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Discover how Jay County grad Rena Scherman is making waves in her freshman year, earning the title of Horizon League Freshman of the Week. Learn about her impressive stats, the team's performance, and how they're managing without key player Jazzy Lindbo.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Purdue Fort Wayne’s Renna Schwieterman is the Horizon League Freshman of the Week the conference announced on Monday after a pair of solid showings from the Jay County High School graduate. Schwieterman averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds in PFW’s 2-0 start to Horizon League play, shooting 52.9 percent from […]

We have high school basketball competition in Jay County, Indiana today, and information on how to watch these matchups is available in this article. Follow high school basketball this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family or alma mater and tune in!. Jay County, Indiana High School...

Dec. 2—The blue wall of the south hallway at the hospital got a little more personality this week. IU Health Jay has partnered with Jay County High School to display student art in the facility, with the first pieces being hung this week.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Northrop topped DeKalb 66-38, Jay County bested Woodlan 60-53 in a key ACAC battle, Bluffton moved to 6-0 with a 60-39 win over South Adams, while Fremont bested West Noble 69-35 to headline area girls basketball action on Friday, November 24.

PORTLAND, Ind. (WISH) — A Muncie man died Monday morning in the Jay County jail, the Indiana State Police announced late Monday afternoon. Jail staff had surveillance cameras watching Kevin Tyler Whitted, 33, in a padded cell where he was alone, the state police say in a news release.

Joyce/Dayton Corp., a manufacturer of lifting equipment and actuators headquartered in Kettering, Ohio, is growing its operations in Jay County. The company announced Tuesday it plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Portland and create nearly 40 jobs by the end of 2026, though financial details of the investment were not immediately disclosed.

PORTLAND, Ind. — A former Redkey police officer has drawn a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice. Bradley R. Ridenour, 47 — a former Portland resident who now lives in Miami County — last week pleaded guilty to a Level 6 felony carrying up to 30 months in prison after striking a deal with Jay County prosecutors.

PORTLAND, Ind. — Indiana State Police are investigating the Monday death of a Muncie man who was being held in the Jay County jail. Kevin Tyler Whitted, 33, was pronounced dead after being transported from the jail to IU Health Jay Hospital. According to a news release issued by...

PORTLAND, Ind. — Officials with the Indiana State Police are investigating the death of an inmate in the Jay County Jail. According to a news release from the Indiana State Police, the Jay County Sheriff notified the Fort Wayne post of the Indiana State Police to investigate the death of 33-year-old Kevin Tyler Whitted around […]

JAY COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana State Police detectives are investigating after an inmate at the Jay County Jail collapsed and died Monday morning. Around 7:15 a.m., staff at the jail saw the inmate, identified by state police as 33-year-old Kevin Tyler Whitted, of Muncie, fall forward in the padded cell he was being kept in, according to ISP.

JAY COUNTY, Ind. — An inmate in the Jay County jail died Monday, and now Indiana State Police are looking into the case. Around 8 o’clock Monday morning, Jay County jail staff saw inmate Kevin Whitted fall forward in his cell. Whitted was being kept in a padded cell with video surveillance at the time. […] The post ISP: Jay County Inmate Dead, Medical Emergency May Be the Cause appeared first on WIBC 93.1 FM.

PORTLAND, Ind. (IUSTV News) – Detectives from the the Indiana State Police Fort Wayne Post are investigating the death of an inmate being held at the Jay County jail. ISP says the Jay County Sheiff requested state police to complete the death investigation. Officials identified the inmate as 33-year-old...

Monday, Nov. 20 at approximately 8 a.m., the Jay County Sheriff notified and requested detectives with the Indiana State Police Fort Wayne Post to investigate the death of a Jay County jail inmate. A detective from the Fort Wayne Post.