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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianpolis Metropolitan Police Department says 2-year-old Syncere Vertner has been safely returned to her home. Around 4:20 p.m. police said she was back in the care of her mother. Police thanked the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Region Fugitive Task Force for helping in the investigation. Vertner went missing from her home in the […]

(INDIANAPOLIS) – If Gary gets a downtown casino, it’s likely to come with a price tag.   The House Public Policy Committee voted unanimously this week to charge a $100 million fee if the new owners of a Gary casino go through with plans to move it from the lakefront to downtown. House Speaker Brian […]

(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indy’s Monument Circle has added a tribute to Hoosiers in Vietnam who never got a welcome home, alive or dead.   On the brick-paved spokes of Meridian and Market Streets surrounding the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, five rows of bricks on the north side of the Circle have been inscribed with the names […]

FRANKLIN, Ind. (WISH) — Two elementary schools in Franklin have been cleared to resume classes after tests for toxins provided “strong evidence the air in the schools is safe.” Franklin Community Schools announced the results of air sample testing at two elementary schools on Friday.  According to the report, the samples collected at Webb and […]

GOSHEN, Ind. — It can be frustrating waiting for your tax refund to arrive in the mail, but a woman from Goshen is accused of taking her anger to a new–and illegal–level. Claudia Pedroza, 26, stabbed the man who filed her taxes because her refund check had not arrived, Goshen Police told The Elkhart Truth. […]

INDIANAPOLIS–Statin therapy may be right for you if you visit the doctor and the lab work says you have too much bad cholesterol. One Indiana cardiologist says he believes in statins because they can reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke by 25 percent. The story of statins “Statins are basically a class […]

LEBANON, Ind. (WISH) — The Indiana Medical Licensing Board on Thursday suspended the license of Dr. Jonathon Cavins, a Lebanon pediatrician accused of molesting at least five of his patients. The suspension will last for 90 days.  According to the petition to suspend Cavins’ license submitted by Indiana attorney general’s office, patients said during routine physicals, the […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A Silver Alert has been canceled for an 18-year-old man missing from Indianapolis.  IMPD officers say Christian “DJ” Tackett has not been located and the Silver Alert was canceled due to the low number of tips being called in, and so that those resources could be reallocated. Tackett was described as 6-feet-1 and 140 pounds with brown hair and […]

WASHINGTON — The US House passed a resolution Thursday opposing the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members in the military. The resolution “strongly opposes President Trump’s discriminatory ban on transgender members of the Armed Forces,” and “rejects the flawed scientific and medical claims upon which it is based.” The vote was 238-185, and five […]

TELL CITY, Ind.–A man who was shot down during the largest air operation of World War II is finally home. The body of Private First Class Clifford M. Mills arrived in Louisville last night, where it was escorted to the state line by the Kentucky Patriot Guard. The Indiana State Police then escorted his body […]