Community dumping ground to become urban garden
Indianapolis— An urban garden is going up in a spot where trashed once littered a northeast side neighborhood. Mayor Greg Ballard made the announcement in the 2400 block of North Rural ...
View ArticleStorm sirens to be used differently come July
Indianapolis— Major changes are coming to Marion County’s storm sirens this summer. Emergency management officials are working on a new system to help clear up any confusion among ...
View ArticleHoosiers suffer pain at the pump as gas jumps 25 cents
Indianapolis— A gallon of regular unleaded gas jumped 25 cents Monday, climbing to $3.99 a gallon at many stations across Central Indiana. That news is not sitting well with many, as drivers ...
View ArticleConvicted child molester among those accused in baby buying scheme
Upon further investigation, police discovered one of the suspects forged the baby's birth records in a deal they say the mother of the child was in ...
View ArticleFriends of murdered man speak out
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - "He would give you the shirt off his back, or give you his last dollar to make sure that you're OK." That's how one friend described the man killed Thursday ...
View ArticleJapan nuclear crisis at Chernobyl level
Japanese stop for a moment of silence at 2:46pm, exactly a month after a massive earthquake struck the area in the port town of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Monday, April 11, 2011.(AP ...
View ArticleFountain County teacher accused of having sexual relationship with student
Fountain County, Ind. — A Fountain County teacher has been charged, accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year old student. Police say 35-year old Tiffany Mosson was carrying on ...
View ArticleGood neighbor chases suspected burglars down
Fetters chased them while on the phone with 911. "They are probably going 120 miles an hour," said Fetters to the 911 dispatch operator. "Being a good neighbor he called police, it ...
View ArticleAttempted rape arrests precede week of partying in Bloomington
Bloomington, Ind.— Bloomington police have arrested two men for attempted rape after two separate incidents. The arrests came during weekend parties in the days leading up to the Little 500 ...
View ArticleRecyclers have to pay starting in May
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Participants in a curbside recycling pilot program in Indianapolis have gotten the service for free - but that will end in a couple weeks. Those who don't want to pay for ...
View ArticleNACS to offer full-day kindergarten
FORT WAYNE – Starting next fall, parents in Northwest Allen County Schools can send their children to full-day kindergarten. At a school board meeting Monday, the school board voted ...
View ArticleBoy, 7, run over by skid loader
Rescue workers flew a 7-year-old Nappanee boy who had been run over by a skid loader to a Fort Wayne hospital Saturday. The boy, whose name was not released, was listed in critical condition, ...
View ArticleLawyer pleads guilty to theft
Once the head of his own law firm, Daniel E. Serban is no longer an attorney.And as of late Monday morning, he is an admitted thief who must wear an electronic monitoring device until he is ...
View ArticleBlood to flow at Auburn health fair
Seniors will find a variety of products, health screenings, demonstrations and fun activities at Thursdays Senior Citizens Expo and Health Fair in Auburn.The biannual event will be at the National ...
View ArticleNeighbors still against Crazy Pinz expansion
FORT WAYNE – It was a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same as the owner of a popular entertainment center sought approval to expand amid opposition from ...
View ArticleKnife, alcohol part of report on homicide
They had been drinking, which led to an argument. One of the three men grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed one of the others. And that in turn may have led to his beating death.A man found dead ...
View ArticleHousing about-face may delay Harrison
FORT WAYNE – The proposed Harrison apartment and retail complex will no longer include affordable housing – a change that could delay some critical financing for the project by a few ...
View ArticleSex with girl lands ex-coach in prison
The Monday morning sentencing hearing for a former Blackhawk Middle School teacher was quick, with little said by any party involved in the crowded Allen Superior Court room.Justin Edwards, a ...
View ArticleParolee gets 90 years in shooting death
FORT WAYNE – Facing a sentence of what will likely be the rest of his life in prison, a convicted murderer told his family not to worry about him.Charles V. Lawrence Sr., 36, insists he is ...
View ArticleInd. city settles with family of shocked boy
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) -- A northern Indiana city has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a 5-year-old boy fatally shocked in 2008 when he crawled into an electrical transformer ...
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