Council passes smoking ban  (Indianapolis) — It has been a long time coming, but the Indianapolis City-County Council passed a citywide smoking ban Monday night, but not in time for the Super Bowl. The Council voted 19-9 to send the proposal to Mayor Greg Ballard for review. The ordinance would expand the city’s public smoking […]

Super Bowl 46 teams arriving  (Indianapolis)  —  The AFC champion New England Patriots arrived Sunday afternoon, while the NFC champion New York Giants are due in Indianapolis  today. The two teams faced each other in 2008 Super Bowl outside of Phoenix, Arizona.  Super Bowl 46 will be held on Sunday Feb 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium. In a […]

Judge’s decision expected about Indiana Secretary of State (Indianapolis)-  We should know sometime this morning about a judge’s decision regarding embattled Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White.   Marion Circuit Court Judge Louis Rosenberg made the announcement yesterday at the end of a hearing and had previously ruled White as ineligible to hold the office because he committed voter […]

Man arrested over improper activity with a minor (Danville) – A man recently arrested on felony sex charges involving a 15-year-old boy may have violated other teens. Nicholas Blinn, 25, was charged last week with three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count of vicarious sexual gratification. Blinn told authorities he regularly […]

Plea entered in double murder case (Indianapolis) –  The two suspects accused of a double murder in Cumberland each face up to 156 years in prison if convicted on murder and weapons charges.  Michael Bell and Jeremy Priel pled not guilty in court yesterday. The men are accused of killing Bell’s best friend Jeremy Crane, […]