GOSHEN — A Goshen man facing 115 years in prison after he was convicted of murder and attempted murder two months ago is weighing his options for an appeal.
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GOSHEN — Construction workers at the Goshen Hospital Patient Tower reached a significant moment Friday morning, as they placed the final beam, decorated with a pine tree, an American flag and the signatures of about 800 people involved in or affected by the project.
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ELKHART — Hospital officials said the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at Beacon Health has dropped significantly from recent weeks but urged the public to remain vigilant in protecting themselves and others from the contagious respiratory disease.
GOSHEN — A Bristol man accused in an April shooting has been found competent for trial, but when trials can resume remains uncertain.
ELKHART — Food Bank of Northern Indiana continues mobile food distributions next week, including one in Elkhart County.
ELKHART — The 2020 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over holiday enforcement effort, which began in mid-December and lasted through the first of the year, yielded 34 seat belt citations, three arrests for driving while intoxicated, 117 total citations and 81 warnings for various violations, police said.
ELKHART — Travelers in electric-powered vehicles on the Indiana Toll Road starting this week will have access to fast-charging stations, marking the beginning of an electric charging network across the 157-mile road, officials said.
GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools’ students in grades 7-12 will go back to in-person classes next week for the first time since November.
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ELKHART — Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be marked at several local events over the weekend and Monday, which is the holiday, though the celebrations will take a different form this year due to the ongoing pandemic.
GOSHEN — Two men who were charged in 2016 for their roles in separate crashes that took the lives of their passengers were sentenced Thursday.
ELKHART — A $4.5 million investment to improve Elkhart Public Library’s neighborhood branches is underway.
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GOSHEN — An Elkhart teen convicted of a murder committed when he was 13 has received a 63-year prison sentence.
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ELKHART — The Elkhart Police Department will soon have a new crime-fighting tool at its disposal, as a private donor is paying for six mobile cameras to be placed around town.
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ELKHART — The average homeowner in the Elkhart Community Schools district could see a tax increase of $119 per year over eight years if voters approve the district’s upcoming referendum.
ELKHART — The coronavirus outbreak in Elkhart County is once again designated as red, the most severe of the state’s advisory levels.
GOSHEN — As the Goshen Redevelopment Commission moves toward consolidating TIF districts, one member is questioning where the money will go and who it’s being taken from.
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ELKHART — Members of the general public who are 80 or older began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations in Elkhart County this week, and the process is going smoothly, county Health Officer Dr. Bethany Wait said Tuesday.
ELKHART — The Community Foundation of Elkhart County’s Board of Directors approved $692,594 of new and multiyear grants to three nonprofits who are key to the education and development of career pathways in Elkhart County.
NAPPANEE — As Elkhart County residents wait their turn to be vaccinated, health care professionals shared ways they can help in the process.
GOSHEN — The City of Goshen avoided a sewage release during the New Year’s winter storm but the fix will be costly.
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GOSHEN — Applications are being accepted for the 30th Help-a-House program in Goshen.
ELKHART — Elkhart Community Schools’ voters will get a chance in May to reconsider approving a tax hike that would bolster employee pay while renewing the school district’s existing transportation referendum.
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GOSHEN — Three design companies were scored and proposals were opened ahead of a decision next Tuesday for the $80 million consolidated courts project.
GOSHEN — County officials approved several property transfers that could benefit major projects in Prairie Creek Run and Dunlap.
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GOSHEN — With the new Goshen Intermediate School planning to open this fall, the countdown is on, and district officials crossed the first item off the school’s timeline by hiring a top administrator.
GOSHEN — The body of a 64-year-old man was found inside his car where he had been living, police said Monday.
GOSHEN — A dwindling number of users has prompted county officials to cut $1 million from the community corrections budget.
ELKHART — Stock+ Field, formerly Big R, is closing all of its 25 locations, including its two Elkhart stores.
BRISTOL — An Osceola man faces charges after allegedly leading officers from multiple agencies on a high-speed chase in a stolen truck.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb will have a low-key start to his second term on Monday as the coronavirus pandemic that has dominated the past year continues looming over the state.
GOSHEN — A Goshen man and his teenage passenger were arrested after a high-speed chase Wednesday.
GOSHEN — Vaccinating Elkhart County residents against COVID-19 will take years at the current rate, the county’s top health official warned.
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ELKHART — Mayor Rod Roberson spent much of the first year in office putting out coronavirus fires and building a foundation for what is to come in the next three years. Now, he wants to turn his focus to making his vision a reality.
NAPPANEE — An open-to-the-public panel discussion on the COVID-19 situation in Elkhart County is planned for Monday, presented on Zoom by ACT Nappanee-Wakarusa.
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GOSHEN — Newly hired Health Officer Dr. Bethany Wait comes to the position with a unique perspective on the pandemic that’s gripped the county for months, having survived an especially serious case of the virus herself.
BRISTOL — ADEC has received news that its employees are eligible for the phase A-1 COVID-19 vaccinations.
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ELKHART — The Martin’s Super Market on Nappanee Street is closing on Jan. 23, SpartanNash confirmed Friday.
ELKHART — The Indiana chapter of Common Cause, a non-partisan organization for fair and open elections, on Friday called for the resignation of multiple lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS — High interest in COVID-19 vaccines has caused slowdowns to the state’s vaccine registration site and 211 system, but both systems are working. Hoosiers 80 and older who are now eligible are encouraged to continue to check the sites, state officials said Friday.
ELKHART — The City of Elkhart may grow in size in the coming months, as the City Council is considering an annexation request by Concord Community Schools and Flavor Freeze.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers are expediting two similar bills intended to ensure schools receive full funding for all students, regardless of whether they are receiving instruction virtually or in the classroom due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ELKHART — A Goshen woman is accused of stealing over $30,000 from her employer using dozens of unauthorized checks.
ELKHART — Food Bank of Northern Indiana continues mobile food distributions next week, including one in Elkhart County.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man on federal supervised release now faces multiple drug charges.
GOSHEN — An Elkhart man was arrested after police responded to a domestic battery report, during which one officer drew his gun on a crowd and on an approaching vehicle.
MICHIGAN CITY — State, local and federal officials were heralding a final piece of federal funding Thursday that will allow the start of a long-awaited expansion of the South Shore rail line, a decades-long priority for northwest Indiana.
ELKHART — U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind, said in a statement Thursday that there must be a peaceful transition of power when President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Coronavirus vaccinations will start becoming available to Indiana residents 80 and older starting Friday as state health officials start expanding access to those shots.
ELKHART — The city invites residents to dispose of their Christmas trees by leaving them on the curb for pickup.
ELKHART — Less than two weeks before Christmas, the City of Elkhart began handing out 25,000 bags with COVID-19 mitigation advice, a bottle of hand sanitizer and a mask saying “Happy ElkHEART Holidays.”
SOUTH BEND — An Elkhart man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison on a firearms-related offense.
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