LAFAYETTE — Lafayette State Police Post officials said troopers will be cracking down on dangerous and impaired driving in March as part of a statewide enforcement campaign.
INDIANAPOLIS — Beginning April 24, everyone in northern Indiana’s 219 and 574 telephone area codes is encouraged to start using 10 digits, rather than seven, to make local phone calls.
As the days begin to lengthen and more of us begin thinking about spring, I always like to promote some great web-based resources Purdue Extension has to offer that may help you this coming year.
WOLCOTT — Two White County high school FFA advisors are among eight from across Indiana in the running for the Golden Owl Award.
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The three-year span from 1903 to 1906 identifies the groundwork period, building and completion of Monticello’s Carnegie Library.
If you have followed this column over the last year, you will remember the article on Burnettsville’s newspapers. Today we will share “the rest of the story.”
The March 29, 1918, edition of the White County Democrat featured an article about State Fire Marshal McCall’s condemnation and removal of nine Monticello structures.
From Feb. 1-5, 2021, the White County Prosecutor’s Office filed 18 cases related to criminal matters for a total of 130 cases so far this year. They include nine misdemeanors, five case-relate…
From Jan. 22-29, 2021, the White County Prosecutor’s Office filed 47 cases related to criminal matters for a total of 112 cases so far this year. They include 33 misdemeanors, eight case-relat…
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CARROLL COUNTY — A Tippecanoe County man was arrested early Jan. 11 in Carroll County after police allege he attempted to kill his ex-girlfriend and her male friend.
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MONTICELLO — The Twin Lakes boys basketball team is heading into next week’s Class 3A sectional tournament with a lot of momentum.
MONON — North White’s boys basketball team upped its winning streak to six games with three wins last week.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Jaden Ivey scored 15 points, Sasha Stefanovic added 14, and Purdue beat Nebraska 75-58 on Saturday night.
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MONTICELLO — Indiana’s version of March Madness is coming.
EAST CHICAGO — Six area wrestlers, including four from Jasper County, punched tickets for the IHSAA wrestling state finals this weekend after placing among the top four at the East Chicago Semistate.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Innovators at Purdue’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) have used their expertise to make the on-campus testing facility one of the only labs in Indiana activ…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new tool using an artificial intelligence platform may help doctors better prepare patients for surgery.
WEST LAFAYETTE — David Brunner describes his work as a veterinarian as the “most enjoyable profession in the world. I go to work and play with puppies and kittens.” He credits his time as a st…
WEST LAFAYETTE — When the NASA Mars rover Perseverance touches down Feb. 18 on the surface of Mars, it will arrive in Jezero Crater, which preserves evidence of a time when rivers flowed on Mars.
WEST LAFAYETTE — Many travelers know the frustration of airport security confusion, where personal items and electronics can become misplaced or stolen.
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Q. This strange carved chair was in my late grandparents’ apartment. It was the first thing we saw when we opened the front door. I have seen similar chairs at antiques shows described as “Ren…
Windmills have a long history. For a few thousand years, from the Romans and later throughout much of Europe, folks created devices to harness wind power.
As the days begin to lengthen and more of us begin thinking about spring, I always like to promote some great web-based resources Purdue Extension has to offer that may help you this coming year.
Organizers of the Indiana Small Farm Conference remind farmers that it’s never too early to gain new insights ahead of the growing season.
KENTLAND, Ind. — Last year the South Newton FFA Chapter switched up its annual Agriculture Community Donation Breakfast and moved it to a Saturday morning. The move paid immediate dividends as…
When I was in elementary school, Abe Lincoln's and George Washington’s birthdays were a big deal.
Has the value of American citizenship degraded in recent years?
Is U.S. citizenship still worth something? That is such a grimly disheartening question because of where it came from.
(The Center Square) – Indiana has the best charter school law in the country, according to a national association, which has ranked the state tops in the country for charters for the sixth year in a row.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD) today announced that the company's board of directors declared a first quarter cash dividend of $0.26 per common share, a four percent increase over the company's 2020 quarterly rate. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2021 and is payable on or about April 16, 2021.
Gov. Eric Holcomb is directing flags in LaPorte County be flown at half-staff Sunday in honor of Indiana Department of Correction officer Lt. Eugene Lasco.
