Elkhart County News

More than 180 one-pot meth labs were seized and three people arrested after an investigation by the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team and Indiana State Police Tuesday.

A new pet-friendly board game gives dog lovers the opportunity to bond with family members and their four-legged friends.

Paul Hertel is hoping more emphasis will be placed on the care of sick inmates after he lingered in the Elkhart County Work Release Center for days before receiving medical treatment, he alleges.

" The state of the economy has homelessness on the rise. The Elkhart County Homeless Coalition hosted a Box City in downtown Elkhart today.

If high-speed rail is to come to northern Indiana, the Indiana Department of Transportation favors a corridor that goes through Fort Wayne, not Elkhart and South Bend.

ELKHART COUNTY a * Earlier this year, a grass roots organization in Elkhart County kicked off its own food drive, but this one is a little out of the ordinary.

Initiate the season with holiday song and dance events that gear up this weekend.

It's no secret. Elkhart County has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state.

ELKHART a ' An ad hoc committee will not recommend banning pit bulls when Elkhart City Council overhauls its animal control ordinance in the coming weeks.

Police here are making it tougher on bike thieves. To help combat what they say has become a growing problem, Elkhart police have begun deploying a oebike decoysa around areas that have seen a spike in such thefts.

The Indiana Department of Transportation released a draft of the state's 2010-2013 statewide plan Monday, and it includes $130 million in federal, state and local spending on projects in Elkhart County.

Mark Potuck doesn't think much of the notion of requiring that eateries place color-coded signs outside to inform would-be patrons of the smoking policy inside.

In each of three armed robberies early Sunday in Elkhart, suspects were described as two men.

Last year's Miss Elkhart County and Miss Elkhart County Outstanding Teen passed on their respective crowns Saturday evening during the Miss Elkhart County 2010 Scholarship Program.

ELKHART COUNTY a * A major gas leak in Elkhart County closed all lanes of US 33 for a time in both directions around Dunlap.

The debate over how to make up for lost property tax revenue brought on by state-imposed property tax caps continues.

Two men were injured when their minivan hit a horse that had strayed into the roadway north of Millersburg Thursday night.

Think superheroes can only be found in comic strips? Think again! A trip into Elkhart County could bring you face to face with one.

Some Elkhart County teens got a lesson in driving safely Tuesday. Students from the eight county high schools gathered at the fair grounds in Goshen for the Drive Rite- Safe Kids of Elkhart County Conference.

Two people were arrested Thursday after an investigation led to the discovery of drugs and cash at an Elkhart home.