WEST LAFAYETTE – Minnesota finally found a solution for its stagnant offense Saturday. It gave the ball to powerful running back Shannon Brooks and let him beat up the Purdue defense. The freshman carried 17 times for a season-high 176 yards and changed the game with a 71-yard … Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue shot itself in the foot on several occasions to find itself on the wrong end of a 35-28 loss to Bowling Green Saturday afternoon at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Read MoreWEST LAFAYETTE – Virginia Tech kicked into second gear in the second half to pull away from Purdue, 51-24, Saturday afternoon.
Read MoreWEST LAFAYETTE – Austin Appleby threw four touchdown passes to help Purdue to its first football win of the season, 38-14, over Indiana State.
Read MoreWEST LAFAYETTE — Justin Ewert, 23, of Martinsville, IN, was arrested Aug. 5 in West Lafayette on charges of impersonating a police officer. A West Lafayette police officer observed Ewert “leap frogging through traffic” and driving recklessly in a black and gray Ford Crown Victoria on a busy … Read More
Purdue University’s board of trustees has approved plans to freeze tuition for resident, non-resident and international students at the West Lafayette campus for the next two years. The board also endorsed a proposed operating budget which includes a merit pay increase of 3.5 percent for employees in West … Read More
A recent study by Niche.com ranked Warsaw among the top five cities in the state. Ranked fourth, Warsaw was scored on a variety of factors including local education, crime rates, demographics, housing income and weather. According to Niche, Warsaw, which was ranked a large town with 13,907 people, … Read More
A second grade class from Cumberland Elementary School in West Lafayette is asking state legislators to name the firefly as Indiana’s official state insect. Maggie Samudio’s class was learning about the 50 states when one student asked why Indiana doesn’t have a state insect. The class decided to … Read More
Amazon held a grand opening today of Amazon@Purdue, the company’s first ever staffed order pickup and drop-off location, housed in the Krach Leadership Center on Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. Amazon@Purdue will give students a convenient, money-saving option for receiving textbooks and other supplies from Amazon, as well … Read More
Indiana Teacher of the Year Kathy Nimmer is one of four finalists for the 2015 National Teacher of the Year award. Nimmer, an English teacher at William Henry Harrison High School in West Lafayette, was selected from a group of teachers from each state. The program is run … Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE – It started cold and dreary. It only got worse for the Purdue football team. Northwestern, riding off the momentum of a huge win last weekend at Notre Dame, continued to stay hot with a 38-14 over Purdue Saturday afternoon at Ross-Ade Stadium. Five Purdue turnovers … Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE – Joel Stave threw two touchdown passes and Melvin Gordon ran for 205 yards Saturday as No. 25 Wisconsin defeated Purdue 34-16. The Badgers (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten) have won four straight overall and remained in a three-way tie atop the West Division with Nebraska and … Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE – Connor Cook threw three touchdown passes, Nick Hill ran for two scores and No. 8 Michigan State got a late interception return for a touchdown to hold off Purdue 45-31 Saturday. Purdue’s defense just couldn’t stop Michigan State, which amassed 532 total yards. It looked … Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE – Iowa spotted Purdue a 10-0 lead, then dominated the final 49 minutes, rallying for a 24-10 Big Ten opening victory Saturday. The Hawkeyes (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten) took a 17-10 lead with 45 seconds remaining in the third quarter on a 23-yard touchdown pass from … Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue converted two first-quarter turnovers into touchdowns and used those 14 points as the springboard to a 35-13 victory against Southern Illinois on Saturday. Danny Etling threw touchdown passes of 10 yards to DeAngelo Yancey and 44 yards to Danny Anthrop during the first quarter … Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE – If anyone was feeling chipper at Ross-Ade Stadium Saturday, likely they were wearing maroon and gold. The Central Michigan Chippewas looked very stout in a 38-17 win at Purdue in a game littered with Boilermaker miscues. The Boilermakers committed three turnovers, were flagged for a … Read More
