News From Around Indiana – October 4th

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Governor Mike Pence had a brief, face-to-face chat with President Barack Obama about the governor's plan to expand Medicaid using Indiana's state-run alternative. Pence spoke with Obama for about five minutes yesterday afternoon after the president arrived at Evansville Municipal Airport for his first visit to Indiana since 2011. Pence's proposal is being reviewed by Obama's Department of Health and Human Services.

PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana's deep manufacturing roots have been on display as President Barack Obama touts his economic policies. Obama visited Millennium Steel in Princeton on Friday to call for an increase in the national minimum wage and showcase the nation's recovery from the Great Recession.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a former Army Ranger threatened in a video with beheading by militants in Syria says the man moved to the Middle East to provide humanitarian aid to war refugees. The video released Friday appears to show 26-year-old Peter Kassig (CASS'-ig) of Indianapolis kneeling as a masked militant says he will be killed next.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — The Marine Corps has identified a 21-year-old corporal who died after bailing out of his aircraft over the Persian Gulf. The service said Friday that Jordan Spears of Memphis, Indiana, enlisted in 2010 and was on his first deployment. A memorial service will held aboard the USS Makin Island, which is being hosted by Bahrain on a mission to support military operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.