MARTINSVILLE — State officials have set three public meetings in central Indiana for updates on plans for the final leg of the Interstate 69 extension project that’s been under construction since 2008. The Indiana Department of Transportation expects significant construction to start next year upgrading the current Indiana 37 corridor between Martinsville on I-465 on […]

JOHNSON COUNTY — A pilot walked away unscathed after his small ultralight aircraft made a rough landing Sunday afternoon in a Johnson County cornfield. According to information from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, the Johnson County Communications Center received a call regarding a small aircraft that went down just before 5:30 p.m. in a cornfield […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The professional future of Indiana’s attorney general is at stake with a disciplinary hearing that threatens his law license after allegations that he drunkenly groped four women at a bar last year. A former state Supreme Court justice will open a perhaps weeklong hearing Monday on the professional misconduct complaint against Republican Curtis […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A major makeover is in the works for a struggling Indianapolis mall in need of many improvements. Washington Square Mall has been on the decline for years, as many anchor stores have bailed. A new company out of Cincinnati, Durga Property LLC, is hoping to turn things around. Washington Square is 965,000 square […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A man is still trying to get the curb in front of his home repaired almost year after a garbage truck broke it. Russell Cassady says the garbage truck scrapes the ground when it picks up his trash can and over time caused the curb to call apart. “I’ve been calling several times […]

MARTINSVILLE — A Greenwood woman who was accused of taking money for a driveway project and not doing the work, was sentenced to jail time on Tuesday. Natalie Davis was sentenced to 180 days in jail, starting Tuesday, and two years of probation after she recently pleaded guilty to home improvement fraud, according to the […]

ROCHESTER — Alyssa Shepherd is accused of driving past the stop arm of a school bus in Fulton County and killing three children. In October 2018, Shepherd’s pick-up truck hit and killed 6-year-old twins, Mason and Xavier Ingle, and their 9-year-old sister, Alivia Stahl. She is facing three counts of reckless homicide, criminal recklessness resulting in bodily […]

NASHVILLE — Some businesses in downtown Nashville are worried about their future as a third of the properties are being sold in two weeks. Andy Rogers owned about a third of the businesses in downtown Nashville. When he died, his children decided to sell his estate, which included about 25 local shops. Residents, business owners […]

GREENFIELD — A Greenfield Police Department officer accused of using “excessive force” during an arrest has been placed on paid administrative leave. The officer, who has not been named at this time, was placed on leave effective August 26, according to the Greenfield Police Department. “We requested the Indiana State Police also conduct an investigation […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities in Marion County and community leaders are working together to plan a gun buyback event in Indianapolis. People who have unused or unwanted guns can turn them in at the event and get cash. All you need is an ID. In 2018, event organizers collected 181 guns during the event and they […]

FULTON COUNTY — The jury trial for a woman accused of killing three kids and injuring a fourth when she disregarded the stop arm and lights on a school bus last year is set to begin on Tuesday. Alyssa Shepherd is charged with three counts of reckless homicide and one count of disregarding the stop […]

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis City-County Council passed Mayor Joe Hogsett’s 2020 budget Monday night, but not without some discussion on a big topic on some councilors’ minds. The $1.2 budget passed with a vote of 22-2. Michael McQuillen, R-District 4, and Brian Mowery, R-District 25, voted against it. Democrat Christine Scales was absent from the […]