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INDIANAPOLIS–A person with mumps attended the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis last week.  The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) and the Marion County Public Health Department confirmed that an exhibitor at the convention had the mumps. They also believe the person was in the FFA Blue Room on October 30 and 31.  The worker […]

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Oh deer! That’s what students and staff at Hinkle Creek Elementary School were saying when a deer jumped through a window and into their school. The school was put on lock-down, said Principal Jack Lawrence in an email to parents. The deer shattered a window and landed in the main hallway around […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — CVS is apologizing after employees at a West Lafayette store refused to give a Purdue student cold medication after he presented them with his Puerto Rican driver’s license. Jose Guzman Payano said a clerk and shift supervisor refused to accept his license, saying that it was not an ID card issued by […]

  MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — The mayor of Michigan City has asked for a special prosecutor to be appointed as he is being charged with eight felonies. Mayor Ron Meer is accused of intimidation, false informing and official misconduct. The charges stem from the arrest of his step-son on drug charges by the LaPorte County […]

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — In November 2018, a stray dog was found with chemical burns outside an abandoned house in Shelby County.  After a year of tests, surgeries and therapy sessions at IndyVet, the Shelby County Animal Shelter says Justice the Pitbull Terrier has found a foster family.  When Justice was found, he had burns on […]

(INDIANAPOLIS) –  Early voting is closed for Tuesday’s election, after nearly 12,000 Marion County residents cast their ballots. The polls are open on Election Day from 6 a.m.m to 6 p.m. — at least if you have contested races. Some cities don’t. In Marion County, twice as many people voted early as in the last […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A person infected with mumps attended last week’s National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, the Indiana State Dept. of Health announced Monday. The person was infectious but the risk of transmission is low, said ISDH. Anyone who attended the National FFA Convention on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 and develops any of the following […]

INDIANAPOLIS--Nearly 10,000 Hoosiers work for UPS, but that number is expected to go up, temporarily. UPS says they are hiring about 100,000 people across the country for the holiday season, and those jobs sometimes turn from temp to permanent. “We expect another record peak season this year, with daily package deliveries nearly doubling, compared to […]

GIBSON CO., Ind. — A man from Louisville, Ky., is behind bars after he was caught sleeping on a school bus in a school lot on Monday. 23-year-old Jonathan Shearer sneaked onto a Gibson County school bus on Saturday and decided he’d stay there for a while, said Gibson Co. Special Deputy Randy Ziliak. Investigators […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–If you are one of the 137,000 Hoosiers with Type I diabetes, you’ve seen the advances in technology over the years that helps measure blood sugar and administer insulin. Some of those advances were because Congress supports juvenile diabetes research with the Special Diabetes Program. That program, SPD, expires this month. Jenny Raque, who […]