285 candidates running for R.I. General Assembly
PROVIDENCE – The red, white and blue lawn signs are up; the candidates are knocking on doors, and campaign fliers are arriving in mailboxes almost daily as 285 candidates jockey for 113 seats in the Rhode Island legislature.

Live scores: Friday night prep football
Updates from this week’s action on the high school football fields around the Wabash Valley. Games are in action unless noted.

School system nears record high
LA PORTE — South Central Community School Corp. has seen a sharp rise in enrollment.

Football. Still The Real McCoy
Mike McCoy can appreciate the statement that 1980s Chicago Bears defensive tackle and cultural icon William “The Refrigerator” Perry once made while describing himself:

INDIANA COUNTY FAIR: Art of clowning no laughing matter for Georgia circus family
A trip to the circus as a small child left Joey Thurmond so awestruck by the clowns that it would affect him into adulthood. While he enjoyed the jugglers and elephants and other performers, to Thurmond, nothing was quite like the clowns.

$24.2 M budget proposed
PRINCETON-North Gibson school trustees will consider approving a proposed $24.2 million school budget for 2011 at their Sept. 20 session. The board got no input from taxpayers at Thursday evening’s brief public hearing on the proposed spending plan.

Shortfall threatens Scholars program
Indiana’s popular 21st Century Scholars program, which promises full college scholarships to needy students who stay out of trouble and get acceptable grades, needs changes to head off a multimillion-dollar shortfall, state officials said.

University of Notre Dame Partners with Zipcar to Offer New 24/7 Transportation Option
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 2 — Today the University of Notre Dame launched a new partnership with Zipcar Inc., providing the campus with access to the world’s leading car-sharing service.

School bus, dump trick collide in SE Indiana
The bus had a badly damaged front end and went through a shallow ditch along the highway before stopping upright in a yard.

Terre Haute named 2010 Indiana Chamber ‘Community of the Year’
Dozens of Terre Haute community leaders gathered downtown Tuesday morning to learn their city has been named “Community of the Year” by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.