Sen. Michael Crider (R-Greenfield) led an audit that shows close to half of 5,300 kits went unprocessed for reasons that remain unclear.

Liberty German,14, and Abigail Williams,13, vanished on Feb. 13 while hiking a trail near their hometown of Delphi. Their bodies were found nearby the next day.

The bird flew into the windshield of an Indiana State Trooper's cruiser Wednesday night on State Route 56 near Scottsburg.

The warrant was unsealed Monday at the request of Patriot Majority, the group at the center of an Indiana State Police investigation. The warrant indicates state police contacted a handful of workers who admitted to falsifying registrations.

Patriot Majority USA says it's been "publicly demonized" by state officials.

The Indiana Democratic Party Thursday accused Secretary of State Connie Lawson of incompetence, partisanship and inflammatory rhetoric surrounding recent voter fraud allegations.

The initiative seeks to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft through proper disposal of prescription drugs.

The joint effort that began Sunday and runs through Saturday involves state troopers from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

State police say troopers issued more than 100 tickets to drivers in the year since a law took effect requiring drivers to move over from the left lanes of highways in favor of faster vehicles.

A report presented this month to the State Budget Committee says starting Indiana troopers are paid about $41,000 a year, which is at least $12,000 less than new officers in Indianapolis, Michigan and at Illinois police agencies.