Soldiers from the Indiana Army National Guard began working at the Miami Correctional Facility during the second week of August, said prison spokesman James Frye.

The Indiana State Board of Education is considering a plan to protect funding for schools reopening virtually this school year, after a warning of possible cuts from lawmakers last month.

Indiana health officials on Tuesday added 16 more coronavirus-related deaths as state reports show more deaths of people with COVID-19 infections during August than the month before.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found the product contained methanol, or wood alcohol, which is toxic and can be deadly.

As schools across the state settle into the realities of the new academic year, teachers and administrators are figuring out how to balance learning with health and safety.

Eligibility for the program, called Next Level Jobs, has been expanded through December for degree-holders by Gov. Eric Holcomb's administration using $40 million from the state's federal coronavirus relief fund.

The Indiana State Department of Health reported 69 additional confirmed deaths over the last week, bringing the state's total to 3,072. The state announced more than 93,000 total confirmed cases including two days with more than 1,000 reported cases and more than 1,065,000 Hoosiers tested.

Members of eight Greek houses and students living in two other houses off the Bloomington campus have been ordered to quarantine because of positive COVID-19 tests, Indiana University said.

Ball State University is postponing large scheduled fall gatherings as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the country.

When the COVID shutdown hit, lots of people lost jobs and couldn't pay their rent. States and cities responded by putting a moratorium on evictions, but those are ending. Housing advocates are now bracing for a flood of evictions, and they fear that people who lose their homes will crowd in with friends or relatives -- helping COVID to spread.