INDIANAPOLIS — Independent candidates are gaining ground across Indiana, according to a new analysis by Independent Indiana. Nathan Gotsch, executive director of Independent Indiana, said the group was formed to highlight the success of candidates outside the major parties. “We wanted people to know that independents are not only running, they’re winning,” Gotsch told All […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The man who raped and murdered 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001 is scheduled to be executed on October 10. Roy Lee Ward will face lethal injection after Governor Mike Braun accepted the Indiana Parole Board’s unanimous recommendation. The board held a clemency hearing on September 22, citing the brutality of the crime and […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Indy Homicide detectives have arrested the final suspect in a Sept. 20 shooting that injured three people on the city’s northwest side. Police arrested 19-year-old Harold Love Jr. on Thursday with help from several specialized IMPD units. He’s facing several preliminary charges: three counts of attempted murder, aggravated battery, battery with a deadly […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Sen. Chris Garten says he was surprised to find the state’s public retirement system had invested more than $150 million in entities linked to Hong Kong and interests associated with the Chinese Communist Party. Garten told WIBC’s Tony Katz Today that the issue first came up in a 2022 conversation with […]
INDIANAPOLIS – At Wednesday’s meeting of the Indianapolis Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee, Councilor Dan Boots criticized Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita for what he described as a “threatening” and misleading letter about city cooperation with federal authorities. Boots said the letter followed a recent committee meeting where members questioned Sheriff Kerry Forestal about […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Law enforcement officials from across local, state, and federal agencies will announce the results of Operation Guardian on Thursday afternoon, a multi-day crackdown targeting some of Indianapolis’s most violent offenders. The initiative led to more than 100 arrests, the recovery of over two dozen firearms, multiple narcotics, and other evidence, according to the […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Behind the locked doors of the Marion County Jail, far more is happening than routine cell checks and mealtime, a former inmate says. Rick, who has prior domestic violence convictions and served six to seven months in 2023, says the jail is full of drug deals, extortion, and a system that implicates both […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) President Rick Snyder is renewing his call for changes to Marion County’s criminal justice system after news that a man charged with multiple counts of attempted murder had prior contact with the county prosecutor’s office—but was still released. On Tuesday, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith says he wants to see a pedestrian bridge named for the late political activist Charlie Kirk—either by renaming an existing bridge or building a new one. “Charlie was just a great builder. He was a coalition builder,” Beckwith said in a recent interview. “A bridge would be a […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Attorneys for Roy Lee Ward urged the Indiana Parole Board on Monday to grant clemency, citing his recent autism diagnosis and expressions of remorse. Ward, convicted of raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001, is scheduled for execution on Oct. 10. Ward did not attend the hearing, instead submitting a written affidavit […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Prosecutors say Carlos Contreras is facing attempted murder charges after police say he opened fire outside a Jimmy John’s restaurant during a late-night car show, then shot two wounded men again as they lay on the ground. It happened just before midnight on Sept. 20 in the 5600 block of Georgetown Road. Officers […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Google is putting the brakes on plans to build a massive data center in Franklin Township. The tech giant had asked the city to rezone more than 460 acres of farmland on the southeast side of Indianapolis for a $1 billion project. But just before the Indianapolis City-County Council was set to debate […]