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Lafayette, Indiana is located in Tippecanoe County. Zip codes in Lafayette, IN include 47902, 47905, and 47904. The median home price in Lafayette is $94,500. More Lafayette information.

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5 min ago | Journal and Courier

West Lafayette to limit phosphorus wastewater levels

To combat phosphorus runoff, wastewater treatments plants along tributaries -- including the Wabash River -- are taking action.

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2 hrs ago | WLFI-TV West Lafayette

Glenda Ritz makes stop in Lafayette

Tuesday morning, State School Superintendent Glenda Ritz made a stop in Lafayette at Tecumsuh Junior High to meet with educators, city leaders and lawmakers to discuss the future of education.

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2 hrs ago | Journal and Courier

Girls rescued after Wildcat current pulls them downstream

Melanie and Allie Marchand were all smiles Tuesday after being safely returned to the banks of Wildcat Park by a Tippecanoe County dive team.

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3 hrs ago | WLFI-TV West Lafayette

Find your fireworks shows here

As Independence Day approaches, so does fireworks season. Dozens of spots in the viewing area will be home to fireworks shows this summer.

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7 hrs ago | Journal and Courier

New bakery, coffee shop caters to South Side sweet tooths

Tucked away in a corner of a plaza near Veterans Memorial Parkway and Concord Road, Baked Cupcakes & Coffee Shoppe is easy to miss if you don't know it's there.

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12 hrs ago | Journal and Courier

Fitness calendar: Week of June 18

The run is sponsored by the Wabash River Runners Club and is the third Wednesday of the month through October.

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16 hrs ago | The News-Gazette

Indiana man treated after I-57 crash near Pesotum

According to a state police report, Patrick J. Corwin, 28, of Lafayette, Ind., was driving a tractor pulling a semitrailer north on Interstate 57 in heavy fog when he collided with a northbound tractor-trailer driven by Richard A. Largaespada, 64, of Berrien Springs, Minn., about 3 3/4 miles north of Pesotum at 6:43 a.m. Monday.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Journal and Courier

Greater Lafayette welcomes President Daniels

More than 200 Greater Lafayette residents, Purdue University employees, international students and business leaders came to downtown Lafayette science center Imagination Station on Monday to enjoy free food and get a chance to meet University president Mitch Daniels.

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Journal and Courier

Driver hospitalized after rollover in Lafayette

According to the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office, Vincent Coors, 44, was driving a pickup truck south shortly before 1 p.m. when he struck an ornamental boulder on the side of the road.

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Journal and Courier

Faith Notes: Week of June 17

First United Methodist Church, 1700 W. State St. in West Lafayette, will hold "Everywhere Fun Fair -- Where God's World Comes Together," from 9 a.m. to noon today through Friday.

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Journal and Courier

Lafayette weather: Partly sunny and muggy today, scattered showers...

First thing is fog for Monday morning. A muggy air mass is combining with light winds to bring visibility down to under a mile in some spots.

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Journal and Courier

Dove Award-winning artist Chris August to play Sacred Grounds Reclaimed

For Chris August, faith and music are a natural combination. It was at age 15 when the Texas native became a Christian, and it was about this time that he became serious about the craft that would later become his profession.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Journal and Courier

Lafayette considers requiring mo-ped registration

There likely isn't a complaint about mo-ped operators that Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski has not heard before: Weaving in-and-out of traffic.

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Journal and Courier

Public to have say in Loeb upgrade

Upgrades are coming to Loeb Stadium, but the full scope of those renovations will depend in part on public input.

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WLFI-TV West Lafayette

Getting ready for the grand finale

Away from the crowds of the Taste of Tippecanoe Gary Poe and his team at Melrose Pyrotechnics get ready for the grand finale.

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Journal and Courier

The Myerses

Mr. Myers and the former Marie Pellam were married June 23, 1963. They are retired.

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Journal and Courier

The Blacks

Mr. Black and the former Annette Keiser were married March 23, 1963, at the First Reformed Church in Lafayette.

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Journal and Courier

The Wrights

He is a band director at Miami High School and Purdue University and she is a band director at Otterbein, Klondike and Harrison.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Journal and Courier

Purdue leaders like plan for growth

Turning Mayor John Dennis' plans to annex West Lafayette into reality means that a host of details between Purdue University and the city need to be hashed out.

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Journal and Courier

Homemakers conference celebrates centennial with a look back, forward

It was 1913 when a group of Indiana homemakers and Purdue University professors first collaborated with the goal of providing educational opportunities for women to improve their home lives.

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Flood Warning for Tippecanoe County was issued at June 18 at 11:04AM EDT