Richard Allen, the suspect in the 2017 murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana, “has been his own worst enemy,” according to a journalist who has been covering the case for years. Allen, who is charged in the murders of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams on a hiking trail in February 2017, is set to face trial this …
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A police officer fatally shot a knife-wielding man Wednesday after he cut an officer in the face during a scuffle in central Indiana, police said. Three officers responded to a call at about 6 a.m. from a woman who said the man arrived at her apartment to visit his child hours before the scheduled time. “The mother was not willing …
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Two people were killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed in a wooded area in northern Indiana, authorities said. MILITARY JET CRASHES NEAR HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE IN NEW MEXICO The aircraft crashed around 2:20 p.m. in a rural area outside Bristol, roughly 55 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said. Two people died after a …
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A retired Indiana police lieutenant got the shock of his life when one of the officers he served with previously alerted him of a new recruit’s identity. “He said, ‘Well, you’re not going to believe this.’ I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘He’s sitting next to me,'” Gene Eyster, retired lieutenant from the South Bend Police Department in the Hoosier State, …
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Everything has a history, no matter how niche, quirky or mundane the topic may seem. Which means almost everything has a museum to preserve its history. The main streets and back roads of the United States offer plenty of evidence, including one heartland museum devoted to superhero worship. CALLING ALL BOOK LOVERS: HERE ARE THE TOP 10 CITIES FOR THOSE …
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A 20-year-old man who died in an exchange of gunfire while fleeing police in northwestern Indiana had resisted law enforcement before, court records show. Caden Mura, 20, of Valparaiso was identified by the Porter County Coroner’s Office as the man fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire Thursday with Valparaiso and Porter County officers. INDIANAPOLIS MAN CHARGED WITH TRIPLE HOMICIDE …
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Google plans to invest $2 billion to build a data center in northeastern Indiana that will help power its artificial intelligence technology and cloud business, company and state officials said Friday. The data center planned for Fort Wayne was announced in January. But Google disclosed the project’s cost Friday and said it is expected to create up to 200 new …
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A provost at a Missouri university has been appointed Indiana State University’s new president, officials at the western Indiana school announced Friday. Dr. Michael “Mike” Godard will become ISU’s president on June 1, replacing current President Deborah J. Curtis, who is retiring after serving as the school’s leader since 2018, school officials said. MCNEESE STATE EVP IS NAMED LOUISIANA SCHOOL’S …
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Candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana’s next governor will take to the debate stage Tuesday night, two weeks ahead of the state’s May 7 primary election. Each of the six candidates in the competitive, multi-million dollar primary race have cast themselves as an outsider in an appeal to conservative voters, despite five holding statewide roles at some point. Whoever …
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An Indianapolis man has been formally charged with murder in last week’s fatal shootings of three people at a central Indiana apartment complex, authorities said. Malik Shaw, 24, was charged Wednesday with three counts of murder for his alleged role in the killings in Lawrence, a city contained within the boundaries of Indianapolis, on its northeast side, Marion County prosecutors …
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