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The wooded property includes a variety of native woodland species including sugar maple, red oak, tulip poplar, burr oak, white oak, blue ash, American beech, shagbark hickory, and basswood.

New Dearborn County, Ind. nature preserve is home to rare firefly

Oak Heritage Conservancy has acquired 147 acres in southeast Indiana, near the confluence of Laughery Creek and the Ohio River.

Public Advocates in Community re-Entry, or PACE, and Indiana Construction Roundtable partnered to expand the Building Yourself training program. During the four-week program, participants received two construction certifications through hands-on training and strengthened their soft skills, including mock interviews and resume building.

As job placement issues persist for formerly incarcerated, two organizations assist with program

Securing a job after incarceration can be a barrier for some people re-entering society. Two groups in Indiana came together to help give justice-involved Hoosiers a second chance at employment.

This Feb. 26, 2015 photo shows a prototype of a baby box, where parents could surrender their newborns anonymously, outside the fire station in Woodburn, Ind.

Lawmakers: "Baby Box" Bill Needs More Review

Indiana lawmakers said Wednesday they will revisit a proposal next year to establish "baby boxes" for women to anonymously surrender their newborns. But first, they want the state health department to recommend protocols and a commission focused on improving children's lives to examine the plan and suggest other ways to decrease child abandonment.

Lost In Translation: Struggle And Success As Language Barriers Reshape Indianapolis Schools

WFYI, Chalkbeat Indiana and the Indianapolis Star have teamed up to explore questions of how immigrants are being taught - and how they're changing the landscape of education policy and curriculum. Our series, "Lost in Translation: Struggle and Success as Language Barriers Reshape Indianapolis Schools" begins Monday, April 20 on the air, online and in print.

Right now, Indiana has a patchwork of local ordinances that make it difficult for something like a wind farm — which can span multiple counties — to be built.

House committee amends bill on wind, solar siting, stripping incentives

Lawmakers amended a bill to remove incentives for adopting state guidelines on where wind and solar farms can be located. Money from renewable energy projects would have boosted revenues for rural counties and townships.

Hoosiers say Derby isn’t just for Kentucky

Many Derby Festival events have Louisville or Kentucky in their names, but that doesn't mean Hoosiers don’t celebrate the cultural landmark just as enthusiastically.

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2005 file photo, turkeys are seen at a turkey farm near Sauk Centre, Minn. Bird flu has returned to Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health said Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, The highly pathogenic disease was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Meeker County of western Minnesota after the farm reported an increase in mortality last weekend. Tests confirmed the disease Tuesday evening. The flock was eut

Deadly bird flu returns to Midwest earlier than expected

Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, with the highly pathogenic disease being detected in two commercial turkey flocks in western Minnesota and a hobby flock in Indiana, officials said Wednesday.

Plastic on a conveyor belt waits to be sorted at Rumpke's material recovery facility in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Does recycling plastic help with climate change?

Does it really help climate change to recycle plastic? A listener in Evansville wanted to know. The answer is yes -- if you're doing it right.

The letter said a student's enrollment status will be based on their attendance during the entire fall semester rather than the time between the start of the school year and the student count date Sept. 17.

Top Lawmakers Announce Plan To Preserve School Funding Despite Student Quarantines

In a letter sent to schools Friday, Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) and House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) outlined a plan for lawmakers and the Indiana Department of Education to ensure full funding for students learning in-person during the fall semester.

The store is located near Indiana University's Bloomington campus and many employees are students. Lee said in the summer, when workers who transfer to a different store try to come back for the following school year, there isn’t a guarantee their job will be available.

Second Bloomington Starbucks location files to unionize, joins 17 nationwide last week

Conversation surrounding forming a union at the Indiana Avenue Starbucks location have been going on for nearly two years, that's according to one of the store's barista's Sophie Lee.

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