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Kentucky Shoppers Get Some Live Action When Deer Runs Into Store

Mike Adams — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:43:23 +0000

Shoppers at a Kentucky grocery outlet got themselves a little Live Action earlier this week when a deer decided to come running into the store and stir up some excitement.

According to reports, surveillance cameras at the Kroger grocery in Newport, Kentucky captured the wild beast entering the store through the automatic doors, but once it was inside, it panicked and could not find its way out.

Indiana Couple Having Sex In SUV Run Over Woman Who Called 911

Mike Adams — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:56:20 +0000

In nature, it is wise to never mess with a wild animal in heat. Incidentally, the same philosophy applies to humans doing the nasty in public – serious injury may occur.

Just ask the 20-year-old Indiana woman who was run over by an SUV and hospitalized earlier this week, after she called the police on two people having sex in a motel parking lot.

Will Indiana Ever Allow Sunday Beer Sales?

Mike Adams — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:32:02 +0000

Sunday alcohol sales across the state of Indiana has been the subject of much controversy, mostly because liquor store owners want nothing to do with Sunday sales, and even more interesting than that, they do not want your local grocery store to be able to sell it either.

Kentucky's Moonshine University Teaches Students White Lighting Culture

Mike Adams — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:20 +0000

Some Kentucky students are drunk with anticipation about the prospect of making their own moonshine. Sure, it has been sometime since hardcore drinkers were forced to resort to toilet booze as a means for combating those extremely dry days of the prohibition period, but that isn’t stopping a few select students from revisiting their white lighting heritage at the Moonshine University in Louisville.

Indiana Farmer Loses Patent Dispute With Monsanto

Mike Adams — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:38:45 +0000

The elderly, Indiana farmer that had been going toe-to-toe in a patent dispute with agriculture-giant Monsanto has officially lost his battle.

In a ruling handed down today by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, the verdict states that a farmer cannot reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting without permission from the patent holder.

Farm Animals Are Being Butchered Along the Indiana-Ohio Border

Mike Adams — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:46:47 +0000

Indiana authorities say they are baffled as to what type of maniac is responsible for killing four sheep and mangling several others on farms along the Indiana-Ohio border.

Earlier this week, David and Brittany Kolb of Reilly Township found two of their horses and four of their sheep hacked up and stabbed, as well as four more sheep slaughtered to death on a stretch of pasture.

Indiana University Re-Launches New Sex Recording App

Mike Adams — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:14:20 +0000

Indiana University wants you to record your sex life, and now you can – with their free smartphone app. Researchers from the Kinsey Institute recently re-launched a new smartphone application that was initially put out of commission by University officials last fall. The free app gives people of all ages the opportunity to report their [...]

Kentucky Man High on Meth Arrested for Eating Carpet Lint

Mike Adams — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:44:15 +0000

Apparently, meth can make a person crave carpet lint.

Authorities in Louisville, Kentucky say that over the weekend they arrested 50-year-old Jeffery Wagner for partaking in a carpet lint buffet in the shoe department of the Burlington Coat Factory.

Remains Dating Back to the Ice Age Discovered in Indiana

Mike Adams — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:15:43 +0000

Animal bones, possibly dating as far back as the ice age, were recently discovered beneath the Binkley Cave system in Southern Indiana.

The well-preserved collection of animal skeletons is "one of the largest and best preserved deposits of Ice Age bones yet discovered in Indiana," said Ron Richards, a chief curator at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis.

Nearly 100 Dead Animals Discovered Rotting In Indiana Barn

Mike Adams — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:16:35 +0000

A farm in Central Indiana is now under investigation after authorities say they discovered a barn with the carcasses of nearly a hundred animals stacked on top of each other, as well as a few surviving livestock that could only be described as “walking skeletons.”

iPad Gets Wedged in Bumper As Woman Drives

Dave Westrich — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:00:24 +0000

We've probably all had something wedged in the front part of our cars, whether it be rocks, bugs and other debris. One time I had a relatively large bird fly right into the front bumper of my car. When I got home, it wasn't pleasant removing what was left of it from the front of my radiator. But what would you do if an iPad got wedged in your bumper?

Drunken Easter Bunny Continues to Party Hard in Indiana

Mike Adams — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:01:26 +0000

It is no secret that once Christmas is officially over, Santa Claus returns to the North Pole for a well-deserved nap. But would you believe that as soon as the Peeps are properly positioned in all the baskets and the last of the colored eggs are hidden, the Easter Bunny celebrates another successful year by doing a little Indiana bar hoping?

Evansville Police Say Sleeping Couple Was Pistol Whipped and Robbed

Mike Adams — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:12:16 +0000

A wave of late night, blitzkrieg style burglaries appear to be sweeping across the Evansville area. Last night, Evansville police say they were dispatched just after midnight to the 300 block of Missouri in response to reports of three men forcing their way into a couples house, pistol whipping them while they slept, and then [...]

Any Interest in a $1K Easter Egg? You're in Luck — Go Here

Chris Illuminati — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:58:55 +0000

Ever frequent a restaurant just for the deserts? I’m talking about places more decadent than Friendly’s and their Fribble. Sugar and Plumm is that kind of joint. Sure, the food is great too, but the deserts are like an outtake from Willy Wonka’s wet dreams. This Easter, S&P is offering a $1,000 Easter egg for [...]

Indiana Man Sentenced to Prison for Beating Girlfriend With Shake Weight

Mike Adams — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:53:45 +0000

An Indiana man convicted of beating his girlfriend with a Shake Weight – a popular work out mechanism seen on television – was sentenced earlier this week to a little vacation inside the Indiana Department of Corrections. Jonathan T. Noe, 20, was recently found guilty of battery with a deadly weapon, a Class C felony [...]

New Study Shows Daylight Savings Time Costs Indiana Residents $9 Million

Mike Adams — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:24:57 +0000

Not only did you start your week having lost an hour of sleep because of Daylight Savings Time, but new research suggests that “springing ahead an hour” is actually costing you more money in the long run. According to a seemingly useless study by economists Matthew J. Kotchen and Laura E. Grant, Daylight Savings Time [...]

Widow Sues Indiana Cemetery for Rejecting NASCAR Headstone

Mike Adams — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:53:27 +0000

An Indiana church is now facing a lawsuit because one of its parishioners says that they flat-out rejected her request to erect a headstone on her husband’s grave because of the secular and seemingly “redneck” connotations behind the monument itself.

Indiana Walmart Plans to Prosecute Oreo Cookie Thief

Mike Adams — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:50:26 +0000

An employee of an Indiana Walmart is now facing felony charges because she admittedly stole and ate “multiple” Oreo cookies while on the clock because she claims that she did not earn enough money to pay for them. According to a police report, Penny Winters, 63, was arrested on Thursday after Walmart Asset Protection manager [...]

The 'N' Word Causes Bar Fight Between Two White Men

Mike Adams — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:57:14 +0000

Racial slurs being kicked around by a drunken imbecile in Central Indiana, last week, led to a bout of fisticuffs between two white men that ended in one man taking a much deserved butt whoopin’ while the other spent the night in a local jail. According to a police report, 28-year old Jay Paul Clements [...]

Applebee's Waitress Fired Over Pastor's No Tip Receipt

Jon Prell — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:00:41 +0000

A couple of days ago, a story broke about a photo of a restaurant receipt that did not include a tip, but did have a hand written note that read, 'I give God 10% why do you get 18'. The note was reportedly left by a church Pastor who had a total bill of $34.93. A server who is now being identified as Chelsea Welch, posted the photo of the receipt on Reddit and it went viral.