An employee at Rent-A-Center in Plymouth reported to the Plymouth Police Department that Jeremy Spencer and his wife allegedly sold rented furniture on Craigslist.
Charbonneau to Visit Fox’s Den in Pulaski County for Meet and Greet
Heater said she’s not sure what the senator will discuss, but he will be present to answer questions.
Relay for Life Team Holding Fundraiser Today
Only Two Shows Remain For Maxinkuckee Singers Christmas Concert
Underwood has been a Maxinkuckee Singer for 10 seasons, and Lichte said he’s been around for a few years longer than that. The group itself was established 32 years ago.
Use Caution When Giving Gift Cards This Holiday Season
Better Business Bureau officials receive complaints each year where a scammer obtains the numbers from the back of the gift card by removing the protective stickers and records them. By the time a person buys the gift card and the recipient attempts to use the card, there are no funds on the card.
DNR Offers Late Hunting Season For Canada Geese
The season runs Feb. 1-15 in 30 counties: Steuben, LaGrange, Elkhart, St. Joseph, La Porte, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusko, Noble, DeKalb, Allen, Whitley, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson, Shelby, Vermillion, Parke, Vigo, Clay, Sullivan and Greene.
Celebrate the Season at Tippecanoe River State Park
Hunting Range Accident Sends Porter Man to Chicago Hospital
A Porter man is hospitalized in Chicago after a Wednesday afternoon accident at Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area. DNR officials say Timothy P. Tackett, 54, was at the property’s gun range when the accident occurred. He was reportedly adjusting a sight on his rifle when it fell, discharged and shot him in his right hand. Tackett told conservation officers he did not realize the weapon was loaded. He drove himself to Porter Regional Hospital and was transferred to Christ Advocate Hospital in Chicago for specialized treatment. The incident remains under investigation. Conservation officers remind anyone handling firearms to point the muzzle in a safe direction and always treat the firearm as if it were loaded.
Fulton Industries in Rochester Closing
A company in Rochester has announced it will be closing its doors, leaving 90 workers without jobs. Fulton Industries has announced that its only client has elected to stop ordering engine parts from the company, forcing them to close by the end of March.
WSBT-TV reported that a spokesperson for Fulton said keeping the plant open wasn’t a viable option and they plan to close by the end of first quarter 2014. Fulton Industries has been in business for more than 25 years with other locations in Peru and Rockford, Ill., as well as an administrative office in South Bend. Those locations will remain open.
Vehicle Found on RR Tracks in LaPorte County, Owner Denies Knowledge of Incident
On Tuesday evening, Norfolk Southern railroad officials told police that a vehicle was stuck in the middle of the tracks, just east of the Detroit Street crossing. When police arrived at 8:19 p.m. CT, they observed a car sitting abandoned in the middle of the tracks. An Amtrak train was stopped on the south track, just inches from the vehicle that had bottomed out on four track rails on a center track.
Plymouth Man Sentenced on Two Serious Felony Charges
Glenn Gridley, 53, pleaded guilty in a plea agreement with the state to a charge of Manufacturing Methamphetamine. He admitted in open court that he had the equipment necessary to manufacture methamphetamine at his home on Bayless Street in Plymouth prior to his arrest on Feb. 7.
Winamac Town Dump Signed Off By IDEM
Rochester Man Arrested After Traffic Stop
The traffic stop occurred at the intersection of Church Street and Michigan Street in Lapaz. After an investigation, 36-year-old Jeffery Sustak was reportedly found to have been operating his vehicle after being convicted as an Habitual Traffic Violator.
Sustak was booked into the Marshall County Jail. His bond was set at $3,000.
Scammer Attempts to Defraud State Police Detective
This latest scam typically threatens to arrest the victim if they don’t pay the fines for some fabricated crime or debt and, to make matters worse, the crooks often have some personal information about the victim, which make them seem more legitimate.
Wanatah Library Gets Grant
Officials at Triple J-Mar Petroleum, Inc. recently announced the grant’s recipient. The funds were used to purchase E-Books from Overdrive, one of the nation’s largest e-book providers. The library staff is excited to provide E-Books to the residents of Wanatah and the surrounding areas.
Use Caution When Placing a Christmas Tree in Your Home
Knox-Center Township Fire Chief Kenny Pfost urges you to keep safety a number one priority this season.
“If you purchase a live Christmas tree, try and make sure you get the freshest tree possible. You want to choose one with fresh, green needles that don’t fall off when you touch them. If you choose an artificial tree, make sure it’s labeled as ‘fire retardant,’” stated Pfost.
DNR: No Ice Is Safe Ice
Moms Demand Action Commemorates One-Year Anniversary of Sandy Hook
Hoosier moms and mothers from across the country are commemorating the one-year anniversary of the tragedy that befell Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. Moms Demand Action, an organization formed by an Indiana mother in the wake of the mass shooting that left 26 dead, now has more than 120,000 members and chapters in every state.
One Person Killed in Marshall County Industrial Accident
A truck driver from Portage was killed yesterday while unloading a machine at a factory in Marshall County. Coroner Bill Clevenger says Alfonzo Hernandez, 54, was making a delivery to NICORR in Tippecanoe, south of Bourbon when the accident happened around 11:40 a.m. Hernandez was not an employee of the business. Clevenger adds drug and alcohol tests are standard when such an accident occurs. Those test results are pending.
Two Arrested after Police Find Alleged Marijuana Operation in Koontz Lake
Officers from the Hamlet Police Department investigated a theft call that occurred at a residence on Pearl Street on Tuesday, Dec. 10. As a result of the investigation, a search warrant was granted and officers from the Hamlet Police Department and the Starke County Sheriff’s Department executed that search warrant at 7871 N. Clover Lane in Koontz Lake.
