SPEEDWAY, Ind. — It seems the trickle of Formula One driver interest in Indy car racing is getting stronger as F1 Scuderia Ferrari test driver Callum Ilott tested an Indy car for the first time on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on Thursday. Illott has been brought in by Juncos Hollinger Racing to run […]
STATEWIDE — Nursing homes get federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid, but that funding could be cut off if nursing home workers refuse to get vaccinated. Under the Biden administration, federal health authorities have threatened to take away Medicare and Medicaid funding from nursing homes if all workers are not fully vaccinated. It’s a regulation […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A man was shot and killed on Indy’s northeast side early Thursday morning. IMPD says it happened around 1 a.m., on Radnor Road near 46th Street and Arlington Avenue. The man, identified as 20-year-old Koebe Clopton, was found with a gunshot wound outside a house. He was rushed to a hospital, but he […]
WASHINGTON — Now that the Taliban has complete control of Afghanistan, Indiana Congressman Jim Banks is worried that the White House may try to legitimize the militant group as leaders of the country. Banks introduced two amendments to the 2022 fiscal budget on Thursday before the House Armed Services Committee seeking to designate the Taliban […]
WASHINGTON — President Biden is cheering the fact that the U.S military’s evacuation operation from Afghanistan saw roughly 124,000 people evacuated out of Kabul airport in the last week. “No nation has ever done anything like this in all of history,” Biden said in an address Tuesday night. “Only the United States had the capacity […]
FORT WORTH, Texas. — Jimmie Johnson completed his first test of an IndyCar on an oval circuit on Monday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion who has run on the Texas tri-oval several times in a stock car, said that that there were many new things to […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Researchers at Indiana University have a goal of making sure parents have all the facts before allowing or not allowing their children to play football. Over the last decade, more has started to become understood about head injuries connected to the frequent hits taken by athletes on the gridiron. Protections against concussions […]
PLYMOUTH, Ind. — The man who last saw Mercedes Lain alive is now charged with her murder. Justin Miller is the man whom Lain’s parents left her with for a weekend earlier in August. The little girl, not even a year old, ended up missing and Miller later led police to where her body was […]
MILLVILLE, N.J. — Myles Rowe, a driver for the Force Indy Racing team, is a winner in the USF2000 series. Rowe was able to pick his fellow drivers off and make a stunning pass for the lead in the closing laps of a race at New Jersey Motorsports Park to claim his first-ever win and […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A body found near the entrance to a hiking trail in Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis is underscoring the fact that detectives in the capital city are overwhelmed in trying to solve the increasing number of homicides this year. Investigators with Indianapolis Metro Police were called about a body at the park a […]