Category: Around Us
TAMPA, FLA. — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying a woman who fell out of a moving vehicle at a busy intersection. Surveillance cameras recorded the driver of the SUV stop, scoop her up and put her in the SUV, then drive away.
MISHAWAKA — Police have arrested one man in the theft of a Walmart trailer full of goods.
AUSTRALIA — An Australian woman had a terrifying experience over the weekend when a shark she was feeding pulled her into the water by her finger.
FORT WAYNE — The woman with the Instagram handle @DJReborn posted a video Wednesday saying she was leaving a DJ workshop at Sweetwater’s Gearfest, when she claims she was kicked off a flight out of Fort Wayne.
LAPORTE – Harold Schecter’s bestseller “Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men” has been optioned by SERA Films for a limited television series adaptation.
FISHERS — A Camby gun owner accused of dropping his weapon in the Fishers Ikea for it to be found and fired by a 6-year-old boy is now facing criminal charges.
SILVERDALE, WASH. — A couple became proud new owners of a travel trailer Tuesday afternoon.
NEW YORK — A new list of the top ten most dangerous countries for women includes a few surprising places.
SOUTH BEND — The state of Indiana ranks number 28th overall in the nation for child well-being, but kids in Michigan are worse off as the state comes in at 33rd.
BENTON HARBOR, MICH. — Antwan Tamon “Tank” Mims, who is wanted for a double homicide in Benton Harbor, has been added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. He should be considered armed and extremely dangerous, according to the FBI.
FISHERS — A vehicle was pulled over for going more than 120 mph in a construction zone Monday evening, according to the Indiana State Police.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana University Health organization represented the city of Indianapolis on the annual U.S. News & World Report best hospital rankings by locking down a number of top honors.
SOUTH BEND — If you frequently ride the South Shore Line, we have a travel alert for you.
FORT WAYNE — The Summit City is the best place to retire rich, according to a new study.
FORT WAYNE — In hopes of providing permanent identification to as many pets as possible before July 4th, $4 microchips will be offered to dogs and cats on Friday.
JOHNSON COUNTY — More than a dozen Johnson County homeowners will soon know if toxic chemicals from an old contaminated site are leaching into or near their homes.
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s a story we hear all too often: Kids die after being left in hot cars for hours.
DETROIT — A new television documentary on Investigation Discovery is shedding some light on what may have happened to a Michigan man in 2014.
SOUTH BEND — Thursday is your chance to take a ride on a Word War II landing craft.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PENN. — Kathy McVay learned the hard way that a hot dog can hurt.
NEW CASTLE – Two New Castle women face criminal charges over allegations they sold “wild animals” – in the form of baby raccoons.
WEST LAFAYETTE — A long-standing homecoming tradition at Purdue University is changing in favor of “inclusivity.” Purdue is scrapping the homecoming king and queen title and moving to a gender-neutral court.
PAW PAW, MICH. — The hourslong search for a 2-year-old missing in Van Buren County is over.
HOUGHTON, MICH. — Residents and officials in Houghton and Menominee Counties in the Western Upper Peninsula assessed the damage and trying to figure out a way to get back to a normal lifestyle on Tuesday
FRANKLIN — About 50 people who filled up with gas in Franklin last week could be on the hook for thousands of dollars in repairs because of a mistake at the pump.
INDIANAPOLIS — Home Burglars have forced a mother of three, struggling to make ends meet, to start from scratch.
SOUTH BEND — Computer World names the 2018 best places to work in IT.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Revenue is warning against summertime tax scams.
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — According to Indiana State Police, a four vehicle crash at the 84 mile marker on the Indiana Toll Road began with a call of an erratic driver. Around 7:26 p.m. on June 17, 2018, Indiana State Troopers were responding to a call about truck driving erratically, going east near the 83 mile marker. Police …read more.
CORTLAND COUNTY — A missing U-Haul trailer has been returned 14 years later.
SOUTH BEND — South Bend is one of the 50 worst cities to live in, according to 24/7 Wall St.
FORT WAYNE — Walmart’s newest milk processing plant has opened in south Fort Wayne.
NEW YORK — A Chinese restaurant chain is paying tribute to chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain by supporting mental health services.
INDIANAPOLIS — Have you heard of an emotional support turkey? How about an emotional support monkey or pig?
NEW YORK — Country Time is known for their lemonade, and now they’re offering some “Legal-Ade” to kids who have been charged or fined for setting up a lemonade stand.
MARSHFIELD, WISC. — A Wisconsin woman has been donating blood since World War II.
CASS COUNTY, MICH. — Repairs in Cass County are still going on with one area of the county taking the brunt of the damage.
LOS ANGELES — A California woman is crediting her dog with saving her and her children’s lives.
INDIANAPOLIS — A strategic plan that could clear the way for Indiana to add tolls to its interstate highways, including inside the I-465 loop in Indianapolis, is being developed by a state contractor.
GAS CITY – Small city, huge world record. Mama Pearson’s Soaporium in Gas City made an attempt at the world’s largest bath bomb Saturday.
FORT WAYNE — A former Fort Wayne fire inspector has been charged with one count of theft in connection with an investigation where upwards of $50,000 was taken from a charitable organization where he served as treasurer.
WARRENTON, VA. — It is what nightmares are made of. A Virginia woman found a snake slithering into her car Monday in Fauquier County.
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman is being hailed a hero after saving a pregnant woman and her son from drowning.
INDIANAPOLIS — A downtown Indianapolis CrossFit facility that came under fire after canceling a special Indy Pride event is now out of business, and a top CrossFit official who supported the gym is out of a job.
ROYALTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. — The Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan will open its new location this weekend.
SOUTH BEND — South Bend International Airport will celebrate the arrival of American Airlines’ nonstop flights to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Charlotte Douglas International Airport with a ribbon cutting ceremony and gate celebration on Thursday, June 7. Media must arrive by 11:50 a.m. to be escorted through security.
DENVER, COLO. — An Uber driver allegedly opened fire early Friday morning on a male passenger after a “conflict” on a highway, according to Denver police.
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO— A dog found in Ross County with the words “free,” and “good home only” will soon have a new home.
SANDUSKY, OHIO – It’s not the memories a lot of people had hoped to make. A power outage at Cedar Point stranded riders on some coasters in near 90-degree heat on Memorial Day.
NOBLESVILLE — Two people have been injured in a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Indiana, according to the Indiana State Police. Law enforcement is responding to the school, northeast of Indianapolis. All Noblesville schools are on lockdown.
NOBLESVILLE — Police and medical crews have been called to Noblesville West Middle School north of Indianapolis on reports of a school shooter.
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — The woman who helped tend to a 12-year-old who crashed a four-wheeler, then was bitten by a rattlesnake Saturday says he’s expected to be okay.
WASHINGTON, DC — The remains of a U.S. serviceman from Greencastle who died in World War II are coming home.
FORT WAYNE — The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo’s popular train can now carry guests of all abilities.
ELKHART — A historic Elkhart building is back in use as residents move into the city’s newest senior apartments.
INDIANAPOLIS — Four Indiana dog breeders have the negative distinction of making the Humane Society’s “Horrible Hundred” list of puppy mills across the country.
CHARLOTTE, Mich. — A Michigan mother has admitted embezzling more than $400,000 from her 9-year-old son’s estate.
MT. MORRIS, N.Y. — A sex offender, who served time for the sexual assault of a five-year-old, has been charged with a parole violation in Livingston County, New York.
LONDON, ENGLAND — Thousands of letters from all over the world were never delivered between 1650 and 1815. Now hundreds of years later, the world will be able to read those undelivered letters.
PLAINFIELD — An act of kindness was captured in a photograph in Hendricks County Saturday.
INDIANAPOLIS — A 70-year-old diabetic Florida woman is seeking damages from Indiana-based Rose Acre Farms after contracting food poisoning from contaminated eggs.
INDIANAPOLIS — What many Hoosiers have called a “death sentence” on Indiana’s bobcats, raccoons, coyotes and opossums has been stayed.
CHICAGO — Much of the Chicago area remained under a Flood Warning Tuesday after heavy rains battered the region in two rounds of storms the day before.
TULSA, OKLA. — Police in Oklahoma are searching for a woman who allegedly torched her home and stabbed her 11-year-old daughter on Monday before taking off with her 7-year-old daughter.
DESCHUTES COUNTY, ORE. — A missing 1-year-old was found naked and alone in the woods after his father abandoned him, deputies say.
INDIANAPOLIS — Chili’s is the latest company to suffer a data breach.
WINTER HAVEN, FLA — A legless fugitive who was wanted in Orange County was found trying to hide in a plastic storage container at Polk County home, officials said.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Skeletal remains were found Wednesday evening about one mile from the spot where the Hart family plunged off a cliff along the California coast, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department said.
PARADISE VALLEY, ARIZ. — A woman is accused of breaking into a Paradise Valley home, bathing in the homeowner’s bathtub, and sending tens of thousands of disturbing text messages to the man’s phone after the pair went on one date.
GARRETT — A Garrett man faces a charge of reckless driving after a DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department officer clocked him early Tuesday morning going 153 mph in a 50 mph zone.
HEBRON — Multiple dogs are alive following a house fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon. Porter County police were called to 535 South and 500 West on report of a fire, shortly after 4 p.m.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Two Tennessee high school students are facing charges after an attempt to lift a girl’s dress led to a stabbing with a pair of scissors.
ELKHART COUNTY — Police are investigating after a crash involving a train and a vehicle near Nappanee.
LOUISVILLE, KY — It’s called the sport of millionaires — and horse racing just added a new one.
INDIANAPOLIS – The hepatitis A outbreak that spread from Kentucky to southern Indiana has reached the Indianapolis area with a few Central Indiana cases included in the 77 cases confirmed this year.
SOUTH BEND – President Trump’s campaign announced Thursday afternoon that the president will appear at a rally at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10 at South Bend International Airport.
LEICESTER, MASS. — Police in Massachusetts have arrested a suspect after he left behind at the crime scene Play-Doh that contained his fingerprints.
INDIANAPOLIS — Two recent cases resolved by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) serve as timely reminders to all Hoosiers to exercise extreme caution when purchasing used vehicles. In both scenarios, used car dealers failed to deliver titles and/or provide promised warranties to customers who paid for vehicles.
WEST LAFAYETTE — The fastest U.S. street-legal cars will soon be built at Purdue University’s Discovery Park.
NORTH MANCHESTER — A century-old foundry in North Manchester will close, costing nearly 100 workers their jobs.
MILFORD, CONN. — Subway Restaurants is planning to shutter an estimated 500 locations in the U.S.
An Ohio police officer found a creative way to apologize to a firefighter whom she accidentally shocked while deploying her stun gun during a scuffle with a suspect.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The authorities confirmed on Wednesday that they had made an arrest in the unsolved case of a serial killer and rapist who terrorized communities in California in the 1970s and 1980s.
INDIANAPOLIS – A lottery ticket worth more than a million bucks is about to expire!
DETROIT, MICH. — A photo shared by Detroit police has people talking after it shows a row of semi-trucks lining a roadway to help a suicidal man.
SHIPSHEWANA — Spring is in the air, which means the largest flea market in the Midwest is getting ready to open for another season. The Shipshewana Flea Market will kick off the 2018 season on Tuesday, May 1.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Coroner Office has identified a body found during a neighborhood cleanup as 32-year-old Jaime Beasley.
FORT WAYNE — Sunny weather and temperatures higher than 60 degrees by noon were enough to make a lot of Fort Wayne’s creatures feel a little frisky Monday.
FORT WAYNE — A giraffe escape its enclosure at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo midday Monday.
SOUTH BEND — A human skull that was discovered Friday night along Boland Drive may delay work on a paved trail that the city is building between trails on Portage Avenue and Riverside Drive, just north of Pinhook Park.
FORT WAYNE — Fort Wayne businessman Keith Busse, the co-founder of Steel Dynamics Inc. and a car enthusiast, has announced plans to auction off his collection of 16 Indianapolis 500 pace cars. The pristine lot of Chevrolet Corvettes are currently on display in his private museum on his Eggeman Road property.
WOODBURY TOWNSHIP, PENN. – The two men who were killed Thursday morning in a Pennsylvania plane crash were traveling to Notre Dame.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — An Illinois woman is suspected of moving through the shadows of the dark web to carry out a sinister murder-for-hire plot, even using cryptocurrency to mask her identity.
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Following a 2017 Indiana State Police audit, St. Joseph County legal officials promise changes are coming to the record keeping of sexual assault kits. Prosecutor Ken Cotter’s four-month investigation found 331 rape kits went untested for legitimate reasons (e.g. victims ended the legal process, defendant was convicted). However, Cotter says mistakes were made with 83 untested kits.
WAKE COUNTY, N.C. – A North Carolina family gave their cat away and then tried to euthanize him after he walked 12 miles back to his home.
INDIANAPOLIS — A crowded field for Indiana’s Senate election is getting even bigger with the announcement of a new independent candidate, the youngest person in America running for Senate.
FORT WAYNE — A 14-year-old boy accidentally shot by another boy early Sunday has died.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Bulk caffeine products may have killed at least two people and they don’t belong on the market, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
YUMA, ARIZ. — Contaminated chopped romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Ariz., is likely to blame for the E. Coli outbreak that has infected 35 people across 11 states, including 22 hospitalizations, according to the CDC.
GREENFIELD — Two people are facing charges after officials found nearly 80 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle Monday.










































































