ST. JOSEPH, MICH. — Police in St. Joseph, Mich. are investigating a potential threat towards St. Joseph High School. 

SOUTH BEND — To celebrate President’s Day, the History Museum and Studebaker Museum in South Bend are offering free admissions Monday.

LONDON — Has the chilling threat of extinction worn off at last for the long-endangered snow leopard?

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police are searching for a woman who escaped a shoplifting incident Tuesday using her own feces at a Menards on the city’s east side.

MISHAWAKA — An Elkhart man has been arrested and charged in connection to two pipe bombs that were found on Grape Road and Indian Ridge last month, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

TERRE HAUTE — For one Wabash Valley girl, she’s spent most of her young life in and out of children’s hospitals.

SOUTH BEND — A dog food company is voluntarily pulling some of their products after the FDA found levels of an euthanasia drug in them.

PARKLAND, FLA. — The Broward Sheriff’s Office is responding to an active shooter incident in Parkland. The sheriff’s office says there are multiple victims. 

INDIANAPOLIS — Sunday alcohol sales in Indiana may be weeks away instead of months.

DELPHI — One year later, ribbons with the girls’ favorite colors, purple and teal, still hang in downtown Delphi.

INDIANAPOLIS — The two-time Super Bowl champion will get behind the driver’s seat at the 2018 Daytona 500.

SOUTH BEND — Jennifer Ihns, 44, pleaded guilty Monday after she was accused of stealing nearly $200,000 from Notre Dame over seven years.

FORT WAYNE — The Fort Wayne Public Market (FWPM) is excited to formally announce its formation and intention to become a tenant at Electric Works. The organization discussed its plans today at a public event in the former GE Club, where it also announced it has signed a letter of intent with RTM Ventures, the joint venture leading the development at Electric Works.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — At least two deaths related to snow removal have been reported following this weekend’s snowstorm in Michiana.

FORT WAYNE — A music industry trade publication has named the Embassy Theatre to its Top 200 rankings. According to Pollstar’s 2017 Top 200 Theatre Venues, the Embassy Theatre is the highest ranking Indiana theater. Pollstar ranked the Embassy #107 in the world, based on 71,609 single tickets sold in 2017.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Winter Classic Dog Show kicked off Thursday at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

ELKHART COUNTY — A widespread power outage hit Elkhart County Friday morning, affecting over 500 people according to NIPSCO.

INDIANAPOLIS — As Valentine’s Day nears, the FBI wants people to watch out for fake romances, started online, that can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.

HANCOCK COUNTY — A 19-year-old woman has been in a juvenile’s drug-related death.

BLOOMINGTON — A fraternity is shutting down its chapter at Indiana University – Bloomington.

PLYMOUTH — and games can actually have an important purpose. Experts say play time is a tool that can be used to help people of any age or gender unlock emotional challenges and reduce anxiety.

FORT WAYNE — An early morning car fire spread to a nearby home and left the residence with damage, but no one was hurt after an alert from a Good Samaritan reportedly allowed the residents to escape.

TITUSVILLE, FLA. — A boy who wanted a stuffed animal so bad that he decided to climb into a toy machine ended up being rescued by firefighters in Florida Wednesday.

NEW YORK — Using onions to explain away crying is a familiar gag. On The Brady Bunch, housekeeper Alice answers the phone and cries as the caller tells her a sad story. After hanging up she says, “Darn onions,” holding up the offending allium. And Rowlf the Dog sang on The Muppet Show, “I never harmed an onion. So why should they make me cry?”

ANDERSON, S.C. — Elizabeth Hiott could only call it “terrible” and said the 911 dispatcher didn’t even believe what she was describing.

FORT WAYNE — The Apollo Coventry 13 was forced to shut its doors after multiple failed inspections by the Allen County Department of Health. The movie theater, located at 5495 Coventry Lane, will be closed indefinitely while the owners work to bring the building back up to code.

DALTON, GA. — The 2018 Gerber baby is Lucas Warren, a 1-year-old from Dalton, Georgia who is the first child withDown syndrome to be named a Gerber baby since the contest’s start more than ninety years ago.

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The governor of Texas announced a plan this week to help victims of sexual assault, human trafficking and inappropriate teacher-student relationships.

INDIANAPOLIS  — Formal charges have been filed against the man accused of killing an Indianapolis Colts player and an Uber driver in a drunk driving crash.

PETERHEAD, SCOTLAND — You don’t want to toy around with tigers, which is why police in Peterhead, Scotland, sprang into action Saturday night.

LA GRANGE, TEXAS — Two La Grange ISD students jumped into action last Thursday when their school bus driver had a medical emergency while driving on a bridge over the Colorado River.

ROCKFORD, MICH. — On Super Bowl Sunday, the Schwandt household was like many others: They made food, enjoyed each other’s company and argued over who was going to win.

INDIANAPOLIS — More has been discovered about the two men killed after being hit by a suspected drunk driver on Interstate 70.

INDIANAPOLIS — New information was released overnight about what life is really like for kids in Indiana. The Indiana Youth Institute’s 2018 kids count data book shows, despite some economic gains in the state, the opioid epidemic is impacting Hoosier children.

INDIANAPOLIS — The suspected drunk driver accused of killing two people, including Colts player Edwin Jackson, is in the United States illegally and has previously been deported on two occasions, in 2007 and again in 2009, according to Indiana State Police.

LONDON, U.K. — Renewable sources of energy have generated more electricity than coal and gas in Great Britain for the first time.

INDIANAPOLIS — The injuries were horrific. Fractured skull, broken leg, broken jaw, cracked ribs. The puppy had absorbed blow after blow in what Dr. Tara Harris called “one of the worst cases of animal abuse I have ever seen.” 

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is a step closer to legalizing cannabis-derived oil.

CROZET, VA. — An Indiana lawmaker is being hailed a hero after a train carrying members of Congress and their families crashed into a garbage truck.

NOTRE DAME — The Grammy award-winning and Billboard chart-topping duo The Chainsmokers will perform at the University of Notre Dame in April during IDEA Week.

NORTH MANCHESTER — A North Manchester native has been selected as a new “castaway” for the upcoming season of the CBS hit show “Survivor.”

SOUTH BEND — Five explosive devices have been found in three bordering counties in a span of just seven days.

INDIANAPOLIS  – USA Gymnastics confirmed Wednesday morning all of the members of their board of directors have resigned.

OLLOLAI, SARDINIA, ITALY — Ever dreamed of owning a home in a pretty Italian village? The news you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. You can now buy one for just over a dollar.

INDIANAPOLIS — Mark Leonard, one of the people convicted for their roles in the 2012 Richmond Hill subdivision explosion, was found dead in prison Tuesday morning, a state correctional authority said.

WARSAW — Warsaw-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ZBH) is reporting full-year net income of $1.8 billion, up from $305 million the previous year. The medical device manufacturer says net sales for the year also increased 1.8 percent to $7.8 billion.

FORT WAYNE – After 122 years, the old Cambray building is getting a new home.

TORONTO — Police in Canada say they are undertaking the grim task of searching backyards, flowerbeds and planters for human remains after a Toronto gardener was charged with killing at least five men and dismembering their bodies.

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA. — A 7-year-old boy died Sunday in Hurt, Virginia after contracting the flu, according to a family member.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — A former Kentwood middle school teacher who tried to kill his wife at their Wyoming home will spend the next 30 to 60 years in prison.

SOUTH BEND — A new bar with an old touch opens in downtown South Bend, and business is booming.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana got poor grades on tobacco health from the American Lung Association this year.

COLUMBIA CITY — Whitley County is laying out the welcome mat for 45 families from Puerto Rico, local officials said today.

INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time, both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly have passed legislation that would allow Sunday carryout alcohol sales.  

GREENTOWN – A voyeurism investigation is underway in Howard County after someone found a cellphone camera recording video inside a women’s restroom.

NEW YORK — Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet, in a bid to restructure the company and emerge from bankruptcy protection.

MERRILLVILLE — A 36-year-old man who recently served time in a community corrections program for an attempted arson returned to his victim’s Merrillville home Friday and tried to set the victim on fire, records show.

MUNCIE — Los Angeles based jazz band, The Black Market Trust will be performing a one of a kind show at Pruis Hall at 7:30 p.m.,  Feb. 6. 

PHOENIX — An Arizona mother remains hospitalized after thinking she was unusually sick with the flu.

BENTON, KY. — One person is dead and several others are injured after a school shooting in southwestern Kentucky, the state’s governor announced on Twitter.

INDIANAPOLIS — Sunday carryout alcohol sales is closer than ever to becoming reality in Indiana.

MIAMI COUNTY — An EMT from Mishawaka died Monday morning after an ambulance hit a car while transporting a patient.

AMHERST COUNTY, VA. — One southwest Virginia man got a little overzealous when tasked with clearing his driveway after this most recent snow storm.

KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Even as the issue of immigration has been central to the government shutdown in Washington, a respected doctor at Kalamazoo’s Bronson Methodist Hospital who has been living in America for nearly 40 years finds himself in jail after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took him from his home in handcuffs.

INDIANAPOLIS – A legislative push to allow wider Sunday alcohol sales gained momentum Wednesday while an effort to expand the sale of cold beer likely suffered a death blow.

NEW YORK — Amazon said Thursday it narrowed the list of potential cities for its second headquarters to 20 cities – and Indianapolis made the cut.

FORT LORAMIE, OHIO — It started as a joke but now it’s becoming a fad around Fort Loramie.

LAGRANGE COUNTY — Two men from Michigan ended up in jail on drug charges following a traffic stop by an Indiana State Trooper on the Indiana Toll Road.

INDIANAPOLIS — One day after sightings of what was confirmed to be a meteor over Michigan captivated the country, a similar story developed in central Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS  — Both the House and Senate currently have bills that deal with both cold beer sales and Sunday alcohol sales.

HAMMOND — A federal judge has sentenced former Sheriff John Buncich to immediately begin serving a 188-month prison term — a little more than 15 years — for public corruption.

DETROIT — The United States Geological Survey confirmed it was a meteor that lit up the skies over southern Michigan Tuesday evening.

DETROIT, MICH. —  A man living in Michigan for nearly 30 years was deported this week, leaving behind his wife and two children.

BRISTOL — The Bristol Opera House has been home to the Elkhart Civic Theatre group for the past 60 years. It was originally built back in 1897.

FORT WAYNE — Fort Wayne has been named the best place to live in Indiana.

SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — While the rest of us were debating where to abandon our trees, one woman decided to take her’s back for a refund.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Hoosiers who watch Jeopardy will have another Hoosier to root for on Monday night.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis schoolchildren got an out-of-this-world experience Thursday.

OKLAHOMA CITY – An abandoned dog walked 20 miles looking for the family that moved away and left her behind.

SOUTH BEND — Dog and cat owners are being warned about the risks of a raw meat diet.

MINOT, N.D. — Buried more than 60 feet below the North Dakota plains, two women sit in front of a panel of blinking lights, switches and classified code books.

INDIANAPOLIS — More money could soon be going to your child’s education.

COLUMBUS — In Columbus, three women went beyond “see something, say something.”

GOSHEN — The Sam’s Club in Goshen will permanently close to the public later this month.

INDIANAPOLIS — Former First Lady Michelle Obama is coming to Indianapolis.

WEST LAFAYETTE — The Tippecanoe County Health Department believes a stomach bug virus that’s been making people sick is linked to a newly opened restaurant.

FORT WAYNE – A Summit City neighborhood has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of properties deemed worthy of preservation. More than 400 homes in the Lakeside area of the Northside Neighborhood is now on the national list.

VINCENNES -The Red Skelton Museum in Vincennes is launching a comedy film festival. Organizers of the Laughter Film Festival, set for Aug. 10-12, say the goal is for filmmakers to show that they can make a comedy “without sex, gore and four-letter words.”

GRANT COUNTY — A central Indiana community is outraged after a dog was left to freeze to death in a crate. The Marion Grant County Humane Society says the dog was found at the bottom of a hill on River Boulevard and Vine Street in Marion on Wednesday. The human society says it knows who …read more.

GOSHEN — The Community Foundation of Elkhart County is giving a million dollars in grant money to an ice skating pavilion project, which will be built next to the Mill Race trail, south of Washington Street.

FORT WAYNE — Hitchhiking from Texas, Hungry, Red and Ooodog found kindness in Fort Wayne. “This is the most incredible thing that’s happened to us in a long time,” Hungry said.

STRASBURG, VA. — When the story of an alleged gang rape started to surface and ABC7 was in the small town of Strasburg, Va., no one wanted to talk. People were shocked, ashamed and some didn’t want to believe it.

INDIANAPOLIS — Wednesday, Jan. 3, a new bill is being introduced at the Indiana Statehouse that could bring more baby boxes to the state.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLA. — A teenage girl was among two people who were shot and killed by security guards outside a pop-up teen club in Hillsborough County on Monday night.

FRANKLIN COUNTY — Three people and a dog are dead after a small plane crashed Saturday night near Oldenburg.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Imagine you buy a lottery ticket and find out you have won $500. That’s what happened to lots of people on Christmas Day.

BARRINGTON, R.I. — Claire’s, the popular kids’ accessories chain, is pulling more than a dozen items from store shelves after a Rhode Island family found asbestos in their 6-year-old daughter’s makeup.

INDIANAPOLIS  — Meijer is voluntarily recalling three of their products due to a potential listeria contamination.

KOKOMO — Authorities have released the names of the two girls killed in a house fire on Christmas Eve.

EDWARDSBURG, MICH. — Families are focused on staying warm in these freezing temperatures, but are your pets safe in this weather?