Horse Farm in Henry County. The 37-year-old was training in a horse ring when the animals ran her over. She suffered pelvis, hip and leg injuries and was airlifted to [...]