After she was kidnapped from her Elkhart County home and raped in 1988 at age 10, Erika Monroe assumed she’d never learn the identity of her abductor. “I reconciled myself to the fact that I would never know who it was in my lifetime,” she said. “I would have to wait and ... when this person died that he’d have to face God.”.

Freddie Rhodes says he doesn’t remember much about his arrest. He remembers being put in a squad car. He remembers being in a room with two detectives. He remembers the pain in his face and body, asking to go to a hospital, and being ignored. Rhodes was charged with felony murder Sept. 11 after an alleged attempted drug robbery in which 18-year-old Dre Tarrious Rodgers was fatally shot.

On the morning of Tuesday, May 21, 1974, neighbors noticed that Paul and Julia Bonfiglio had not opened their confectionary shop, South Side Sweets, 813 S. Main St., at their usual time. The neighbors contacted the couple’s son, Frank, and he headed over to their home at 107 Hickory St. (now Martin Luther King Jr.

On a sunny summer afternoon on West Garfield Avenue, children played in front yards and on sidewalks while adults gathered on front porches to talk. Then one child glanced down the street and yelled, “Twelve!”. Another child followed suit. Then the others. The word, a slang term to signify police presence, rippled quickly from one voice to the next down the sidewalk.

(Video of news conference with Indiana State Police Sgt. Trent Smith) Armed with a semi-automatic handgun and a large knife, a local man shot and killed two women in an Elkhart grocery store before being shot and killed by Elkhart police officers Wednesday night, Jan. 15. The unidentified shooter, described as a 22-year-old white male from the Elkhart area, entered the main doors of Martin's Super Market, 3900 East Bristol Street, just after 10 p.m., according to Indiana State Police.

Editor’s note: This article is first in a series on the use and impact of synthetic marijuana in Elkhart County. Faith Mission of Elkhart has always tested residents for drug and alcohol use. Everyone who comes to the shelter undergoes a Breathalyzer test upon arrival and is asked to take a drug test when staff members suspect the person may be under the influence of another substance.

Forest River RV has agreed to a settlement with a penalty of up to $35 million after federal regulators say the company didn’t properly report safety data and recalls on some of its recreational vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday, July 9, announced the agreement following a nine-month audit of Forest River’s reporting of safety data to the administration as required by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966.

One of the newest social media apps wasn’t started in Silicon Valley or New York City. It’s built by Elkhart men working out of a Mishawaka apartment. Mike Miller, a 2008 Elkhart Central grad, and Mike Gaeddert, a 2006 Concord grad, helped launch Dayo, a photo sharing app for iPhone. They worked with Gaeddert’s cousin, David, in Kansas to launch the app in February.