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Firefighters battled a blaze at central Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility. Spokesman Ike Randolph says the fire was in a workshop at the men’s prison about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Local fire departments were battling the blaze. Officials tell reporters the fire began in a building that houses the prison’s …

A Warsaw Police officer shoots a suspect during a struggle. Officers were called to a house on Michaels Street for an unwanted party. The suspect ran away from the house before police arrived and started walking in traffic on Lake Street. Officers find him anyway and a fight ensues. They …

The first human case of West Nile virus confirmed by health officials in Williams County. The case is not fatal. State health officials add local mosquitoes have tested positive. One in five who actually get the symptoms…head and body aches…rash…vomiting…less than one percent of all cases are fatal. The best …

Edward and Rodney Polansky are found guilty and convicted of a slew of car break ins, mostly at public hunting land locations. Over two dozen victims reported their vehicles were burglarized. A score of various items were taken in the spree. Besides the burglaries, the two men are accused of …

Word of an extensive meat recall is coming in. State health officials say Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling about 132,606 pounds of ground beef products nationwide due to E. coli concerns. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says they were notified of an investigation into E. …

The Indiana Supreme Court has struck down a more than 150-year-old state law that allowed local governments to fine railroads when a stopped train blocks a street for more than 10 minutes. The justices unanimously agreed the 1865 Blocked Crossing Statute was pre-empted by the 1995 Interstate Commerce Commission Termination …

A Napoleon building, that also caught on fire a few years back, is in flames, as crews from around the area take on the huge blaze. Firefighters were dispatched to the Brick N’ Brew Pub, on N. Perry St. Defiance, South Richland, Archbold and a list of other fire teams …

A FedEx driver suffers minor injuries after crashing a delivery van into a ditch on County Road 42 near County Road 49 in DeKalb County. Monica Cooper-Hopkins was traveling east on County Road 42 and missed the right curve onto 49. She overcorrected and lost control, causing her vehicle to …

The USDA says the agency it will be investing $398.5 million to improve rural electric services in 13 states through the Electric Infrastructure Loan Program. A portion of those funds have been awarded to North Western Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Bryan. The local utility cooperative will receive $8 million over …

New numbers…DeKalb County was the only area county that saw a decrease in its unemployment rate in August…its rate fell from 3.2 to 3.1 percent. LaGrange County’s rate has been climbing each month since hitting a low of 2 percent in April. Vermillion County had Indiana’s highest rate at 5.9 …