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12/02/2025

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05/02/2025

A former Hamilton woman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for feeding alcohol to a five-month-old baby, resulting in its death.

AUBURN — A former rural Hamilton woman was sentenced to 14 years behind bars by Judge Adam Squiller Tuesday for giving a five-month-old child alcohol that resulted in the child’s

02/02/2025

A Bryan, Ohio woman died in a two-vehicle crash that was reported just after 3 p.m. Saturday on S.R. 1 at C.R. 40 south of Butler, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office reported.

BUTLER — A Bryan, Ohio woman died and two people from Indiana were injured in a two-vehicle crash that was reported at 3:10 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of S.R.

01/02/2025

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Huntington North 35, DeKalb 30
Norwell 81, East Noble 41 (Norwell 8 triples in 34-point first quarter)
Central Noble 52, Churubusco 40 (CN, Kaydintz Bales 13 points)
Garrett 64, Lakeland 45 (G, Fr. Emma Coffman 26 points, 5-9 from 3)
Lakewood Park 46, Lakeland Christian 30 (LP: Ava McGrade 24 points, 8 steals)
Fairfield 47, West Noble 29
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Garrett 54, Lakeland 50 (G, Isaiah King 21 points, 13 rebs., 3 blocks; Parker Reed 17 points, 10 rebs.)
Westview 80, Eastside 31 (WV, Austin Schlabach 21 points, 9 Warriors score)
West Noble 58, Fairfield 50 (WN, Jordan Eash 19 points, 10 rebounds)
Prairie Heights 60, Fremont 55 (Five Panthers score in double figures)
Central Noble 45, Churubusco 39
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Men, NCAA D3 No. 3 Aurora 6, Trine 3
Women, Trine 3, Aurora 2 (Thunder's Kailey Mleko with GW goal with 4:20 left)

23/01/2025

Two people were injured when a pickup truck crossed the center line on slick roads and struck a DeKalb Central school bus head-on just after noon Thursday near Corunna. The bus driver was not injured and no students were on the bus at the time of the crash, police said.

CORUNNA — Two people were injured when a truck and school bus collided just after noon Thursday near Corunna, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office reported.

17/01/2025

The Marion man accused in the March 2023 death of Indiana State Police Trooper James Bailey in DeKalb County has agreed to a plea deal. The agreement was reached Friday afternoon in DeKalb Superior Court I. Sentencing will take place Feb. 27.

AUBURN — The man charged in the case involving the death of an Indiana State Police officer on Interstate 69 near Auburn pleaded guilty to to his role in the

13/01/2025

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27/12/2024

UPDATE: Police have charged Danny James Montoya, 40, of Butler, with criminal recklessness with a firearm, a Level 6 felony, for his alleged role in a Thursday afternoon shooting on West Willow Street in Butler.

BUTLER — A Butler man is in custody for his role in a Thursday shooting in Butler.

26/12/2024

There was a large police presence in the 100 block of West Willow Street in Butler following reports of a shooting around 2:45 pm today.

The house is located to the west of the Butler Public Library and the baseball field in Hathaway Park.

According to police scanner traffic, one person was injured.

Around 3:25 p.m. Thursday, according to police scanner traffic, a suspect was prepared to walk out and surrender.

Indiana State Police are leading the shooting investigation.

Follow kpcnews.com for more information as it becomes available.

07/12/2024

PREP BOYS WRESTLING
NECC Super Duals
Day 1 on Friday
Duals standings at Garrett
Garrett 2-0, Angola 2-1, Eastside 1-1, Fremont 1-1, Churubusco 0-3
Dual of Note: Garrett 50, Angola 26
Duals standings at Lakeland
Prairie Heights 2-1, West Noble 2-1, Fairfield 2-1, Central Noble 2-1, Lakeland 1-2, Westview 0-3
Duals of note
Fairfield 38, Prairie Heights 37 (Falcons won on tiebreaker)
Prairie Heights 42, Central Noble 41
Prairie Heights 42, West Noble 38 (Panthers ranked No. 5 in Indiana Mat Class 1A rankings.)

07/12/2024

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
Central Noble 46, Angola 37
(Cougars rally from an 11-3 deficit after one quarter to go to 4-0 in Northeast Corner Conference play. Grace Swank with 20 points for CN)
Elkhart Christian 59, Hamilton 17

COLLEGE HOCKEY
Men, NCAA D3 No. 2 St. Norbert 2, No. 7 Trine 1
(Thunder suffer first loss of the season. Green Knights 12-0. Jack Cooper scored and Cristian Wong-Ramos made 29 saves in goal for Trine)
Women, St. Norbert 1, Trine 0
(Thunder freshman goalie Annie Kindseth with 60 saves)

07/12/2024

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
FW North Side 46, DeKalb 42
(Zeke Penrod 17 points for the Barons)
Lakeland 62, Fremont 39
(Colten Guthrie 15 points, 4 steals for the Eagles. but Lakers open NECC play with the win)
Westview 52, Churubusco 41
(Warriors fought off Eagles on the road behind 26 points from So. Austin Schlabach. Weston Ott with 12 points for Churubusco.)
Angola 60, Central Noble 45
(Hornets 2-0 for first time in 8 years. Ben Thomas lead four Angola scorers in double figures with 14 points)
Fairfield 67, Prairie Heights 42
(Brant Garber 16 points for the Falcons)
Garrett 64, Lakewood Park 38
(Isaiah King 18 points for the 4-0 Railroaders. Avery MacFarlane 23 for the Panthers)

23/11/2024

Friday Local Sports
HS FOOTBALL — North Semi-States
Class 4A: East Noble 18, Mishawaka 13
(Knights force three Cavemen turnovers, including Mason Treesh interception with 1:48 left. Rylee Biddle 2 rushing touchdowns. Dylan Krehl 24 carries, 155 yards, 1 TD)
Class 4A State Championship game
at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
East Noble (13-1) vs. New Palestine (13-0), Friday (11-29), 3 p.m.
Class 3A: Bishop Luers 28, Garrett 14
Knights blank Railroaders 28-0 in the second half, hold Garrett to 20 total offensive yards in final 24 minutes

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Central Noble 54, Fremont 45
Eastside 54, Angola 41
(Lily Kreischer leads the Blazers with 16 points. Karleigh Gillen scores 11 for the Hornets.)
Lakeland 56, Prairie Heights 42
(LL: Zoey Bowman career-high 18 points, 10 deflection, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, 4 assists)

COLLEGE HOCKEY
Trine women 4, Milwaukee School of Engineering 1
(Thunder score 3 goals in 71 seconds late in the third period to break a 1-1 tie)
Trine men 3, Milwaukee School of Engineering 2
(Thunder 7th straight game without a loss to start season, 6 regulation wins and a shootout victory)

16/11/2024

Four years ago, there was a marathon caucus to replace officials in Steuben County. There will be four seats filled in a Nov. 25 GOP caucus. Including replacing Prosecutor Jeremy Musser, who has received official notification that he will take over on Dec. 2 as Steuben Circuit Court judge.
Musser to become Steuben Circuit Court judge on Dec. 2
kpcnews.com
Musser to become Steuben Circuit Court judge on Dec. 2
ANGOLA — The path has been officially paved to name Jeremy Musser as the next Steuben Circuit Court judge.
https://www.kpcnews.com/heraldrepublican/article_27ae4ada-a3bb-11ef-b3fa-a36a2d96dad7.html

ANGOLA — The path has been officially paved to name Jeremy Musser as the next Steuben Circuit Court judge.

14/11/2024

An Indianapolis woman died and another woman suffered critical injuries in a Wednesday afternoon crash that occurred in the construction zone on Interstate 69 at the C.R. 11-A interchange, Indiana State Police said.

AUBURN — An Indianapolis woman died and a passenger suffered critical injuries in a crash in a construction zone on Interstate 69 at the C.R. 11-A interchange, Indiana State Police

09/11/2024

More Friday Sports
HS GIRLS BASKETBALL
DeKalb 43, Lakeland 27
(DK: Abbie Harris 15 points, Grace Pfister 12 points, 8 rebounds. LL: Zoey Bowman 8 points, 8 rebounds, Dulce Canedo 8 points)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NCAA D3 No. 1 Trine men 98, Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 70
(Trine: So. Jayce Cusack leads 5 players in double figures with 18 points in season opener for defending NCAA D3 national champs)

COLLEGE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
NCAA D3 No. 2 Hope def. Trine 26-24, 25-15, 25-21
(Trine: Anna Zellers 19 assists, 9 digs, Catherine Dobies 14 kills. Thunder host Adrian in MIAA Tourney first-round match Tuesday at 7 p.m.)

COLLEGE HOCKEY
Concordia (Wis.) 5, Trine women 4
(Falcons score 3 goals in final 7:46 in comeback win. Trine: Kailey Mleko and Payton Hans each has a goal and an assist in team's season opener)