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CBS/CW affiliate in Lafayette, IN. Covering Greater Lafayette & Purdue University for 65+ years. Your #1 source for news, weather & sports from where you live!
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Joined February 2009
"After intense and thorough discussion, I believe it is important to finish the building process we have begun and honor the commitment I made to our football program, players, and recruits."
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As Purdue Football prepares to face Notre Dame on Saturday at Ross-Ade, WLFI was able to get some drone footage of Ross-Ade ahead of the matchup.
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While many are in isolation, one local entertainer gave us some good music Thursday!. Bruce Barker, the piano man from the Neon Cactus, played for thousands for free on Facebook live.
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West Lafayette teen's motivational phrase leaves lasting impression 1 year after his death
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Purdue Basketball Center Matt Haarms volunteers weekly at Natalie's Second Chance Dog Shelter in Lafayette
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Tippecanoe School Corporation will pay all of its hourly employees through the originally scheduled end of the school year. This includes all food service staff and bus drivers.
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"For those of you who have been wearing your face coverings and practicing social distancing, thank you. For those of you who haven't , please strive to do better". Local hospitals are feeling pressure as COVID cases rise in Tippecanoe Co. There are currently 46 hospitalizations.
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Domino's Pizza franchise on Greenbush St. in Lafayette is donating 75% of the proceeds made every day from Sept. 7 to Sept. 11. It will go to the family of a coworker killed while on a delivery-run last week.
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Purdue center Zach Edey announced on Twitter that he would withdraw from the NBA Draft and return to Purdue.
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Dave Wood will leave a legacy of leadership and success at West Lafayette
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STATE CHAMPS! @WLfootballRDP defeats Evansville Memorial 47-42 in 3A state football championship.
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Five Boilermakers are in Indianapolis for the 2023 NFL Combine. Purdue linebacker Jalen Graham spoke to media today and will begin workouts tomorrow.
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Monday evening hundreds of cars lined Neil Wagner's street to wish him luck, pray for him & support him. Many of the signs saying #WagnerStrong and we love you. The Central Catholic principal is having surgery on a golf ball size tumor on Wednesday.
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Marquis Munoz leaves the Lafayette Jeff football program as the school's all-time leader in rushing yards and touchdowns
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Lafayette Police fire recruit officer, Joseph Zacharek after confirming he participated in a Neo-Nazi internet chat forum known as Iron March in 2016.
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Former Colt Pat McAfee, Jim Irsay boost reward for Delphi double homicide to $200k
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The Lafayette Jeff Marching Bronchos are your ISSMA Scholastic Class A Champions! Congrats on a great season!.
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BREAKING: Purdue University is suspending in-person courses after spring break
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Indiana high schools are encouraged to turn on their football stadium lights Friday morning & leave them on until funeral services conclude for Phillip Bowsman Saturday. CC and Indianapolis Lutheran will honor him at the 1A state championship game Friday.
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Lafayette Jeff's Avery Beaver commits to play basketball at Wabash College
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With a thrilling final drive, capped off with a successful 2-point conversion, Lafayette Central Catholic has won the IHSAA Class A State Football Championship
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Democrat Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United States
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Piano man, Bruce Barker, and company donate $5,000 to Food Finders Food Bank after selling t-shirts. This all happened in one and the shirts are still for sale.
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A new Purdue drug is on track to help cure one of the most deadly cancers. Researchers are saying it could be next-generation treatment.
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Goldsmith pulls off win in tight Tippecanoe County Sheriff's race
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Purdue's Indianapolis motorsports engineering program is the only one of its kind in the country.
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Purdue's Trevion Williams has announced he will sign with an agent and enter the NBA draft.
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Longtime Purdue men's basketball Head Coach Gene Keady received the call to be inducted into the 2023 Naismith Hall of Fame Class.
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"He was more than just a teacher, he was one of my best friends". Friend. Mentor. Teacher. Colleague. Rossville Consolidated Schools lost all of the above when Brian Thomas died in a car accident last Friday.
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Arrest made in possible connection to Delphi double homicide investigation
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The boys' parents, John and Jana Anthrop, say they're looking forward to life's new adventures. All four of their sons – Jade, Dru, Danny and Jackson – were star athletes at Central Catholic Jr./Sr. High School and in college.
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It has been three years since the death of cancer research advocate and Purdue super-fan @theTylerTrent and News 18's @PariApostolakos spoke with his parents and oncologist about his legacy.
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McCutcheon senior Crysta Dilley walked away from this weekend's gymnastics state competition as a champion
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Zach Edey and Purdue power their way into NCAA title game, beating N.C. State 63-50
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Lt. Bob Goldsmith announces intentions to run for Tippecanoe Co. Sheriff
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For more than 40 years, the business has putting puns and inspirational sayings on its Sagamore Parkway sign
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Former U.S. President George W. Bush will drop by Purdue University's campus in December.
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Gov. Holcomb will sign executive order making face coverings mandatory in certain situations in Indiana
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McCutcheon volleyball prepares for semi-state showdown with Munster
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“I'm just, I'm a kid from Mississippi, from Lanier High School who was able to achieve this.”. Amber Johnson, the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. from Purdue’s Computer Science program.
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Purdue President: Student will be expelled after racist online statements, video
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Harrison Raiders defeat Fort Wayne Carroll to advance in the state tournament
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Indiana State Police have released a new video, sketch and audio of who they believe killed Abigail Williams and Liberty German in Delphi on Feb. 13, 2017. Read all the new information released here:
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Lafayette Jeff senior Lance Crowder plays with a new perspective after recovering from a brain tumor.
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The institute will get $15 million over a five-year period from NASA
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Purdue will wear special space-themed helmets at Saturday's homecoming football game
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VIDEO: Harrison & West Lafayette fans wear purple in support of local family, dramatic soccer game ensues
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Purdue Veterinary Teaching Hospital is ranked highest in the nation
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IHSAA Wrestling State Finals: . Aidan Dallinger of McCutcheon placed 6th overall in the 113-pound weight class. Chicoine won 7-2 in the semifinals and will wrestle for the 220-pound State Championship against Crown Point's Will Clark at 7:30PM.
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Purdue junior center Zach Edey is named Naismith National Player of the Year, one of college basketball's elite individual awards. Edey is the first Purdue player since Glenn Robinson in 1994 to win the award.
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Purdue announced on Saturday the creation of Purdue’s new Tyler Trent Pediatric Cancer Research Center within the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research.
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A Tippecanoe School Corporation bus driver felt the love Thursday night at Franciscan Health.
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Soon-to-be Purdue University graduate Kyle Albertson was diagnosed as a baby with congenital muscular dystrophy. But he hasn't let that slow him down.
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Good news! Missing Tippecanoe County teenager Elizabeth Henry has been found safe
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Central Catholic's Karsyn Cherry commits to play soccer at Louisville
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A Fowler teen's sixteenth birthday just got a little sweeter. Breanne Butler, who was born with spina-bifida, was gifted an ADA-accessible van thanks to a community of generous givers.
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Police asking public to help identify man seen in Delphi trail photo
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The Tyler Trent Cancer Research Endowment at Purdue has now reached $1 million dollars in donations
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Newman homers three times, Aviators soar into league championship
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Swanigan to receive invite to Wooden Award ceremony in Los Angeles
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HIGHLIGHTS: Rossville shuts out South Newton, Hornets advance to state championship
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Did you know that Neil Armstrong got a C in Calculus II during his first semester at @LifeAtPurdue?? You can see his report card, along with many other historical artifacts honoring his life and legacy when the Apollo in the Archives exhibit opens on Monday.
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Lafayette Jeff's Bishop Johnson commits to play football at Army West Point in the Fall of 2020.
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It was standing room only as parents on either side of the mask debate filled the board room. But the vast majority appeared to be against a mask requirement.
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