News Headlines for Advance, Indiana

High prices mean more oil exploration in Indiana (FOX 19 Cincinnati)
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Record oil prices are spurring some companies to look for oil in Indiana. Deka Exploration is an Oklahoma-based company that drilled for oil in Steuben County a decade ago before deciding to go elsewhere. But now the company is giving northwest Indiana another look.

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High prices mean more oil exploration in Indiana (WLFI Lafayette)
Associated Press - July 5, 2008 5:04 PM ET FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Record oil prices are spurring some companies to look for oil in Indiana.

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Indiana ports get new name :Change intended to reflect role of state's three shipping sites (South Bend Tribune)
The organization formerly known as the Indiana Port Commission changed its name to the Ports of Indiana on Tuesday.

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Obama spending resources in Indiana :Democratic presidential nominee hasn't won 'red' state since 1964. (South Bend Tribune)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Conventional wisdom was that Indiana's 15 minutes of political fame were over when the frenzied Democratic presidential campaign rolled out of the state after the May 6 primary.

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New junket rule gives Indiana casinos a piece of the action (Louisville Courier-Journal)
With casinos facing flat revenues, Indiana gambling regulators are making changes they hope will boost the number of high-rollers who come to play from out of state -- or even from out of the country.

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Indiana farmers banking on loans (The Gleaner)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- 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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Cambria County man dies in Indiana County collision (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Caleb Jon Strayer, 20, of Summerhill died at the scene of the 4:06 a.m. accident, Indiana County Coroner Michael Baker said.

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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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