INDIANAPOLIS — A mistrial was declared Tuesday in the Indianapolis trial of 38-year-old Karl Woodall. A hearing will be held Wednesday to set a new trial date. According to a spokesman for the Marion County Prosecutor, an issue with a juror prompted the mistrial. Woodall was on trial for the March 6, 2017 murder of […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A 15-year-old boy who was arrested shortly after the murders of a brother and sister last year in Indianapolis will be tried as an adult. Following a series of hearings, Lometreus Sanders’ case has been moved from juvenile to adult court, according to the Marion County Prosecutors office. 16-year-old Nicholas and 15-year-old Ashlynn […]
Preaching peace took on a new meaning Sunday just days after a quadruple homicide on the northeast side. The pews were packed at Barnes United Methodist Church. People went to church to worship and also to brainstorm how to stop the steady stream of violence in the city. The Rev. Charles Harrison, who serves as […]
People from Burma (Myanmar), who now call Central Indiana home, are feeling the impacts of The House’s recent travel ban. They are getting ready to help their community celebrate Myanmar Union Day, marking 73 years since the southeast Asian country became free of British rule. While they plan to celebrate this culturally significant holiday, the […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Church’s Chicken location at Washington Street and Post Road was recently the scene of a robbery. According to a police report, someone walked in with a gun and took off with cash. The whole time, cameras nearby at Big Red Liquors, a business that partners with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department through […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Starbucks is bringing it’s ‘Black Partner Network’ to Indianapolis. The network kicked off this week in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The goal is to improve the company’s diversity and inclusion practices. Deshonne Jackson, Starbucks’ regional director, says it’s apart of a constant effort to include all customers who come […]
INDIANAPOLIS — After a fire closed Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place on the north side of Indianapolis, the restaurant says they need help to take care of their employees who are out of work. Regina Marsh is one of the volunteers working for others to set up a donation drive-by to help the employees. “Indianapolis […]
INDIANAPOLIS — For more than a week, people living at a northeast side apartment complex have battled flood water in their hallway. Maintenance came out and called a plumbing company last week, but by Saturday, the hallway at Hubbard Gardens near East 42nd Street and Sherman Drive was flooded again. Since there is no emergency […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating a fatal shooting early Sunday morning on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were responded to a call for help around 3:30 a.m. to the 5900 block of Bastille Lane in the Lafayette Villas community, near Lafayette Road, IMPD Officer Aaron Hamer said in an email. […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Leadership of a southwest side church is fed up with being targeted by thieves. Since the summer, thieves have targeted the West Morris Street Free Methodist Church and created messes inside the building. The congregation is frustrated, but they say they are operating out of forgiveness. “This July, we got hit for the […]
INDIANAPOLIS — People living at an apartment complex in Castleton said they have been trapped inside their homes and their cars are flooded out after heavy rain caused a retention pond to overflow this weekend. Judith Hillyer lives at Waterside of Castleton, but she didn’t agree to be this close to the water, and she […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A man was arrested on Monday in connection with a deadly shooting over the weekend on the west side of Indianapolis. Lyman Spurlock, 21, was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed Leeshawn Parker Sunday night, according to a press release from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Spurlock was charged on the suspicion […]
