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As schools reopen across the U.S., some regions are having trouble finding enough teachers to fill vacancies. But others see a big disconnect between training and the needs of districts.

After three years under management of a private company, Arlington Community High School has returned to Indianapolis Public Schools. It's the first school under state intervention to transition back to its home district and school leaders are under pressure from the community and state to make it work. WFYI education reporter Eric Weddle will spend a year reporting from inside the school on it successes and challenges. In this first part of the series, A New Day, he looks at just how difficult it can be to start over at a school.

Upset after a fatal accident involving a Lebanon woman Tuesday morning, Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen took to Facebook to vent and urge the Indiana Department of Transportation to install a stoplight at the intersection of U.S. 52 and State Road 47 -- part of the official detour northbound for Interstate 65, closed by bridge problems in Lafayette.

Community Hospital East has been an anchor in the neighborhood since 1956. The $175 million development project is focused on patient care.

Monroe County Health Department Administrator Penny Caudill says the declaration is the first step to create a needle exchange. The numbers of Hepatitis C cases in the county have increased over 50 percent since 2009.

Indiana's rate of high school girls who are raped is second worst in the country; and a new study says only about 18 percent of those who are assaulted report it.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that state Superintendent Glenda Ritz filed against members of the State Board of Education, saying she didn't have authority to go to court without representation from the attorney general.

In a statement, the Hoosier Democrat says he owes it to American servicemembers to ensure every other option of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is exhausted.

The competitive grant program, operated by the state Office of Energy Development, will dole out shares from a $300,000 pool of state money.

Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar - a longtime leader on nuclear disarmament - says he's worried about the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the Middle East if Congress kills the nuclear agreement with Iran.