Train Strikes North Manchester Man

In North Manchester yesterday afternoon, a train struck a 52-year-old town resident as he crossed the tracks on West South Street. A helicopter flew Elmer Blevins, Junior to a Fort Wayne hospital, where he was in critical condition at last report.

Highway Worker Dies in Huntington County Crash

A Huntington County Highway Department worker died yesterday while mowing along a county road. Police say a van crashed into the back of the tractor that 56-year-old Dennis Klepper was driving. Klepper died at the scene on Huntington County Road 300 North, near County Road 500 East. Forty-two-year-old rural Huntington resident Neil Kline drove the van. A helicopter flew Kline from the scene to a Fort Wayne hospital for treatment of chest and leg injuries. Kline was in fair condition at last report.

South Bend Man Faces Murder Charge

A South Bend man has been charged with killing someone who shot him 17 years ago. Police are holding the 58-year-old man without bond on a charge of murder.

Local Police Dogs Place High in National Competition

A team of police dogs and their handlers from the Warsaw and Winona Lake Police Departments placed second in the Overall K-9 Patrol Team competition of the recent American Working Dog K-9 Olympics. The K-9 Olympics included more than 100 teams from 14 states and four countries.

State Commission Investigates Racial Disparities

A state commission examining racial disparities in government services to children will hold a public meeting tonight. The commission will host a statewide teleconference to hear comments from people in seven cities across the state.

SAT Scores Remain Low

SAT scores in math improved for Indiana's high school class of 2008, but reading and writing scores dropped. Nationwide, scores remained at the lowest level in nearly a decade, while a record number of students took the test.

Dissent Discouraged at Huntington Public Hearing

Huntington Mayor Steve Updike discouraged property owners from making negative comments about a controversial annexation plan during a public hearing last night. "If you can’t have anything nice to day, get out," Updike said during the public hearing. "You hear me? If you don’t have anything nice to day, get out." Despite opposition, Updike says his administration will present the annexation plan to Huntington City Council for approval. Property owners say they’re concerned that their taxes will go up but that they won’t get much more service from the city.

Income Tax Increase in Huntington County

Huntington County Council voted last night to increase the county’s income tax by point-three-five percent. The tax increase is set to take effect October first.

Parkview Whitley Operates on Wrong Body Part

Parkview Whitley hospital in Columbia City reported that its staff performed a surgery on the wrong body part in 2007. Parkview Whitley was the only hospital in the Q101 area that reported any 2007 event to the state’s medical error reporting system.

Warsaw Man Faces ID Theft Charges

A 31-year-old Warsaw man faces charges of identify theft in Allen County for allegedly opening several credit card accounts in another man’s name and charging more than 45-thousand dollars worth of purchases on the cards. Police say the suspect told them he bought the items to sell so he could support a cocaine addiction.