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LEBANON, Ind. — A man being processed into the Boone Co. Jail spit cocaine into the faces of jail officers Monday night, the Boone Co. Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Jail officers were processing 34-year-old Kevin Lampley, of Indianapolis, after he was arrested for driving on a suspended license. When Lampley went through a body scanner, officers noticed […]

STATEWIDE — Tomorrow, the Indiana Department of Transportation will be hosting a job fair to find seasonal snowplow drivers.  The event will take place in multiple cities across the state including, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Bloomington, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 16. The seasonal positions are for general highway maintenance, like removing snow and […]

WANATAH, Ind. — Almost 2,000 racing pigeons were killed in a massive fire early Sunday morning, forcing the 2019 Hoosier Classic to be canceled.  Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the fire in Wanatah, a town in LaPorte County.  The Times of Northwest Indiana says Jim and Kelly Ward, the race organizers […]

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.–You may need to rescan your TV channels this week if you get your channels through an antenna. The FCC says TV stations in Indianapolis, Evansville, Terre Haute, Ft. Wayne, and South Bend are changing frequencies.  You’ll still get the stations on the same channel. But, you’ll need to do a channel scan, […]

KOKOMO, Ind.–The public is invited to pay their respects to a State Trooper who was killed in a crash Friday night.  Visitation for Trooper Peter Stephan will be Thursday at Crossroads Community Church in Kokomo from 2 to 8 p.m.  The funeral service is set for Friday, October 18 at 11 am at Crossroads Community […]

  INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford will visit Indianapolis this week. Sanford, who also spent time as a U.S. Representative, is on a week-long speaking tour called, “Kids, We’re Bankrupt and We Didn’t Even Know It.” Sanford will bring his tour to Indy on Thursday, Oct. 17. According […]

INDIANAPOLIS–Four people were shot in Indianapolis in a span of three hours Monday.  IMPD says one person was killed and the rest were injured. In the one where a man was killed, IMPD officer Genae Cook says two men starting arguing while trying to conduct some kind of business deal.  “At that point, there was […]

INDIANAPOLIS — City-county councilors have passed a budget for the next fiscal year. The 2020 budget calls for more funding for public safety, such as grants to help Indianapolis firefighters, police officers, and other community-based crime prevention efforts. The final vote was 22-2 in favor of the budget proposal. “I’m pleased with the outcome of […]

  ROCHESTER, Ind. — Jury selection happening today in the trial of the woman accused of hitting and killing three children at a bus stop in Fulton County almost a year ago. Alyssa Shepherd is charged with reckless homicide, passing a school bus causing injury and criminal recklessness. Last October police say she was driving […]

    INDIANAPOLIS — The man accused of murdering his mother in Speedway was arrested after being shot in downtown Indy Monday evening. Vinson Edge was quickly named as a suspect when police were called to her apartment in Speedway Monday morning. They found Vicki Edge stabbed to death and told you to be on […]