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School voucher faces lawsuit but new students still a go in Catholic schools
MISHAWAKA -- A judge's decision on whether to block Indiana's new school voucher law, that gives public money for kids to go to private schools based on need, isn't expected until at least next week. But if it is blocked, what does that mean for...Tags: Indiana, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Religious Education, Roman Catholicism, Christianity
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Pigskin Preview: Goshen Redskins
High school football teams all around Northern Indiana will start the season this Friday night.
When Goshen runs out on to the field for the first time this season, it'll be under the direction of a new head coach.
Mike Cheviron has spent the last...Tags: Indiana, High School Sports
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Local Red Cross, utilities sending hurricane help
Local volunteers from the American Red Cross and utility workers are leaving this weekend for various parts of the East Coast in anticipation of Hurricane Irene.
At least four Red Cross are going from St. Joseph County, four from Elkhart County and...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Indiana Michigan Power Company
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Indiana National Guard troops deploy for hurricane relief
Sunday, about 1,000 soldiers from the Indiana National Guard will deploy to help with relief efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Irene.
Members of the 293rd Army Guard out of Fort Wayne packed up Saturday. Ground forces, aviation forces and...Tags: Indiana
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Train hits car, killing Indiana woman, toddler son
MONTPELIER, Ind. (AP) — North-central Indiana police say a woman and her 10-month-old son died when a car they were riding in collided with a freight train. The Star Press of Muncie reports (http://bit.ly/ofqg6a ) 22-year-old Kristen Marie Janero...Tags: Railway Accidents, Labor Day, Transportation Accidents, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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Vera Bradley plans to expand distribution center
ROANOKE, Ind. (AP) — Handbag and luggage maker Vera Bradley Inc. says it plans to invest $22.5 million to nearly double the size of its Roanoke distribution center, creating up to 124 new jobs by 2015. The company announced the plan Thursday.... -
Indiana's poor find difficulties with services
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — There's a lot more to poverty than just a lack of money. Instead, it is more often a tangled web of interconnected problems, with any one of them enough to cause an immediate crisis. "Is the issue housing? Is it employment?...Tags: Indiana, Human Interest, Allen County (Indiana), Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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Families scoping out schools; voucher applications to be released
South Bend - Indiana has the largest school voucher program in the country. 7500 public school students will be able to use state money to attend a private school of their choice this fall. On Thursday, families vying for those vouchers went shopping...Tags: Indiana, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Religious Education, Roman Catholicism, Christianity
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IDOE debuts school voucher applications
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThe Indiana Department of Education today debuted an online application form for private schools seeking to participate in Indiana’s new school voucher program. See: www.doe.in.gov/schoolchoice. At the same website, parents and guardians soon will...Tags: Indiana, Human Interest, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Religious Education, Awards and Prizes
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Guard wants to expand readiness center in South Bend
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Army National Guard is seeking to upgrade and expand its armory in South Bend rather than build a new training center near the Fort Wayne International Airport. Lt. Col. Steve Hines tells The Journal Gazette...Tags: Indiana, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Army National Guard
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Memorial's MedFlight : A behind-the-scenes flight
SOUTH BEND – You've likely seen them in the sky, transporting the most critical patients to area hospitals. But there's a lot you probably don't know about medical helicopters. Monday WSBT’s cameras took an exclusive ride with MedFlight, one...Tags: Indiana, Human Interest, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Child dies after being shot in NE Indiana's Wells Co.
OSSIAN, Ind. (AP) — A child has died after being shot near Fort Wayne in apparently the fourth fatal shooting of an Indiana child in less than a month. WANE-TV reports the young child was shot just outside Ossian in rural Wells County Friday...Tags: Indiana, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Murder, Social Issues
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