Toddler search ends in tragedy
Emergency officials search for a 17-month-old boy after the kayak he was riding in with his parents overturned Wednesday on the Whitewater River in Cedar ...
View Article1 dead, 3 injured when tree fell on van
Anderson, Ind. (WISH) - One girl is dead and three injured after a tree fell on the van they were riding in Saturday night. According to police reports, Tiffany Marie Stewart, 20 was pronounced dead ...
View ArticleRescuers suspend search for man in Green Bay
Coast Guard information officer Lt. Casey Steuer says the search for 59-year-old Paul Renard started about 7:30 p.m. Friday night and crews searched through the night. His capsized 13-foot day ...
View ArticleRomney offers vision of presidential race
STRATHAM, N.H. – Front-running candidates like to imagine a path to victory if only they run the race as they envision. On the wind-swept farm from which he launched his presidential campaign ...
View ArticleCity motorcyclist hurt in I-69 crash
An Indiana State Police trooper was sitting in his patrol car parked in the crossover on Interstate 69 on Saturday night when he saw a motorcycle skidding on its side – without the driver in ...
View ArticleAllen GOP mainstay Ed Kettler dies at 88
Edgar F. Kettler – a Fort Wayne business owner, civic leader and Republican fundraiser – died Friday while in hospice care in Naples, Fla., He was 88.For many years, Ed brought a ...
View ArticleHistory comes to life in cemetery
As the midday temperature swelled into the 90s Saturday, Dolly Walls and her sister Mary Young began to prepare low tea near their half-circle of tents in Lindenwood Cemetery.Walls and Young are ...
View ArticleMeeting to discuss public records
They are the records of our lives.Birth certificates. Death certificates. Marriage, divorce, home purchases, arrests, trials, lawsuits, traffic fines. Many are printed, officially stamped and stored ...
View ArticleKorean pact may threaten area jobs
WASHINGTON – A consumer advocacy group claims a U.S.-South Korea free-trade deal would threaten more than 33,000 jobs in northeast Indiana.Public Citizen contends that Indianas 3rd ...
View ArticleSome towns care for theirs'
Maintaining and repairing tornado sirens – whether theyre downtown on a hospital or in an unincorporated small town – is ultimately the responsibility of Allen County.But in Woodburn, ...
View ArticleMany glad for warnings, support fixing the system
Amanda Scheilin lives about a half-mile from a tornado siren in New Haven, and when she heard the warning sound the afternoon of May 25, her reaction was immediate.I sent the kids straight to the ...
View ArticleMarked schools play catch-up
Northwood Middle School Principal Adam Swinford has had a busy year. Tasked with improving test scores at a low-performing middle school, he selected his entire staff – from teachers to ...
View ArticleThis was only a test . . . But you should be alarmed
With deadly tornadoes ripping through different parts of the country, the $1 million – or perhaps $2.6 million – question is: How effective is Allen Countys tornado warning system?The ...
View ArticleFace Transplant Patient Returns Home
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana face transplant recipient Mitch Hunter returned home Saturday for the first time since his surgery.When Hunter arrived home, he was welcomed by family and friends after being ...
View ArticleCrews Find Missing Toddler's Body In River
FRANKLIN CO., Ind. -- Rescue efforts to find a toddler missing in the Whitewater River in Franklin County, ended with the recovery of his body Saturday, officials said.Crews found the body of ...
View ArticleBlack Expo CEO Remains Positive Despite Allegations
INDIANAPOLIS -- The leader of Indiana Black Expo broke her silence on Saturday, just two days after her employees questioned her business practices with ...
View ArticleHigh heat powers severe storms
INDIANAPOLIS - Record high temperatures throughout the day fueled severe storms across central Indiana Saturday evening. The first storms blew through the northern part of the area around 5:30 ...
View ArticleFire burns four Frankton businesses
FRANKTON - Firefighters battled a Saturday night blaze in a downtown building housing several businesses at Sigler and Church streets. Word from firefighters at the scene say the fire appeared to ...
View ArticleOne killed in Madison Co. storms
ANDERSON - One person died in a storm-related accident in Madison County. Four people were in a vehicle at Mounds State Park around 8 p.m. Saturday when a tree fell on the vehicle during severe ...
View ArticleInmate who fled Indiana jail caught in Florida
Brandon, FL - Tampa Bay-area authorities say volunteers from a citizen patrol unit helped capture an escaped Indiana jail inmate. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, the ...
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