Category — Indianapolis, Indiana

AAA Travel offices in Central Indiana are seeing a 30% jump in the number of people traveling this spring break.

American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh is seeking to join a lawsuit that claims Muslim inmates held in a special unit at the federal prison in Indiana aren’t allowed to pray in groups as often as their religion demands.

A Franklin woman tells police she was trying to kill her two dogs in the most humane way possible by lighting them on fire.

A Plainfield man suspected in a series of violent crimes is arrested in Indianapolis.

This year’s Final Four in Indianapolis could mark the close of the last NCAA Tournament with just 65 teams.

A man who was fatally shot by a police officer during a confrontation Tuesday night had numerous previous run-ins with police and served four years of a 10-year sentence on a reckless homicide charge.

Police are stepping up the heat in their search for a man they say was involved in a series of recent crimes.

A serial bank robber from Indiana has admitted to a 2009 crime spree in six states.

Workers at a southern Indiana school slated for demolition are going out of their way to keep protected birds out of harm’s way when it’s razed.

The woman who was convicted of killing a former Evansville mayor three decades ago will remain in custody after an appeal of her conviction for the stabbing of a psychiatric hospital worker was rejected.

The Noblesville Schools district deals with a second bogus bomb threat within a few weeks.

A 12-year-old girl tells police that a man in a pickup truck honked his horn and exposed himself as she walked home from school.

Claims involving damage done by potholes on city streets are often not repaid.

A military investigation finds that a Westfield Marine was shot by an Afghan security contractor.

Police say they believe an alleged attack involving Carmel High School basketball players aboard a school bus took place in Hendricks County, which could affect what county potential charges are filed in.

Despite a warning from their own lobbyists, local school districts are showing little interest in moving back the start of school.

Supporters of a program that helps seniors and the ill avoid nursing homes want $4.8 million in additional funds released.

The folks at the Deer Park Irish Pub in Fort Wayne are well into their Saint Patrick’s Day activities.

For the first time in school history, the University of Saint Francis is celebrating an athletic national championship.  Fans celebrated Wednesday after the Men’s Basketball team clinched the NAIA Division II title on Tuesday night.

A Fort Wayne home caught fire early Wednesday afternoon, and fire investigators say unattended smoking materials are what caused the blaze.

Trailer manufacturer Novae Corporation will start filling as many as 85 positions for its new production facility North Manchester.

Jury deliberates for 5 hours before reaching decision in trial for 1979 murder.

The National Transportation Safety Board’s final report on a 2008 helicopter crash involving an Indiana pilot in which four people died places blame primarily on the pilot.

A man charged with a fatal attack more than 30 years ago in central Indiana denies during his trial that he had any involvement with the death.

The Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a dispute that could shape the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s purview with regard to recruiting allegations.

Police are looking for a man they say was involved in a string of recent crimes, some of them violent.

Dozens of people are forced out of their homes in a fire at a large apartment complex in Greencastle.

Officials are trying to decide whether to demolish the old jail in southern Indiana’s Brown County that has been empty since its replacement was built five years ago.

A Texas man is accused of having a relationship with a 15-year-old boy from Indiana and not telling him he was HIV positive.

Indiana State Police say a trooper will remain on duty while officials review details of an incident in which he left his loaded handgun in the restroom of a Lowe’s home improvement store.