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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board say they have found no mechanical problems in the single-engine plane that crashed in Greensburg Sunday night, killing four people. The NTSB said the Piper Malibu had fuel and appeared to be working well mechanically before plunging into a field. The pilot, Don Horan, had accumulated a total of nearly 400 hours of flying time. Horan’s wife, Barbara, also died in the crash along with family friends Stephen and Denise Butz.
 

An early-morning fire destroyed one house and damaged two others in Plainfield in the Bentwood neighborhood near U.S. 40 and Rockville Road. The fire broke out in an unoccupied house before 3:30 a.m. Residents in the neighboring homes escaped without injury. One of those houses suffered minor damage, but the fire burned through the wall of the other dwelling. The cause is under investigation.
 

Rick Hite, acting leader of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department since April, will be named chief Thursday afternoon, the mayor’s office said. Hite was elevated to interim chief following the demotion of Paul Ciesielski. Hite was a 30-year veteran of the Baltimore police department before being named deputy director of public safety in Indianapolis in 2010.