High school students across Indiana are participating in “College Application Day” Tuesday.  This is an event designed to increase the number of first-generation and low-income students pursuing a college degree or other post-secondary credential. Indiana’s Commissioner for Higher Education, Teresa Lubbers, said the day highlights to students the importance of taking that first step of applying to college–a necessary […]

Get In the Know With Kim’s Monday News & Headlines It’s Columbus Day. All federal offices and most banks and credit unions are closed today because of the holiday. City, county and state offices are open. Schools and public transit are on a normal schedule. Some people hold this particular holiday in a critical historical light.  Others have […]

One of the most respected social service and civil rights organizations in the state of Indiana has announced its new leader Thursday morning. Tony Mason will take the helm of the Indianapolis Urban League as its new president and chief executive officer. “I want to commend the search committee and board of directors for maintaining the […]

Indianapolis metro police have arrested a suspect in the east side shooting of a woman Wednesday morning in Indy.  Click HERE for the latest update. Around 6:15 a.m. police responded to a call where they found a woman had been shot and another victim pistol whipped near North Summit Street and Marlowe Avenue.  The woman was shot […]

Thousands of mourners are expected to pay their final respects to active-duty Indianapolis Metro Police Department Officer Hascall Shaffer today beginning at 10 a.m. Officer Shaffer served the community here in Indianapolis for 18 years as a member of the force and died on September 22nd from an undisclosed illness. Shaffer’s funeral begins at 11 a.m. at […]

Two vigils will be held for murdered Ben Davis student Dominique Allen today. The 15-year-old was strangled to death and her body set on fire last month. A Prayer vigil will be held on the south side of the City-County building in downtown Indianapolis Friday evening at 5 p.m. and a candle light vigil will follow […]