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INDIANAPOLIS--The FFA convention leaves town after this weekend. But, they’ll be back next year and for years after. Between now and then, the city will host some new kinds of gatherings, along with some of the conventions that have traditionally brought many thousands of people to Indianapolis. “There are few medical-related conventions that will be […]

MUNCIE, Ind. — Another plaintiff has added his name to a federal lawsuit against the city of Muncie, its police department, and cit councilwoman Nora Powell. Muncie Fire Chief Eddie Bell told WISH-TV that Indiana State Police investigators have informed him that police officers within Muncie PD also ran an illegal background check on him. […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The City of Indianapolis has been working for years to get the owner of Oaktree Apartments to either fix the place or sell it. Now, since the owner has sold the property to the city, the apartments are coming down. It has taken years of violence, fires, and neglect for the demolition […]

INDIANAPOLIS — With wet, cold weather on the way, some communities in central Indiana are opting to move or reschedule trick-or-treating to the weekend. But what about Indianapolis? City officials say they are monitoring the weather. As of Wednesday evening, Halloween trick-or-treating was still on as scheduled from 6-8 p.m. Thursday across the city. People downtown […]

MISHAWAKA, Ind. — A guilty plea from the teenager accused of murdering his girlfriend and their unborn child. Aaron Trejo, 17, told a judge in Mishawaka today that he killed Breana Rouhselang (ROOSH-uh-LANG) back in August. He’s pleading guilty to both murder and feticide. The agreement means there will not be a jury trial and […]

(LAWRENCE, Ind.) — A new anti-school shooting device is getting its national rollout in Indy’s Lawrence Township Schools.  Bodyworn by Utility, the Georgia company which supplies Lawence Police body cameras, has rolled out a gunshot detector. The box is the size of a deck of cards, and plugs discreetly into a wall outlet, staying in […]

BEALE, Ind.–In a field in Beale, Indiana, on Sept. 30, someone found a dead bald eagle. As sad as it was for that majestic creature to have died, the band it was wearing around it’s foot told a story of longevity. Bald eagles are back in Indiana. The cry that was gone for so long […]

MUNCIE, Ind. – Police in Muncie say a man was so “teed off” about being told to find a new place to live that he hit a woman in the head with a golf club. 22-year-old Darion Moore is accused of hitting his cousin’s girlfriend in the forehead with the club during an argument Monday morning. […]

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A man who was shot to death by an Evansville police officer Monday night was approaching the officer with a hammer. That is what Evansville Police Capt. Andy Chandler said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon.  45-year-old Terry Chanley of Wadesville was identified as the man that was fatally shot.  Capt. Chandler […]

(NOBLESVILLE, Ind.) – Cutting opioid use could be as simple as writing a letter. National Institute on Drug Abuse deputy director Wilson Compton says the goal isn’t to eliminate opioid painkillers — he says they’re a critical part of treatment. But he told Indiana’s annual drug abuse conference the agency is working to encourage doctors […]