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CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (WLFI) — One person is dead after a trike-style motorcycle collided with a SUV in Crawfordsville. According to officials, the Crawfordsville Police Department and Crawfordsville Fire Department responded Wednesday around 3:13 p.m. to a crash that occurred at the intersection of E. Main Street and Oak Street,

This week in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, there were three incidents that occurred. These incidents include an argument that escalated into a battery with a hammer, a murder case resulting in a 45-year prison sentence, and a road rage incident involving rival bikers that led to attempted murder charges.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Kimberly Burge, 56, and Jaden Harvey, 17, both died from blunt force injuries to the head and chest suffered about 9:25 p.m. Monday in a car accident at U.S. 52 and Tippecanoe County Road 400 West, according to preliminary autopsy results released Friday. Burge and Harvey both lived in Benton...

LAFAYETTE — Starting in October, Lafayette Transitional Housing Center will begin homeless outreach and housing coordination services in the seven counties just outside of Tippecanoe. This is part of a Housing and Urban Development Rural Homelessness initiative announced last year. “LTHC has the expertise of getting unhoused people connected...

A downtown city water feature enjoyed by many will soon be demolished and replaced. On Wednesday, the Crawfordsville Board of Public Works & Safety approved a request from Tom Fansler of Smock Fansler Corp., Indianapolis, to close the Marie Canine Plaza while crews replace the fountain and make other renovations to the site at the corner of East Main and Green streets.

Ability Services Inc. consumers, staff and board members celebrated an announcement Thursday that the agency will soon move from its Concord Road location to 2109 Indianapolis Road. The new site most recently housed an auction house, but most people know it as the former Elks Lodge on S.R. 32 East.

A 34-year-old Lafayette man riding a motorcycle allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot at two other motorcyclists at the intersection of 18th and Everett streets Sept. 14 between 5:30 and 6 p.m. The victims reportedly told the man, Keylin Holly, to stop following them when they stopped at the...

ROCKVILLE, Ind. (WTHI) - A local organization is bringing sanctioned charitable gaming to the Covered Bridge Festival. "Parke Without Reverse" will host a daily 50-50 cash prize raffle. This will take place one block southeast of the courthouse square in Rockville. There will be ten prizes, one for each day...

In a significant WRC match, the North Vermillion Falcons secured a win over the Attica Braves. This extends the Braves' consecutive losses in the league from last season. The Falcons started the game exhibiting careful strategy and determination.

Predictions for the coming weekend suggest warmer weather, ranging from the low to mid-80s. Areas such as Fowler and Attica can expect temperatures around 85 on Saturday. However, Logan's Port and Peru may have cooler conditions due to shifting wind patterns.

A local high school is excited to show the community its newly-wrapped and decaled semi truck for its CDL program.

Wanda Faye Stewart Miller, of rural Crawfordsville/Waynetown passed away at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, 2033. She was born Aug. 28, 1942, at Bloomington, to the late Stacey J. and Adria Eleanor Stewart. She married Jimmy L. Miller on March 23, 2000, in the One Way Pentecostal Church in Crawfordsville. He survives.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Four teenagers found themselves jailed Thursday morning after Tippecanoe County sheriff's deputies tied them to a car theft from the 2700 block of Tristan Drive just south of Lafayette city limits, according to the sheriff's office. The victim reported a 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander stolen about 1:25 a.m. Thursday. While deputies were en route to that call, a motorist reported a disabled Outlander with four people walking away from it in the area of Tippecanoe...

Ryan Christopher Newman, a 19-year-old Purdue student majoring in chemical engineering, was arrested Tuesday night on five drug related charges after police allegedly found him with over a pound of marijuana and 100 grams of Psilocybin mushrooms, among other drugs. During a routine traffic stop on the intersection of State...

A student from Benton Central Sr. High School, Jaden Harvey, died in a fatal accident in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The crash happened at U.S. 52 and County Road 400 West, near West Lafayette. It involved two cars, a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee and a 2005 Pontiac G2. The accident also critically injured another student, Rylan Burge.

The 50th Festival of the Turning Leaves kicks off in Thorntown on Friday, Sept. 22 and continues through Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24. For the 50th celebration of the Festival of the Turning Leaves, the organizers elected to pay tribute to the festival’s roots and focus on bringing the Thorntown community and community members from surrounding areas together for a day of festivities and celebrations. The festival was founded by the Society for the Preservation of Our Indian Heritage, and the Thorntown merchants partnered with the society to kick off the festivities for the community of Thorntown. When the group disbanded in the mid-1990’s, the community came together to continue the work of the society.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The odor of marijuana wafted from an apartment in the 3000 block of Fall Court about 1:35 a.m. Tuesday, beckoning to West Lafayette officers who were patrolling in the area. The odor led to a search warrant, where police found at least two loaded handguns stuffed in a couch in a home where there were children, police said. ...

A week after competing against one county rival, Crawfordsville football will now compete against it’s other rival when CHS welcomes North Montgomery for Homecoming on Friday. The Athenians (0-5, 0-3 SAC) are coming off a 48-18 loss to Southmont while the Chargers (3-2, 2-1 SAC) come into the game riding high after a 20-14 win against Western Boone a week ago. The rivalry has been historically dominated by the Chargers who won last year’s contest 44-7 and currently own an 13-game winning streak against the Athenians with Cville s last win coming back in 2011. North has also defeated CHS twice in the sectional.

Parke Heritage High School and Parke Heritage Middle School FFA members participated in the Area 5 Livestock Skillathon at Clay County Fairgrounds on Sept. 13. They were tested on livestock breeds, feedstuffs, equipment, meat cuts, general industry knowledge, and took a quality assurance quiz. The PHHS FFA Gold Team was the sixth overall senior team. Treyton Burgess was the 13th high individual. Other team members were Stormi Swaim, Hayden Holcomb and Kailey Seay. For the PHMS chapter, the Gold Team was fifth overall junior team and the FFA Blue Team was 14th overall junior team. Whitney Swaim was ninth high individual and Kamden Shields was 13th high individual for the junior division. Pictured are, from left, front row, Ryder Smith, Max Jeffries, Eli Seay, Krede Shields, Emmylou Rader, Whitney Swaim, Brooklynn McMullen, Kenleigh Berry, Alisa McMullen, Cohen Berry and McKenna Mager; middle row, Kolten Myers, Lydia Jeffries, Kailey Seay, Kamden Shields and Stormi Swaim; and back row, Bradley McElhaney, Klayton Burgess, Treyton Burgess, Landon Berry, Mary Stevenson, Hayden Holcomb, Kennedy Mitchell, Mason Woody, Wesley Pratt and Evie Lund.

INDIANAPOLIS — Following a two-day jury trial, a Crawfordsville man was convicted of murder in the 2021 deadly shooting of another man on Indianapolis' southeast side, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday. Kyle Roberts was also convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.