Whitestown pastor looking to help family and other tornado victims back home...
Missouri is the kind of massive storm that is often hard to describe with words, and nearly impossible to put into perspective. Aaron Brockett, head pastor of Traders Point Christian Church is ...
View ArticleTwo officers crash during pursuit on Indianapolis north side
Indianapolis— An Indianapolis police officer is in the hospital after crashing into a fellow officer's cruiser Tuesday morning. Both Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers ...
View ArticleCamping Remember these firewood rules
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The Department of Natural Resources is advising holiday travelers to enjoy campfires in a way that will protect forests from the spread of invasive insects. The 140 known wood ...
View ArticleEndangered bird population rises
EAST MOUNT CARMEL, Ind. (AP) - State wildlife official say Indiana's populations of an endangered water-loving bird are on the rise in the state's southwestern corner. The Indiana ...
View ArticleIUPUI launches urban education Ph.D.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana University plans a new Ph.D. program in urban education that would make the school one of a handful in the country to offer a doctorate for those who want to research ...
View Article2 arrested out of state for Ind. murder
ANDERSON, Ind. (WISH) - Two suspects in an Anderson murder are awaiting transport to Indiana after being picked up in Myrtle Beach, S.C., 24-Hour News 8's news ...
View ArticleBurglar beats witness with metal pipe
FRANKLIN, Ind. (WISH) - One person was hit with a metal pipe after Franklin Police Department officials say two men burglarized a home over the weekend. Franklin Police say the burglary happened ...
View ArticleS. Ind. county sues over 2009 courthouse fire
MADISON, Ind. (AP) -- A southern Indiana county is suing three companies, accusing them of negligence in a fire that heavily damaged its historic ...
View ArticleExploding tire hurts firefighter
A Fort Wayne firefighter was injured late Wednesday while trying to extinguish a crane fire, officials said.Firefighters were called about 9:30 p.m. to Masolite Co. in the 2200 block of LaFontain ...
View ArticleSick baby at center of transplant effort dies
DYER – A baby from northwest Indiana born with a rare life-threatening condition has died at a North Carolina hospital where he had been undergoing tests for a potentially life-saving organ ...
View ArticleSteuben sheriff probing shots
The Steuben County Sheriffs Office is seeking information related to a report of gunshots fired from a vehicle. Deputies responded to the call in the northwest part of the county at 9:45 a.m. ...
View ArticleColleges warned on too-high tuition hikes
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianas top higher education official warned Monday that legislators may demand explanations from public colleges and universities if the schools approve tuition hikes in ...
View ArticleAirport OKs upgrade to gate system
Fort Wayne International Airport wants to invest more than $300,000 to make it easier for airlines to use the facility – and hopefully easier to attract more carriers.The airports board of ...
View ArticleMedicare top issue in special election
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The contest to fill a vacant U.S. House seat in upstate New York was tightening up in a special election that was supposed to be an easy win for Republicans.Instead, it has become a ...
View ArticleStutzman's VA bid bill cruises through House
The U.S. House on Monday approved a bill sponsored by Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, to penalize small businesses that misrepresent themselves as owned or controlled by war veterans when bidding on ...
View ArticleAcademy weighing expansion downtown
FORT WAYNE – The Timothy L. Johnson Academy is eying a new building that could allow it to serve more students next fall. If discussions go well, the charter school on 7910 S. Anthony Blvd. ...
View ArticleMental tests ordered in slaying case
FORT WAYNE – Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull ordered a set of mental health exams for a 22-year-old Fort Wayne man accused in the February slaying of 48-year-old Timothy D. ...
View ArticleFWCS OKs library name at Arlington
FORT WAYNE – Librarian Arden Atherton spent 34 years at Arlington Elementary School before she died of cancer this spring. And now the school, wanting to keep her close, will put a mural of ...
View ArticleCitizens Square move stuns utility customers
FORT WAYNE – Despite attempts at public notice and oodles of signs, dozens of people went to the City County Building Monday in search of a department that had moved.City Utilities customer ...
View ArticleCoroner wants more data on death
FORT WAYNE – Police were asked to return to a home Monday afternoon when the coroner's office had questions about what caused a man's death.A man was found dead in his home by a ...
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