News Headlines for Adams, Indiana

John Pont, 80; coached Indiana to 1968 Rose Bowl (Boston Globe)
John Pont, the personification of the football-coaching lifer who was best remembered for taking Indiana University to the 1968 Rose Bowl, the first bowl game in team history, died Tuesday at his home in Oxford, Ohio. He was 80.

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Man Killed In Overnight Indiana County Crash (KDKA Pittsburgh)
A Cambria County man was killed overnight in a crash involving a tractor-trailer along Route 422 in Indiana County. The accident happened around 4:00 a.m. in Pine Township.

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Indiana Jones Exhibit (WENY-TV)
HAMMONDSPORT -- If you're an Indiana Jones fan, time is running out to check out an exhibit at the Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport. It's called the Adventures in the Cinema Tour.

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Indiana Beach may benefit from high gas prices (WLFI Lafayette)
Many people are heading to the beach this July 4th. Indiana Beach expects more than 10,000 guests to visit the park this weekend. General Manager John Collins said many people are staying close to home

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INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS column: Equipment manufacturer upgrading Milford operations (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Agricultural equipment maker CTB Inc. is upgrading its manufacturing operations in Milford and providing advanced training opportunities for nearly 350 of its workers during the next two years. Sixty additional employees are expected to be hired. Earlier this year, CTBs completed a 75,000-square-foot expansion of its north central Indiana facilities. The company designs and manufactures a wide ...

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Beef recall includes Kentucky and Indiana (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The familiar Fourth of July hamburger will be under review this weekend, as a recall prompted by an E. coli outbreak now includes more than 20 states. Kroger is asking customers in Kentucky, Indiana and elsewhere to return ground beef dated between May 21 and July 3 for a full refund because of the illnesses that were linked to products from a Nebraska slaughterhouse.

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Ex-Indiana track star Wilson in Olympic trials (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
FALLON, Nev. - Aarik Wilson, a 10-time all-American in track at Indiana, is on the verge of achieving his lifelong dream.

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Indiana hopes low-interest loans will help farmers (AP via Yahoo! News)
Indiana will use $50 million in state funds to help farmers get low-interest loans — money they can use along with federal funds to restore their flood-damaged fields.

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60-pound tortoise returned to owners after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam in northwestern Indiana (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
HIGHLAND, Ind. - A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure that took him through three northwestern Indiana towns.

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Arts funding slashed in Southwestern Indiana (Evansville Courier & Press)
More than two dozen area arts organizations will recieve more than $132,000 in state arts funding this year, however they can expect to get less in the future. Under a new funding formula, this seven-county region will get a dramatically smaller portion of the Indiana's money for local organizations and artists.

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