Archive - Based in Lafayette, Indiana

Purdue-backed expedition to find Amelia Earhart’s plane back on

University and Archaeological Legacy Institute secure permits that delayed expedition announced in 2025, now set to take off in October.

12 hrs ago • Dave Bangert

First piece of $19.4M Lafayette Theater rehab ready to start

Lafayette also puts 605 Main St. up for sale … and other notes.

Jul 23 • Dave Bangert

Tim’s Picks: Hey, what’s up?

Some choice ideas for this week and beyond.

Jul 23 • Dave Bangert

More scenes from the 2026 Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair

BiL correspondent Vincent Walter captured more faces and moments at the fairgrounds this week as the Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair continues.

Jul 23 • Dave Bangert

Market Report … Rewind: Vincennes melon season

The line starts here.

Jul 22 • Dave Bangert

This and that: A Tuesday edition

Two candidates emerge for WL school board vacancy. Test jury date set in cases tied to shooting of Judge Meyer. And more.

Jul 21 • Dave Bangert

MAGA driver who grabbed rifle at 2025 anti-Trump rally in Lafayette avoids trial

Special prosecutor offers diversion agreements for man with gun, his wife and man who headbutted him in crowded confrontation outside Tippecanoe County…

Jul 20 • Dave Bangert

Scenes from the 2026 Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair

BiL correspondent Vincent Walter caught these images during the opening days of the Tippecanoe County 4-H Fair.

Jul 20 • Dave Bangert

Recount results hearing set, as Deery’s camp blasts Copenhaver’s ‘fishing expedition to harass non-party voters’

Indiana Recount Commission sets July 28 hearing to get results and consider subpoenas for 14 voters and county election officials in a Senate District…

Jul 19 • Dave Bangert

Tim’s Picks: Your mid-July edition

What are you up to this weekend?

Jul 16 • Dave Bangert

Market Report: What’s in a name?

The overlooked eggplant deserves a place in your menu rotation.

Jul 15 • Dave Bangert

Still waiting, still wrangling in Senate District 23 recount

Copenhaver and Deery camps push for subpoenas as Indiana Recount Commission expects to get recount reports later in July.

Jul 12 • Dave Bangert

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