The Boston Globe is reporting that Evan Bayh has won re-election in his Senate seat in Indiana: Democrat Evan Bayh, a leading voice in moderate “New Democrat” circles, swept to a second term in the Senate for Indiana. The Indianapolis Star reports that Bayh won re-election 62% to 36% with 24% of the precincts reporting. [...]
I was unaware, until today, that the Navy had named a Destroyer for General David Shoup, the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, and a man from my hometown. General Shoup won the Congressional Medal of Honor at Tarawa during World War II, where his combat report read: Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; [...]
Butler University Police Officer James L. Davis, Jr. was laid to rest yesterday in Indianapolis, reports the Indianapolis Star: Family, friends and the law enforcement community gathered Thursday to mourn the death of Butler University Police Officer James L. Davis Jr. by celebrating his life — a life grounded in family, faith and a commitment [...]