One person dead following vehicle crash in Indiana
INDIANA — A Rochester woman was killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash in Marshall County, authorities said. According to the Marshall County coroner, the collision happened around 4 p.m. near U.S. 31 and State Road 110, just north of the Fulton County line. The victim was identified as 72-year-old Sharon Jo...
Fireball Spotted Near Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis and Dayton Around 11:30 PM Tuesday — Reports...
ILLINOIS — A bright fireball was reported just after 11:30 PM Tuesday night, with sightings stretching across parts of the Midwest and lower Great Lakes region. Based on reports submitted to the American Meteor Society, the meteor was visible across portions of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky, moving...
Mississippi teen arrested for conspiring to shoot up Indiana high school
MORRISTOWN, Ind. — A second teenager has been arrested in connection with a Columbine-inspired plot to shoot up a rural Indiana high school. In early January, Alexis Pickett, 17, of Rush County was charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and intimidation. Pickett is accused of plotting a school...
6 hospitalized, 3 in critical condition, after suspected mass overdose in downtown Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — Six people were hospitalized after a suspected mass overdose in downtown Indianapolis Wednesday morning. The incident was reported shortly before 10 a.m. Feb. 11 at the Julia Carson Transit Center in the 200 block of East Washington Street, between Delaware and Alabama streets. An IMPD spokesperson...
Indiana: Rare Yellow Cardinal Could Appear This Spring
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Indianapolis, Indiana – A rare genetic mutation could cause a bright yellow northern cardinal to appear in Indiana backyards this spring, an occurrence ornithologists estimate may happen in roughly one in a...
On National Pizza Day, championship pizza awaits Indianapolis customers
Indianapolis is one of a handful of markets selling a championship pizza. Casey’s limited-time specialty Barn Burner Chicken Pizza claimed the crown in the company’s national pizza competition after being ushered through the process by District Manager Terrell Banks. The winning pizza features a Sriracha sauce base,...
Speed Expected to Define This Weekend’s Indiana Girls’ State Champs (Psych Sheets)
Speed Expected to Define This Weekend’s Indiana Girls’ State Champs (Psych Sheets) One of the fastest high school meets in the country will be held this weekend when the Indiana Girls’ State Championships take place at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis. Last weekend featured the state’s Sectional...
Merchants Bank: no jerks allowed
In a world increasingly fueled by frustration and annoyance, one local bank with a national reach is promoting hometown Hoosier values both inside the business and in the community at large. Merchants Bank takes Hoosier values so seriously, neither employees nor customers are allowed to be consistently rude, hard to...
Man killed in hit-and-run on Rockville Road in Indianapolis was on his way to...
INDIANAPOLIS — The stretch of Rockville Road where a driver hit and killed a man Tuesday has no sidewalks, but each morning, a man dressed in a FedEx jacket would walk more than two miles along the busy road just to get to the gym. “I didn’t know his last name,” Dr. James Bailey said. […]
IMPD: 2 injured in crash involving stolen car on north side of Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — Two people were injured in a crash involving a stolen vehicle on the north side of Indianapolis Tuesday night. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers observed a vehicle near the intersection of Binford Boulevard and Allisonville Road just before 10 p.m. When officers ran...

















