State and Local News

If you’re planning on going from work, straight to a football game or any other outdoor plans Friday night, remember to bring a jacket or sweatshirt. Meteorologist Mike Koch from the National ...Read more

He’s not a Polynesian demigod, but he was named after one. The Indianapolis Zoo has announced the name of their baby bottlenose dolphin, and his name is Maui. The zoo put out a poll on ...Read more

Two more Hoosiers have died of severe lung injuries linked to a history of e-cigarette use, or “vaping.” This brings the total number of vaping-related deaths in Indiana to three since Sept. ...Read more

Indiana Wesleyan University has chosen Tamika Catchings, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, WNBA legend, sports management executive and entrepreneur, as the 2020 inductee into the Society of World ...Read more

Indiana Wesleyan University has named Pastor Kevin Myers as the 2019 IWU Alumni World Changer. The award was established in 2012 by the Board of Trustees to honor an alumnus who has made or is ...Read more

A Converse man is now facing a charge of child molesting after the Grant County Sheriff’s Office received a fax from a victim in Oregon, according to the probable cause affidavit. The victim, who ...Read more

For the first time ever, America’s billionaires paid a lower tax rate last year than the country’s working class, according to a new report. The study, from a new book titled The ...Read more

Turkey may see hell rain down on it in the form of devastating sanctions as that country has begun bombing U.S. allies in Syria. Turkish forces initiated the bombing of a Kurdish held area in ...Read more

He told police he believed the girl was 14. That was a Lafayette man’s excuse for sexually assaulting a teenage girl. Austin Wyatt used social media to sexually prey on a teenage girl, said ...Read more

The chief of the Anderson Police Department has been removed from his position. According to a release, Tony Watters was removed by Anderson Mayor Thomas Broderick Jr. following a June 7, 2019 ...Read more