Wabash News

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

FINGER LICKIN' GOOD: No, it's not Colonel Sanders' KFC. It's Ribfest, which takes place this weekend at Headwaters Park.

Massive thunderstorms swept across the Midwest and mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas.

The National Weather Service says several farm buildings near Wabash in northeastern Indiana were destroyed by straight-line winds of up to 100 mph, which inspectors say were some of the strongest they've seen.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1118 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 WABASH IN-HUNTINGTON IN-MIAMI IN-ADAMS IN-WELLS IN-GRANT IN-JAY IN- BLACKFORD IN- 1118 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BLACKFORD... JAY...GRANT...SOUTHERN WELLS...SOUTHERN ADAMS...SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI...

The Southeastern Swim Club has already started its summer season as a big winner.

Friends and family members gathered Tuesday evening to remember Alicia Smidler, the 24-year-old whose body was pulled from a car in the Wabash River late last week.

John W. Walls, a business and civic leader who served as president of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce from 1977 to 1992, died Friday at 86 after a brief illness, the Chamber announced Monday.

TOLEDO, Ohio Owens Corning has completed its buyout of Thermafiber Inc., a maker of mineral wool commercial and industrial insulation products.

Perry Hill Elementary School teacher Dawn Widdifield, this week's Teacher Honor Roll nominee, reads a story to her kindergarten class.

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 210 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-PULASKI IN-WABASH IN-MIAMI IN-CASS IN-WHITE IN- 210 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT/515 AM CDT/ FOR WHITE...CASS...NORTHERN MIAMI...NORTHERN WABASH...PULASKI... SOUTHERN KOSCIUSKO AND ... (more)

A Holocaust survivor who founded a Terre Haute museum dedicated to understanding the impact of hatred and prejudice has received a Sagamore of the Wabash award from Indiana Gov.

Tippecanoe County emergency crews work the scene as a car is pulled from the waters of the Wabash River.

Brendan Kearns has a warning for anyone who hops into his brown 16-foot, flat-bottom boat for a trip up the Wabash River.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Crews cleaning up from Wabash River flooding in western Indiana came across a 17-pound bone that they believe might have come from an ancient mastodon.