ELKHART — The public is being invited to offer feedback on two potential concepts for possible expansion and renewal of Tolson Center.

DUNLAP — Concord High School Music Department’s popular Christmas Spectacular will not take place this year as a result of ongoing construction in the performing arts center, school officials announced on Monday.

ELKHART — Republican candidate for Elkhart mayor Dave Miller raised 41% more money than Democrat Rod Roberson from April 12 through Oct. 18, according to campaign finance reports.

GOSHEN — An expansion and renovation at Goshen Health is now under way.

INDIANAPOLIS — A state lawmaker testified Monday she told a lobbyist that Indiana's attorney general was a "creeper" soon after he allegedly drunkenly groped her at a bar.

ELKHART — An investigation is underway after a shooting at a local bar Saturday night, according to the Elkhart Police Department.

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press

GOSHEN — Gary Linley has enough blue wool coats and flintlock muskets at home to outfit a small Continental Army.

ELKHART — Monsters of all shapes and sizes roamed Wellfield Botanic Gardens in search of fun times and sugary treats Saturday.

MILLERSBURG — Another man has been charged with stealing hemp plants out of a field in Elkhart County in recent weeks.

LOS ANGELES — Blockbuster film producer Joel Silver is looking for his second major home release in two years. After selling his Malibu estate last year for $38 million, Silver has listed his Brentwood home for sale at $77.5 million.

ELKHART — An Elkhart man is accused of forcing a woman into a vehicle before intentionally crashing into a tree.

GOSHEN — Ben’s Soft Pretzels is closing its West Pike Street location in favor of a food truck that will debut later this year.

ELKHART — Doug and Danielle Nieman recently purchased their first hybrid camper, but said eventually they know they’ll want to upgrade to something else.

GOSHEN — A Goshen woman who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for dealing meth told a judge she held up her end of the bargain and wants to serve the rest of her time outside prison.

ELKHART — A 19-year-old Elkhart man was arrested Wednesday night in connection with two armed robberies.

BRISTOL — Elkhart Community Schools officials met with the community a second time to provide updates on the district’s financial status, initiatives and to receive input on ways to attract and retain students.

GOSHEN — A medical condition may have been the cause of a crash on Lincoln Avenue early Wednesday.

ELKHART — From cleaning out transport vans to sorting clothes, more than 300 freshmen at Concord High School took the time to give back to the community on Wednesday.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is trying to block two women from testifying about allegations of sexual misconduct as he prepares for an upcoming disciplinary hearing on separate claims that he drunkenly groped four women at a bar last year.

ELKHART —  Champion Manufacturing Inc. has decided to remain in Elkhart, although the company will be moving to another location down the road from the current site.

GOSHEN — A Goshen man is accused of attacking another man with a baseball bat because of a suspected sexual encounter.

GOSHEN — Ivy Tech Community College and Elkhart Community Schools are starting a new partnership that will focus on increasing training opportunities for residents in the area of machine tool technology and computer numerical control machining, officials announced on Tuesday.

An opioid epidemic is sweeping the nation, but a local pain sufferer says a lack of prescription medication availability is resulting in a decreased quality of life and even an increase in suicide.

NAPPANEE — A LaPorte man accused of stealing $3,500 worth of hemp plants allegedly told police he planned to hand the hemp over to authorities.

GOSHEN — The Democratic candidate for Goshen clerk-treasurer is facing criticism from his Republican rival for using a quote from a newspaper editorial that she says is meant to look like an endorsement.

NAPPANEE — A Goshen man has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that injured a 17-year-old bicyclist.