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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Five Hoosiers were reported lost to COVID-19 Saturday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health, while the death toll in Tippecanoe County remained at 212 for another day. The seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals — the percentage of people who test positive, regardless of how many times a single person has been tested —  dripped down to 13.8%, after inching up to 14% Friday. The overall positivity rate, which had been at 4.5% since Tuesday and ticked up to 4.6% Friday, increased slightly to 4.7%. The county processed 165 new tests the previo...

INDIANAPOLIS — Five Hoosiers have been sentenced in a massive money-laundering scheme. John Williams, Ernie Perkins, Donald Landis, Robert Finch, and Shalonda Coleman are all spending between 18 months and nine years in prison, for trying to defraud a bank and insurance company in Pennsylvania. “White-collar criminals are thieves who steal through position and influence,” said acting US Attorney John Childress. “White-collar crime like tax evasion and money laundering ultimately affects all Hoosiers and this office is committed to aggressively prosecuting these fraudsters.” Williams...