MUNCIE, Ind. — Imagine getting pelted with eggs and then having the man who threw them vow to kill you. That was the reality for a Muncie woman on Monday. Police were called to an apartment building on East Jackson Street, where a woman told police that James Caudill slapped her, punched her and threw […]

SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. – A LaGrange County woman is on the mend after being hit by a tractor. Esther Slabaugh was pushing her bike up a hill up in Shipshewana Wednesday afternoon when she was struck by a tractor driven by Joseph Mast. Mast was carrying a large bale of hay on the tractor at the time. He […]

(Photo: Stephone Otis Johnson PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE) The state of Florida keeps turning out stories that are sure to cause massive bouts of depression and feelings of hopelessness for employees at the state’s tourism commission. The latest unofficial “Avoid Florida” campaign ad features Stephone Johnson, 27, a man who threw a dog cage with a chihuahua […]

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 […]

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 […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Indy Metro Police are investigating after a man was found dead inside a car on the city’s north side. Officers found a car in an alley behind a house at 1247 W. 36th Street just after 8 a.m. Friday, according to IMPD. A man was found inside the car, unresponsive. He was pronounced […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The woman who became famous on MTV’s “Teen Mom” pleaded guilty Thursday to domestic battery and intimidation after she attacked her boyfriend with a machete and a shoe over the Fourth of July weekend. Amber Portwood was sentenced to 906 days of probation. She may leave Marion County or Indiana only for work, […]

UPDATE: Nov. 1, 2019 An autopsy has confirmed that Laura Hurst, 36, died from ‘asphyxiation due to strangulation by a snake.’ OXFORD, Ind. — Indiana State Police said 36-year-old Laura Hurst from Battle Ground was found dead with an 8-foot python around her neck on Wednesday. Hurst was found in a home on North Dan Patch […]

SUMMITVILLE, Ind. — Police in Madison County said a Carmel man poured kerosene on himself and threatened to light himself on fire. Avery Vann, of Carmel, is charged with one count of felony battery and two counts of felony intimidation. Vann, 20, was arrested Saturday at a Circle K gas station in Summitville. He was […]

BEALE, Ind.–In a field in Beale, Indiana, on Sept. 30, someone found a dead bald eagle. As sad as it was for that majestic creature to have died, the band it was wearing around it’s foot told a story of longevity. Bald eagles are back in Indiana. The cry that was gone for so long […]