The man accused in the brutal rape of a Greenwood woman has been found guilty on eight counts. Shawn Corbally was on trial for attacking a woman at knifepoint in her apartment with her young children close by. The attack happened in July shortly after Corbally had been released early after serving nearly 12 years […]

Indiana has reversed a controversial decision that would have affected tens of thousands of families. Early Wednesday afternoon, the state announced more than 30,000 unemployed Hoosiers wouldn’t receive an extension of the federal unemployment benefits as a result of the impending sequester. After much backlash, the state requested additional guidance from the U.S. Department of […]

State officials are suspending the payment of federal unemployment compensation starting Saturday until further notice. Joe Frank, spokesman for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, said the move is a result of the federal sequester, which is chopping emergency unemployment compensation. National media outlets have reported that the cuts would result in federal payouts dropping […]

“It doesn’t take a lot of ice to cause a lot of problems,” he said. “So like I said, the Friday morning rush hour will probably be pretty bad.” Still, Indiana will miss the worst of the storm, which is expected to dump more than a foot of snow on parts of the Central Plains. […]

Two days after a stunning series of errors allowed a convicted murderer to walk out of a Chicago jail where he did not need to be in the first place, police recaptured the man at a northern Illinois home where he was found watching TV. Steven L. Robbins, 44, put up no resistance Friday night […]

Indiana’s first African-American physician is being honored on Tuesday, more than a century after his death, with a commemorative grave marker. The unmarked grave that is believed to belong to Dr. Samuel A. Elbert, a physician who faced racial barriers attaining his medical degree at the Medical College of Indiana, will finally be turned into a headstone […]

Watching your money this morning, you may notice your first paycheck of 2013 is smaller than expected. That’s because some taxes are taking a bigger chunk out of your earnings. Two big things took place in the New Year that will affect how much you bring home with each new paycheck this year. The temporary […]

This week Indiana Black Expo released the 2012 State of Our Black Youth Report, a massive 236 page statistical analysis and narrative on the health and well-being of African-American youth in Indiana. Simultaneous press conferences were held in sixteen cities across the state: Anderson, East Chicago, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, […]

This week Indiana Black Expo released the 2012 State of Our Black Youth Report, a massive 236 page statistical analysis and narrative on the health and well-being of African-American youth in Indiana. Simultaneous press conferences were held in sixteen cities across the state: Anderson, East Chicago, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, […]

We’re sure Lena Eaton (pictured) did the Gangnam Style dance as she strutted her 91-year-old self down to the Indiana state lottery office twice in less…

Students from an Indiana middle school have been suspended after viewing a nearly nude photo of their teacher on a school-issued iPad that had synched with the woman’s iPhone. Joshua Troutt, 13, and three other Highland Middle School students from Anderson, Ind., have been suspended after seeing a topless photo of their teacher, according to Fox […]

Congratulations to our very own Indiana Pacers who beat the Orlando Magic tonight – 105-87 signifying the team’s first playoffs win since 2005. Basketball sensation Danny Granger led the team with 25 points and Darren Collison scored 19 points. The Pacers won the series 4-1 and will go on to play either the Miami Heat […]