LaPorte County officials believe a heart attack is what killed a 17-year-old New Prairie High School student last month. Mark Mayfield died suddenly on January 23, after taking part in an intramural basketball game at the school. Continue reading
Students at New Prairie High School have planned a vigil tonight for a classmate who died Monday after playing basketball in the gym. Continue reading
The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office is investigating at least one burglary in Fish Lake and cautions more may have occurred. Continue reading
A LaPorte County community is mourning the sudden death of a high school student. The 17-year-old boy was taking part in an intramural basketball game at New Prairie High School Monday evening, according to the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department. They were dispatched along with LaPorte County EMS and Kankakee Township Fire Department First Responders to the school around 7:25 p.m. Continue reading
A Westville man was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Continue reading
A Kingsford Heights man faces drunk driving charges after a Thursday night multiple-vehicle injury crash just south of LaPorte on U.S. 35. In case you are riding a bike and got hit these injury lawyers can help you win your case. Continue reading
Authorities in LaPorte County have identified the man found dead Friday at the Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife Area. An autopsy is scheduled Monday to determine the cause and manner of his death. Continue reading
Authorities in LaPorte County believe alcohol was a factor in an early morning single-vehicle crash on a rural highway. Sheriff’s deputies were notified at 1:21 a.m. of the accident on State Road 2 near County Road 450 East. Continue reading
A fugitive is behind bars in LaPorte County, thanks to the collaborative efforts of federal and local law enforcement. Continue reading
Indiana Conservation Officers have released the name of the man who drowned in Hudson Lake Sunday morning. Howard Fetterer, 71, of New Carlisle was recovered from eight feet of water about 100 feet from shore, after a one-hour search. Continue reading
Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a weekend drowning at Hudson Lake in LaPorte County. Emergency responders received reports shortly after 7:00 Sunday morning that someone had fallen out of a boat near the 8100 block of East Lakeshore Drive, according to the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department. Continue reading
Patrol deputies from the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office say sleepy drivers were to blame for a pair of single-vehicle crashes this morning. The first happened around 6:15 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 35 and Johnson Road. Continue reading
A multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 20 in LaPorte County had the highway closed again Saturday morning. Continue reading
A one-year-old child was airlifted to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis today after the vehicle in which he was riding was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 20 in LaPorte County. Continue reading
LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan has released the name of the man killed this morning in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 20. Continue reading
One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash this morning in LaPorte County. It happened on U.S. 20 just west of Fail Road shortly after 8 a.m., according to sheriff’s department officials. Continue reading
An investigation by the LaPorte County Metro Operations Task Force resulted in the arrest of a LaPorte man on drug charges. Continue reading
Alcohol, speed and slick roads were factors in a single-vehicle crash near LaCrosse that claimed life and sent another person to a South Bend hospital.
It happened just after 11 p.m. Tuesday on State Road 8 just east of 600 West, according to officials with the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies found a black 1999 Dodge Ram truck on its side and say a man and woman had been thrown from the vehicle. Neither were wearing seatbelts, according to investigators. Continue reading
A mobile home fire in LaPorte County claims a life. It occurred thismorning at 7701 South U.S. 6 and 35, according to officials with the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office. That’s just outside of Kingsford Heights. The Kingsford-Union and Kingsbury Fire Departments were dispatched to a medical alarm call at 9:19 a.m. They arrived five minutes later and found smoke coming from inside the trailer. Continue reading
One person is dead and another is hospitalized in critical condition following a single-vehicle crash near LaCrossee late last night. Patrol deputies from the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department responded at 11:17 p.m. to State Road 8 just east of 600 West. They found a black 1999 Dodge Ram truck on its side. Continue reading
