State and Local News

The Powerball game will see brisk sales today as the jackpot for Wednesday night’s first drawing of 2018 will be worth an estimated 440-million dollars. The game is played in Indiana and 43 other ...Read more

A young Marion man died Tuesday morning when his car was struck by a truck at a busy east side intersection. Marion Deputy Police Chief Stephan Dorsey says 21-year old Robert Kirby the Second was ...Read more

Due to bitter cold temperatures and dangerous wind chill factors, Marion Community Schools will be on a 2-hour delay on Wednesday. Morning pre-school classes will be cancelled on Wednesday.  All ...Read more

Marion Police have a suspect in custody from a weekend armed robbery that at a local liquor store.  Meanwhile, police in Gas City are looking for a bandit that held up a gas station there late New ...Read more

Police in Huntington are investigating a homicide that happened early on New Year’s Day. A 29-year-old man was found unconscious and bleeding from stab wounds in a home not far from downtown ...Read more

Wind Chill warnings remain in effect for the area until early Tuesday afternoon, with high temperatures only expected in the single digits. Because of the bitter cold, Marion Schools will be closed ...Read more

The annual Polar Plunge at Prairie Creek Reservoir was cancelled Monday after officials determined it was just too cold for persons to enter the icy waters. Air temperatures were at 3 below zero ...Read more

The Superintendent of Muncie Community Schools has effectively been fired. Steven Baule’s contract runs out at the end of June and a state-appointed emergency management team said Baule’s ...Read more

The Indiana Blood Center reports that it has only a one-day supply of blood on their shelves, and officials are asking for help. Frigid temperatures over the past week impacted mobile blood drives ...Read more

A northwestern Indiana lawmaker wants an independent commission to re-draw political-district boundaries instead of politicians. Republican State Senator Mike Bohacek of Michiana ...Read more