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Deadline approaching for Indiana safe room program
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- The deadline is approaching for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security’s safe room program. The initiative would reimburse up to 75% ($5,000 maximum) of safe room installations costs for 25 randomly picked applicants. The IDHS program was developed in 2015 to provide a rebate for the installation of safe rooms for Indiana […]
‘I’m not going without food’: Hoosiers burdened by medical debt call for change
(MIRROR INDY) — For the first time in months, Ronald Brady could buy toilet paper. In between his shifts as a warehouse worker at Walmart, the 60-year-old brought the rolls back to his home near Fountain Square. He walked past his used Hyundai Sonata, a car he spent years saving up for, only for it […]
Bashor's Children's Home raising money for human trafficking survivors
A local Rotary group is raising money for survivors of human trafficking. Rotary District 65-40, covering the northern counties of Indiana, has raised about 63 thousand dollars. The money will support the survivors' program at Bashor Children's Home in Goshen. That offers medical and dental needs to people in the...
US 30 Coalition hosts panel on future of highway
WARSAW, Ind. -- The main issues with US 30 discussed at the panel included safety and speed concerns, local access and mobility for long haul drivers. The PEL plan addressed major infrastructure changes and issues to address and considered alternatives in the first two stages of the study. A panel...
CBP OKs Ports of Indiana Plan for Ocean Container Terminal
New All-Water Route From Europe Means Higher Value Truck Cargo, First- and Last-Mile Deliveries. [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]. Creation of Lake Michigan’s first international container terminal serving the Chicago area is underway since U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials approved a Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor plan to open a new all-water ocean vessel supply chain route.
Three Tornadoes Confirmed In Northern Indiana From Monday’s Storms
ELKHART, Ind. (WISH) — The National Weather Service has confirmed at least three tornadoes hit northern Indiana early Tuesday morning including one that traveled through residential areas in Elkhart. A weak tornado hit Crown Point. The weather service officer in Chicago had not provided details by late Tuesday afternoon. A weak tornado with peak gusts […] The post Three Tornadoes Confirmed In Northern Indiana From Monday’s Storms appeared first on WIBC 93.1 FM.
Serious effort begins to seek link between 2 major trails for a regional destination
If filled, a roughly 11-mile trail gap east of Mishawaka would create a full path running all the way from Shipshewana to Niles. And that doesn’t include current efforts to extend the trail to Berrien Springs, with hopes of one day also reaching Lake Michigan and Chicago. For now, MACOG recently secured an...
Goshen's Everingham a Hall of Famer
Ron Everingham has achieved perfection several times. For the 76-year-old, those moments have taken place while bowling. “I’ve bowled one 300 game in each of the last six decades,” said the 1966 Goshen High School graduate. “That’s pretty heavy.” Everingham was recognized recently for his 300 games and other accomplishments in bowling. On June 29, he was inducted into the Indiana State United ...
Gov. Holcomb breaks ground on READI 2.0 Kokomo project
KOKOMO, Ind. — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, along with other local and regional officials, were in Kokomo on Tuesday to help break ground on the first quality of place project supported by the recent expansion of the Indiana Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI 2.0). According to a news release from Holcomb’s office, funds […]
Indiana State Police arrest man after rape incident at Hanover College
HANOVER, Ind. — Indiana State Police arrested a Clark County man for rape on Monday. According to a press release, Indiana State Police have been investigating an incident of sexual assault involving 22-year-old Jackson Kruer since last fall. ISP reported that the alleged rape occurred on Hanover College’s campus. ISP was first contacted about the […]
Pritzker looks to build up 'blue wall' with stops in Indiana, Ohio
Pushing through concerns of age and a shaky debate performance, Gov. JB Pritzker has been adamant that President Joe Biden is the man to defeat former President Donald Trump come November while shooting down claims that he himself could enter the race. Still, some Midwest Democrats think the Democratic governor...
One injured after shots fired on Huey Street
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — South Bend police are investigating after a call of shots fired on the city's northwest side. Police say they were called to the 1100 block of Huey Street near Humboldt Street just after 8:30 p.m. Officers on scene tell WSBT 22 there is one...
Longtime Penn High School swimming coach leaving for new position
MISHAWAKA — There has been a major shakeup in the South Bend area swimming scene, as Penn High School head coach Jess Preston is moving to Noblesville, just north of Indianapolis. The news was announced early Tuesday morning in a press release from Noblesville High School. Preston will oversee...
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