Ruby Tuesday's went smoke-free in October 2004 and has seen an increase in business since. With a centrally located bar, the smell of cigarette smoke used to permeate the whole restaurant. And the decision to promote a "healthier family environment" by banning smoking has received few complaints and mostly positive feedback.

If you're not concerned about identity theft happening to you, you should be. Detective Jeff Rooze from the Lafayette Police Department said he sees a dozen cases of identity theft a week. It can take anywhere from a month to 14 months after identity theft occurs for the victim to discover it, according to Rooze. Some don't find out for years.

About 30 firefighters battled 90-degree heat but managed to save at least a portion of a historic Lafayette apartment building late Wednesday morning. Assistant Chief Ron Holdman of the Lafayette Fire Department said everyone safely escaped the six-unit apartment building when the fire was discovered.

Flatlining the 2006 operating expenses of the West Lafayette Community School Corp. will not be enough to keep property taxes from increasing about 4 percent.

RENSSELAER -- A DeMotte man suspected of beating his infant son last November will face 40 years in prison if a judge accepts a plea agreement.

Companies could find it more difficult to build trash transfer stations in Tippecanoe County under a measure a local ordinance commission approved Wednesday.

Four-year-old Sydney Yuill took her father, Jesse, by the hand and walked around the spacious pre-kindergarten classroom.

COLBURN -- A Lafayette woman struck by a Norfolk Southern train here early Wednesday apparently committed suicide, police said.

MULBERRY -- Lu Whitaker has been clowning around for 10 years.

In an effort to look for lost revenue, Lafayette's Utility Billing office has discovered some city water customers who are playing dirty.

About 30 firefighters battled 90-degree heat but managed to save at least a portion of a historic Lafayette apartment building late this morning.

A federal court judge has thrown out an anti-trust lawsuit filed by Arnett Clinic against Greater Lafayette Health Services. U.S. District Court Judge Allen Sharp, in an order released late Tuesday, dismissed all federal law claims made by Arnett in February.

The man accused of causing a Chicago-area car crash Sunday that killed two West Lafayette children had a blood-alcohol content three times the legal limit, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's office.

Local business owners, especially those around Columbian Park, are preparing for the annual deluge of customers as people converge on the area for the Colt World Series, which begins today at Loeb Stadium.

One of four juveniles thought to be involved in a plot to burn down the Harrison barn admitted his involvement Tuesday in juvenile court.

Sixty years ago today President Harry S. Truman allowed the use of the atomic bomb to hasten the end of the Pacific Theater of World War II. Three days later, the first atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, killing nearly 120,000 residents instantly.

For eight days, Joe Ruhl lived a biologist's dream.

Anthony Frink had been out of prison just over four years when he robbed and killed a disabled drug dealer behind a Hartford Street residence in Lafayette in September 2002.

West Lafayette's Cathy Campbell is involved in the Toastmasters' Greater Lafayette Advanced Club and Club 1127. Here are some of her favorite speakers and speeches: