James D. Wolf Jr.
Crime and courts reporter James D. Wolf Jr. began working as a journalist in 1987 while earning his bachelor’s degree at Purdue University Calumet. He has worked in Indiana, Iowa and Illinois.
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Stories by James D. Wolf Jr.
3 men saved in sinking boat; no life vests aboard
Three fishermen whose boat sank in Spear Lake in Kosciusko County were rescued by Indiana conservation officers and other boaters in the...
May 26, 2022 1:00 am
3 men rescued in Spear Lake after boat sinks
Three fishermen whose boat sank in Spear Lake in Kosciusko County were rescued by Indiana conservation officers and other boaters in the...
May 25, 2022 5:00 pm
Ceremony today to honor slain children
For the first time in 34 years, Larry Mitchell will commemorate the death of his three sons knowing who the killer was.
May 21, 2022 1:00 am
Local man remembers children lost in 1988 Central Drive fire
For the first time in 34 years, Larry Mitchell will commemorate the death of his three sons knowing who the killer was.
May 20, 2022 1:10 pm
No verdict reached in 4 counts of murder
After an afternoon of deliberation, a jury hadn't reached a verdict on whether Cohen Hancz-Barron is guilty of murder.
May 19, 2022 1:00 am
- Charges filed for fatal car shooting
- Court documents: Homicide suspect killed for revenge
- Jury deliberating in quadruple-homicide trial
- Murder trial likely to go to jury today
- Demand for money cited in burglary
- Court documents: 4 burglars visited Auburn home earlier
- Hancz-Barron jury to get case Wednesday
- Extravaganza offers food, fun, opportunity
- Safe Haven box opens downtown
- Jury in quadruple homicide views knife
- Murder trial continues with more expert testimony
- Experts testify at quadruple slaying trial
- Trial begins in 'brutal' slaying of 4
- Police investigate apparent shooting; no injuries
- Gunshots reported near school, YMCA; no arrests
- Trial begins in Gay Street slayings
- Security tightened in trial on 4 deaths
- Courthouse security tightened as murder trial begins
- 'Pro Roe': Protesters denounce leaked draft
- Barricaded man hurt after jumping
- Children's choir ends year with 'gift' from composer
- Raids by FWPD, sheriff net 2 arrests
- Train derails near county GM plant
- Nine train cars derail near GM
- Cash, guns, drugs seized during search; 2 arrested
- Grabill man charged in fatal pickup crash
- Coroner seeks help in identifying body
- Suspect in fatal crash says he was driving
- Coroner's office seeking help in identifying body found in river
- Hershberger gets GOP sheriff nod
- Woman named in fatal hit-and-run
- Warrant issued on suspect in crash that killed 90-year-old pedestrian
- Hershberger wins GOP sheriff's nomination
- Arrest warrant issued in December hit-and-run crash
- Local couple drawn to Ukraine
- Reform, not new jail, local group says
- Man gets 150 years for 3 killings
- Man receives 5-year term in crash death
- 80 years given for murder at gas station
- Police respond to jail fight, separate fire
- Man to serve 5 years behind bars in fatal crash
- Altercation, arson attempt at justice complex
- Police find 2 dead after standoff
- Guilty verdict reached in death
- Jury convicts defendant in slaying of 15-year-old
- Man, 24, on trial for teen slaying
- 2nd man charged in fatal shooting
- Man faces misconduct allegations
- Second suspect charged in area man's death
- Pompeo visit draws a few outside protesters
- Murder trial begins in 2020 shooting of teenager
- Woman pleads guilty in slaying
- Pompeo: 'We're going to reclaim America'
- Stepmother pleads guilty to battery, neglect charges
- Fire tips: Have plan, move fast to escape
- Site cleanup unearths headstone
- Fire stuns 'tight-knit community'
- Victims, ages 2, 3, 5, 10, recalled as 'polite kids'
- 4 children killed in fire
- Trial for murder attempt begins
- Task force nabs child porn suspect
- Whitley armed standoff ends peacefully
- Attempted-murder trial opens; self-defense argued
- Teen to be tried in adult court
- Woman, 74, charged with killing husband in sleep
- Teen to be tried as an adult in fatal shooting
- Occupants safely escape trailer blaze
- Homestead graduate takes gavel
- Kids escape to sweet library land
- Arrest warrant issued in toddler son's death