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2+ hour, 39+ min ago (121+ words) EVANSVILLE, Ind." (WEVV)" Arrests have been made following an investigation into a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others. Evansville Police announced Wednesday four juveniles have been arrested and charged in reference to a shooting that took place on November 26th along Marshall Avenue on city's southside. Officers discovered 17-year-old Josiah Madrid and two others with gunshot wounds." Madrid passed away from his injuries. The four juveniles will face Murder, Attempted Robbery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. EPD says the determination if the four juveniles will be charged as adults will be determined at a later time." Investigation remains ongoing according to police....

4+ hour, 17+ min ago (505+ words) In Thursday night's NCAA Volleyball national semifinals, two coaches who are very familiar with one another will square off in the night's second match. Kentucky head coach Craig Skinner and Wisconsin skipper Kelly Sheffield have a relationship that goes back decades. Skinner and Sheffield are both from the Muncie, Indiana, area. In 1990, they led a Muncie Burris High School junior varsity team to an undefeated record. Skinner and Sheffield would go their separate ways before both eventually became Division I head coaches. Skinner was named the head coach at Kentucky in 2004, while Sheffield was the head coach at Albany and Dayton before landing the Wisconsin job in 2012. The UK head coach had nothing but praise for his counterpart in Thursday's match. "Kelly has earned everything he's gotten," Skinner said. "He's come from humble beginnings, both in school and in coaching....

5+ hour, 35+ min ago (185+ words) SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) " A South Bend man will spend the next six years behind bars after he led police on a high speed chase while in possession of multiple guns. 26-year-old Quervo Taylor pled guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Court documents say police tried to stop Taylor, but he led them on a chase through St. Joseph County. RELATED: Update: Man leads Mishawaka police in 30 minute chase The chase lasted more than 30 minutes and reached speeds over 100 miles per hour. Taylor was eventually arrested after a barrier arm stopped him from driving further at the South Bend International Airport. Police seized two loaded guns Taylor threw out of the vehicle's window. Court documents say one of the guns had a machine gun conversion device, and that both guns had extended magazines. Taylor has…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago (348+ words) There are quite a few prominent programs like LSU, Texas Tech, and Indiana that will be looking for a new starting QB in the upcoming transfer portal. This week, an interesting option with Heisman potential entered the market. While recruiting the stars of the future from the high school ranks is still a very important element of roster building in college football, NIL deals have completely changed the process and turned the transfer portal into the NCAA version of free agency. With the portal set to open on Jan. 2, LSU, Texas Tech, Penn State, Clemson, Miami, and Indiana will all be looking to find the next Mendoza to fill the starting QB voids they have heading into 2026. Well, a fascinating option they should all take a hard look at just became available. On Tuesday, On3 dropped some huge news when they…...

7+ hour, 15+ min ago (145+ words) TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) " Thrive West Central held a ribbon-cutting for the new Southard Acres West residential development on Wednesday. Seventeen new single-family homes were unveiled on North 14th Street in Terre Haute. The project was funded using READI funding. Thrive's CEO expressed appreciation for the partnerships that made the project possible. "When you have repeat projects like this, you really get to know each other, you get to know the process," Ryan Keller, CEO of Thrive West Central, said. "It just makes for a really great long-term partnership. And so we look forward now to continuing to partner with them for the next four, five, six years while we still have funding, hopefully, coming down the pipe." Keller said the homes built during these projects have been very popular. He added that they strive to build homes that fit the…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago (349+ words) The College Football Playoff begins Friday with major stakes for No. 1 Indiana. The Hoosiers await the outcome of No. 8 Oklahoma versus No. 9 Alabama at 8 p.m. ET in Norman, Okla., with the winner advancing to play Indiana in the quarterfinals. If Alabama was to advance, oddsmakers have already begun setting the line. TheDraftKings Sportsbook on Wednesday offered Indiana as a 6.5-point favorite with -112 odds and Alabama as a 6.5-point underdog with -108 odds. It did not offer moneyline odds or player props at the time of publication. Kickoff between the winner of No. 8 Oklahoma/No. 9 Alabama vs. No. 1 Indiana is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET on Jan. 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Indiana's record against the spread improved to 8-5 on the season after winning outright as underdogs against Ohio State in the Big Ten championship. The point total went under the line for…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago (125+ words) The Bloomington Police Department is requesting help to locate a missing woman who hasn't been seen in person since November. Help needed to find Bloomington woman who has been missing since November The Bloomington Police Department is requesting help to locate a missing woman who hasn't been seen in person since November. Shalini Marie Esters, 24, was last seen in person on Nov. 5 in Bloomington and was last contacted online on Nov. 15. Since then, Ester has not been heard from, with police stating it was "unusual" for her not be using her social media accounts. Ester is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall; anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact 911 or the police at 952-563-4900....

8+ hour, 47+ min ago (389+ words) Indiana's Curt Cignetti won the award for the second year in a row. He went 11-2 in 2024 and earned a surprising College Football Playoff bid. This year, he upped his resume, going 13-0 as the only unbeaten team in the country, winning Indiana's first Big Ten championship since 1967 with a win over No. 1 ranked Ohio State on Dec. 6 in the conference championship game. Cignetti is just the fourth coach to win it twice, joining Brian Kelly, Gary Patterson and Nick Saban. Cignetti and the Hoosiers are the No. 1 seed in the 12-team College Football Playoff and they will play in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2026 against the winner or Friday night's game between No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 9 Alabama. It's the first Indiana team to play in the Rose Bowl in 58 years. Cignetti's team will be led by quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who won…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago (125+ words) A possible data center could be coming to the city of South Bend, though city leaders say nothing is confirmed. City Councilman Oliver Davis says he received documents from area farmers referencing a potential 300-acre data center near the ethanol plant area. Davis says he was not previously aware of any discussions. The development talk comes less than a week after rezoning was denied for a proposed data center near New Carlisle. South Bend officials call the idea "speculative at best." WSBT says the city claims it would welcome an environmentally responsible investment but stressed no formal proposal exists. Davis says residents want transparency and clear answers. Regional Chamber President Jeff Rea says without a company name attached, it may simply be land speculation....

10+ hour, 32+ min ago (488+ words) The 64-year-old coach became the first to win the award in back-to-back years since it was introduced in 1998 and only the fourth to win it twice, joining Brian Kelly, Gary Patterson and Nick Saban. Indiana is 13-0, the Big Ten champion for the first time since 1967, the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 for the first time in program history, and the top seed in the College Football Playoff. The Hoosiers are led by quarterback Fernando Mendoza, the program's'first Heisman Trophy winner and the AP Player of the Year. When Cignetti arrived from James Madison, Indiana carried the weight of an uncomfortable truth. In 2022, the Hoosiers became the first Bowl Subdivision program to reach 700 all-time losses. They entered this season with 714 " a total that still stands " and only recently ceded the dubious distinction of most losses in FBS history to Northwestern....