Starke County News

Those looking for a positive spin about the jobless rates in Northwest Indiana can cling to a comparative motto for hope: "At least it's not as bad here as it is in other places." On Tuesday, the U.S. Labor Department provided proof.

That's a good thing, since the berries are coming into their prime, and since Goin's family owns Goin's Blueberry Lane in North Judson.

Police are looking for a man wanted for targeting the elderly for home improvement fraud.

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LaPorte Regional Health System is acquiring Starke Memorial Hospital in Knox. The LaPorte Regional Health System Board of Directors and the Clarian Health Board of Directors on Wednesday approved the hospital purchase.

Police have identified the victims of a stabbing and shooting in Starke County Sunday afternoon.

One person is dead and another is injured after a stabbing and shooting in Starke County yesterday.

One person is dead and another injured following a stabbing and shooting in Starke County Sunday afternoon.

Starke County says it's the biggest Relay for Life turnout they've seen for years.

Robinson Community Learning Center in South Bend and Plymouth's Earthworks Inc. and the Starke County Youth Club Inc., have been awarded '2009 Strengthening Families' micro-grants. The grants, announced by the Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives, will enable recipients to create or expand employment-related services to low-income ...

A driver who fled from South Bend Police led officers on a chase across three counties early Tuesday before he was finally arrested in Hamlet, Ind.

Monday, 01 June 2009 PLYMOUTH - Shoppers have three days this week to "Discover Plymouth" and qualify to win prizes - including a grand prize of a three-day, two-night getaway vacation with a $100 gas card.

Officials in Starke County are still hoping to land 500-new jobs and a food redistribution center, but now, they're taking it one step further.

A Knox fugitive wanted in an attack on officers last month was arrested last weekend.

An accident that left a vehicle partially submerged in water injured two people in LaPorte County early Sunday.

Seconds count every time severe weather threatens. Whether it's dangerous hail, strong winds or deadly tornadoes you need to know what kind of weather is headed your way.

Engineer Steve Winicker watches the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's 765 steam locomotive link with passenger cars in anticipation of its Memorial Day-weekend return.

After years of controversy, federal economic stimulus funding will finally bring a sewer system to Koontz Lake.

The unemployment numbers for February have been released. As a whole, Indiana's unemployment rate rose to 9.4 percent in February, and eight Indiana counties in our area have unemployment rates in the double digits.

Tornado siren tests will be held between 10 and 10:30 a.m. and between 7 and 7:30 p.m. Schools and businesses are encouraged to participate by conducting drills during the morning tests.