West Lafayette News

The football season is nearing its grand finale in Indiana. Jimtown plays Friday night at West Lafayette .

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

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University has backed away from a total ban on smoking on its main campus and instead will limit it to specific areas while prohibiting smoking in university motor vehicles.

A West Lafayette man is sent to the hospital after his motorcycle struck a deer this morning.A Around 9:00a.m. Indiana State Police responded to the crash on U.S. 24 near U.S. 31 near Purdue.A Police said 42-year-old Richard Spencer was traveling eastbound on U.S. 24 when a deer ran from the north side of the road and was struck by Spencer's Harley ...

A West Lafayette woman who put her foot down to save a large white oak tree in her yard is the winner of this year's Tree Preservation Award from Tree Lafayette.

This morning, at approximately 9:00 a.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and Peru Police Department responded to a motorcycle crash on U.S. 24 near U.S. 31, which injured a West Lafayette, IN, man.

A Purdue University assistant professor says the recent Hollywood focus on apocalyptic movies is no surprise given the nation's economic climate.

Some Purdue University students are calling for a faculty member's firing after he wrote what he called "an economic case against homosexuality" on a personal blog.

Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats immediately after spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve damage, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Members of St. James Lutheran Church laced up their running shoes to help fight hunger.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Reid Scott darted into Stanley Coulter Hall, Nerf gun in hand, to avoid the mass of 'zombies' swarming upon him Thursday.

The texting, tweeting and Facebook-ing that teachers normally hope would stay outside the classroom is being intentionally brought in to at least two classes at Purdue University.

Indianapolis - A statewide comedy tour will benefit veterans who've been injured or experienced hardships as a result of their service to the country.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Researchers say regional surface temperatures can be affected by land use, suggesting that local and regional strategies, such as creating green spaces and buffer zones in and around urban areas, could be a tool in addressing climate change.

The digestors at the West Lafayette Wastewater Utility Plant are hungry for grease.

Bids to move the fence around the West Lafayette Junior Senior High School track were opened by the Board of Works.

With the 2010 Census right around the corner, West Lafayette is encouraging Purdue students to sign up.

Much of West Lafayette lost power this afternoon. Three stoplights were affected by the outage, as well as 5,600 business and residential Duke Energy customers, including Harrison High School.

Greater Lafayette Commerce's 9th Annual Operation Trick-or-Treat will be held in downtown Lafayette and West Lafayette on Friday night.

West Lafayette, Ind. - A property manager who got a deal on pink paint has left some neighbors of a West Lafayette rental home seeing red.