Indianapolis The 45th Fittest City A new ranking is showing just how unfit the Circle City is. Indy ranks 45th out of 50 on the list of fittest cities and is down two spots from last year. They looked at the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the country and then looked at factors such as preventive […]
Indy Parks Getting a Face-lift Basketball courts all across Indianapolis are getting a facelift. Officials say over the next five-years, one-point-one-million-dollars will be spent to create new outdoor courts and renovate old ones. Ground was broken on Tuesday for the Tamika Catchings Court on Vermont Street. Police Investigating 3 Hotel Robberies IMPD is trying to […]
Person Struck and Killed by IMPD Officer A pedestrian has been struck and killed by an IMPD Officer. The accident happened just before 10 last night near 42nd Street and Emerson Avenue on the city’s east side. Police said the officer was headed southbound on Emerson and had a green light when the pedestrian stepped […]
Deputy Fired For Sexual Misconduct A jail deputy was fired Wednesday afternoon after he was accused of sexual misconduct charges. Officials said, Warren Hoosier, a 13-year member of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, inappropriately touched a female inmate that was in his custody last Friday. The matter was turned over to the criminal division to […]
2 City Officials, 3 Others Indicted in Bribery Scheme Two city employees are facing fraud and bribery charges. Reggie Walton and John Hawkins worked for the Department of Metropolitan Development, but have been suspended without pay. Officials say the two men sold city-owned properties…. to non-for-profit groups at discounted prices. Then those groups would allegedly […]
Storms Knock Out Power to Thousands in Central Indiana Thousands of Hoosiers are without power This Morning after overnight severe weather downed trees and power lines throughout central Indiana. IPL and Duke Energy crews handled more than 14,000 power outages just before 6 a.m. A transformer fire was reported on 33rd Street just before 4 a.m. on the city’s […]
Kroger Employee Caught On Camera Stealing $11,000 A Kroger employee has been arrested after police said he was caught on tape stuffing thousands of dollars in cash up his sleeve. Store security workers called police to The East 10th Street Kroger Thursday morning after they said they recorded the employee during his routine counting of […]
Child Struck By Car on South Side Metro police are searching for a driver who struck a child and fled the scene last night. The 7 year old boy, was hit near Troy Avenue and Walcott Street while trying to cross the street. IMPD Spokesman Kendale Adams said the police are looking for an older-model, dark maroon […]
Intoxicated Biker Loses Lawsuit Against The City A man who was intoxicated when he struck a pothole on his bike, suffering serious injuries, has lost his lawsuit against the city. Paul Komyatti Jr was riding his bicycle along Prospect Street when he went through a puddle, hitting a pothole underneath. Komyatti, who was not wearing […]
Indy Based Eli Lilly Laying of Staff Nationwide Layoffs are coming to Eli Lilly as the company makes cutbacks in its bio-medicine division. The drugmaker will cut hundreds of sales reps by July. The layoffs will have a minimal impact on Indianapolis. The reduction will include both full-time and contract workers and involve structural changes […]
Man & Girlfriend Arrested after Fatal Shooting Police have arrested a man accused of shooting and killing another man during an argument. Dorvae Barnett, 24, was arrested Monday in connection with Saturday’s fatal shooting that left 28 year old 28 James Chatman dead. Barnett’s girlfriend, Airrayanna Byrd, 19 was arrested on a preliminary charge of […]
