Jasper County News

A Gary teenager is sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by two years on probation, for his role in an armed robbery in Lafayette.

THE FEDS CHARGE 29-YEAR-OLD ROBERT DEAN GRAEF OF TULSA WITH ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A MINOR AND WITH TRAVELLING ACROSS STATE LINES FOR ILLICIT SEX; TRAVELING FROM OKLAHOMA TO JASPER COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

Here are the latest Flash Flood WARNINGS from the National Weather Service: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT * AT 1034 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF ...

Only one minor injury is reported after an accident involving a car and a schoolbus in Jasper County.

Interstate 65 was closed for 20 miles in both directions for more than 8 hours Thursday after three trucks -- including one carrying hazardous materials -- crashed about 3 miles south of the DeMotte exit.

A Jasper County, Ind. woman who was killed and buried in a shallow grave was put in a trunk before her death, according to charges.

Two more people have been arrested in the case of a missing Jasper County, Indiana woman whose body was found buried in neighboring Newton County.

A friend of a missing Wheatfield woman was jailed on kidnapping and other charges after police say he led investigators to the woman's shallow grave.

Police in Jasper County, Indiana are asking for help finding a missing woman. Rosalba Ricchio, 54, was last seen Monday night.

Just driving into Rensselaer, standing water is visible pretty much everywhere you look.A With the Iroquois River cresting this afternoon, residents hope the water will stay out of their homes.

First Christian Church in Remington opened its doors as a shelter for evacuees, forced by flood waters from their Lake Arthur Estates home.

Some residents along rain-swollen rivers in northern Indiana have evacuated their homes for higher ground.

The St. Joe County Police Department's Transportation Division transported Michael Lindsey, from Jasper County, Indiana to their facility Thursday afternoon.

A man armed with a handgun robbed the Fifth/Third Bank in Rensselaer at 11:39 a.m. Thursday morning.

As the enrollment for 4-H nears, Jan. 15, some may wonder why kids get involved with an organization that has the stereotype of being about livestock and farming.

A homeless man, who was living in the DeMotte area faces a sentence hearing, Feb.

Heroin use is on the rise in Jasper County and local police are beginning to calculate the numbers of arrests, overdoses and deaths to prove it.

A Rensselaer man found guilty by a jury for four felony counts faced a sentencing hearing on Wednesday - his attorney said he will appeal.

Jasper County Sheriff Orville Perry has eliminated one of the possible reasons for the unexpectedly high utility bills over the past two months at the new jail.

The filing date for the Over 65 Deduction and the Over 65 Circuit Breaker Credit has been extended from December 31, 2008 to January 20, 2009.