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GOSHEN, Ind.  —  An Indiana hospital will have to defend itself against a class-action lawsuit days after it admitted failing to sterilize surgical instruments.  Goshen Health sent letters to nearly 12-hundred patients who had surgery between April and September telling them they could have been exposed to HIV or Hepatitis B or C.  The hospital is offering […]

MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) – An investigation is underway after a rifle was stolen from an unsecured Martinsville police car Monday morning. According to the Martinsville Police Department, officers were called to a residence in the 1300 block of East Harrison Street at approximately 12:45 a.m. for a report of shots fired. After arriving on the […]

KNOX COUNTY, Ind.–A meth lab was found at a hotel room in Vincennes and two men were arrested Sunday morning.  State police say they were using a search warrant to get inside the Red Roof Inn. That’s where they say they found Mark Baughn, 40, of Bicknell and Robert W. Emmons, 59, of Vincennes at […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Marian University has announced it will offer a fourth doctorate degree. Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, Marian will offer a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership through its Fred S. Klipsch Educators College, reports Inside Indiana Business. The 34-month program will be offered online and on-campus. It is designed to “help students […]

JACKSON COUNTY, Ala.–A Purdue University student died when he fell around 200 feet in a cave in Alabama Saturday morning.  The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says Trevor Col, 21, was killed in a rappelling accident at the Valhalla Cave around 8:30. They believe he fell when he tried to fix the rigging that came loose.  Col […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A west side car dealership says it is the victim of an elaborate scam that started on Facebook. The phone has been ringing off the hook at AMS Cars near West 10th street and Raceway Road all week. The people on the other end — hoping to get a cheap deal on […]

MADISON, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana State Police have identified the trooper injured on Saturday during a standoff in Jefferson County. Master Trooper Joseph Livers is a member of a state police SWAT unit that was dispatched to a home on East State Road 56 after reports of a suspect firing shots inside the home. State […]

CAMPELLSBURG, Ind. — Classes canceled today and tomorrow for students at West Washington High School. It’s because the high school’s athletic director and head football coach Phillip Bowsman is in the hospital suffering complications from a stroke and is not expected to survive. West Washington superintendent Keith Nance says he’ll be taken off a ventilator […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Women’s National Gymnastics Team will be training for the 2020 Olympics in Indianapolis.  USA Gymnastics, which is based in Indianapolis, announced last week that The Gymnastics Company on the southeast side of Indy will serve as the interim training facility for the team, which owner Kim Dykes says will be paired […]

GARY, Ind. — Three teenagers arrested as police investigate the death of a woman in Gary.  Adriana Saucedo was found dead inside an abandoned school last week. Police say she was looking to buy a small amount of pot from the boys who came to where she lived, picked her up, and took her to […]