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INDIANAPOLIS — FOX59/CBS4 was on-site at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Saturday night for REV 2026. Check out the photo gallery below to see the sights our crews captured: REV is the Indiana University Health Foundation’s largest event. It’s raised more than $20 million for statewide trauma and critical care programs. The event is hosted annually at […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — A violent overnight crash on the city’s east side has left one man dead and another person fighting for their life. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers responded to a chaotic scene shortly after midnight on Saturday morning at the busy intersection of East 10th Street and North Emerson Avenue. Upon arrival, responders discovered a vehicle that had careened off the road...

GREENFIELD, Ind. — A Greenfield man has been arrested on a slew of child sex abuse material (CSAM) and bestiality charges. Michael Roberts Jr. is facing 32 different charges, including child exploitation, possession of CSAM and bestiality. Investigators receive cybertips According to court documents, a detective who was working with the Hamilton County Metro Internet […]

I grew up hearing stories about Indiana’s vanishing wetlands, those swamp forests that once covered huge stretches of the state before most of them were drained for farmland and development. Finding a place where you can still step into that lost landscape feels like uncovering something quietly preserved against time.

UNITED STATES — After a welcome break from severe weather, another storm system is on the way for Monday, May 4, 2026, targeting the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Confidence in exact timing and coverage remains lower than usual, but the threat is real enough to merit close monitoring heading into the start of the week. The outlook was updated at 5:25 AM ET on...

James Quattlebaum of South Carolina and Rebecca Schmitt of New Mexico won the 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis. Keeton Thornsberry and Flannery Davis won the 5K, and Matt Bohner, Daniel Dunithan, and Kayla Dove topped the Athletes with Disabilities division.

Indianapolis woke up to a chilly, gray start near 41°F, a light north breeze, and a patchwork of frost still clinging to low-lying spots. A Frost Advisory remains in effect through 9 a.m. EDT on Saturday, May 2, 2026, so gardeners and anyone with tender outdoor plants still have a brief window to protect vulnerable vegetation this morning.

I pulled over for funnel cake and stayed for three hours. That is what Parke County does to you. Indiana has 92 counties, but this one figured out something the rest of the state is still catching up on. When October arrives, the covered bridges stop being just photo stops.

The Legends Day concert at the Indianapolis 500 has been canceled, but other festivities such as the public drivers' meeting and autograph sessions will go on as planned.

Arieon Lofton, 27, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 16 years and two months in federal prison for a fatal overdose after investigators found text messages leading to a drug transaction between Lofton and the victim, identified by the U.S. Department of Justice only as "J.A."