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Two Teens Mourned at Accident Site

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Hundreds of people returned to an intersection Sunday where Kokomo police say a driver hit two 13-year-olds on a moped and kept driving.

Christian Reede died Friday, a day after the accident.

Police are still searching for a white, late model Ford truck, with possible right front bumper damage.  A cash reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.

Meanwhile, funeral services for Christian Reede will take place Thursday. The other teen is good condition at an Indianapolis hospital.

Body Found in Allen County park

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A dead body has been discovered in an Allen County park.

Authorities found a car Sunday belonging to Camilla Thompson in the parking lot at Fox Island Park. Later in the afternoon, they uncovered a body there.

No word yet if they body is that of Thompson.

The search for the woman has been suspended. An autopsy is planned.

Mobile Vet Crowdfunding

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The idea–to transform a bus for use as a mobile vaccine and pet care clinic for Marion County.

Jeremy Van Andel with the Humane Society of Indianapolis, says they launched the first-ever crowdfunding campaign in July to make that idea a reality and now Tuesday (Sept 17th) is the deadline.

The goal is 27-thousand dollars, and the campaign is currently sitting at 12 thousand dollars. VanAndel says the clinic is absolutely essential in connecting pet owners in Central Indiana with affordable pet care.

One of the goals of the campaign is to have a template to provide to other animal welfare agencies across the country that a mobile clinic is not only beneficial, but also can serve as an additional revenue stream.

Greenwood Doc: Help Syria

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A Greenwood doctor from Syria says the U.S. and the United Nations are “morally obligated” to help the “people of Syria.”

Dr. Ahmad Rami Saltagi says the world must launch some sort of military offensive against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Saltagi adds the United Nations should help lead the way. He says he‘s frustrated by the United Nations which has watched while Syrian children have been killed.

Saltagi says Syrian extremists could take over if the world doesn‘t intervene. He says most Syrians are moderate and need world support against dictator Assad.

CROWN HILL ANNIVERSARY

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The largest cemetery in Indianapolis, and one of the largest in the country, celebrates a milestone.

Crown Hill Cemetery was founded 150 years ago.  It is now the third-largest non-government cemetery in the U.S. at 555 acres.

“The commitment made by our original board of directors was to create a cemetery that could accommodate the community‘s needs for well over a century, which is where we are today,” said Keith Norwalk, the cemetery‘s president.

More than 200,000 people are now buried at Crown Hill, including one U.S. president, who lived out his years in Indy after moving to the city at the age of 21.

But Norwalk says the man most people ask about is legendary bank robber John Dillinger, who was buried in his hometown after he was killed by federal agents in Chicago in 1934.

Also among those buried at Crown Hill are Robert Irsay, the man who brought the Colts to Indianapolis from Baltimore, and poet James Whitcomb Riley, who is buried at the cemetery‘s highest point – it‘s also the highest point in Indianapolis.

The cemetery will give free public tours starting inside the front gate from 3:00pm until 5:00pm Sunday.  Norwalk says a coffee table-size book on Crown Hill is in printing right now and is scheduled to be published in late October

GRIND 10K kicks off with nearly 100 participants

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The Grind 10K Walk Run started off this morning at Beck’s Mill. This fundraiser to help support the mill and its operation included runners from all over the state as well as from Wisconsin and Virginia.

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Indiana High School Football Roundup

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Here are some Southern Indiana Football scores from last night: FOOTBALL FRIDAY WSLM

  • Brownstown 55, Salem 7
  • Silver Creek 21, Eastern Musketeers 14
  • W. Washington 28, Springs Valley 27
  • Charlestown 28, North Harrison 14
  • Columbus East 63, Jennings Co. 10
  • Corydon 34, Clarksville 14
  • Eastern Greene 40, Mitchell 6
  • Floyd Central 84, Madison 43
  • Forest Park 40, Crawford Co. 32
  • Indian Creek 41, Providence 21
  • Jeffersonville 34, Madison 11
  • New Albany 48, Bedford N.L. 0
  • Perry Central 24, Paoli 21

 

Large Trucks Will Be Watched During Construction

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The Indiana Department of Transportation and Indiana State Police will be prohibiting large trucks from using the “collector” lanes of southbound I-65 and westbound I-70 during the South Split construction project.

While the main lanes are closed during the construction, drivers can still use the collector lanes to exit onto Michigan Street, New York Street, Ohio Street and Fletcher Avenue.  INDOT says semi drivers have been using those city streets to bypass the construction and re-enter the interstate.

INDOT says this causes traffic concerns as semis cannot negotiate the downtown turns without driving over curbs or into other traffic lanes.

State Police are assisting contractors this weekend to post additional overhead signage allowing police to enforce the prohibition of large trucks on the collector and in the downtown area.

State Police say trucks making local deliveries or pick-ups will be exempt.  All traffic is being asked to follow the designated detour on I-465 while the construction is going on.  The project is expected to be completed in November.

Rating Systems to be implemented for teacher training

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Education reform groups are urging Indiana to put teeth into new accountability requirements for schools of education.

A new law gives the Department of Education until 2016 to craft a rating system for the nearly 50 Indiana institutions that train teachers, based on how well their graduates do over the next three years on licensure exams or in the classroom.

Indianapolis Public Schools board member Caitlin Hannon is executive director of TeachPlus, which assists novice teachers as they‘re starting out. She says I-P-S and other school districts should be able to look at where job applicants got their training as a factor in the hiring process.

Rae Shih with StudentsFirst Indiana says the state shouldn‘t stop there. She says schools which fall below a minimum percentage of graduates rated as effective teachers should be shut down if they don‘t improve by a specified deadline.

The Obama Administration has been working on similar federal regulations to prod states to strip accreditation from schools of education that are consistent poor performers.

Can Clean Energy Replace Fossil Fuels?

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The Purdue Institute for Civil Communication is bringing the future of energy debate to students.

The new institute hosted industry experts as well as university scientists doing research into energy efficiency and biofuels. The main discussion point was: Can Clean Energy Replace Fossil Fuels?

Robert Bryce, a senior fellow with Manhattan Institute’s Center for Energy Policy and the Environment says not anytime soon.

He points to last year’s growth in coal, oil and natural gas outpacing the growth in renewable energy by a wide margin.

Speaking on the future of clean energy is analyst Nat Bullard (buh-LARD) with Bloomberg New Energy Finance. He says you only have to look at the path Asia is going down – choosing wind and solar for new power generation.