Bristol

Elkhart County police say charges have been filed in connection with the 2008 murder of Sheena Kiska. Prosecutors have charged 29-year-old Tyrice Halliburton with murder. Police say he was her neighbor. Kiska was killed in her Bristol apartment. She couldn't afford to break her lease after a break-in. One month later, she was found stabbed to death. Sheena's family is pressing for a new state law - “Sheena's Law” - that would give tenants worried about their safety a way to break their lease.

By the end of this week, shelves at Bristol Community Food Pantry will be empty. An increase in demand has caused food to go out much quicker than normal, and funding for food purchases to dry up. For the first time since the pantry's opening in 2006, more clients are picking up food more than ever before, but donations are not offsetting demand. Bristol's pantry organizers have started a campaign to see if people would be willing to donate $1 to turn the situation around.

BRISTOL — Two years have passed since 23-year-old Sheena Kiska was found dead, stabbed in her apartment. Since that day, there have been benefit concerts to help her two children, a wrongful death lawsuit against the apartment complex where she died and a legislative attempt to pass a bill in her honor. And yet no one has been arrested. No one charged. No motive given, no suspects named. Instead, in the two years since March 18, 2008, there mostly has been silence. Bristol Town Marshal Michael Swallow said there is very little information he can share about the case, except to say his department's investigation was turned over to the Elkhart County prosecutor's office in April 2009.

BRISTOL — Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but that doesn't mean the time apart is any easier. After being in Afghanistan for more than five months, a local soldier has returned home and he couldn't wait to see his 6-year-old daughter. Army Private First Class Chris Overmyer has been in Afghanistan since June. Away from his daughter, Caitlyn, for both her birthday and Christmas, he wanted their reunion to be special. So he went to Bristol Elementary School at lunchtime and waited for her to come down the hall.

GOSHEN - The man accused of killing the owner of an Elkhart tattoo parlor is being held in jail without bond after making his first court appearance on Thursday. Todd Stewart, 35, of Bristol was arrested Wednesday for shooting to death Mark Miller, 44, and dumping Miller's body in a 55-gallon barrel last September, a barrel that was found along the St. Joseph River near the Six Span Bridge on County Road 17. Stewart, who worked for Milller, appeared before Elkhart Circuit Court Judge Terry Shewmaker, who entered a “not guilty” plea on Stewart's behalf.

Police say a Bristol woman was arrested for public intoxication yesterday after a vehicle registered in her name was involved in a crash with an Elkhart County Sheriff's Department cruiser. Patrolman Todd Horner was struck by a 1993 Oldsmobile Sunday before 8 p.m. at the corner of County Road 8 and County Road 27, say police. Horner's cruiser was disabled and the Oldsmobile drove off into Bristol Mobile Village at 52427 County Road 27. The owner of the vehicle, 43-year-old Sonya Lee Fletcher was found walking in the street near her home at the intersection of St. Joseph and Charles streets - which is near Bristol Mobile Village.

BRISTOL - Police say a man found guilty of murder and sentenced to life without parole Thursday escaped from custody while still in the courthouse and was quickly recaptured. A jury found Tyrice Halliburton guilty in a 4-year-old murder case that inspired a proposed law aimed at making tenants safer. The jury recommended a sentence of life in prison without parole soon after, and a WSBT reporter at the scene says that's when he made a run for it. He never made it out of the building.

BRISTOL - An Elkhart County company is looking to expand its workforce. WorkOne is hosting a hiring event for Utilimaster today to fill several assembly and production positions. Utilimaster manufactures walk-in vans and commercial truck bodies. The event is from 9 a.m. to noon at the Bristol American Legion. Job-seekers should come prepared to interview with Utilimaster.

Registers at Luckys Donuts and Bristol Street Café, both on Bristol Street, were targeted by burglars early Wednesday morning in Elkhart. Elkhart Police were called to Luckys Donuts, 700 W. Bristol St., just after 2 a.m. Wednesday. Forty dollars in cash and the register valued at $400 were taken after 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to the police blotter. At Bristol Street Café, 500 W. Bristol St., a side entry door was broken, causing about $500 damage and the register, valued at $300, was taken.