The last recession sent more Indiana jobs overseas than previous economic downturns.

Burial casket jobs in Richmond and computer assembly services in Carmel have shifted to Mexico. Auto stamping work once done in Howe has moved to Canada and India. Client performance analysis done in South Bend is now being handled in China.

The number of Indiana plants, warehouses and offices sending jobs abroad since the recession began in December 2007 has more than doubled that of past economic downturns, U.S. Department of Labor reports show.

The shifts are largely due to lower wages in foreign countries such as Mexico, where workers earn 10 percent of what their U.S. counterparts make.

A record 63,000 attended the Vera Bradley Outlet sale in Fort Wayne.

Indiana farmers are planting at a record pace this year.

The expansion of the Indiana Convention Center is on schedule for completion by year’s end.

Jeffersonville is launching a new campaign to fins a tenant for the Warder Park Building.