Dave Bangert
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Lafayette, LA, United States
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Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski, recovering from COVID-19, expected back in City Hall Nov. 30
Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski, in isolation at home and on the mend from a COVID-19 diagnosis, will be back at Lafayette City Hall on Monday, city officials said Tuesday. → Read More
Lafayette Mayor Roswarski tests positive for COVID-19
Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski was in isolation at home Wednesday morning after testing positive for COVID-19 Tuesday evening, City Clerk Cindy Murray said. → Read More
Election 2020: Tippecanoe County voters turn out in record numbers
Early voting and total turnout numbers shattered previous election records. → Read More
Purdue memorial for Steven Beering, president from 1983-2000, set for Friday
Dr. Steven Beering, Purdue president from 1983 to 2000, died in April Purdue will hold a memorial service for him Friday → Read More
Election 2020: Live coverage as Greater Lafayette voters head to the polls
It's Election Day. Here's what the scene in Greater Lafayette looks like. → Read More
Election 2020: Polling place waits during busy early voting? Here’s an app
With a week to go, early voting in Tippecanoe County was 10% more than it was in Election 2016. Local election officials introduced an app to check wait times before voters head to the polls. → Read More
Coronavirus: Tippecanoe’s 110 cases, Indiana’s 2,880 set one-day records
Tippecanoe County set a one-day pandemic record with 110 additional cases recorded Thursday. Indiana's 2,880 cases set a record, too. → Read More
Lafayette's community Christmas dinner, a tradition that draws 3,000, canceled over COVID concerns
The Lafayette Community Christmas Dinner, a tradition for the past three decades, won't happen in 2020, due to coronavirus concerns. → Read More
Indiana police fire new officer after social media posts reveal link to neo-Nazi forum
Lafayette police fired Officer Joseph Zacharek on Saturday after social media posts claimed he was part of Iron March, a disbanded neo-Nazi forum. → Read More
Lafayette police fire new LPD officer exposed of being part of neo-Nazi forum
Lafayette police opened an investigation Friday night after claims that a recently hired officer had ties to racist posts made on a fascist web forum. By Saturday afternoon, LPD Chief Pat Flannelly fired Officer Joseph Zacharek, who admitted the posts were his. → Read More
Tippecanoe health officer: ‘Tempting to think we’re in the clear’ on COVID-19
As Indiana reopens and Purdue cases level off, for now, Tippecanoe County’s health officer urges caution not to let guard down on coronavirus → Read More
Election 2020 Q&As: Your guide to what candidates have to say in key races on Greater Lafayette ballots
Here’s a collection of Q&As with candidates in key, contested state and local races on ballots in Tippecanoe County. → Read More
Coronavirus: Tippecanoe cases up by 41; another 17 among Purdue students
Tippecanoe County’s confirmed coronavirus cases were up by 41 on Wednesday, while another 17 Purdue students tested positive in campus testing, according to reports from Purdue and the Indiana State Department of Health. → Read More
West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in Tippecanoe County
The Tippecanoe County Health Department reported Tuesday afternoon that a group of mosquitoes in the county had tested positive for West Nile virus. → Read More
Bob Rohrman, legendary Lafayette auto dealer, dies
Bob Rohrman, a Lafayette native who built an auto empire across the city and Midwest, starring in decades of comedy-filled TV commercials for his dealerships, died Tuesday → Read More
‘Please don't kill him’: Fall college classes kick off with COVID-19 warnings, miles of Plexiglas
With an ambitious plan to reopen with in-person classes, Purdue University is in the spotlight, even as other colleges shut down with COVID-19 cases. → Read More
Police break up off-campus party, night after Purdue suspended 36 students under new conduct rule
A night after 36 Purdue students were suspended for a crowded party that didn’t meet the social distance guidelines of the university’s COVID-19-era Protect Purdue Pledge, Tippecanoe County police broke up a party of college students, sending the case to the dean of students. → Read More
Purdue suspends 36 students first night after Mitch Daniels' new rule on off-campus parties
Less than 24 hours after Purdue President Mitch Daniels made it a university violation to host or even go to a party that didn’t follow Protect Purdue Pledge guidelines for social distancing and masks, the university suspended a cooperative house and students for attending a Wednesday night party. → Read More
I-65 detour will send traffic into Lafayette for 15 hours Saturday, Sunday
Southbound Interstate 65, between Lafayette and Frankfort, will be closed for 15 hours starting Saturday evening, pushing detoured traffic around the southern edges of Lafayette → Read More
Coronavirus: Tippecanoe cases near 1,000, with 17 new ones Tuesday
Tippecanoe County added 17 confirmed cases of conoravirus Tuesday, inching closer to the 1,000 mark since March → Read More