• Jet lodged in house after fatal crash in Indiana

    WNDU-TV via Reuters

    Firefighters and rescue workers at the scene after a small twin-jet aircraft crashed into houses in South Bend, Indiana on March 17, 2013.

    Mike Hartman / South Bend Tribune via AP

    The front end of a Hawker Beachcraft Premier jet sits in a home on Iowa Street in South Bend, Ind. after crashing on March 17, 2013.

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    The small twin-jet aircraft crashed into houses near the South Bend Regional Airport.

    By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News

    A small, private jet crashed into three homes in South Bend, Ind., killing at least two people after a failed landing attempt Sunday afternoon, officials said.

    Four people were on board the plane that reported electrical problems while attempting to land at South Bend Regional Airport, according to an FAA spokesperson. Two people on board the plane were killed and two others were injured, according to Andrew Todd Fox, chief crash investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.

    One person on the ground was seriously injured, according to officials. Read the full story.

    A private plane experiencing mechanical trouble crashed on Sunday in a South Bend, Ind., neighborhood, killing two passengers and injuring two other passengers and one person on the ground. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.

  • Two killed, homes destroyed in huge Indianapolis explosion

    Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star via AP

    Firefighters work the scene where an explosion has killed two people and damaged more than a dozen homes in the Richmond Hill subdivision, late Saturday, Nov. 10, in Indianapolis, Ind.

    "Multiple houses engulfed in flames. Even the police officers that got to the scene before I did were not sure what happened. Kind of a surreal scene, even for police officers," Marion County Sheriff John Layton told the station.

    The cause of the explosion and fires wasn't immediately clear, but Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard dismissed reports of a possible plane crash as he arrived at the scene. Fire officials said separately that investigators would be checking whether natural gas was possibly involved but they had no further details on what was behind the blast that sent tall flames skyward.

    -- Reported by NBC News staff and wire reports

    Read the full story.

    Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star via AP

    Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star via AP

    An Indianapolis neighborhood is still off limits while police try to figure what caused a horrific explosion that killed two people and prompted nearly 200 residents to flee their homes. NBC's Ron Allen reports.

  • Driver and student die in Indianapolis school bus crash

    Michael Conroy / AP

    Investigators look over the scene of a fatal school bus crash on the southeast side of Indianapolis, Monday, March 12. The driver and one student were killed and two other critically injured.

    Bill Mccleery / The Indianapolis Star

    At least one person died March 12, 2012 in a school bus accident on the southeast side of Indianapolis.The accident occurred in the 900 block of South Emerson Avenue near English Avenue.

     

    By msnbc.com news services

    A bus driver and a student were killed Monday morning when a school bus crashed into a bridge outside of Indianapolis, NBC affiliate WTHR reports.

    Ten other students were injured after the bus struck a bridge support beam on the city's east side, officials said. Two of the injured students are listed in critical condition.

     For more on the story click here.

  • Henryville school slammed by early season tornadoes

    C.E. Branham / The News and Tribune via AP

    A school bus is crushed into a business on the east side of U.S. 31 in Henryville, Ind., after powerful storms stretching from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns and killed at least eight people Friday, March 2.

    C.E. Branham / The News and Tribune via AP

    Fireman examine damage at a school in Henryville, Ind., after powerful storms stretching from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns and killed at least eight people on March 2.

    Slideshow: Early season tornado outbreak

    Severe storms and tear through the midwest and southern states.

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    At least six people were confirmed dead in two southern Indiana counties, and there were reports of three other possible tornado-related deaths, including one in the town of Henryville, where television images showed homes blown apart.  

    Major Chuck Adams of the Clark County Sheriff's office said there was extensive damage to a school in Henryville, but added: "All the children are out. No injuries to any of them, just minor scrapes and abrasions."

    Storm warnings were issued from the Midwest to the Southeast. Schools, government offices and businesses closed ahead of the storms, which came after a series of tornadoes earlier in the week killed 13 people in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee.

    -- The Associated Press

    Courtesy of Evan Bentley

    This tornado spotted two miles west of Henryville, Ind. before it crossed I-65 around noon on March 2.

  • Slideshow: An outbreak of early-season tornadoes

    Gary Cosby Jr / The Decatur Daily via AP

    Greg Cook hugs his friend David Derrick at East Limestone community on Friday, March 2. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday.

    Slideshow: Early season tornado outbreak

    Severe storms and tear through the midwest and southern states.

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    Multiple tornadoes tore paths across Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana on Friday, leaving an undetermined number of people injured, and homes and businesses destroyed, emergency officials and forecasters said. 

    A "very large super-cell" of tornadoes touched down in northern Alabama early in the day, damaging homes and a prison and injuring at least four people. In southern Tennessee, another twister ripped 20 homes off their foundations and submerged boats, officials said.

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  • The faces of Super Bowl's super fans

    Mark Humphrey / AP

    Football fan Michael Hopson is dressed as "Super Fan" as he walks in Super Bowl Village on Feb. 3 in Indianapolis, Ind. The New England Patriots are scheduled to face the New York Giants in NFL football Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5.

    Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Ind. is still days away, but according to estimates, more than 150,000 fans visited the Super Bowl Village, one of the city's signature events on Thursday. And the crowds are continuing to grow.

    The New England Patriots and the New York Giants kick off at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, on Sunday Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Live coverage will begin on nbcsports.com at 2:30 p.m.

    Chris Trotman / Getty Images

    Football fan Mary Steinkraus from Wisconsin walks around the Super Bowl XLVI NFL Experience outside the Indiana Convention Center on Feb. 3 in Indianapolis. The New England Patriots will play the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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    Bianca Jacobs of Indianapolis poses with the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl festivities on Feb. 3, in Indianapolis.

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    Fans interact with a traffic police officer near the Super Bowl XLVI NFL Experience at the Indiana Convention Center on Feb. 3 in Indianapolis.

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    A young fan runs through an NFL simulation tunnel at the Super Bowl XLVI NFL Experience at the Indiana Convention Center on Feb. 3 in Indianapolis.

    Mike Segar / Reuters

    Fans ride on a zip line in downtown Indianapolis Feb. 3, ahead of the Sunday's Super Bowl.

    TODAY's Matt Lauer says that Al Roker is a "zip-lining expert" after he zoomed through downtown Indianapolis, the site of Sunday's Super Bowl game.

  • Ice cream inundates an Indiana interstate

    Michelle Davies / The Journal-Gazette via AP

    Personnel from the Health Department check the condition of ice cream that spilled on Interstate 69, Dec. 23, 2011, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Police said 40,000 pounds of ice cream spilled from a semitrailer closing two lanes of I-69 at the start of the holiday weekend.

    The Journal Gazette reports: The crash happened shortly before 4 p.m., spilling cartons of vanilla, caramel praline crunch and other flavors onto the interstate.

    Police said the truck driver had minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital to be checked out. Read more…

    Michelle Davies / The Journal-Gazette via AP

    An overturned semitrailer carrying a load of Edy's ice cream is seen on Interstate 69 on Friday.

  • Darron Cummings / AP

    Indiana's Cody Zeller, center, puts up a shot against Kentucky's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Anthony Davis as Doron Lamb looks on during the second half, Dec. 10, in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana won 73-72.

    College hoops: No. 1 Kentucky falls to Indiana, 73-72

    AP reports:

    Christian Watford's buzzer-beating shot Saturday night put Indiana right back on the basketball map.

    He never even got to see whether the buzzer-beating 3-pointer counted.

    With students pouring onto the court and officials scrambling to reach the scorer's table for a replay review, Watford's teammates and Indiana's fans didn't even bother waiting for the call. They already knew Indiana's 73-72 upset of No. 1 Kentucky would hold up.

    "I thought it was good, so I would have been like stunned if it wasn't," said coach Tom Crean, who stood next to the officials, pressed up against the table. "And I have no idea how we would have got that game finished if it wasn't."

    Read the full story here.

  • Laura J. Gardner / The Journal-Gazette via AP

    Smoke billows from Momper Insulation in Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 30, 2011. Police evacuated area residents about 1 p.m. A passing motorist called in the fire on the city's west side at about 11:30 a.m., and three hours later the blaze remained out of control, Fire Chief Pete Kelly said. Firefighters were expected to remain on the scene Sunday evening and possibly overnight, he said.

    Large fire breaks out at insulation company in Fort Wayne, Ind.

    WANE.com reports

    FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Fire officials said they are concerned about chemical exposure from the business in the area and are advising motorists to avoid it.

    “The only suggestions I can give to people out there is if there is concern, stay in your house and shut the windows. I don’t want to alarm anyone, but there’s no point in going outside in this plume until we have some more information from our hazardous material team that’s in action right now,” said Fire Chief Pete Kelly. Read more…

  • Denny Simmons / The Evansville Courier & Press via AP

    Learning a new computer program was both frustrating and fun for first-grader Kylea Devoy in Robyn Wells' New Harmony School class in New Harmony, Ind. on Oct. 27, 2011.

    Learning new technology includes a little frustration for Indiana first-grader

    By Robert Hood

    New Harmony School is located in extreme southwestern Indiana. The school is one of the few remaining Kindergarten through Grade 12 schools in the state. The school, with an enrollment of less than 200, is in one of the smallest school districts in Indiana. Officials say that that small class size allows for individualized education for each student.

    However, The Evansville Courier & Press reported on Oct. 27 that New Harmony has found that its strength is also its weakness. The district expects state financial support to be reduced by about one-third next year because funding levels are based on enrollment.

    The district, which has long prided itself on being independent, is now considering options that include raising property taxes, reopening as a charter school, or even merging with another school district. Read more…

    See more of Denny Simmons' pictures of the New Harmony School.

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  • US troops return home from Afghanistan to a warm Indiana welcome

    Stephanie Dowell / AP

    Tears well in her eyes as Jalynn Krieger, 8, of New Troy, Mich. holds tight to her father Spc. Kerry Krieger as Krieger hugs his daughter and wife, Shawna, during a welcome home celebration at the VFW Post 9323, Wednesday, Aug. 24, in Lake Station, Ind. The 656th Transportation Company returned home after serving about a year in Afghanistan.

    Stephanie Dowell / AP

    Spc. Jesse Gonzalez of Gary, Ind., kisses his wife Amanda Warren-Gonzales after he stepped off the bus during the welcome home celebration.

    Stephanie Dowell / AP

    Spc. Felix Duron of Lake Station, with his wife Mindy, smiles at his 1-year-old daughter Lillian while holding his 2-month-old son Felix, Jr., whom he met for the first time after arriving at the post.

    See our Afghanistan: Nation at a crossroads slideshow here

  • Maria Strauss / AP

    A firefighter jumps out of a window as the fire causes the roof to collapse at the Tabernacle of Praise church Wednesday, June 15 in Muncie Ind. A report says a firefighter has died in a Muncie church fire after the roof of the sanctuary collapsed. The Muncie Fire Department enlisted the help of nearby volunteer departments to bring water to the scene to fight the fire.

    Firefighter dies in two-alarm Muncie church fire

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