Fire-starter drones; sailfish assault; rapists' parental rights

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A police officer has been suspended for a Facebook post about Terre Haute's mayoral election.

HUDSON, Ohio (AP) — A northeast Ohio restaurant owner who's missing months of work after undergoing a kidney transplant says dozens of his reg…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison police report only a handful of arrests after thousands of people descended on downtown for the city's annual Hal…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — 

DETROIT (AP) — The number of fires in Detroit over the recently completed three-day Halloween period was among the lowest in years, city offic…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill overhauling the state's embattled charter-school system with new performance, accountability and reporting requir…

MARYVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois man accused of driving drunk in a crash that left a 27-year-old woman dead had received at leas…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old Indiana boy is dead after a vehicle crashed into the home where he was watching television.

By NICOLE LAFOND

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield athlete isn't afraid to laugh at some of the quirks of playing soccer with a prosthetic leg.

INDIANAPOLIS — Some Indiana legislators are backing a change in state law aimed at denying parental rights to rapists if the assault results i…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans could buy marijuana, pot-infused candies and other related products from potentially 1,100-plus retail stores ar…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Islamic civil rights group wants the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether authorities in a Minneapolis subu…

WHITEHALL, Mich. (AP) — A 61-year-old western Michigan man has been injured after his girlfriend slugged and poked him with a mounted sailfish…

SPRINGFIELD, S.D. (AP) — Inmates at the state prison in Springfield have been refurbishing hundreds of bicycles, some of which are provided by…