IndianaStateFair

PENDLETON, Ind. - They identified her by her wedding ring and just one boot. Andrea Voss Vellinga - former Wright State volleyball player and wife of onetime Dayton Bomber defenseman Mike Vellinga - had gone to an outdoor concert at the Indiana State Fair to see Sugarland, the country duo she loved...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indianapolis woman has pleaded guilty to trying to collect money from funds intended for victims of last year's deadly Indiana State Fair stage rigging collapse. Stephanie Murry was charged along with her aunt with submitting injury claims totaling $22,500 to a private relief fund and the state tort claim fund even though authorities said neither one was at the show by the c

INDIANAPOLIS - The owner of the stage that collapsed at Indiana's State Fair last year and killed seven people rejected a settlement plan Wednesday that would have protected the state from further legal action. Mid-America Sound officials said not enough of the victims had agreed to the deal...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Attorney General's Office said most victims of a deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair have agreed to accept shares of a $13.2 million settlement offer from the state and two private companies. The office said Thursday so far 51 of the 62 eligible claimants have accepted the settlement offer...

INDIANAPOLIS - Amusement rides, games and concession stands will come to a halt at the Indiana State Fair for a moment of silence on the one-year anniversary of the deadly stage collapse, a top fair official said Thursday. Executive Director Cindy Hoye told the Indiana State Fair Commission that the fair, which runs from Aug...

INDIANAPOLIS - A group of lawsuits related to last summer's deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse likely won't go to trial for nearly two years, according to a judge's ruling that also warned attorneys not to release any evidence in the high-profile case...

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana woman who was one of the most seriously injured victims of last summer's Indiana State Fair stage collapse will return home this month after a rigorous rehabilitation in Indiana and Michigan. Andrea Vellinga of Pendleton suffered severe head injuries and other trauma when she was struck by stage rigging toppled by high winds just before an Aug...

A judge hearing several lawsuits filed over last summer's Indiana State Fair stage collapse declined Wednesday to release depositions from country duo Sugarland and told a plaintiff's attorney he shouldn't have publicized videotaped portions of the lead singer's testimony last month...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An attorney says Sugarland's version of what happened before last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair is inconsistent with another witness account. The Indianapolis Star reports it obtained a partial transcript of singer Jennifer Nettles' deposition in a series of lawsuits over the disaster...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An engineering review released Thursday found that the stage rigging that collapsed and killed seven people during last summer's Indiana State Fair wasn't built strong enough to meet state building codes. Scott Nacheman, a vice president of engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti, told the state fair commission that the metal rigging structure didn't meet requirements that it withs