http://www.wibc.com/news/local2.aspxThe latest from the 1070 WIBC Newscenteren-usCopyright 2009, WIBC-FMTue, 14 Jul 2009 00:55:24 GMThttp://emmisinteractive.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThanks for finding our WIBC News RSS feed! Just click one of the buttons to the right to subscribe via your favorite newsreader. If you're not sure what to do, click the "learn more" link above.Vincennes University says it is raising tuition and fees for students by 3.75 percent this year and 4 percent next school year. The state-supported school said Monday that in-state students will pay $157 more for the coming school year. Under the plan, VU's tuition and fees for in-state students for 2009-10 will be $4,360 and will be $4,534 for 2010-11. Tuition and fees last year totaled $4,203. VU ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/VGkOluNoo6s/story.aspxBy the Associated Presshttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114634Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:51:02 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114634A 18 year old Indianapolis man has been arrested after a police chase that ended in a crash at 21st and Post Road. IMPD was following a 1996 Ford van westbound on 10th Street from rural after it was observed that it was left of the center line. The officer then learned the vehicle was reported stolen two days earlier. Police say when the officer attempted to stop the vehicle, it sped up and started w...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/IVhXYcuUsGQ/story.aspxBy Joe Wambachhttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114637Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:55:24 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114637Purdue University's trustees have approved increasing tuition by 5 percent for Indiana students the next two years along with phasing in a $500 fee for new students. The trustees executive committee voted unanimously Monday in support of the increase, which will add $388 to the tuition bill for in-state students on the West Lafayette campus. Tuition and fees in 2009-10 for those students will be $8...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/mTUt3HkL4DI/story.aspxBy the Associated Presshttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114633Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:50:20 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114633A $754 million project is being proposed to replace the aging Wishard Memorial Hospital in downtown Indianapolis. Hospital officials say renovating the current facility is not practical because its mechanical systems are failing and the patient rooms can't accommodate modern equipment. Wishard's facility is spread over 17 buildings, many of which were built before World War II. Marion County voters w...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/QcSqNbZjnfo/story.aspxBy the Associated Presshttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114632Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:49:14 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114632One of three inmates who escaped from the Indiana State Prison was caught Monday in a southwestern Michigan town by a security guard for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. A Grand Beach police officer got a call before 7 a.m. that a private security guard for Daley was holding convicted killer Charles Smith at gunpoint in a home's driveway near the mayor's vacation house in the town about eight miles fro...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/RYzGXpAPH-o/story.aspxBy the Associated Presshttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114354Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:14:58 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114354Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is expected to announce a new strategy for dealing with abandoned and vacant properties. The Mayor and other city officials have scheduled a news conference tomorrow at 3135 North Arsenal Avenue, site of an abandoned home that's being sought for tax sale. Jana Mayes is the coordinator of the initiative. She says the administration will take full advantage of new sta...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/gI-7JOSspdk/story.aspxBy Stan Lehrhttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114631Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:46:12 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114631Workers at Cummins Midrange engine plant in Columbus returned to work Monday after being idled for ten weeks. About 400 of the facility's 720 workers clocked in to begin manufacturing Dodge Ram engines for Chrysler. The automaker shut down manufacturing facilities in May during its bankruptcy restructuring. Cummins spokesman Mark Land says workers will finish making the 2009 engines before the plant...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/uwBSssmiYtE/story.aspxBy Liz Thomas/Network Indianahttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114582Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:11:30 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114582Adam Goldstein remains a member in good standing of the Lawrence Township School Board but there may be more to come. The board announced a closed meeting to discuss possible disciplinary action against Goldstein after he showed up at a meeting dressed in his police gear. He was fired as a Fortville Police officer after a drunken run-in with a Department of Natural Resources officer. But the board...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/71wBpNsqQIs/story.aspxBy Stan Lehrhttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114581Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:03:44 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114581Services have been held for a high school homecoming queen whose fiance allegedly killed her before taking his own life. Hundreds of people turned out Monday to pay their last respects to 19-year-old Kelly Roome at Greenwood Christian Church. Romee recently graduated from Greenwood High School, where she was an athlete and homecoming queen. She was allegedly shot and killed July 4 by 21-year-old Ian...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/3Cqdqrc8dJE/story.aspxBy the Associated Presshttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114561Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:02:58 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114561Indy's first large-scale summer jobs program in years is at the halfway mark. The Indianapolis Private Industry Council lost federal funding for youth jobs several years ago. This year's stimulus package provided $3.6 million to revive the jobs program for 600 teenagers and young adults. Along with jobs with 48 area employers, they're receiving skills training and educational opportunities. IPIC pl...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wibcnews/~3/cBJZ2WwNxiA/story.aspxBy Eric Bermanhttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114559Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:59:59 GMThttp://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1114559