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DEARBORN COUNTY, Ind. — A couple from Ripley County died in a head-on crash in Dearborn County Friday afternoon. Indiana State Police said the two-vehicle crash happened at around 6:00 pm on State Road 350. According to the ISP Crash Reconstruction Team, a 2006 Ford F-150, driven by Steven Witte, 46, of Moores Hill, was […]
SPENCER, Ind. — An Owen County deputy is stable in the hospital after being shot on Friday. Indiana State Police said the deputy was injured while conducting a welfare check in a remote area of the county near the town of Spencer. Deputies with the Owen County Sheriff’s Department went to a home where 58-year-old […]
GREENWOOD, Ind. — A 16-year-old is charged in connection with the shooting that happened at a festival in Greenwood last Friday. On Friday, the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office announced that 16-year-old Jayden Collins, of Beech Grove, has been charged as an adult with dangerous possession of a firearm, a Level 5 felony. He’s accused of […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Indiana FOP delegates from all across the state have issued a vote of “no confidence” in Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears. At the 2026 Indiana FOP State Conference in Fort Wayne on Friday, appointed and elected officials expressed their concerns about the violent crime happening in the capital city. The vote […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A shooting in April on the near north side of Indianapolis has led to the arrest of three men on weapons and attempted murder charges, Indianapolis police announced Friday. The investigation began on April 19, when a victim with gunshot wounds walked into an emergency room. Indianapolis police tracked the incident back to […]
INDIANAPOLIS–Hoosier political leaders gathered at the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday to discuss the importance of religious freedom. In a May 2026 interview on Flashpoint, a show on the network of televangelist Kenneth Copeland, Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith said “I am going to call on others to hate [Islam], because I hate Islam. It is […]
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INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said Thursday that he is highly confident his independent bid for Indiana Secretary of State will secure a spot on the fall ballot, potentially upending a race already fraught with political drama. To qualify as an independent, Ballard must collect roughly 40,000 certified voter signatures by the end […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Severe weather pounded parts of Indiana Thursday night, bringing strong winds and rain to the Hoosier State. The National Weather Service received numerous reports as the front swept through Indiana. As of 9 a.m., more than 130,000 customers were without power across the state. The bulk of those outages were in north and […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A combination of rising property taxes, surging homeowners insurance premiums, and escalating utility costs is driving a spike in housing instability across Central Indiana. According to a comprehensive new report released by the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana (FHCCI), titled State of Fair Housing Report – Homes at Risk: Mortgage and Tax […]
STATEWIDE–Temperatures are cooling down across Indiana, but also there is a chance of more severe weather this weekend. “The next chance of thunderstorms looks to be on Saturday into Saturday night. Another round of thunderstorms with strong damaging winds is possible,” said Matt Eckhoff, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. Eckhoff says, much […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Indiana Congressman Rudy Yakym introduced the HAILEY Act on Wednesday. The bill is also known as the High-risk Alert Improvement for Locating Endangered Youth Act. It would empower law enforcement to issue AMBER Alerts for missing minors considered high-risk. The act honors 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee of Fishers, who disappeared in January. Officers […]