The quiet city of Crown Point is carrying a heavy weight this week. Families are holding each other closer, and friends are searching for the right words after the sudden loss of 25-year-old Austin Lee Nitcher. What started as an ordinary Friday evening turned into a tragedy that no one saw coming. The crash happened … Read more
The quiet stretch of road along Route 477 in Lamar Township turned into a scene of heartbreak Sunday morning, as a house fire tore through the home of the Stolzfus family, claiming seven lives in a matter of moments. What began as an ordinary morning quickly spiraled into one of the deadliest residential fires the … Read more
Out in the quiet stretch of Nodaway County, where gravel roads run long and neighbors know each other by name, a sense of calm was broken over the weekend. Authorities say two women were found shot to death inside a home just north of Skidmore, leaving a community shaken and searching for answers. It happened … Read more
The stillness of a rural stretch in Skidmore was shattered in an instant. Karen Babcock and Liberty Ann Moore lost their lives inside a home just north of town, turning an ordinary April day into one the community will not soon forget. What happened behind those walls has left neighbors shaken and families broken. It … Read more
Franklin is grieving the loss of 21-year-old Zaire Usher-Evans after a fatal shooting that happened early Sunday morning, April 19, 2026. His death has left a heavy silence across his family, friends, and the wider community, all trying to make sense of what happened. Police say officers were called to Bruce Street around 2:02 a.m. … Read more
