Knox News

The Heart Cart Mobile Screening Unit will visit throughout the region in December to offer discounted heart and vascular screenings at the following times and locations: LaPorte: 7 a.m. to noon Wednesday, The Crossing, 1203 Washington St.

A Knox man claimed a $500,000 prize at Hoosier Lottery headquarters in Indianapolis on Friday, lottery officials report in a news release.

A former Starke County doctor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally sell controlled drugs faces another federal indictment, this time for forging a doctor's signature on a prescription.

Today, a six week long drug investigation by the Indiana State Police, in conjunction with several police agencies, has resulted in the arrest of Daniel R. Nells, 44, of rural Rochester, IN.

Police found more than 700 marijuana plants during a drug raid Wednesday, leading to the arrest of a 44-year-old man from the Rochester area.

Medicare program offered Friday Community Services of Starke County and Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp.

A Round Lake woman and her two young children were critically injured in a crash Friday night after a 72-year-old man allegedly mistook his car's accelerator for the brake.

Lakeland Health Foundations recently announced the appointment of David Burghart as the Foundations' executive director.

It all started one day in January. "I thought, 'What can I do that we're familiar with to make money,'" Ron Leazenby said.

Reid Gault, principal at Lincoln Junior High, talks with Mary Wood, teacher for Plymouth Alternative Learning School.

Knox - Authorities say a fire was deliberately started inside the jail in northern Indiana's Starke County, forcing the evacuation of all prisoners from the building.

The Pride of Plymouth Marching Band competes in the Concord High School Marching Invitational Saturday in Elkhart.

A report of a fight at a campground in Pulaski County led police on a path to hundreds of marijuana plants.

When you think of local communities the recession has hit hardest, the town of Knox may not even cross your mind.

Reagent Chemical and Research has chosen the Knox Industrial Park for its new rail car facility.

The Heart Cart Mobile Screening Unit will visit throughout the region in September to offer discounted heart and vascular screenings to the community.

Story was first posted at 8:12 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The Marine Corps' only East Coast wounded warrior battalion is getting a new commander.

Beatrice Griffith, 64, of Knox, was struck and killed by a train as she attempted to coss the tracks near the Main Street crossing in downtown Knox on Tuesday evening.

Authorities say a woman has died following an accident involving a train in Knox, Ind., late Tuesday.

Authorities say a woman has died following an accident involving a train in Knox, Ind., late Tuesday.