Car dealership collecting toys to support foster care

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — A lawmaker from Lafayette's top priority this year is to invest in mental health resources in Indiana. Republican state Sen. Ron Alting is co-author of SB 1, which sets aside $30 million over the next two years to create community mental health centers and mobile crisis teams across the state, as well as bolster Indiana's 988 suicide and crisis lifeline.

Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch visited Shine On University in Lafayette Saturday. Shine On University provides life-skills education for adults with special needs.

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — It was unclear if the McAllister Winter Market would be coming back in the year 2023, but it was recently announced you can attend three more before spring. The first market back in November 2022 had only a couple vendors, but each market held...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Police are trying to figure out who is depositing fake checks with Tippecanoe County as the payor. Lt. Brian Lowe with the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office says local banks report receiving the phony checks almost every day. Investigators believe the checks are being deposited digitally...

Damaging ice storm in the south, snow/sleet blizzard in the north……..glazing ice with strong winds downed numerous trees & power lines, while a driving sleet & snow blizzard hit Newton, Jasper, Pulaski counties. This is the storm that brought the historic blizzard to Chicago with +20” of all snow.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — A woman faces up to 60 years in prison for firing gunshots at an employee of an apartment complex in Lafayette. 64-year-old Antoinette Green was convicted on all counts, including attempted murder, for the shooting last August at Spring Gardens apartments. She was arrested in Gary after the shooting.

I have compiled the CoCo, NWS COOP & viewer snowfall totals Wednesday-Thursday. I did tend to shy away from a lot of NWS COOP totals because measurements are only taken at 7 a.m. daily. The Purdue Ag Farm in northwestern Tippecanoe County only reported 3" for official total between measurement at 7 a.m. on Wednesday & 7 a.m. on Thursday. However, they did send 4.2" report to NWS on early Wednesday afternoon as the snow was still falling. However, due to all the melting, the 3" total is not accurate. That is a huge problem with historical NWS COOP data. Snow melts & you never get a true representation of the snowfall. I have had to do much research on snowfall totals from these stations in trying to map out historic storms as some totals make no sense in COOP record. This is why much of our historic snowfall data for Tippecanoe County back to 1879 comes from Purdue University & the Purdue Airport.

Zach Edey scores a career-high 38 points and grabs 13 rebounds in Purdue's 77-61 win over Michigan State. The top ranked Boilers took on Michigan State for the second time in two weeks. Last time out, Zach Edey had a career night at the Breslin Center scoring 32 points and grabbing 17 boards.

Zach Edey and Fletcher Loyer combined for 36 points to power Purdue past Michigan, 75-70. The Boilermakers went on a 15-0 run with three minutes remaining in the first half. But the Wolverines responded and trailed by six points at the break. In the final minute of the game, Michigan...