Hancock County News

Four teenagers were rushed to the hospital after a two-car crash Wednesday evening in Hancock County.

It may be dry outside now, but Indiana farmers are still drowning in harvesting work delayed by this summer's rain.

East Central Indiana CASA will host a fundraising event called the Black and Red Gala on Thursday, Nov.

The H1N1 and seasonal flu share symptoms. They also have another thing in common: Vaccines against both are hard to find.

The Health Department in the county east of Indianapolis has temporarily run out of seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines, while the county west of the city has run out of only the H1N1 variety.

The 2005 Indianapolis clean indoor-air ordinance proved to be one of the most important public health events in Indiana history.

The availability of industrial space in the Indianapolis metro area increased slightly in the last three months, according to a report issued Thursday by a local realty company.

Home building permits issued in the Indianapolis area fell in September for the 23rd consecutive month, as the pain worsens for homebuilders.

A H1N1 vaccination clinic is scheduled for Thursday, October 22 at 8 a.m. until Noon at Lafayette Square Shopping Mall, 3919 Lafayette Road, inside the former Steve and Berrya TMs retail clothing store.

Greenfield city officials are proceeding with plans for a roundabout at the intersection of McKenzie Road and Franklin Street despite objections from Hancock County Public Library officials, who have cited safety concerns.

Beginning Thursday, Hancock Regional Hospital implemented general patient visitor restrictions due to the increased prevalence of 2009 H1N1 flu within the Hancock County community.

As the first shipments of H1N1 flu shots enter the state, county health departments are grappling with how to distribute the vaccine.

The Hancock County Health Department has received 700 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, which it has distributed to three health-care providers in the county.

It's a first that Greenfield residents didn't expect to ever see -- the opening of the town's first soup kitchen.

Using virtual-reality animation, Mount Vernon High students are helping transportation officials investigate the possible benefits and drawbacks of a light-rail system in the Indianapolis metro area.

In coming weeks, as the City-County Council debates and, I hope, passes a strengthened smoking ban -- one that would finish what the city started in 2005 -- you're probably going to hear a lot of complaints.

Greg Ballard is the first mayor of Indianapolis since the 1960s to be a normal, ordinary guy next door.

Besides providing a quaint celebration of Greenfield's famous Hoosier poet, the fall Riley Festival also is the city's biggest annual attraction and economic generator -- enticing people from outside the area to come to town and spend their money.

Barbara Eaton-Hickman's watercolors will continue to be on display in Greenfield Banking Company's Main Office Art Gallery during October.

Genesis Plastics Welding plans to double the size of its Fortville facilities to 50,000 square feet and add to its staff of 49 people.