News for Indiana

Three firefighters have died battling the Snyder Mesa Fire on the Colorado-Utah border as dozens of wildfires rage across the Southwest.

France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday.

Showers will exit the area as high pressure begins to build in. However, high humidity and high heat will kick in, leading to the holiday weekend.

Investigators spent a third day excavating the property of a Northern California animal rescue as part of an expanding investigation into shelter dog deaths, with dozens of remains already uncovered.

Tensions are high in Venezuela as the death toll rises to 1,430 after two powerful earthquakes struck three days ago.

President Donald Trump says he is nominating Lance Schroyer as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A man with the same name and party affiliation as Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible to challenge the senator in the August primary, a judge ruled Friday.

A fast-moving wildfire in Utah raced across the landscape overnight, fed by heat and dry wind and forcing more communities to evacuate, officials said Saturday.

Family-focused travel center Wally’s, nicknamed “Home of the Great American Road Trip,” will open its third Indiana location in Whitestown.

The city of Indianapolis and local nonprofit, Let Them Talk, are partnering together to offer a safe space for Indianapolis-area youth to prevent them from falling into the path of violence.

Another day, another foggy start! Visibility levels are reduced across the majority of central Indiana this morning. Our air is saturated and "soupy" with muggy dew points around 70°. This will lift throughout the morning. The hot dome is expanding! We'll start to feel its effects today. It'll bring central Indiana its warmest temperatures in […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points and the Indiana Fever thumped the Los Angeles Sparks 111-87 with two of the league's top scorers sidelined on Saturday night. Caitlin Clark, averaging 21.2 points and 8.2 assists for Indiana (11-8), missed the game with a back injury but shouldn't be sidelined for long according to […]

GREENWOOD, Ind. — A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a crash in Greenwood on Saturday. According to the Greenwood Police Department, officers were called to the intersection of Emerson Avenue and Grassy Creek Lane to investigate a crash. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a semi and a motorcycle that had been involved in […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Three people were shot on the near northeast side of Indianapolis early Sunday morning. Police were called to two locations in the area of East 38th Street and North Sherman Drive just before 4 a.m. They initially responded to the 3800 block of North Gale Street, where they found a man shot. He […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Valerie Ackerman was born into a basketball bloodline. "My grandfather was a basketball coach, my father was a basketball referee, they were both high school athletic directors where basketball was one of the more important sports that they had to manage,” Ackerman said.  Title IX had not been passed when she was a […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Star Spangled Sky at White River State Park has been postponed. The event, which was due to feature food trucks, face painting, games and a drone show, was officially postponed late Saturday morning. Star Spangled Sky was supposed to be held at 7 p.m. Saturday. Event organizers attributed the postponement to inclement weather. […]

LAWRENCE, Ind. — An investigation is underway after a person crashed a car into a gas line and caused an apartment to catch fire in Lawrence Friday night. According to the Lawrence Police Department, just before midnight, first responders were called to the 9100 block of Bayou Court in reference to an apartment fire. Investigators […]

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — A missing Johnson County man has not been seen in over a week and was last spotted in Gosport. According to a flyer posted by the Johnson County Coroner's Office, there is now a $5,000 reward for any tip that leads to 33-year-old Tyler Wagaman being found. The following photo of […]

INDIANAPOLIS — One man is dead after reportedly drowning in the White River in downtown Indianapolis. According to the Indianapolis Fire Department, shortly before 7 p.m., crews were called to University Boulevard and Blake Street in response to reports of someone in the water. An eyewitness who was running along the river told IFD that […]

SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- Police are searching for a missing juvenile who was last seen in Speedway earlier this month. The Speedway Police Department has requested the public's assistance in locating 15-year-old Jaylena Smith, who is described as a 5'2" female weighing 125 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black sweater with graphics, grey shorts […]