America Today Staff 
A homicide investigation into the death of a 30-year-old woman at a rural Momence bar has resulted in the arrest of a suspect in Hammond, authorities confirmed. Deputies with the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly before noon on Monday, February 2, to a bar located along Illinois Route 114 near the Illinois–Indiana state … Read more
A South Bend man was arrested Tuesday evening following a violent confrontation with law enforcement that included ramming police vehicles, striking a civilian car, and confronting officers while armed with a machete, authorities said. According to the Wheatfield Police Department, officers and deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department responded around 5:11 p.m. on February … Read more
A 24-year-old Gary man is facing multiple felony charges after investigators say he created and mailed a forged, notarized legal document that falsely appeared to originate from the Indiana Attorney General’s Office and demanded restitution from a financial services company. Malachi Isaiah Laxton has been charged with counterfeiting, impersonation of a public servant, and intimidation, … Read more
A 24-year-old Chesterton man is facing several criminal charges after police say he led officers on a dangerous high-speed chase late Tuesday night, reaching speeds over 120 miles per hour and causing damage to agricultural property before being arrested for operating while intoxicated. According to court documents, the incident occurred on February 3, 2026, at … Read more
Many Americans take access to safe drinking water for granted, but residents in parts of West Virginia are facing a different reality. People in the Wayne area remain under a “do not consume” order nearly three weeks after vandalism at a substation led to an oil leak into a nearby creek, contaminating the community’s water … Read more
Troopers said a woman was arrested after her husband reported that she stabbed him. Amanda Brown, 38, of Orlando has been charged with malicious wounding, according to a press release from West Virginia State Police. Troopers said they responded to a reported stabbing in the Orlando area of Lewis County around 2 p.m. Tuesday. After … Read more
Prosecutors said a Kanawha County man convicted of DUI causing death and DUI causing bodily injury received the maximum sentence on Monday. Alva Jones, 46, of Charleston was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine following a deadly crash along Corridor G, according to a social media … Read more
An 83-year-old Ohio man was sentenced to 21 years to life in prison for the murder of an Uber driver he shot and killed after mistakenly believing she was involved in a scam targeting him. William J. Brock was convicted last month in the March 2024 killing of Lo-Letha Toland-Hall outside his South Charleston home. … Read more
Court records say a West Virginia man is accused of making threats to attack or kill U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Cody Lee Smith, 20, of Clarksburg has been charged with making threats of terroristic acts after an investigation conducted in January, according to a criminal complaint filed in Harrison County Magistrate Court. The … Read more
Two Eastern Kentucky lawmakers say the state must act now to avoid potential power shortages in the years ahead. State Reps. Patrick Flannery of Olive Hill and Derek Lewis of London are sponsoring House Bill 540, also called the Eastern Kentucky Energy Savings Act. Under the proposal, two natural gas plants would be constructed at … Read more