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Funeral held for slain student
Friends and family said goodbye today at the funeral of a popular Mt. Carmel High School student who was killed this week when he was struck during a fight at a beach in Indiana.
Kevin F. Kennelly Jr., 17, was struck Monday night on the lakefront in Long...Tags: Crimes, High School Sports, Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency
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Purdue research: Varied yields from fungicide, insecticide
Purdue UniversityAs Indiana soybeans move from flowering to beginning pod, farmers may consider applying foliar fungicides and insecticides to their crops. But according to Purdue Agriculture research, yield increases from either treatment are inconsistent when disease...Tags: Chemical Industry, Indiana, Inorganic Chemical Industry
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Power outage food safety: What can stay and what should go?
GRANGER -- The aftermath of Monday's storms is still causing headaches. If you lost power at any time over the last two days, your freezer and refrigerator could become your worst enemy.
The storm hit Monday morning after many of you stocked up on Sunday...Tags: Headaches, Chicago Hotels, Indiana, Electrical Appliance, Salads
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LaPorte Co. judge rules State must preserve State Fair evidence
On Tuesday, State attorneys met in LaPorte County Circuit Court for a hearing over the Indiana State Fair tragedy.
The attorneys for two Indiana State Fair stage collapse victims asked the LaPorte County judge to issue a temporary restraining order...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Indiana, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rip current alert posted through Wednesday for Berrien, LaPorte counties
The National Weather Service issued a “Rip Current Alert” through 8 a.m. Wednesday for LaPorte County in Indiana and Berrien County in Michigan. “People should stay out of the water,” as noted in the National Weather Service’...Tags: Weather
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Escaped inmates prompting protocol debate
LAPORTE – A battle is brewing and neither side is backing down. LaPorte County Sheriff Mike Mollenhauer is upset because he wasn't immediately contacted after two community corrections inmates escaped last month, but the community corrections center...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Michigan City
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LaPorte High School sex scandal leads to charges for school officials
WSBT CorrespondentTwo LaPorte High School employees accused of not reporting a volleyball coach's sexual activity with a player now face two Class B misdemeanor charges. Girls volleyball head coach Mary Beth Lebo and the school’s athletic director Ed Gilliland...Tags: Justice System, Trials, Companies and Corporations, High School Sports, Lawyers
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Bail set for teen charged in death of Mount Carmel student
Tribune reporterA Chicago teenager who police believed accidentally killed another teen from Chicago during a fight at an Indiana beach turned himself in this afternoon to authorities in Laporte County, officials said. Kevin Kennelly, 17, was pronounced dead just before...Tags: Murder, Lake County (Indiana), Crimes, High School Sports, Assault
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IDEM forecasts high ozone Wednesday
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is forecasting high ozone levels Wednesday in the following metropolitan areas:
- South Bend-Elkhart — Elkhart and St. Joseph counties
- Michigan City-LaPorte — LaPorte County
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Police release new details in LaPorte woman's murder investigation
LaPorte – Investigators released more information Thursday about a LaPorte County woman found brutally murdered in Gary. Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman Gene Davis told WSBT they’ve identified a second scene related to the...Tags: Murder, Crimes, Natural Resource Industry, Police Investigations, Juvenile Delinquency
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Report maps local intersections where frequent crashes occur
NORTHERN INDIANA – Do you know where you're most likely to be in a car accident? A new report shows the most dangerous intersections in Indiana might not be where you think they are. That report, issued by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute,...Tags: Criminals, Motorvehicle Accidents, Crimes, Indiana, Disasters and Accidents
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