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After the bear was spotted earlier this week in St. Joseph County in an area northwest of South Bend, a sample of one of its waste droppings was given to the Department of Natural Resources.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed the federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of Mary Neale, a Posey County resident it contends has numerous physical conditions, including arthritis in her joints, fibromyalgia, obesity and sciatica, which is pain from a slipped or ruptured disk.

The Indiana Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from former Indianapolis police officer David Bisard, who was convicted of killing one motorcyclist and seriously injuring two others while driving drunk in his police cruiser in 2010.

Nurses at Indiana University hospitals are celebrating what they hope is progress toward forming a union.

The Indy Legends Pro-Am, the spotlight event of the four-day Sportscar Vintage Racing Association's Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational, will feature 33 former Indianapolis 500 drivers paired with amateurs for a 50-minute race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course.

The Fishers City Council is considering whether to approve a 10-year tax abatement valued at $2 million, as well as a lease agreement for local youth sports and the waiver of about $1 million in permitting fees.

Twenty-six-year-old Robert Dean Lewis escaped Monday while cleaning the Randolph County jail's lobby.

Democrat Terry McAuliffe wins a squeaker in Virginia. Republican Chris Christie enjoys a laugher in New Jersey. A "big business" Republican defeats a Tea Party challenger in Alabama. Those are among Tuesday's highlights.

There are many roads to high school graduation but one -- a waiver from passing basic English and math exams, has drawn concern and criticism in recent years. In 2011, more than a quarter of Indianapolis Public School graduates were granted a waiver. But last school year, only 7 percent of IPS students had graduated with waivers -- a rate now slightly better than the state average. District leaders hope to chop that amount in half for the Class of 2015. WFYI education reporter Eric Weddle explains on how area school districts are focusing on individual student to ensure nearly all graduate without a waiver.

Changes would be made based on a proposal from the Core 40 Subcommittee, a subset of the Indiana Career Council made up of various stakeholders from the business, K-12, higher education, school administration and other communities. The General Assembly established the group in 2014 and charged them with making recommendations to the State Board of Education.