Laporte County News

With fewer riders, less revenue and higher operating costs anticipated in 2010, the South Shore commuter line will be looking at a fare hike and possible service reduction in next year's third quarter.

Train whistles and a brass bell were recently taken from antique locomotives at the Hesston Steam Museum.

Although state health officials report an increase in the number of confirmed H1N1 influenza-related deaths through the end of last week, they believe the flu pandemic appears to be waning.

A 17-year-old boy was found hanging just before 6 p.m Wednesday in a jail cell at the Michigan City Police Department.

A weekend meth lab bust in LaPorte was the first for the city. That's according to La Porte Metro Operations coordinator Tim Shortt, who said the discovery inside a home on Brighton Street indicates that the use of meth is becoming even more widespread.

The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether a LaPorte County man should get a new murder trial because a judge didn't investigate allegations of jury tampering.

LaPorte County Public Health Department officials reported two people died from the H1N1 virus last week.

A Valparaiso hunter evacuated by University of Chicago helicopter after he fell from his deer stand at the opening of firearms season Saturday may have first suffered a "medical incident," according to DNR law enforcement reports.

A 45-year-old woman died on the Indiana Toll Road Sunday around 2 a.m. after a crash at mile marker 48.3 in LaPorte County.

A visitor to the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City was arrested on a charge of trafficking after she attempted to smuggle a cellular telephone to an inmate, the Indiana Department of Correction said.

Police say a man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend in front of their two children as they waited for a school bus in northern Indiana.

Two Michigan City children lost both their parents Tuesday in a horrific murder-suicide. What's worse, the kids witnessed their mother's murder as they waited for their school bus with her at the intersection of 425 West and 1000 North in northern LaPorte County Tuesday morning.

LaPorte County coroner John Sullivan tells WSBT two people were shot outside a home in an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday morning.

A woman was killed Sunday when the van in which she was riding rolled over on the Indiana Toll Road in LaPorte County, the Indiana State Police said.

One person is dead and another is in critical condition after a rollover accident on the toll road.

Had a South Bend man been wearing his seat belt, authorities believe he would have survived a collision with a dump truck.

LaPorte County is looking at cuts in work force and possible reductions in man hours to try to save money.

For some, it's the most unpleasant part of the fall season. It's likely you've noticed some huge plumes of smoke the last few days, as people burn off their leaves.

When I was in first-grade, I was learning to read the 12 words associated with "Dick & Jane." Now, my first-grade granddaughter is reading the National Geographic to me.

The 2009 Old Fort Cluster Dog Show wrapped up Sunday at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.