News for Indiana

Practice was shortened from two hours to an hour and 18 minutes on Monday due to rain and lightning.

Purdue University President Mung Chiang will depart to become president of Northwestern University, the Purdue board of trustees announced Monday. Chiang will assume his new role on July 1.

President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war.

Last week, Indianapolis Animal Care Services opened a new animal shelter that was twice the size of their original location. Just six days later, the shelter is already at 110% capacity.

Friends and family of Captain Seth Koval gathered to honor his life and legacy at a tribute service at Mooresville High School Sunday.

San Diego law enforcement officers are responding to reports of an active shooter situation near the Islamic Center of San Diego.

Thomas Estabrook, the mayor of Bicknell, is concerned about the impact of Indiana’s attorney shortage on his Knox County community.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was indicted Monday on five charges connected to a nonfatal shooting in Minnesota.

Fans at Indianapolis Motor Speedway were asked to exit grandstands and seek shelter during Indy 500 practice Monday due to lightning in the area.

Elin Lewis, a 12-year-old girl from Greenwood, has made history as the first patient in the state to receive a groundbreaking, FDA-approved gene therapy for transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Dan + Shay, a three-time Grammy Award-winning county music duo, is slated to perform in Noblesville later this year. According to a press release from Live Nation, Dan + Shay will take the stage at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville on Sept. 11. The show is part of their 26-date "The Young […]

ANDERSON, Ind. — An Anderson man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for child molestation. According to a release from the Madison County Prosecutor's Office, 42-year-old Andres Oswaldo Guajardo pleaded guilty to the following charges in March: Guajardo received a 46-year sentence on May 7. Forty years of his sentence will be executed […]

INDIANAPOLIS -- After a bipartisan group of state senators submitted a letter to Republican leadership requesting an analysis of state childcare funding, the interim Fiscal Policy Committee will reconvene in the coming weeks to take testimony and discuss potential options. “Everyone's hearing from their constituents about the need for a sustainable childcare approach,” said State […]

FOUNTAIN COUNTY, Ind. -- Republican candidate Paula Copenhaver, who was involved in the hotly contested race for District 23 in the Indiana State Senate, has called for a recount. On Monday, Copenhaver announced that she has filed a petition for officials to recount the total number of ballots that were received, claiming that "illegal voting […]

MADISON COUNTY, Ind. — Koty Riall opened his property up to a man he met a year ago, who was a veteran, down on his luck and mentally disturbed. That kind effort cost Riall and his father, Rodney, their lives. ”I honestly believe that my brother had the biggest heart, but I believe deep down […]

FRANKFORT, Ind. — Frankfort police have arrested a drug-dealing suspect accused of providing the narcotics that caused a fatal overdose earlier this year. Erin R. Richards, 43, of Frankfort, was arrested on Friday and booked into the Clinton County Jail on one count of Dealing in a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death. She has since […]

The weather week got off to a busy start as a line of strong storms brought 40 to 50 mph wind gusts and up to 2 inches of rain Monday afternoon. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued for 22 counties and a Severe Thunderstorm Watch ended at 6pm. The storms will continue as they weaken this […]

INDIANAPOLIS -- The death of an Indianapolis woman has been ruled a homicide after she passed away over the weekend following a mass stabbing on the city’s southwest side. The violence has now left two people dead and two others wounded. Just after 2:30 last Tuesday afternoon, police were called to a home on Lockburn […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The Grammy award-winning rock band Smashing Pumpkins is set to perform in downtown Indianapolis. The stars will headline The Rats in a Cage Tour at Gainbridge Fieldhouse this fall. The concert will have two distinct sets celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 1995 double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' on Tuesday, […]

BOONE COUNTY, Ind. -- Police have arrested a Whitestown man accused of using artificial intelligence to create child sex abuse material. Authorities began investigating 46-year-old Joseph Boots of Whitestown in February after the Boone County Child Abuse and Sexual Exploitation Task Force received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The […]