TWO BUTLER BUSINESSES THAT SELL K-2 OR “SPICE” HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO STOP SELLING THE CONTROVERSIAL PRODUCT. ACCORDING TO THE STAR URBAN KAOS AND THE SUNOCO GAS STATION WILL NO LONGER SELL THE MARIJUANA SUBSTITUTE.  K-2 OR “MR. SMILEY HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HAS BEEN BANNED IN FIVE STATES.

POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A JULY 4TH STABBING IN NOBLE COUNTY. POLICE SAY 34-YEAR-OLD BRIAN HIESTAND OF SYRACUSE STABBED RANDALL SMITH IN A TAVERN PARKING LOT IN ALBION. OFFICERS SAY AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE TWO AT THE HILLTOP TAVERN LED TO THE STABBING.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS HOMELESSNESS AMONG INDIANA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS UP 26 PERCENT IN THE TWO SCHOOL YEARS ENDING IN 2009. THAT STILL PUTS INDIANA WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL GROWTH RATE WITH WAS 41 PERCENT IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.

A MICHIGAN MAN IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY. POLICE SAY 51-YEAR-OLD JACK EUGENE OF COLDWATER, MICHIGAN BROKE INTO A HUNTINGTON HOME AND FORCE HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND OUT. OFFICERS SAY HE THEN FORCED HER INTO HER OWN VAN AND TRIED TO GET HER TO DRIVE BACK TO HIS HOME IN MICHIGAN. THAT'S WHEN MICHIGAN POLICE FOUND THEM. EUGENE IS FACING CHARGES IN BOTH STATES. THE WOMAN WAS NOT HURT.