CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — A Connersville man is charged with raping and strangling a woman in Fayette County. Justin Plummer, 44, was arrested by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. He faces several felonies, including two counts of rape while in possession of a deadly weapon, criminal confinement, and strangulation. On June 12, a woman told deputies […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Police shut down an unlicensed club on the northeast side of Indianapolis after discovering evidence of illegal operation. Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Nuisance Abatement Unit and Indiana State Excise Police had been monitoring “The Playhouse” on Arlington Avenue for at least a few weeks. On Monday, police served a search […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The race to be Indiana’s Republican nominee for Secretary of State is heating up. The GOP convention is on Saturday in Fort Wayne. Around 1,800 delegates can vote for who will represent the party as the Secretary of State nominee in the November election. Whoever wins the nomination will move on to face […]
STATEWIDE — The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least 21 tornadoes touched down in Indiana last week. National Weather Service Meteorologist Casey Crosbie said most of the tornadoes were in the northern third of the state. “That’s where it was most significant as far as the numbers and the damage,” Crosbie told WIBC […]
SPENCER, Ind. — An Owen County deputy is stable in the hospital after being shot on Friday. Indiana State Police said the deputy was injured while conducting a welfare check in a remote area of the county near the town of Spencer. Deputies with the Owen County Sheriff’s Department went to a home where 58-year-old […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Indiana FOP delegates from all across the state have issued a vote of “no confidence” in Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears. At the 2026 Indiana FOP State Conference in Fort Wayne on Friday, appointed and elected officials expressed their concerns about the violent crime happening in the capital city. The vote […]
STATEWIDE — A recent study from North Dakota State University revealed that Indiana farmers suffered a $607 million loss in exports due to the U.S.-China trade dispute. Indiana was ranked the 9th most affected state in terms of agricultural economic impact, as Hoosier corn and soybean farmers were severely impacted. The Midwest region was the […]
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. — A man in Hartford City is accused of strangling a 3-year-old boy. 21-year-old Kaden Schroeder was arrested and charged with domestic battery with bodily injury, neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury, and strangulation. Just before midnight on Thursday, June 4, the Hartford City Police Department said they got a […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said the state is not going to “watch blindly” if cities like Indianapolis can’t get crime under control. During the Indiana State Police Crime Crackdown press conference on Wednesday, Gov. Braun appeared to call out prosecutors while discussing violent crime in Indy, saying they must be more aggressive when […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to impose stricter controls on an abortion pill due to the potential health risks for women who may inadvertently ingest it from public waterways. Rokita argues that the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone can harm unborn babies by blocking progesterone and affecting reproductive […]
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — A woman has been charged with stealing nearly $1,000 worth of LEGO sets from a bookstore in Noblesville. Police were called to Barnes & Noble on Mercantile Boulevard in Noblesville on Monday, Feb. 23, on a report of a robbery and theft. The Noblesville Police Department said a woman was trying to […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Law enforcement agencies in and around Indianapolis said they will be watching out for “street takeovers” this summer. “We hear time and time again from our neighbors how disruptive this type of activity is,” said IMPD Chief Tanya Terry. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said they have been seeing a growing number of […]