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Henry County woman charged with setting house on fire
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — A Henry County woman is accused of setting fire to the home she had been living in. Amanda Nicole Blevins, 35, was charged Wednesday in Henry Circuit Court 1 with arson, a Level 4 felony carrying up to 12 years in prison. Blevins was arrested...
Court upholds 35-year sentence for man who severely beat 86-year-old New Castle resident
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the 35-year sentence given to a New Castle man who severely injured an 86-year-old local resident. Derek Allen Wethington, now 38, last year pleaded guilty — but mentally ill — to burglary, a Level 1 felony carrying up to 40 years in prison.
Docs: Man died after receiving counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pills from Muncie drug dealer
DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. — A Muncie man has been arrested for dealing counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pills that are believed to have caused a man’s death. According to an affidavit for probable cause released on Monday, officers with the Anderson Police Department responded to the 500 block of Cottage Drive after receiving a report about a man […]
Greenfield motorcyclist killed in crash near New Palestine
HANCOCK COUNTY, Indiana — Police are investigating after a motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Hancock County Thursday evening. The crash, involving a motorcycle and SUV, was reported around 7:30 p.m. April 25 near US 52 and South Creekside Drive, west of New Palestine and less than a mile east of the Marion-Hancock County line.
Anderson Fair Housing Summit teaches tenants their rights with ineffective property management
When you’re a renter and something in your apartment breaks, who do you call to fix it? And what do you do when that person or group does nothing? As IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports, the Anderson Fair Housing Coalition gathered to teach tenants about these issues on Friday.
Indiana man arrested after attempted kidnapping of 14 yr old girl in Bath
BATH, N.Y. (WETM) – A man from New Castle, Indiana, was arrested this past weekend after he allegedly tried to lure an underage girl into his vehicle at a hotel in Bath. According to the Village of Bath Police Department, Joshua S. Beem, 50, was arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping in the second degree, […]
Muncie man charged with DWI in crash that seriously injured woman
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — A Muncie man faces felony charges over his alleged role in a car wreck that seriously injured a woman. Jaydin Lawrence Young, 20, is charged in Henry Circuit Court 2 with causing serious bodily injury while driving while intoxicated, a Level 5 felony carrying up to six years in prison, and criminal recklessness, a Level 6 felony with a maximum 30-month sentence.
'It’s a full circle type of thing:' Wapahani's Isaac Andrews, Delta's D'Amare Hood compete in Hoosier Reunion All-Star Classic
KNIGHTSTOWN, IN – When Isaac Andrews was a year old, his family visited Hoosier Gym, the site of the basketball film ‘Hoosiers.’ The Wapahani senior’s father – and Raiders’ boys’ basketball assistant coach – helped Isaac dribble a ball. Earlier today, Andrews...
Docs: Arrest made after 15-mile pursuit from Henry County to Delaware County ended in fatal accident
MUNCIE, Ind. — A man has been charged in Delaware County after a Thursday morning police pursuit ended in a fatal crash near Ball State University. According to court documents filed on Monday in Delaware County, 28-year-old Zacrey Antrim was charged by both Indiana State Police and Delaware County in relation to the pursuit and […]
'AGT' winner Terry Fator to perform at Anderson theater
ANDERSON, Ind. — "America's Got Talent" winner Terry Fator is coming to Anderson. The ventriloquist, along with his cast of amazing puppets, will bring their show, "Terry Fator: On the Road Again," to The Paramount Theatre on Friday, Sept. 6. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 3 at 10...
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