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An education conference hosted by the Wallace Foundation in Washington last month attracted school leaders from across the country, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

One Franciscan Motel building in Bayview Heights: headed for a takedown. Citizens Housing Corporation , nonprofit developer of such architecturally praised affordable developments as the Folsom Dore Apartments , has the motel's spot in mind for another project in its pipeline.

A discussion of how Northwest Indiana's newest planned university campus fits into Northwest Indiana's economic landscape is slated for Thursday.

For this blind tasting we chose six California petite sirahs, all of them purchased from Belmont Beverage.

A major U.S. report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers.

Christian pilgrimage with her church group, Kristin Toorop looks up to Calvary and her eyes open wide.

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A Gibson County mine is closing and more than 100 Tri-Staters will lose their jobs.

McCONNELSVILLE -- Christians remember St. Francis of Assisi, a patron saint of animals, and a monk who taught the importance of extending Christian charity, hospitality and care to those in need each year on Oct.

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Operators are closing a Southwestern Indiana coal mine and laying off 133 workers.

Reporting from Chicago - Alicia Torres must raise $94,000 in order to take a vow of poverty.

Reporting from Washington - President Obama, attempting to spotlight those who have acted as "agents of change," today announced that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures widely known in politics, the arts and sciences, sports and social movements.

Police say an 18-month-old Indiana girl shot in the head at a wedding reception has had her condition upgraded to critical but stable.

Authorities in Gibson County are continuing their investigation into the death of a Francisco, Ind.

On Saturday, July 18, the City of Batesville offers curbside pickup of large items from residents' homes starting at 5 a.m. Acceptable items include old clothing; furniture, bedsprings and mattresses; old rugs and carpet pieces; rubber hose; appliances; wood, bundled 4 feet or shorter, 75 pounds maximum; insulation; cans and buckets, totally ...

A group fighting for equal workplace rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people has opened an office in Indianapolis.

It was 1971 when Alvin Duskin turned San Francisco politics on its head. He launched a ballot measure to place a 72-foot height limit on the city.

Parishioners at St. Benedict Catholic Church are busy preparing the site of a weekend festival in downtown Terre Haute.

Hubert Keller is truly a celebrity chef, with restaurants not just here at Lumiere place, but also in Las Vegas and San Francisco, a cooking show on PBS and a starring role in this season's Top Chef Masters.