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Scholar, educator Aldon D. Morris is taking us on a historic journey as he helps to rewrite the history of sociology and acknowledges the groundbreaking work of W. E. B. Du Bois’ in the founding of the discipline. In Morris’ latest book, The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology, he calls […]

Indianapolis Metro Police have a murder suspect in custody in connection with the death of a pregnant pastor’s wife. IMPD announced the arrest of 18-year-old Larry Taylor early Monday morning. He has been preliminarily charged with the murder of Amanda Blackburn. Taylor was one of four men taken into custody last Thursday for questioning by police […]

A police chase that began Friday morning in downtown Indy, speeding through the Hoosier hinterlands more than 25 miles, ended in Morgan County. This, thanks to some stop sticks and a laser focused police K-9 officer. Here’s what happened… Indianapolis Metro Police got the call about folks in a car pointing a shotgun at people near Washington and […]

McDonald’s will pay a super-sized fine in a federal discrimination suit. The fast food chain will shell out over $350,000 in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. McDonald’s was accused of unfairly targeting immigrant employees who’re permanent residents by requiring them to show new resident cards when old ones expired. Know this, McDonald’s restaurants requiring […]

Get In the Know With Kim’s Wednesday News & Sports Headlines KimWellsMedia  Wednesday, November 18, 2015  (Send your press releases, news tips and show requests to me at the station at kwells@radio-one.com; follow me on Twitter @kwellscomm.) Amanda Blackburn’s husband is “baffled” by her murder. On ABC’s Good Morning America Tuesday, Pastor Davey Blackburn said she didn’t have any enemies […]

The wife of Jesse Jackson Jr. is now an inmate in a West Virginia prison. The former Chicago Alderman, Sandi Jackson started her prison sentence this week at the facility in Alderson, West Virginia. You may recall, she pleaded guilty in 2013, along with her husband, for looting $750,000 in campaign funds and filing false tax […]

Get In the Know With Kim’s Tuesday News & Sports Headlines KimWellsMedia  Tuesday, November 17, 2015  (Send your press releases, news tips and show requests to me at the station at kwells@radio-one.com; follow me on Twitter @kwellscomm.) There’s a federal raid going on in Indianapolis and the surrounding area Tuesday morning. Federal agents have been at several locations […]

Legendary broadcaster Amos Brown is honored by the State of Indiana posthumously as the community is invited to his public memorial services that get underway at Noon today at a northwest side church; the Indianapolis community is suffering the loss of a popular titan of industry, #WTLCIndyNews has learned of the death of businessman, Gene […]

Good day to you on this windy Thursday… All of us here in Indiana may be spared the rain that drenched parts of Illinois and Wisconsin, but the state is going to get blasted by high winds. If you step outside you can feel them. The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory until 7:00 tonight.  […]

Fresh off of celebrating the men and women who served in this nation’s armed forces on Veterans Day, President Barack Obama will honor one Army veteran by awarding him the Medal of Honor today. In a White House ceremony, Captain Florent Groberg will receive the nation’s highest military award for heroism in Afghanistan in 2012 […]

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 14 for legendary Indianapolis radio broadcaster, Amos Brown. Services will be held at Light of the World Christian Church at 11 a.m. with a calling set for Friday from 12 Noon to 6 p.m. at the church and immediately before Saturday’s service.  The Indiana Hall of Fame broadcaster […]

Get In the Know With Kim’s Wednesday News & Sports Headlines In local news… It’s Veterans Day good day to you. See Veterans Day activities HERE. A pregnant pastor’s wife, attacked in her northwest side home is still listed in critical condition this morning.  IMPD says the 28-year-old woman was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning […]