Police say Bobbie Jo Novak abducted a 3-month-old child from a home east of Plymouth Tuesday. Less than three hours later a Flock camera spotted the car moving in Merrillville, arrested the suspect, and returned the child to her parents.
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ProvidedSt. Joseph County Council President Bryan Tanner says the Midwest Continental Divide Trail would have largely used rights-of-way that edges private property, like abandoned railways, but he understands people come to view that as their property since they maintain it. -
Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker says Elkhart Community Schools officials waited too long to report the incident and failed to properly test a bus driver suspected of driving while impaired by alcohol in January. -
Elkhart County police on Monday arrested 30-year-old Elkhart Police Cpl. Tyler Koeppel on suspicion of invasion of privacy. Prosecutor Vicki Becker says she'll charge Koeppel before the end of the week. -
Beacon/ProvidedElkhart General Hospital plans a $37 million expansion and renovation of its Emergency and Trauma Center, with major construction expected in 2027. -
ProvidedSt. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter says he won't release officers' body and dash cam videos of the shooting, which are public records, at the request of Hannah Aberegg's family. But Indiana's Access to Public Records Act does not allow for such an exception. -
The Colfax Bridge rehabilitation, when finished, will have new LED-lit monuments, a wider pedestrian path with a new guardrail, and improvements at the intersections at both ends of the bridge.
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