La Porte News

Stan Maddux
For The News-Dispatch

LA PORTE - After having his power turned off, 67-year-old William White climbed a NIPSCO pole and illegally hooked up wires that supplied electricity to his home for more than a year. White also took part in other acts of theft.

Adventurers in search of travel gems might wish to take a close-up look at Michigan City, Indiana.

The arrow points the way to the Pike Place Market as Bruce Holton moves his 475-pound upright piano to the elevator for another one-hour gig in front of the original Starbucks.

What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Marc Fiorite, 34, La Porte, Ind. : "Mint chocolate chip.It's cool and refreshing." Luana Fiorite, 34, La Porte, Ind.: "Chocolate chip cookie dough.

A man who authorities say broke out of the LaPorte County Jail by pretending to be another offender has pleaded guilty.

A storm front moves east in Huntington County shortly after 7:30 a.m. Monday. This is the view from Interstate 69 just north of the Indiana 218 exit.

An employee of the LaPorte County Highway Department has been suspended for allegedly playing monster truck driver in a county-owned vehicle after a weekend show.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 300 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA CASS IN ELKHART FULTON IN KOSCIUSKO LA PORTE LAGRANGE MARSHALL PULASKI ST.

Position: Pitcher. Born/Resides: Oct. 24, 1978, in La Porte, Ind.; lives in Phoenix.

Navy Seaman Michael T. Thielen, son of Karen S. Neubauer of Anderson, Ind., and Craig A. Thielen of Goshen, Ind., completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 182 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN .

Section: NEWS Originally published: 4/15/09 at 1:38 AM EST Last update: 4/15/09 at 1:42 AM EST A group of students is putting on a concert tonight that it says is the beginning of "big plans" for the music scene on Ball State University's campus.

Four years after an Indiana businessman was kidnapped in Iraq, a family friend says the man's wife still holds out hope that someday he might return safely home.

South Shore spokesman John Parsons says an accident involving a train and a car Saturday night killed a passenger in the car.

Aubrey Neumann and Jesse Jackl, both of La Porte, Ind. announce their engagement and plans for a late summer wedding.

A judge has ordered Stephan Koethe and his wife, Superior Court 3 Judge Jennifer Evans, to remove all firearms from their residence and to refrain from consuming alcohol right before or during the times when ...

Judy Dean of La Porte, IN is a hypnotist. Laurie Wink wrote about her for The News Dispatch in Michigan City, IN this week.

LA PORTE, Ind. - Three La Porte men involved in the Norfolk Southern train theft conspiracy have entered guilty pleas, but more indictments are expected.

With only a dusting of morning snow, morning rush hour traffic returned to normal in the Indianapolis area.

Editor's note: The following first appeared in the January 2009 issue of Credit Union Management.