Stories from Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Guests may notice a variety of improvements that enhance campgrounds, restrooms, trails and other facilities in the Indiana State Parks system of 24 state parks and eight reservoir properties as the traditional summer recreation season gets under way...

Cloverdale High School will not conduct an in-person graduation ceremony for the class of 2020. Principal Sonny Stoltz told the Banner Graphic that a survey among the graduates indicated that most of them did not want to have an in-person ceremony...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Using a handheld cellphone while driving will become illegal on Indiana roads under a new state law taking effect this week. The move aimed at combating distracted driving was among numerous laws going onto the books Wednesday after being approved by the state Legislature this year...

Lori White assumed the presidency of DePauw University Wednesday, becoming the 21st person, the first African American and the first woman to lead the 183-year-old institution. White was the vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis when DePauw’s board of trustees concluded an eight-month search in March by voting unanimously to appoint her. She succeeds Mark McCoy, who became DePauw’s president in July 2016...