Local ‘MasterChef Junior’ teen who lost parents to murder-suicide now undergoing chemo
Ben Watkins, who lost his parents, Leila Edwards and Mike Watkins, in a murder-suicide three years ago, is undergoing chemotherapy to combat aggressive tumors.
Month: August 2020
Finished steel imports plummet 26.2% in first half of year
Finished steel imports plummeted 26.2% in the first half of 2020 as cornavirus gutted demand.
Federal appeals court seeking applicants for Northern Indiana bankruptcy judge post
The federal appeals court in Chicago is seeking Northwest Indiana attorneys with an interest in bankruptcy law to apply to fill a bankruptcy judge position based in South Bend.
Today in History
On Aug. 4, 1944, 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was arrested with her sister, parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. (Anne and her sister, Margot, died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration…
Man killed in east-side shooting
Officers found a man suffering apparent gunshot wounds about 10:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of East 35th Street, IMPD said.
5 were prosecuted in American Senior Communities fraud. A secret report accuses 20 more.
A secret document claims 25 people stole $35 million from government nursing homes. Only 5 are prosecuted and $15.5 million recovered.
Fact check: Pence claims Hoosiers prosecuted in ballot fraud case
Vice President Mike Pence apparently mischaracterized the circumstances of an Indiana voter registration case.
Conspiracies, fraud claims and your tax money: 5 takeaways from IndyStar’s investigation
What you should know about IndyStar’s nursing home investigation involving James Burkhart and American Senior Communities.
Who’s who in the American Senior Communities nursing home fraud case
The man in charge, the co-conspirators, and those who were accused but never charged in Indiana’s massive nursing home fraud case.
Prep schedule
Prep schedule for Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020