West Lafayette News

If you're moving your outdoor furniture inside for winter, you'll want to include the houseplants you brought out in the spring.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University officials said Friday they are looking for ways to cut more than $30 million from the West Lafayette campus budget in the next five months.

Thanksgiving dinner should be a cheaper affair this year. where Unless your family eats more than last year, Thanksgiving dinner should cost a little less, according to estimates by Purdue University, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics .

The football season is nearing its grand finale in Indiana. Jimtown plays Friday night at West Lafayette .

A Purdue University student has been arrested after a suspicious package led officials to evacuate a visitor information center on the West Lafayette campus.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University has backed away from a total ban on smoking on its main campus and instead will limit it to specific areas while prohibiting smoking in university motor vehicles.

A West Lafayette man is sent to the hospital after his motorcycle struck a deer this morning.A Around 9:00a.m. Indiana State Police responded to the crash on U.S. 24 near U.S. 31 near Purdue.A Police said 42-year-old Richard Spencer was traveling eastbound on U.S. 24 when a deer ran from the north side of the road and was struck by Spencer's Harley ...

A West Lafayette woman who put her foot down to save a large white oak tree in her yard is the winner of this year's Tree Preservation Award from Tree Lafayette.

This morning, at approximately 9:00 a.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and Peru Police Department responded to a motorcycle crash on U.S. 24 near U.S. 31, which injured a West Lafayette, IN, man.

A Purdue University assistant professor says the recent Hollywood focus on apocalyptic movies is no surprise given the nation's economic climate.

Some Purdue University students are calling for a faculty member's firing after he wrote what he called "an economic case against homosexuality" on a personal blog.

Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats immediately after spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve damage, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Members of St. James Lutheran Church laced up their running shoes to help fight hunger.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Reid Scott darted into Stanley Coulter Hall, Nerf gun in hand, to avoid the mass of 'zombies' swarming upon him Thursday.

The texting, tweeting and Facebook-ing that teachers normally hope would stay outside the classroom is being intentionally brought in to at least two classes at Purdue University.

Indianapolis - A statewide comedy tour will benefit veterans who've been injured or experienced hardships as a result of their service to the country.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Researchers say regional surface temperatures can be affected by land use, suggesting that local and regional strategies, such as creating green spaces and buffer zones in and around urban areas, could be a tool in addressing climate change.

The digestors at the West Lafayette Wastewater Utility Plant are hungry for grease.

Bids to move the fence around the West Lafayette Junior Senior High School track were opened by the Board of Works.

With the 2010 Census right around the corner, West Lafayette is encouraging Purdue students to sign up.