Storm sewer installation work in Valparaiso begins tomorrow morning which will require Avondale Avenue to be closed to through traffic, between Yellowstone Road and Kenwood Avenue, west of Forest Park. City officials say work is scheduled to begin at 7am, running until 5pm, this Tuesday through Friday, but that the roadway will be open to one-lane traffic outside those restriction hours. Motorists are asked to use Avondale Avenue to Kenwood Avenue to Harrison Blvd to Yellowstone Road as a detour.
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Various reports this afternoon say Oklahoma University football legend  Steve Davis was one of two people killed when a small jet crashed into a South Bend neighborhood Sunday. The other victim was identified as 58-year-old Wesley Brian Caves, the owner of a company that makes window film and paint overlay for cars in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their names were released by the St. Joseph County Coroner today. The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a news conference this afternoon. The private jet hit some homes - causing a gas leak which led to evacuations.  The small fixed wing multi-engine plane crashed right into homes after the pilot of the plane reported loss of power and hydraulics. The crash happened near the South Bend regional airport. Two other people on the plane and one person on the ground were at last word still hospitalized.
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Officials say a 15-year-old Lake County girl was fatally shot in Calumet City. The teenager, reports say, identified as Ashaya Miller of Hammond, died Sunday night. No information was available from Calumet City Police at this hour.
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Indiana House Republicans have announced they'll be sending out text message updates on certain hot topic bills as they make their way through the legislature – like the budget, online sales tax collection, drug testing, and various education matters. You can sign up at the Indiana House GOP website.
The caucus says it's an extension of transparency initiatives launched by Speaker Brian Bosma the past few years... which have included live streaming of House floor proceedings... making every house committee meeting available via the internet... and this past January, hosting the first ever “tweet seats” , believed to be a first for states, where seats were reserved for certain members of the public to tweet during the Governor's State of the State speech.
Here's the link : http://inhousegop.us
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Police in Gary are investigating a fatal shooting and a robbery minutes apart, and within about a half-mile from each other Sunday afternoon. Authorities say it's too soon to say whether the incidents are related. Public Information Officer Corporal Gabrielle King says at about 10-minutes to 4, a 15-year-old boy reports he was walking along 15^th Avenue by  Ellswoth Place when he was approached by four subjects, three male and one female, and robbed of his cellphone, and the suspects fled. Corporal King says about five minutes later officers responded to shots fired in the 13-hundred block of Ellswoth Place, where they found one person in the street wounded, and another person was found dead, reportedly in shrubs near a home. Anyone with information is asked to contact Gary Police Detective Lorenzo Davis.
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Prom goers in Chesterton might have to take a Breathalyzer first. Reports say Duneland School officials are considering a proposal to require a breath test for both prom and senior banquet this year, though the idea is still just under consideration.  Chaperones would be trained to administer the tests. School officials have reportedly been talking to police about the idea.
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One man was killed and another injured in a shooting Sunday afternoon in the Tolleston area of Gary. Police responded shortly before 4 pm and reportedly found one person injured in the middle of the road, along West 13^th Avenue, and a second man was found dead outside a nearby house in some shrubs.
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A small jet crashed into a neighborhood in South Bend, killing two people onboard the plane. The crash triggered a gas leak that forced the evacuation of the neighborhood. The small fixed wing multi-engine plane crashed into three homes homes after the pilot of the plane reported loss of power and hydraulics. The crash happened near the South Bend regional airport. Sources tell ABC News the plane was trying to land at the airport. Two other people on the plane and one person on the ground were taken to the hospital, reportedly with non-life-threatening injuries.  Officials continue to investigate the cause.
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In mens college basketball, Valparaiso and Michigan State will be the first game of the Second Round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Tip time from Auburn Hills is set for 12:15 p.m. Eastern/11:15 a.m. Central this Thursday.
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The Valparaiso men's basketball team drew the No. 14 seed in the Midwest Region of the 2013 NCAA Tournament and will face No. 3 seed Michigan State in Second Round action at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. on Thursday.
The Crusaders, who enter the tournament with a 26-7 record, earned the Horizon League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Wright State 62-54 in the league tournament championship game. Michigan State received an at-large bid after going 25-8, including 13-5 in Big Ten play.
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615am CDT: Police in the Region are responding to multiple slideoffs and multi-car pileups on icy roads this morning. Some trouble spots include the Indiana Toll Road both directions at the I-65 interchange (Eastbound Toll Road is completely shut down at that location), US 12 in Burns Harbor, and Interstate 94 at Route 249.
We're hearing bridges are sheets of ice. Updates in our Region road reports.
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