It’s the Christmas shopping season. And with money tight, but the pressure to get gifts for everyone on your list, is tough sometime this time of year.  That’s where the FruGal can help.  She’s Whitney Smith, a Gary native who is the newest reporter at the Indianapolis Star and Indystar.com.  She’s Indy’sFruGal reporting on deals, […]

A federal judge sentenced four men Friday for their roles in an online international child pornography ring that prosecutors say had more than 1,000 members trading millions of sexually explicit images. The four men had pleaded guilty to child pornography-related crimes, U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison’s office said in a statement. Michael Baratta, 49, Sacramento, Calif.; […]

Original Post from Indystar.com When Shannon Ellis became pregnant two years ago, it was a surprise to family members. They had been told her husband had undergone a vasectomy. But Ellis and her husband told friends and family the joyous occasion was the result of him having the procedure reversed. That wasn’t the case. The […]

Original story from indystar.com PRAIRIE CREEK, Ind. — Police say a woman forced her way into a western Indiana home at gunpoint and then stabbed a husband and wife in an apparent attempt to kidnap their newborn boy. The man was able to stop the attack and call police to the home in the Vigo […]

Original story posted on indystar.com Police are in pursuit of a gang of robbers who made off with $3,200 in cash and $5,700 in prescription drugs after holding up a Nora-area Walgreens in a coordinated early morning heist. The robbery was at 4 a.m. at 1505 E. 86th St. when at least three men wearing […]