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INDIANAPOLIS — It just became easier for new Hoosiers to get a driver’s license. If you already have a valid out-of-state driver’s license upon moving to Indiana, you won’t have to take the written driving exam, according to a new law that went into effect July 1. A vision screening is the only test required, […]

CARMEL, Ind.--A school safety referendum was approved Wednesday night by the Carmel Clay School Board and it could be placed on the November ballot. It would increase taxes by 5 cents for every $100 of assessed value. For example, property taxes on a $250,000 home would increase by $65 per year. Property taxes on a […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Kennedy King Memorial Initiative has big plans for a recent $100,000 grant: create and fill a new museum, and create and foster a new culture in Indianapolis. With the donation, Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis is the latest nonprofit to contribute to KKMI’s new interactive exhibit and virtual reality experience in downtown Indianapolis. […]

HIDALGO, Mexico–The United States Mexico Canada Agreement could mean better relations between Mexico and the United States, but Indiana isn’t waiting. There is plenty of agriculture here in Indiana and in Mexico. Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch believes that is one are we have in common where we can strike some agreements right now.  That’s why […]

    CARMEL, Ind.  — Carmel Police have identified the person hit and killed by a pickup truck. 81-year-old Thomas McAllister was hit Thursday morning while crossing City Center Drive between Guilford Road and Clark Street McAllister was not using a crosswalk to cross the street. Police believe glare from the sun may have made him difficult to […]

INDIANAPOLIS — INDOT unveiled plans to reconfigure I-465 on the south side of Indianapolis Wednesday evening. According to INDOT, the construction will be in two sections. One section is between US 31 and I-65, with the other between I-70 and the Mann Road interchange. Some of the changes include new auxiliary lanes to help traffic […]

    ROCHESTER, Ind. — Another day closer to the trial for the woman who hit and killed three children at a bus stop in Fulton County.  A pre-trial hearing was held Wednesday in the Fulton County courthouse for Alyssa Shepherd. She’s the women charged with reckless homicide and criminal recklessness for hitting three children […]

  AVON, Ind. — Three locomotives caught fire Wednesday night after two struck a stationary locomotive and ruptured their fuel tanks, the local fire department said. Firefighters were sent about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday to the CSX Avon Railyard south of U.S. 36 between Dan Jones Road and Ronald Reagan Parkway. Lots of black smoke was […]

GARY, Ind.—A woman who ran a sex trafficking operation in northwest Indiana was given 30 years in federal prison Wednesday. Rita Law, of Chicago, was found guilty in a three-week trial in February 2017. She fought the sentence for two years, claiming she was not mentally competent. U.S. Atty. Thomas Kirsch, II, said Law got […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A teacher fired by Cathedral High School has filed suit against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Joshua Payne-Elliott, terminated by the school in June, says the Archdiocese “illegally interfered with his contractual and employment relationship.”  He has also filed charges of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Payne-Elliott says he was […]