Jump It Party and Play Brings Birthday Party Ideas to Lafayette Indiana
LAFAYETTE, IN, March 08, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jump It Party and Play, a new business that brings refreshing birthday party ideas to Lafayette, IN, will officially open for business on Friday, ...
View ArticleCirque du Soleil to bring Michael Jackson show here
"Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour" -- a new production from performance troupe Cirque du Soleil -- will be presented Feb. 24 at Conseco Fieldhouse.The show is billed as a "view ...
View ArticleGrant cutbacks put crime-prevention programs at risk
With a $74,000 city grant last year, the Church of Acts started a program that has taken hundreds of teenagers off the street each Friday night.The children play basketball and video games, shoot ...
View ArticleSnow gives rivers a break
Some roads overcome by swollen rivers Water surrounded some trees on the riverbanks, some roads were closed, and there were sporadic puddles in fields here or ...
View ArticleSecurities fraud suspect nabbed
After months on the lam, a Fort Wayne man accused of bilking older women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was arrested and appeared in Allen Superior Court on Monday.Jeffery L. Smith, of the ...
View ArticleProperty supervisor handed probation
The former property maintenance supervisor at Covington Creek Condominiums was sentenced to three years probation, but ordered to pay more than $53,000 in restitution after he admitted to stealing ...
View ArticlePunch in face brings 2 years' probation
A 38-year-old man received probation for punching another man in the face at a downtown restaurant.Allan D. Abbott of Silver Lake pleaded guilty in January to misdemeanor charges of battery causing ...
View ArticleNude pics lead to child-porn counts
FORT WAYNE – A Fort Wayne man was arrested on charges he had nude photographs of two teenage girls on his computer. Michael N. Covey II, 32, of the 400 block of Kinnaird Avenue, faces three ...
View ArticleNACS wrestling with budget cuts
FORT WAYNE – Northwest Allen County Schools Superintendent Chris Himsel says everything is on the table as the district considers future budget cuts. On Monday, Himsel said his team is ...
View Article2 districts push back graduation exercises
FORT WAYNE – After an unseasonably high number of weather-related school cancellations, Northwest Allen County Schools and Southwest Allen County schools have rescheduled their graduation ...
View ArticleDemocrat sought for vacancy on fire panel
FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne Fire Department Merit Commission needs another member.Assistant Chief Amy Biggs told the Board of Public Safety at its meeting Monday that Art Heredias term ...
View ArticleTea party fan Stutzman won't join caucus
Rep. Marlin Stutzman has been a tea party supporter and a tea party favorite. But hes not, officially anyway, a tea party congressman.Contrary to at least three recent reports, Stutzman, R-3rd, is ...
View ArticleSnow increases; crash totals drop
Despite more snow, traffic accidents handled by the Indiana State Police in northeast Indiana dropped during the past three months compared with the same period a year earlier. State police ...
View Article2010 Community Crime-Prevention Grant Information
Education 100 Black Men: $37,000. Family Services of Central Indiana: $65,500. GEO Foundation: $49,000. Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce: $29,000. Indy Reads: $24,000. Martin Luther King ...
View ArticleCompany seeks variance for medical waste site
Indianapolis -- A city zoning board will hear a variance request today from MedAssure of Indiana to open a medical waste treatment facility at 1013 S. Girls School Road.MedAssure wants to locate the ...
View ArticleDiscussion tonight on health-care changes
Indianapolis -- A discussion is planned for this evening at Ivy Tech Community College, Lawrence Campus, 9301 E. 59th St., to talk about the changing health-care landscape. The event is open to the ...
View ArticleEx-member named to fill Avon Town Council seat
Avon -- After a two-month hiatus, Greg Zusan is back on the Avon Town Council.Zusan beat four other candidates vying for an open seat on the council during a Republican caucus Saturday. The caucus ...
View Article2 unpopular proposals axed from Zionsville town plan
Zionsville -- The Zionsville Town Council voted 6-1 on Monday night to remove the controversial I-865 and Cooper Road interchange proposal from the town's updated transportation plan.The ...
View ArticleHit-run victim identified as Hadleigh Cave, 13
Police on Monday identified the Franklin Township seventh-grader who died after being struck by a vehicle late Friday.Hadleigh Cave, 13, was walking south on Franklin Road, just south of Thompson ...
View ArticleIPS investigates student's fatal drive with teacher
Justice Holifield's family knew she was staying after school Friday, but her father said they had no idea she was going to climb into a car with her Harshman Middle School band teacher.Justice, ...
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