KILLEEN, TEXAS — Killeen ISD in Texas has confirmed that a substitute female teacher was removed from a Maxdale Elementary School fifth grade classroom and barred from the campus after 10 students had duct tape placed over their mouths.

FORT WAYNE — At least three students at North Side High School had to be revived with an overdose antidote Thursday after they took some sort of drug at the school.

INDIANAPOLIS — Earthlings, rejoice! The Uranus will be visible all over the world tonight — no special glasses needed.

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont is commemorating its first-in-the-nation civil union law and subsequent marriage equality legislation with a historic-site marker on the State House lawn.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Insurance has approved a nearly 13 percent reduction in Workers’ Compensation rates. Commissioner Stephen Robertson says the decrease, which will take effect January 1, will save Indiana businesses approximately $102 million.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Arsenal Technical High School student recorded a teacher losing his temper, yelling and at one point cursing at students.

SOUTH BEND — Bend police are asking for help locating Alliyah Taber, a 13-year-old who suffers from several medical conditions.

NEW YORK — A children’s Halloween costume representing Holocaust victim Anne Frank has been pulled from online retailers after receiving widespread condemnation from Jewish groups and others.

PLYMOUTH, MINN. — It is possible in the autumn of one’s life, to still have spring in one’s step.

POLK COUNTY, FLA. — A week-long undercover sting targeting human trafficking and online prostitution in Polk County ended with 277 arrests. Doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement officers were among the arrests, according to the sheriff

INDIANAPOLIS — Dozens of hurricane-displaced animals from Puerto Rico shelters arrived Monday night in Indianapolis.

ANGOLA — A 20-year-old Fort Wayne woman who prosecutors say was drunk when she operated a boat that spun out of control on Lake Gage in July, tossing passengers overboard, will face trial next year.

COLUMBIA CITY — Schools in Whitley County enacted security measures late Monday morning after police received a report of a person with a gun in a neighborhood.

SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — Celebrity chef Guy Fieri brought a massive kitchen on wheels Thursday to feed evacuees and first responders in his hometown of Santa Rosa amid the deadly North Bay fires.

NORTH MANCHESTER — Employees at Hi-Grade Egg Producers near North Manchester are slowly picking up the pieces after  a fire last week, killed one million chickens and destroyed several buildings. 

FORT WAYNE — Schools in southwest Allen County were briefly locked down early Friday as police searched for a suspect, but one college sent an erroneous text alert about an “active shooter.”

FORT WAYNE — Authorities are looking for a person of interest outside of the International Business College on the southwest side of Fort Wayne.

FORT WAYNE — A new membership-only singles meeting house is opening Friday at the historic home at 533 West Washington Blvd. Organic Meets is an inclusive, non-judgmental, singles club where the mantra is “because chemistry can only happen in person.”

INDIANAPOLIS – The police K-9 that ran away after an officer-involved shooting last night has been found safe, but is recovering from a gunshot wound.

NAPA, CALIF. — A World War II veteran and his wife of 75 years died together when a fast-moving wildfire swept through their California home.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday that girls will soon be allowed to become Cub Scouts and to earn the coveted rank of Eagle Scout, the organization’s highest honor.

The Indiana State Library will host its annual Indiana Genealogy and Local History Fair in downtown Indianapolis from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 28, from.

PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man is facing charges after police say he made up a bomb threat to try to get out of paying his bill at Primanti Brothers.

LONGBOAT KEY, FLA. — A vacation rental on Longboat Key had a hidden camera secretly recording guests in the bedroom, police say. They arrested the homeowner, but now they want to find people who stayed at that unit because there are more victims out there.

WEST JORDAN, UTAH – Police say a mother didn’t realize until Tuesday morning that she had left her 3-year-old behind while visiting a corn maze Monday night.

SOUTH BEND — Thousands of local kids will eat this weekend thanks to a program through the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.

SALEM, ORE. — A young mother and four children were killed in a head-on crash caused, police say, by a reckless driver under the influence of intoxicants.

SOUTH BEND — “SURJ – South Bend” is hosting a protest Monday outside the federal courthouse in downtown South Bend. That’s located at 204 S Main St.

INDIANAPOLIS — How much did Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Indianapolis to watch — and then abruptly leave — a football game Sunday between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers cost?

RICHARDSON, TEXAS – A Texas toddler vanished on Saturday after her father sent her out to an alley to punish her for not drinking milk, according to police.

SALT LAKE CITY – A judge has awarded a convicted rapist parenting time and joint legal custody of a child he conceived with a girl he raped when she was 12. He was also later convicted of another sexual assault on a child, according to media reports.

READING, MICH. — A 45 year old woman from Reading, Mich. was recently jailed on a charge alleging she stole more than $51,000 from a man she was supposed to be caring for.

FORT WAYNE —A dog spotted roaming on the roof of Fort Wayne home for several days has drawn concerns from neighbors and an investigation by animal care workers.

MACOMB, MICH. — A Michigan couple is facing charges after authorities say they kept a handicapped woman in a shed and forced her to perform sex acts for money.

FORT WAYNE — Human bones found on a property just west of downtown Fort Wayne earlier this week were “pioneer-era” and have been reburied, NewsChannel 15 has learned.

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Bodycam video shows the moment an Indiana police officer confronted a man he thought was robbing a business but who turned out to be an actor. The incident happened last week in Crawfordsville when police responded to a 911 call about a robbery at a brewery. When officers arrived, they saw a man in …read more.

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Monopoly guy has gone to Washington.

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Ric Browde arrived in Puerto Rico on Friday with a couple thousand pounds of water, diapers, food and other supplies packed into his rented cargo plane. He left with a plane full of dogs and cats, bound for New Jersey. This was the first step in their journey to new lives on the U.S. mainland.

DELPHI — Indiana State Police investigators returned from Colorado without a clear answer as to who killed 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German in February.

NORTH MANCHESTER — Nearly two dozen departments responded to a large fire Hi-Grade Egg Producers Monday night.

LAS VEGAS — A gunman who fired upon thousands of people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip has killed more than 50 people and wounded hundreds more, police say.

DECATUR — Police arrested a woman they say kept her children confined to her Decatur home for years, failing to educate them or, at times, feed them. Mary Heller Mary Heller was charged with felony neglect after authorities found two teenage girls in a home in the 1000 block of Twin Lakes Drive in deplorable …read more.

MERRILLVILLE -Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Co. is looking to raise its natural gas rates for the first time in more than 25 years. The utility has filed a request with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission for the increase, which it says will help improve service.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – A barn owl nest camera in southern Indiana monitored by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is showing something unusual.

BOWLING GREEN, KY. — Make-A-Wish Ohio Kentucky and Indiana presented Jacob Dockery from Morgantown with his dream to be a guitar star in Bowling Green today.

INDIANAPOLIS — People in Puerto Rico are struggling to find food, water and a way to communicate, after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

SHIPSHEWANA — Shipshewana Flea Market is heading “Across the Road” and opening a new indoor market for the falL and winter season.

PHOENIX, ARIZ. — Medical professionals are warning individuals traveling to Mexico to be vigilant about eating and drinking after several people were poisoned by drinking contaminated bottles of 7-Up.

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — A damaged dam is in danger of bursting. Most buildings are damaged or destroyed. Millions are without power, and the communication network is crippled.

HANCOCK COUNTY — Conservation officers are trying to track down the owner of a crocodile found in a Hancock County creek.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Police in Colorado need help finding a woman who was caught defecating on a sidewalk in front of children.

LAGRANGE —  When she showed up at a veterinary clinic in LaGrange her injuries were so bad, they thought they’d have to put her down. There was something about Lucy, a little dog, with a big heart, that led the vet to believe she could beat the odds and live.

Thyroid cancer is on the rise, especially among young and middle-aged women.

MUNCIE — You’ve probably seen the “hot cops” of Gainesville, Fla. on your social media feeds, but did you know a local police department already had a “hot cops” calendar in the works?

TIPTON  — Tipton residents on saw a strange site in Cicero Creek on Tuesday morning.

HOUSTON — An injured hawk that took shelter in a Houston man’s taxicab before Hurricane Harvey is back in the wild.

SEYMOUR — Officers in Indiana established a donation fund for a fellow “brother in blue” when they learned the Texas police sergeant’s home had been destroyed by catastrophic flooding in the wake of Harvey.

MASON, MICH. – A Wheatfield Township teenager fatally shot his mother as she slept hours after she told him he couldn’t keep a puppy he had brought home a few weeks earlier, police said.

INDIANAPOLIS — Seventy-five additional Indiana Michigan Power employees and contractors are heading south to help with the restoration effort.

MIAMI — Across the state of Florida, and up into Georgia and South Carolina, images of first responders have become a welcome sight amid the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.

LAGRANGE — Right now there is a boil advisory in place for LaGrange after this large downtown commercial fire.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man is ready to move away after losing his livelihood and his sense of security.

HOUSTON — Sometimes the love of a dog can help us keep going — even when moving forward feels impossibly hard.

Garrett — The Indiana State Police is investigating an early morning bank robbery which occurred at the Beacon Credit Union located in the 1100 block of South Randolph Street in the DeKalb County city of Garrett.

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — When Hurricane Irma threatened to ruin a cancer patient’s third birthday party, hospital staff in St. Petersburg, Florida came to the rescue.

WEST LAFAYETTE —  It has been nearly five months since Purdue University announced it was buying for-profit Kaplan University, but criticism and confusion surrounding the deal continue to simmer among many faculty members.

PLYMOUTH — Del Monte Foods announced plans Tuesday to shut down its facility in Plymouth and shift operations to California.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — A Jacksonville Pizza Hut is under fire for putting workers at risk ahead of Hurricane Irma.

HOUSTON, TEXAS — A rescue dog who faced being put down for being too energetic is now helping rescue flood victims in Texas.

DURANGO, COLO. — Crayons? Check. Pencils? Check. Great great grandma’s dress? Check.

GRANGER — When you put your pets in the care of professionals there’s a level of unspoken trust.

SOUTH BEND — People aren’t the only ones having to adjust to life after Hurricane Harvey. Cats and dogs are having to do the same; and Pet Refuge in South Bend is hoping to make things easier for them.

VALPARAISO — Heartbroken over the plight of animals in the Gulf Coast, multiple Northwest Indiana rescue shelters are preparing to send assistance in the coming days.

CROWN POINT — The John Dillinger Museum shuttered unexpectedly at 11 a.m. this morning.

CLAY COUNTY— Police arrested a western Indiana couple on neglect charges after they reportedly found a special needs girl living in “deplorable” conditions.

CARMEL — Voicemail inventor Scott Jones’ Carmel estate is about to go up for sale.

NEW YORK — As women delay motherhood, men, too, are getting older when they become new parents.

THORNTON, COLO. — Construction workers have discovered a dinosaur in the ground in Thornton. On Friday a construction crew working on Thornton’s new police station stumbled on a patch of earth that seemed suspicious and they called in scientific experts, who have since confirmed that they found a triceratops.

WORCESTER, MASS — A 7-year-old girl is lucky to be alive after she was kidnapped, choked and then thrown off a 290-foot bridge, according to authorities.

Cincinnati, OHIO — Fiona the baby hippo, who lives at the Cincinnati Zoo, is getting her own Facebook show.

ELKHART — A former Miss Indiana USA winner, born and raised in Michiana, became Mrs. America Saturday night.

TOLEDO, OHIO — Last November, 11-year-old Triston Morehead saw a homeless woman shivering.

FLINT, MICH. — There’s nothing like hearing your mother’s voice and for a 4-year-old girl in mid-Michigan, that voice was stolen from her.

FORT WAYNE — The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning publication, announced Thursday it would stop publishing its print product to move entirely toward online coverage of regional news.

MISHAWAKA — A Powerball ticket sold in Mishawaka is worth $50,000 after matching four numbers plus the Powerball.

NEW YORK — Powerball will be paying out the largest single jackpot ever in North America.

MUNCIE — The death of a Ball State basketball player at his off-campus apartment has been ruled a suicide.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – Gen Con has set a new attendance record for the ninth straight year.

SINGAPORE — “Some remains” of 10 missing US sailors have been found after the collision between the US destroyer John S. McCain and an oil tanker near Singapore, US Navy Adm. Scott Swift said Tuesday.

Moorhead, Minn. — Many people assume scammers just try to contact you by calling or emailing, however one Minnesota woman says she was scammed by a man when she called a number listed as Amazon Support on Google.

PORTLAND, ORE. — A Golden Retriever in Yamhill County retrieved quite a haul after digging in his family’s backyard earlier this month.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – Butler Football announced Tuesday that one of their biggest fans is now a part of the team.

SOUTH BEND — A South Bend man isn’t letting his disability stop him from achieving his dreams.

ANDERSON — Matthew Robinette always has a smile on his face. He’s had it since he was a little boy.

SOUTH BEND — The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and Four Winds Casino presented a $85,000 check to Beacon Children’s Hospital.

CHESTERFIELD, VA. — A Chesterfield family recently opened their door to find a scene from a horror film. There was blood covering the walls and floors of their home.

KINGSPORT, TENN. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation revealed on Tuesday afternoon that a youth leader, coach, an emergency medical technician, and an Uber driver are among nearly a dozen men facing felony charges in Kingsport human trafficking case.

NEW YORK — “It is Friday, but Sunday is coming.”

That religious message is included in a book from Hillary Clinton’s pastor scheduled to hit shelves on Tuesday, but a new report reveals that text and other portions were plagiarized.

NEW YORK — Amazon is taking on the convenience store with Amazon Instant Pickup, a new service it launched on Tuesday. Instant pickup lets customers order from a limited list of basic supplies and Amazon devices from the app, then pick them up from a nearby pickup locker “within two minutes.”

FISHERS — A date has been announced for the grand opening of the Fishers Ikea.