Ask The Mayor: West Lafayette's John Dennis On Smokestacks, City Hall,...
Now that West Lafayette has hired a contractor to demolish the old city hall on Navajo Drive, what's next for the site, and why did it take two years to do something with the mold-contaminated...
View ArticleLafayette To Add New Positions, West Lafayette To Give Raises In 2017
While West Lafayette city employees, including Mayor John Dennis, will be receiving a small raise in 2017, the city of Lafayette has added new positions instead of raising the salaries of those...
View ArticleMobile Unit Could Be In The Cards For Tippecanoe County's Newly-Established...
Tippecanoe County officials may be coalescing around the idea of using a mobile unit to house the county’s recently-approved syringe services program. Earlier this month, the county commissioners...
View ArticleAsk The Mayor: West Lafayette's John Dennis On AirBnB And Where City Hall...
After years of literally molding over, West Lafayette’s city hall has been demolished. But what will replace it is still unclear – as is where that replacement might stand.
View ArticleWest Lafayette Mayor Pokes President Trump In State Of The City Address
In his state of the city speech Monday night, West Lafayette mayor John Dennis said the city sets a standard for quality of life. He then reminded the council that in the face of a new presidential...
View ArticleAsk The Mayor: West Lafayette's John Dennis On Pushing Boundaries And Trump's...
In his state of the city address earlier this year, West Lafayette Mayor John Dennis prodded President Donald Trump . This came after the mayor attended an anti-Trump rally held by women’s groups the...
View ArticleCommunities Scramble To Head Off 'Atrocious' Cell Tower Bill
The cities of West Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Lafayette are among those in Indiana which have begun legislating to head off the effects of a bill giving sweeping new rights to cell phone companies....
View ArticleAsk The Mayor: WL's John Dennis Says Biz 'Imperiled' But Not 'Hurt' By State...
As legislation season ends and a prolonged construction season begins in West Lafayette, the city faces challenges from multiple sides. On one side is a bill which would have given cell phone companies...
View ArticleWest Lafayette's Dennis Joins 'Climate Mayors' Group Opposed To Trump
West Lafayette Mayor John Dennis has joined a growing group of municipal leaders opposed to Donald Trump’s removal of the United States from the Paris Climate Accord. Dennis says he has joined a group...
View ArticlePower Outage Saps Non-Emergency Police Phones Monday Morning
Update, 1:10 p.m.: All public safety phone lines are fully functional at this time. Phone lines at Tippecanoe County’s public safety departments spent most of this morning running on a backup system to...
View ArticleINDOT To Spend $70M On Tippecanoe County Roads, Bridges
Gov. Eric Holcomb rolled out a regionally-specific portion of the state’s five-year infrastructure plan Thursday during a stop in West Lafayette. The governor and INDOT officials say interstates and...
View ArticleWest Lafayette Officials Say Gas Leaks Won't Set Back State Street
On one side of the corner of Pierce and State Street, construction on West Lafayette’s signature redevelopment project is ongoing. On the other, a crew is working to finalize repairs after an old gas...
View ArticleState Street Blue Crew: Welcome Through To Purdue
A group of about 50 City of West Lafayette employees, all clad in blue tee shirts, flanked the city’s redesigned State Street Monday, welcoming Purdue students back to campus. WBAA’s Stan Jastrzebski...
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