GREENFIELD, IND. — A Starbucks in Indiana has been helping out a man in need for several days.

SOUTH BEND — A place you might not expect music, is now being filled with song. If you were a parent of a premature baby who spent time in the NICU, you might remember the constant beeps and blinks from monitors. Now, with new research and a program that’s making music the new normal, Memorial …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — At 1:30 p.m. on March 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 9, 16, 23 and May 14, the Indiana State Museum will be offering an interactive program geared towards children 10 and up and adults called “The Museum INvasion.”

WASATCH COUNTY, UTAH — A sweeping grab saved a Utah pooch after days stranded on icy waters.

HARRISON COUNTY — The Indiana Supreme Court will travel to Corydon in Harrison County on April 20 to hold an oral argument in the original Supreme Court Courtroom. The premier event for the judicial branch to celebrate the state bicentennial will include a modern day argument in the original location of state government.

KALAMAZOO, MICH. — The youngest victim of the Kalamazoo shooting rampage was released from the hospital Tuesday.

ROSELLE, ILL. — An Illinois police department has gone to the videotape to prove their doubters wrong about a drunk driving stop.

LONDON, ENGLAND — Sir George Martin, the music producer whose collaboration with the Beatles helped redraw the boundaries of popular music, died Tuesday, March 9, according to his management company. He was 90.

ANDERSON — Firefighters in three Indiana communities received a life-saving tool for pets Monday.

WICHITA, KAN. — A couple from the small town of Albert, near Great Bend, continues to rest after having quadruplet boys in a Wichita hospital.

TAMPA, FLA. — Though Landis Sims was born without hands or half his legs, he signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees on Monday, March 7.

CLEVELAND — About 15 minutes into a morning press conference at the Cleveland Clinic, a 26-year-old woman who received the nation’s first uterus transplant made a surprise appearance, wheeled into the room by her husband.

DEATH VALLEY, CALIF. — Defying its name, Death Valley is teeming with flowery abundance for the first time since 2005.

INDIANAPOLIS — One music box is attracting a lot of attention.

SOUTH BEND — It’s true that a dog is man’s best friend, but sometimes the relationship can go beyond friendship.
The McGillem family says they never would have imagined a fury friend would be the reason why they say their son is happier than he’s been before.

NECKER ISLAND, HAWAII — Some folks are calling him Casper. And this octopod does bear a certain resemblance to the friendly cartoon ghost.

SOUTH BEND —There’s baby fever at South Bend’s Potawatomi Zoo.

BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington Police officer was presented Friday with the Congressional Badge of Bravery for his actions during a November 2014 shootout.

LAPORTE COUNTY — Two more arrests have been made in connection with the animal abuse case that began on Christmas Day 2015.

FORT WAYNE — The Islamic Community of Greater Fort Wayne is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of those behind the deaths of two men and a teenager.

SOUTH BEND — You’ve probably heard that chocolate is poisonous to dogs, but did you know that xylitol, a common sweetener, can be even more dangerous?

HEMET, CALIF. — For months, doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with 5-year-old Khloe Russell.

LOS ANGELES — AMC Entertainment is acquiring rival Carmike Cinemas to create the world’s largest movie theater chain.

OMAHA, NEB. — An airline passenger landing in Omaha couldn’t believe his eyes when his bag came out on the luggage carousel. For a week he’s been trying to get answers and someone to take responsibility.

SPOKANE, WASH. — Cory Hovanec is sick of people stealing packages off his front porch. He says it’s happened time and again to him and his neighbors.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA, — A 6-foot python in Australia let its appetite get the better of it. The carpet python swallowed a little purple stuffed bear.

WASHINGTON — A former chief deputy auditor for LaPorte County, Indiana, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for embezzling over $150,000 from the LaPorte County government, tax fraud and defrauding her father-in-law out of more than $600,000, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern District of Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS —A 1-day-old baby is being checked out at Riley Hospital for Children Wednesday morning after being dropped off around 6:40 a.m. at Fire Station 30 on Tibbs Avenue.

NORFOLK, VA — Every doll deserves a doll. That’s the motto for a Norfolk 9-year-old on a mission. While most little girls are playing with Barbies, Gianni Graham has been thinking of ways to give them away.

BALTIMORE — Most shelter dogs don’t get a lot of love and attention. But it’s hard to remember that after witnessing the love a puppy named Meesha received this week, documented on camera and now going viral on Facebook.

SARASOTA, FLA. — Because of one social media post, Rocky Been went from homeless to employed — at Crabby’s Bar and Grill. He’s even received donations to pay for a hotel room for a couple of nights.

PROVIDENCE, RI — Few things in sports are more exhilarating than celebrating a hard-won victory. But, it’s a good idea to make sure you’ve actually won first.

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Five Ku Klux Klan members who were arrested at a violent melee in an Anaheim park were released from jail after a video showed they were acting in self-defense, police said Sunday, Feb. 28.

KALAMAZOO — The youngest victim of the Kalamazoo shooting rampage is making a miraculous recovery as family announced the teenage girl has been taken off a ventilator and is now breathing on her own.

FORT WAYNE (WANE TV) — The three victims whose bodies were found in an East Lewis Street home this week were shot to death “execution style,” police said. The bodies of Mohamedtaha Omar, 23, Adam K. Mekki, 20, and Muhannad A. Tairab, 17, all of Fort Wayne, were found by police inside a home at …read more.

MADERA RANCHOS, CALIF. — Residents of one California community couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw what they thought was a tiny unicorn roaming the area.

NEW YORK — Indiana was represented on Thursday’s “Tonight Show,” but maybe not in the most flattering way.

HANCOCK COUNTY — Winter time can be a fun time for snow angels and snowball fights.

NAPLES, FLA. — There are a lot of questions surrounding a cross-country trek from Wisconsin to Florida that may never be answered because it was actually a cat which made the journey.

SOUTH BEND — Police say, after a South Bend woman saw her stolen car driving by, she jumped into action and started firing a gun.

LENOIR CITY, TENN. — It was not Godzilla terrorizing a local gas station in Lenoir City, but a rooster that ended up outside of a Kenjo gas station. The bird managed to hang around the store for two days before a local captured him

By MATTHEW WHITNEY Filmmaker, Squatchagawea Films HUNTINGTON — A recent graduate of Huntington University, Matthew Whitney, decided to leave the comforts of post-college life to chase the Hollywood dream. This Constantine, Mich., native plans to begin filming his debut feature film in northeast Indiana this June. The film, “4.0 or How I Killed My Roommate …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS —You can call her a crazy cat lady and she doesn’t bat an eye.

KALAMAZOO — A teenager who was shot by Jason Dalton is clinging to life.

CROWN POINT — March 3rd not only marks the anniversary of John Dillinger’s escape from the Crown Point Jail 82 years ago, but will also be the only day the infamous wooden gun and two other Thompson submachine guns will be on display at the John Dillinger Museum.

GOSHEN — WSBT shared a viewer’s pictures of the Dark Knight on their Facebook page Feb. 23.

HOLLYWOOD — Life is full of questions: Where are we going? How do we get there? Who will guide us?

SOUTH BEND — A live web camera has been installed near the nest of two bald eagles at St. Patrick’s County Park. The camera is at the University of Notre Dame’s Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND-LEEF) at the park. To view images of the nest, visit: environmentalchange.nd.edu/programs/nd-leef/eagles. Last spring, two bald eagles took over an existing red-tailed …read more.

NASHVILLE — A naked man was taken into police custody Sunday, Feb. 21 at Nashville International Airport, said airport spokeswoman Shannon Sumrall.

NEW YORK — The crew of an Apollo mission to the moon were so startled when they encountered strange music-like radio transmissions coming through their headsets, they didn’t know whether or not to report it to NASA, it’s been revealed.

PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — On Feb. 3, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii Executive Officer Cmdr. Scott Cloyd presented Steelworker 2nd Class William H. Baird, of LaGrange, with the 2015 command plaque for Junior Sailor of the Year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted 106-year-old Virginia McLaurin at the White House more than a year after a petition was launched to get her an invite.

KALAMAZOO — The man accused of killing six people and injuring two more in a Saturday evening shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was an Uber driver who picked up and dropped off passengers between shootings, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

NEW YORK — The cheese police are on the case.

ELBERTON, GA. — Turns out this veterinarian can lend a home and a heart.

HARTLAND, WISC. — A Wisconsin family is calling their dog a hero. They say their pet’s persistence is the reason they’re still alive to share their story.

SOUTH BEND — An unusual delivery is expected to arrive at 3 p.m. Monday, February 22 at LOGAN Center in South Bend—a 5-foot-tall fiberglass bison.

GREAT FALLS, MONT. — The Sunday night mid-season premiere of “The Walking Dead” on AMC delivered what many fans thought was a rather explosive episode.

ZIONSVILLE — Police are looking for a man they call their prime suspect in the case of a woman and child found dead inside a Boone County home. They’ve also identified the victims.

NEW YORK — A German shorthaired pointer named CJ won “Best in Show” at the 140th Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York on Tuesday, besting more than 2,700 contestants over the two-day competition.

GARDNER, KAN. — What may look like just an 8-year-old iPad in a hot pink case is a whole lot more to Kerry Shields.

HUTCHINSON, KAN. — A Kansas family is given the news of twins, only to find out they’ll most likely go home with just one baby.

INDIANAPOLIS — The former Indianapolis International Airport terminal will be the site of a new sports medicine complex.

WEST LAFAYETTE — After more than a century of waiting in the wings, planning is under way for a second Aviation Day at Purdue University.

MUNCIE — After decades of karaoke-based music competitions, a new concept has emerged. A television competition for artists/songwriters performing their original music is currently in production.

BLOOMINGTON — When the Grammy Award for Album of the Year was announced Feb. 15 in Los Angeles, a certain Indiana University alumna might have been holding her breath.

INDIANAPOLIS — Teen pregnancies dip while child maltreatment deaths spike. The Indiana Youth Institute released its annual “Kids Count” health report, highlighting trends impacting youth and adolescents.

NEW YORK — An innovative study at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles aims to ease the stress of staying in the hospital.

MARION, IOWA — Valentine’s Day is a day about relationships, and one couple that lives at Summit Pointe SeniorLiving in Marion, Iowa definitely knows a thing or two about relationships.

HOLLYWOOD — If you are a Celia Cruz fan be sure to tune in to the 58th annual Grammys on Feb. 15. The Queen of Salsa will be posthumously honored with a lifetime achievement award.

LONDON, ENGLAND — Adidas, the world’s second-largest sportswear company, has added a clause into its contracts with the sportsmen and women it sponsors spelling out that if they reveal publicly that they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, the contract will not be changed or terminated, BuzzFeed News can reveal.

CACHE COUNTY, UTAH — More than 800 girls in northern Utah got to feel special on the Thursday before Valentine’s Day because a classmate bought them all flowers.

BELFAST, IRELAND —It had been feared that Australian tycoon Clive Palmer’s audacious plan for ‘Titanic II’ — which, like its ill-fated predecessor, would be built to sail the Atlantic Ocean — had run aground for good.

VOORHEES, N.J. — Here’s something that probably doesn’t happen too often: Twin sisters in New Jersey both delivered their babies just minutes apart.

MORGAN COUNTY — State police made a major drug find during a traffic stop on Interstate 70 in western Indiana.

FORT MYERS, FLA. — There was an unusual midday discovery at the Port Charlotte beach complex on Wednesday, Feb. 10.

BOSTON — Researchers have found a small piece of good news for people at high risk of some kinds of dementia: it might be possible to delay it or even prevent it.

LAS VEGAS — A couple refused to stop their sexual encounter on a giant luxury ferris wheel despite warnings from security officers has resulted in felony charges.

HOUSTON — What started as a pitch on YouTube turned into the sweet sound of donations by many, including mega music star Taylor Swift.

LEBANON, TENN. — The birth of a child should be a joyous occasion, but that moment turned into a nightmare for two proud new parents after they learned doctors mistakenly performed surgery on their healthy newborn.

NASHVILLE — Inside the high school gym at the Franklin Road Academy, it doesn’t take long to see how much 19-year-old Robert Lewis loves basketball.

MANGCHESTER, ENGLAND — When mulling over what to do for her maid of honor’s toast at her sister’s wedding, British bridesmaid Rachel Winterbottom decided to go with something Vanilla.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The wife of former Notre Dame basketball great and current Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach Monty Williams has died from injuries suffered in a car crash.

NEW YORK — Grab your robes, “Harry Potter” fans — there’s another book coming your way!

MOORESVILLE — A box of priceless family memories is back with its rightful owner after a Hoosier saved it from a trash pile. He bought the box at an auction in Mooresville and contacted WTHR last week. WTHR then tracked down the owner’s adult daughter who lives in Montana.

SOUTH BEND — It’s not just a bake shop that sits at the corner of Michigan and Wayne Street in South Bend. It’s Dainty Maid, and it’s tradition.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens announced on Feb. 9 the launch of a comprehensive new effort to combat drug abuse, introducing two programs that address key contributors to the crisis.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — In a major Dad-move win, Patrick Pipino of Saratoga Springs, New York, penned an honest note excusing his daughters’ school tardiness because the family attended a Bruce Springsteen concert on Monday, Feb. 8.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings shared the most appropriate wedding photo ever to announce her nuptials Tuesday afternoon.

LOXAHATCHEE, FLA. — Gator wasn’t on the menu but one did make an appearance inside a Wendy’s just east of Loxahatchee in Royal Palm Beach. And it wasn’t by choice.

Chad Jonsson, Syracuse parks superintendent, gave the department report to the parks and recreation Board Monday, Feb. 8. An update on the five-year master plan, a park vehicle and future expenditures were topics of discussion. The five-year master plan priority list is still in the review process at Michiana Area Council of Governments. Jonsson reported …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — A woman is circulating a photo on the Internet that she claims shows just how unhealthy McDonald’s food is.

LOS ANGELES — It was a good day for the UCLA women’s gymnastics team today, who came back from a deficit to ultimately beat Utah.

PORTER — Celebrate the migration of bird life through the Indiana Dunes region from May 5-8 at the second-annual Indiana Dunes Birding Festival.

MILFORD — Milford fourth grade students were all abuzz Monday, Feb. 8, when WSBT-TV news reporter Ed Ernstes visited the classrooms to hear how students at Milford Elementary School are reading it forward and sharing the memory of a beloved community member with children at Riley Children’s Hospital, Indianapolis. According to a press release, “The …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials have confirmed the first case of Zika virus in Indiana.

WASHINGTON — Bei Bei, a panda cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, recently tried to climb up a tree.

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — This Alabama couple had a very good reason for getting out of a speeding ticket on Sunday, Feb. 7.

FORT WAYNE — Looking to break from the traditional Valentine’s Day weekend activities and try something a little “edgy?” Then look no further than Science Central.

HOLLYWOOD — Super Bowl 50 was quite the match-up. But for those who don’t care that the Broncos beat out the Panthers to take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the real competition took place during the commercial breaks.