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INDIANAPOLIS–Joe Phipps was 11 when his best friend was murdered. On Oct 3, 1970, 10-year-old Jerry “Mike” Bayles, who was running his brother’s paper route was kidnapped and murdered on Indy’s west side. The killer has never been caught. On a Saturday morning paper route “I haven’t been happy since he’s been gone. I liked […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.–For Purdue basketball player Matt Haarms, you could say he doesn’t mind having a “ruff” day. Haarms like to spend his free time volunteering at Natalie’s Second Chance Dog Shelter, which is a shelter in Tippecanoe County. He enjoys walking and interacting with abandoned dogs. Purdue University tweeted about Haarms’ experience. They chronicled […]
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — An Ohio woman will spend almost a decade in prison for an August 2018 head-on crash that killed a man from Richmond. A Henry County judge on Tuesday sentenced 56-year-old Phaedra Williams, of Huber Heights, Ohio, to seven years in prison. Williams was drunk when she went the wrong way down I-70 in […]
GARY, Ind. — Police in Gary found the body of a Portage woman inside an abandoned elementary school. The body of Adriana Saucedo, 27, was found Thursday night inside the old Horace S. Norton Elementary School, reports WGN9 in Chicago. Police say Saucedo was shot to death. Saucedo went missing Tuesday night after going to […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Two local military families are giving thanks after they were presented with keys to newly refurbished cars and a trunkful of gifts. The cars from Caliber Collision and Geico were restored by technicians who volunteered personal time. It’s part of a national program to repair and donate cars to individuals in need […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University has received hundreds of requests calling for a controversial professor to be fired, and a provost has called his views “racist, sexist and homophobic.” But the school says that, while the professor does not represent its values, he is protected by the First Amendment. Eric Rasmusen is a professor of business […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indy Metro Police are looking for the person who robbed a Dairy Queen on Indy’s east side. The robbery happened on Monday, Nov. 4 at around 2:45 p.m. at the Dairy Queen at 6245 E. Washington Street, according to IMPD. The suspect walked into the restaurant, asked to use the restroom, and then […]
GRANT COUNTY, Ind. — A Marion man is charged in Wisconsin with the 1994 death of a woman who was strangled and run over by a car. 52-year-old Willie Coleman is charged with first-degree reckless homicide for the murder of 40-year-old Lula Cunnigan. “It’s not every day any police department is able to make an […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The State of Indiana is denying a request from the federal government to turn over the drivers’ license information of Hoosiers to the White House. The Trump Administration is asking that states turn over drivers’ license information as part of an effort to find people who are in the country illegally. But, […]
BROWNSBURG, Ind. — You should already know not to flush baby wipes down the toilet, but they are not the only thing on the list of things you shouldn’t flush. “There’s three P’s,” said Wastewater Department Superintendent Kathy Dillon said to WISH-TV. “Pee, poop and paper!” Last week, Brownsburg wastewater water workers had to replace […]