Archive for April, 2008

2008 Indiana State USBC Bowling Tournament boon for Lafayette tourism

Posted Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in Business News
206 views No Comments »

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Lafayette has been serving as host to the 2008 Indiana State USBC Open Championship Bowling Tournament every weekend since mid-February and will continue through the conclusion of ... Read more..

Project Move Out lets Purdue students help local needy families

Posted Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in Purdue News
106 views No Comments »

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University students moving out at the end of this semester will have the chance to donate usable items to the eighth annual Project Move Out, ... Read more..

Purdue graduates to take part in commencement ceremonies May 9-11

Posted Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in Purdue News
222 views No Comments »

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University will award degrees at five campuses and seven College of Technology locations throughout Indiana during commencement ceremonies in May. Commencement at the West Lafayette campus ... Read more..

Free eye exams for service dogs at Purdue Small Animal Hospital

Posted Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in Community News
92 views No Comments »

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine will offer free eye exams May 12-16 for active working dogs. The exams will be available at the Small Animal Hospital ... Read more..

Enrollment hits all-time high for Purdue College of Technology at Lafayette

Posted Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in Community News, Purdue News
80 views No Comments »

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A record number of students have enrolled in classes the past two semesters at the Purdue University College of Technology's location at Lafayette, officials have reported. Jon ... Read more..

Indiana in Focus: Census Bureau Pre-Primary Snapshot

Posted Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in Political News
51 views No Comments »

WASHINGTON, DC -- With its primary on May 6, Indiana’s 2007 population of about 6.3 million includes a higher percentage of the non-Hispanic white-alone population and a lower percentage of ... Read more..

Clinton to visit Downtown Lafayette Wednesday, CityBus adjusts bus services

Posted Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in Community News
209 views No Comments »

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A campaign visit from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will close Riehle Plaza in downtown Lafayette, Indiana on Wednesday afternoon (4/30). To accommodate the Secret Service ... Read more..

Economic stimulus payments on the way; direct deposit payments begin today

Posted Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in Community News
1,212 views No Comments »

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Internal Revenue Service has begun to transfer economic stimulus payments to millions of Americans, some of whom will see payments in their bank accounts as early ... Read more..

Tippecanoe Arts Federation, City of Lafayette to put mural over graffiti

Posted Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in Community News
163 views No Comments »

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Tippecanoe Arts Federation and various volunteer artists in collaboration with the City of Lafayette are working on a Mural Art Project. In December 2007 the City of Lafayette ... Read more..

Supreme Court upholds Indiana’s voter identification law; lawyers’ group disappointed

Posted Monday, April 28th, 2008 in Political News
164 views No Comments »

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a statement today expressing disappointment that the Supreme Court rejected a facial, constitutional challenge to Indiana’s voter identification ... Read more..