Lafayette News

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Finding a spot to light up at Purdue University won't be too easy starting next year.

EST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University student has been arrested after a suspicious package led officials to evacuate a visitor information center on the West Lafayette campus.

Two students were burned in an accident Wednesday morning at Wainwright Middle School in Lafayette.

This week is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and local government leaders and community members are taking aim at both issues in Tippecanoe County.

Three red-tailed hawk chicks that were removed from a tree on Purdue's campus this past spring and put in captivity are now on their own.

Construction plans to fix the ride along Lindberg Road in West Lafayette are still a few years away.

Lasse Kivioja came before the board and said he didn't understand why he was issued a ticket for a dead possum on his Lafayette property located near Miami Elementary School.

Tippecanoe County Health Department administrators answered questions about H1N1 during a live web chat on WLFI.com. More than 800 people watched the web cast while Health Officer Dr.

H1N1 vaccines in Tippecanoe County are hard to come by, because of a nation wide shortage.

The Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department is looking for a person of interest for questioning in a shooting yesterday, November 5, 2009 at the Emerald Pines Apartment Complex.

A Lafayette man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest following an argument at an apartment complex on the city's east side.

A former Lafayette man stationed at the U.S. Army base in Fort Hood is being treated for two gunshot wounds, caused when another soldier opened fire Thursday afternoon at the post in Texas.

Steven and Michelle Mitchell charged with neglect Updated: Thursday, 05 Nov 2009, 6:29 PM EST Published : Thursday, 05 Nov 2009, 3:37 PM EST Sue Scott LAFAYETTE, Ind - A house owned by a Tippecanoe County couple was declared unsafe earlier this year.

According to www.cancer.org , pancreatic cancer is relatively rare, affecting less than 2% of the population nationwide: The lifetime risk is just 1 in 72.

A former Sheriff and Lafayette Mayor is now officially the Director of the Tippecanoe County Community Corrections Department.

Some Greater Lafayette homes display a mark of distinction. The Wabash Valley Trust presented Sycamore Leaf Preservation plaques to two home owners.

In response to concerns over the spread of the H1N1 virus, Bishop William Higi of Lafayette, Indiana, has mandated the distribution of Holy Communion in the hand and ordered parishes to remove holy water from fonts.

A Lafayette man who police say had his 9-year-old daughter drive him around the neighborhood while he was drunk has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

After several attempts to contact the owner of a house in Lafayette fail, plans for demolition are finalized.

Mountain bikers looking for a trail close to home have a new option in West Lafayette.