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  • Marion man arrested for stealing from AMVETS

    MARION - A Marion man is under arrest for theft and corrupt business influence after more than $40,000 was found missing from AMVETS. Kraig Piper, 45, is accused of making several withdrawals from the Indiana Department of Sons of American Veterans and using the money for personal use from September 2008 to June of 2011. Piper was the financial officer of the organization and the only person ...

  • PD Ex-worker stole $40K from AMVETS

    MARION, Ind. - The former financial officer for AMVETS in Grant County is accused of stealing more than $40,000 from the veterans' organization. Kraig Piper, 45, of Marion, has been preliminarily charged with four felony counts of theft and one felony count of corrupt business influence. The investigation began after AMVETS reported that an internal review and outside audit revealed that ...

  • Hit-and-run victim dies from injuries

    INDIANAPOLIS - A pedestrian who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash on May 1 has died, officials confirmed Wednesday. David Heady, 46, was crossing East Morris Street near South Meridian Street when he was struck by a green BMW that then sped away, police said. Heady was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital with a severe leg and head injuries. He succumbed to his injuries Tuesday evening, ...

  • Boston bombing interview sparks fatal shooting

    WASHINGTON – The FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. The shooting incident early Wednesday took place in Orlando, Fla., where an FBI agent and other law enforcement personnel were interviewing the man. In a statement, FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said the FBI agent acted on an imminent threat ...

  • Indiana ambulance plant with 165 workers closing

    SJC Industries Corp. has notified the state that it will start terminating employees from the Elkhart factory in July as it completes production work there. The decision to close the Elkhart factory comes two weeks after Allied Specialty Vehicles bought SJC Industries. The subsidiary of a New York-based private equity firm also bought a Monoco RV factory with 520 workers in nearby Wakarusa ...


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The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

In his first dramatic role, MTV and tabloid mainstay Ashton Kutcher drops his male bimbo persona and delves headfirst into the gloom and doom of The Butterfly Effect, playing Evan Treborn, a tortured young man who finds that he has the inexplicable ability to travel back in time and alter the future. The title of the movie is derived from a popular simplification of chaos theory: If a butt ... ...

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  • Woman 92 found in meth home raid

    MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - State police say troopers found a 92-year-old woman inside a central Indiana home where methamphetamine was being produced. An agency meth squad went to the home on Muncie's south side on Tuesday, and officers report that they encountered overwhelming fumes from an active meth lab when the door was opened. State police Sgt. John Bowling says the 92-year-old woman on ...

  • Police Shots fired home invaded

    WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) - Police gave little detail into an incident in Westfield where shots were fired at an apartment complex Wednesday morning. Westfield police Public Information Officer Charles Hollowell says just before 6:30 a.m., shots were fired into an apartment in the North Union Apartment Complex. That complex is near Westfield Boulevard and West 176th Street (State Road 32). ...

  • 92-year-old woman found in house during meth raid

    A South Bend teenager who angered a judge by smirking during his sentencing for killing a 16-year-old boy has received the maximum time behind bars allowed under a plea agreement. St. Joseph ...

  • $3.4M grant to bring teachers to Indy

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An effort to bring 200 talented teachers and leaders to Indianapolis is underway. Eli Lilly Endowment Inc. recently gave a $3.4 million grant to The Mind Trust. The grant will support Teach For America and formerly The News Teacher Project into classrooms. The grant will pay for eight school leaders to go through TFA's Indianapolis Principal Fellowship program. Those ...

  • Community Day offers activities

    SPEEDWAY, Ind. (WISH) - Fans will get a chance to meet their favorite drivers and take part in many other events during community day Wednesday. The American Family Insurance 500 Festival Community Day is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Event organizers say it is one of the busiest days at the IMS and says there is a lot for kids and adults to do. Attendees will be able ...

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