July 18, 2011
A lawyer for an Indiana woman who has spent 15 years in prison after she was convicted of setting the fire that killed her 3-year-old son told a panel of judges Wednesday that new science proves the fire was an …
July 12, 2011
The Vigo County Sheriff’s Department plans to increase enforcement in an area near a western Indiana creek where a rail trestle has proven popular for young people who like to jump into the creek. At least three people have been …
July 6, 2011
An overnight fire and explosion destroyed a Hispanic grocery store in a central Indiana city. Anderson firefighters needed more than three hours early Tuesday to put out the blaze that destroyed the Esmeralda grocery near the city’s downtown. Assistant Fire …
June 29, 2011
Police say a western Indiana fire chief is being held on a preliminary drunken driving charge after his car crashed into a house, killing a man and critically injuring his wife. Parke County Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill Todd tells the …
June 29, 2011
Heavy rains have forced Purdue to replace the floor at Mackey Arena. Purdue spokesman Tom Schott said storms the nights of May 25 and 26 allowed water into an area where construction already was taking place and wound up damaging …
June 28, 2011
An Indiana high school basketball standout who survived a plane crash that killed his father and stepmother is in a drug-induced coma as doctors monitor the badly injured 16-year-old’s brain swelling, his father’s business partner said Sunday. Austin Hatch suffered …
June 17, 2011
Prosecutors have accused a truck driver of having marijuana in his system when he struck and killed a road construction worker in northeastern Indiana. The Adams County Prosecutor’s Office filed a felony charge of causing death while driving with a …
May 25, 2011
A southern Indiana county is suing three companies, accusing them of negligence in a fire that heavily damaged its historic courthouse. JeffersonCounty’s lawsuit contends that a worker for one of the companies was welding copper downspouts when nearby combustibles ignited …
May 20, 2011
Two dispatchers in Dubois County have been suspended after the county’s tornado warning sirens failed to sound during a February EF-2 tornado. Dubois County Communications Director Janice Love told WEHT-TV that the sirens were never activated because the National Weather …
May 11, 2011
Indianapolis officials say a woman was killed in a house fire that was among a string of 10 overnight fires, most of which are believed to be arson. The city Fire Department says five of the blazes were reported before …